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Aug- 2019 -17 August#NNPA BlackPress
D.C. Health Warns Against Disease
THE AFRO — The District of Columbia Health Department is warning residents against an increase in an intestinal illness, called…
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16 AugustBlack History
Organization Sparks ‘Year of Return’
THE AFRO — With 2019 marking the 400 year anniversary of the first recorded slave ships docking on Western Shores,…
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16 August#NNPA BlackPress
Youth Candle Business Expands to Macy’s
THE AFRO — When three of Celena Gill’s sons asked her to buy them a Nerf gun and more than…
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16 August#NNPA BlackPress
Gov. Desantis: ‘It’s The Internet’
FLORDIA COURIER — The El Paso and Dayton shootings could help fuel debate in Tallahassee about gun-control issues and ideas…
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15 August#NNPA BlackPress
COMMENTARY: What goes up must come down
DAYTONA TIMES — There is much to object to about No. 45’s presidency – his hateful racial rhetoric, his attacks on…
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15 August#NNPA BlackPress
Watts-Willowbrook Conservatory Offers Free Music Lessons for Youth
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — It’s no secret that when it comes to under-resourced communities in predominantly Black and Brown neighborhoods, arts…
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15 August#NNPA BlackPress
Obama decries leaders “who demonize those who don’t look like us”
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — In a rare public statement Monday about twin mass shootings that have rattled the nation, former…
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15 AugustCommunity
BSU and HU Alumni Earn DC HBCU Alliance Awards
THE AFRO — Two distinguished alumni from Bowie State and Howard University are among the six-member class who will be presented…
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14 August#NNPA BlackPress
Gucci Names Diversity Chief after Blackface Flap
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Renee Tirado has been appointed director of Gucci’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion division. In her new capacity, Tirado…
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14 August#NNPA BlackPress
Ex-UCLA Employee Awarded Nearly $1.6M in Harassment Suit
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — A Black former UCLA phlebotomist who said she was subjected to racial harassment that included use…
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