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Revolutionary App to Connect Black Businesses and Consumers
The goal is economic freedom from relying on others to provide the black community with the skills, products and services that can be exchanged amongst the community itself.
Read MoreIncreasing Black Ownership of Commercial Real Estate Just Got Easier
While many are satisfied with the mundane day-to-day ins and outs of life, author Demetrius Sandridge argues that the quality of one’s life not only depends on what is in his or her hands – but in one’s mind.
Read MoreFord Motor Company Empowers African Americans in STEAM Careers at HBCUs
Ford recently launched “Drive2Greatness” initiative to support science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics (STEAM) programs at HBCUs. STEAM careers are vital and in high demand in today’s global economy.
Read MoreRep. Frederica Wilson’s Links to the Military’s Secretive Work in Niger
Most Americans had not heard of Rep. Frederika Wilson until she accused President Trump of making insensitive remarks in a condolence call to the widow of an American soldier killed in Niger.
Read MoreFats Domino, Rock ‘N’ Roll Pioneer, Dead at 89
His unique playing style and unmistakable voice helped Domino to produce the first rock ‘n’ roll record to ever sell more than 1 million copies with the 1949 hit “The Fat Man,” a song he both produced and co-wrote.
Read MoreThe Story of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
For the first time, young people decisively entered the ranks of civil rights movement leadership. They committed themselves to full-time organizing from the bottom-up, and with this approach empowered older efforts at change …
Read MoreNew Study Proves One Vote Can Turn an Election in North Carolina
A new study from the nonpartisan voting rights group Democracy North Carolina shows that in a surprising number of cases a handful of votes can determine who wins or loses, especially in odd- year municipal elections like those now underway across the state.
Read MoreThe Enduring Power of Print for Learning in a Digital World
Given this trend, teachers, students, parents and policymakers might assume that students’ familiarity and preference for technology translates into better learning outcomes. But we’ve found that’s not necessarily true.
Read MoreIndictments of Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort and Deputy Rick Gates For Conspiracy
In response to the indictments of former Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort and Deputy Campaign Manager Rick Gates, DNC Chair Tom Perez issued the following statement …
Read MoreAdvocate Says Hacking, Social Media the New Forms of Voter Suppression
During her 15 years as executive director of the League of Women Voters from 2000 to 2015, Nancy Tate focused on fighting voter suppression through gerrymandering or overly restrictive voter ID laws …
Read MoreDownload GDN Books of Knowledge Spotlight for October 2017
GDN has created one of the most empowering education initiatives detailing the 400-year Black experience in America. ‘GDN’s Books of Knowledge’ is a weekly go-to source where you can view videos and read reviews …
Read MoreDownload GDN Print Edition for October 2017
Greater Diversity News is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance. We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina. GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs)
Read MoreGDN Classifieds October 26, 2017
Greater Diversity News is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance. We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina.
Read MoreNorth Carolina Legislators Are Rigging the Courts
Our judges should be fair, independent and removed from politics. But if our state legislature is appointing them, the politicians will cherry pick judges who tilt the scales based on political ideology and not fairness.
Read MoreSPLC to Senate: Colleges Must Uphold Free Speech but Can Denounce Racist Speakers
SPLC President Richard Cohen testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions about the responsibility of universities to uphold the Fourteenth Amendment as well as the First Amendment.
Read MoreFederal Court Appoints for Special Master in Racial Gerrymander Case Requested by NC NAACP
NC NAACP President Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, said, “NC NAACP has made it clear that we will not rest until we ensure that the voices of the people who have been directly affected by this egregious discrimination are fully present …
Read More“White Lives Matter” – White Supremacist Nationalist Front Plans Rallies in Tennessee
The white supremacist Nationalist Front will hold a series of “White Lives Matter” protests at various points in Tennessee on Saturday, October 28, 2017. The events will begin at 10am EST and culminate in a private social event that evening.
Read MoreHarlem Renaissance Author Jean Toomer to Be Celebrated With Induction Into the American Poets Corner
Jean Toomer was an African American poet and novelist commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance, though he actively resisted the association, and modernism. His first book Cane, published in 1923, is considered by many to be his most significant work.
Read MoreWe Were Eight Years in Power
Author Ta-Nehisi Coates
In his book Ta-Nehisi Coates examines the cause and effect between the unprecedented election of Barack Obama as the first Black president, to the vicious backlash that fueled the election of Donald Trump, a man Coates calls America’s “first white president.”
First Black-Owned Real-Estate Crowd Investing Platform, is on its Way to Raising Millions of Dollars in Funding for Property Development in Black Communities
With the platform, acquiring property or block of choice in one’s local area is achievable. Getting the funds to make such a big difference can also be without hassles.
