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Laila Ali Partners with TIAA on “Difference Maker 100” Initiative | The Network Journal
Giving back is something that comes naturally to retired (and undefeated) professional boxer-turned-entrepreneur Laila Ali.
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What Makes a Greeting Card Black? | The New York Times
In 1991 the Hallmark greeting card company, based in Kansas City, Mo., decided it was time to get serious about diversity. America was changing, as was Hallmark’s work force, and while the brand had dabbled in cards for black consumers since the 1960s, it didn’t have a perennial line that addressed them directly.
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Facebook Removes Popular Black Lives Matter Page for Being a Fake | The New York Times
A Facebook page that claimed a connection to the Black Lives Matter movement and had more than twice as many followers as the movement’s official page has been removed for being inauthentic, the company said.
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Michigan to Stop Distributing Free Bottled Water in Flint | Colorlines
Many of the city’s residents do not trust—or use—what comes out of their tap.
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The Report on Race That Shook America | The Atlantic
It came out in 1968—yet little has changed since the Kerner Commission denounced “white racism.”
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Harry Belafonte: To realize Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream, white America needs to change course | PBS
And I was just absolutely struck with the way in which he presented his case to the black community, condemning them for being not more engaged in the social destiny of black people.
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We can’t ignore race in the tragic story of Devonte Hart and his white adoptive mothers | The Washington Post
There’s a dominant narrative of white innocence that contributes to the perception of white parents who adopt black children as selfless do-gooders.
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How The Systemic Segregation Of Schools Is Maintained By ‘Individual Choices’ | NPR
Sixty-three years after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, many schools across the country either remain segregated or have re-segregated.
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How the news media distorts black families | The Washington Post
A new study shows outlets from Fox to CNN to the New York Times are guilty of misrepresentation.
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