Black History
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Aug- 2019 -1 August
Trump’s Latest Racist Attack Hits Baltimore as He Continues to Build Steady Narrative of Hate
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump’s latest attack on a Black lawmaker and his majority Black constituency is not new. Rep. Cummings represents Baltimore, which is 60 percent Black and 34 percent…
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1 August
Trailer for Upcoming Harriet Tubman Movie Sails Over Ten Million Views in Five Days
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, “Harriet” tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into…
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Jul- 2019 -31 July
COMMENTARY: There is Not a Racist Bone in My Body
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Send her back is a turning point, “With Trump’s naked hatred and cruelty captured on live television, and along with it, so was the seething anger of…
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31 July
FILM REVIEW: Brian Banks
NNPA NEWSWIRE —Brian Banks’ story is a cautionary tale in an era when a false accusation can ruin a career. It shows that harm that can be done when well-intentioned…
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31 July
COMMENTARY: Media Responsibility and Accountability in the Era of #MeToo
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The statistics confirm that sexual harassment is alive and well across all industries and women of color working low-wage jobs are facing the brunt of this abuse,”…
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30 July
All 12 Federal Appropriations Committees Adopt Norton’s Minority Ad Spending Measure
NNPA NEWSWIRE — D.C. Democratic Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton told NNPA Newswire on July 26, that each of the 12 federal Appropriations Committees have adopted language from her Government Advertising…
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30 July
A Fully Illustrated Edition of James’s Baldwin’s “The Fire Next Time” with Photography by Steve Schapiro
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — In 1963, two of James Baldwin’s most influential essays were fused to form a bestselling book titled “The Fire Next Time,” cementing him as a central…
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30 July
COMMENTARY: Embracing the Courageous Four; Radically Reconceiving and Reconstructing America
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — In spite of the forked-tongue talk, doublespeak and patently racist ranting of the pretending President Trump and the White supremacist mob-like cheerleaders chanting hatred at his…
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30 July
BCRI Youth Tour Alabama African American Heritage Sites
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Twenty students in the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s (BCRI) Legacy Youth Leadership Program left Tuesday, July 16 for a three-day tour of historical sites critical to the…
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29 July
Educator Spotlight: Donald Hense
NNPA ESSA AWARENESS CAMPAIGN — Three-quarters of the students enrolled in Friendship schools in D.C. are from Wards 7 and 8, the city’s two poorest areas, and nearly all are…
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