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Shaq Donates 500 Pairs of Shoes to Elementary School Students in Georgia
Former NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal has once again given back to the community by donating 500 new pairs of shoes to children in Georgia. […]
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Medical Debt: The Other Part of the Pandemic’s Fallout
“If you’re considering bankruptcy as a solution for medical debt, you’re not alone. Unmanageable medical care debt and the hardships that often come along with it – like loss of work or reduced access to credit – can be a recipe for financial ruin,” Sarah C. Brady, a San Francisco-based financial consultant, wrote for Credit Karma. Brady warned that filing for bankruptcy isn’t always an ideal solution. […]
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Author Chronicles the Life of His Aunt, a Sharecropper Turned Millionaire
The Road from Money by Sylvester Boyd, Jr. explores the life and times of his aunt, Estella Clemens, whose journey begins in the cotton fields of the south but later becomes a millionaire in the north. […]
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Harlem’s Historic Rucker Park To Be Revitalized By National Basketball Players Association
Harlem’s renowned Rucker Park is an integral part of basketball history and a group of NBA players are on a mission to ensure the storied court is around for generations to come. According to Patch, the National Basketball Players Association is leading a project to revitalize and reimagine Rucker Park. […]
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Black Wall Street was shattered 100 years ago
Black Wall Street was shattered 100 years ago […]
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Kristen Clarke becomes first Black woman to lead DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
On the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd, a 51-48 vote in the U.S. Senate seals Kristen Clarke’s place in history: the first woman, the first woman of color, and the first Black woman to receive Senate confirmation to head the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s Civil Rights Division. The largely partisan vote included Maine’s U.S. Senator Susan Collins as the only Republican to support the historic confirmation. […]
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60 Years Later, Freedom Riders Roll into Birmingham
The Freedom Riders Museum rolled a 1957 vintage Greyhound bus into the parking lot to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1961 Freedom Rides. […]
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Black Press of America Making Impact and Progress
While about 37,000 workers were laid off or furloughed at media companies like the Los Angeles Times, Condé Nast, The Dallas Morning News, Gannett, McClatchy, National Public Radio, and VOX, the NNPA added staff and expanded services to NNPA member publishers across the nation. […]
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1 big thing: QAnon infects churches
QAnon conspiracy theories have burrowed so deeply into American churches that pastors are expressing alarm — and a new poll shows the bogus teachings have become as widespread as some denominations. […]
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Announces Monica Rainge as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
Monica Armster Rainge was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Agriculture today. Rainge is an agricultural lawyer and mediator. She has worked in the public and private agricultural sectors for more than 25 years. Most recently, she served as the Director of Land Retention and Advocacy for the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund where she led the development and management of outreach and technical assistance programs that support regional land retention and advocacy initiatives for socially dis-advantaged farmers and ranchers. […]