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Apr- 2020 -30 April#NNPA BlackPress
Former Radio Personality Creates Social Media App for African Americans
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This app is bigger than just a way for people to have freedom of speech, or monetize…
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17 April#NNPA BlackPress
NFL Exec Troy Vincent Talks Draft, HBCU Initiatives
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "This is a moment where we need some semblance of hope in some of our communities, and…
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8 April#NNPA BlackPress
Signs COVID-19 is Disproportionately Impacting African Americans Grow Larger
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “States MUST start tracking and reporting race data in connection with #Covid_19. As of Friday morning, African…
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5 April#NNPA BlackPress
COMMENTARY: COVID-19, the View Across Black America
NNPA NEWSWRE — While Washington, D.C.’s Metrorail has been largely emptied of its professional class of passengers, reductions in the…
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Feb- 2020 -17 February#NNPA BlackPress
Aircraft Carrier Named After Doris Miller
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Miller fought during the attack on Pearl Harbor after the Japanese surprise attack on the islands on…
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10 February#NNPA BlackPress
Former DNC Chair Howard Dean Recalls His 2003 Run for President
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "We cannot have a party where the constituency looks like one thing, and the people who are…
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2 February#NNPA BlackPress
IN MEMORIAM: The Honorable Nathaniel R. Jones
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Nathaniel Jones is a pioneer who has never failed to stand for the rights of people denied…
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Jan- 2020 -17 January#NNPA BlackPress
Inhumane Conditions, Violence and Death Represents Everyday Life at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On Tuesday, January 14, hip-hop superstar Jay-Z sued the head of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and…
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16 January#NNPA BlackPress
IN MEMORIAM: Trailblazing Meteorologist Dr. June Bacon-Bercey Remembered
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A pioneer in the field of meteorology, Bacon-Bercey, an African American, broke barriers by becoming the first…
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13 January#NNPA BlackPress
40 Years of Cathy Hughes’ Leadership at Urban One
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The media company that for decades was known as Radio One Inc. for its stable of radio…
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