Read MoreVoter Engagement Project (VEP)
Greater Diversity News (GDN) is actively engaged in protecting our democracy and voting rights by promoting its Voter Engagement Project (VEP). In its formative stage, VEP will address various aspects of voter participation and will provide information for use in educating, organizing and mobilizing voters.
Read MoreRace for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children
The report ranked states in a Race for Results Index and awarded them composite scores for how well children of different ethnic groups do, based on a scale of one to 1,000.
Read MoreNorth Carolina’s Children of Color and Immigrant Children Continue to Face Barriers to Opportunity
For North Carolina to prosper in the future, all children must have the opportunity to succeed. Yet children of color, who will soon make up the majority of children in North Carolina, face persistent barriers to achieving their full potential.
Read MoreA Bright Light of the Black Press Dims: Bernal Smith II Dies At 45
The Tri-State Defender, among the longest running African-American newspapers in the country and a member publication of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, noted on its website that Smith was with his family when he was found Sunday, October 22.
Read MoreNC NAACP Will Not Rest Until Fight for Fair Redistricting Maps for 2018 is WON!
The fight for voting rights in North Carolina has been an arduous effort to overcome one barrier placed in the path of African Americans after another. A lost vote can never be reclaimed …
Read More101 Black History Questions You Never Thought to Ask in His New Book
Dr. Anderson is a bold thinker with exceptional ability to analyze historical patterns. He explains the increase in anti-black expressions since the historic 2016 election and excites a younger generation of blacks …
Read More10-Year Old Entrepreneur Has Sold Her Patented Invention in All 50 States
GaBBY Bows have saved families time, money and frustration in all 50 states and nine countries through online sales at www.gabbybows.com. Her invention is also sold in 50 Once Upon a Child stores.
Read MoreNAACP Statement on Florida State Juvenile Justice System
“It’s clear that the juvenile justice system’s continual mismanagement and decades of blame-shifting have created a system where the daily subjugation of young people to an inhumane level of cruelty appears more the norm than the exception,” said Adora Nweze, President of the NAACP Florida State Conference.
Read MoreGeorgia NAACP Wins Voting Rights Victory
A consent order on Tuesday, October 17th, 2017, that the State will no longer be able to cut off voter registration beyond 30 days of any federal elections, including in federal runoff elections. The consent order continues a winning streak for the NAACP.
Read MoreACLU and CMJ Demand FBI Records on Surveillance of Black Activists
“The FBI’s report is a red flag that the bureau is once again profiling Black activists because of their beliefs and race,” said Nusrat J. Choudhury, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program.
Read MoreThe IRS Targeting Scandal Was Fake, but IRS Budget Woes Are a Real Problem
Conservatives have been seething since 2013 over what they say was an unfair and imbalanced effort by the IRS to scrutinize right-leaning organizations more closely than other groups seeking nonprofit status.
Read MoreWill Obamacare Marketplaces Suffer as Open Enrollment Begins?
The Trump administration’s executive order to some elements of the Affordable Care Act’s administration is creating uncertainty as open enrollment for the health insurance marketplaces is set to start Nov. 1. How will the executive order affect individual insurance and
Read MoreOur Calculator Will Guess How Many Healthy Years of Life You Have Left
Want to know your own estimate of healthy years ahead? We developed a free online tool that lets you calculate healthy, unhealthy and total life expectancy. This is work in progress.
Read MoreMount Tabor High School Stadium Replacement & Additions
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: Mount Tabor High School Stadium Replacement & Additions BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATION REQUEST: Vannoy Construction has been selected as the Construction Manager at Risk by Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools and is seeking to pre-qualify construction trade and specialty contractors to
Read MoreNational Leadership Program for Young Leaders
Fellows also will work with our on-site job coach, strengthening skills in advocacy and leadership as well as hands-on training in public speaking, writing, social media and networking.
Read MoreGDN Classifieds October 19, 2017
Greater Diversity News is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance. We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina. GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs)
Read MoreWhat Have We Signed Up For: President Trump’s Condolence Call
The loved ones Sgt. Johnson leaves behind are my constituents. I’ll save the bully pulpit for the necessary task of uncovering the circumstances surrounding the ambush …
Read MoreOut of the Shadows: Overt Racism Flourishes in the American South
Focusing on pervasive forms of racism that exist in local politics, businesses and schools. Forty-two percent of Americans said that they worry a “great deal” about race relations in the United States…
Read MoreAre Many Hate Crimes Really Examples of Domestic Terrorism?
It is more than reasonable to suspect that extremist individuals engage in such activities because they sense that their views are enjoying growing social legitimacy and acceptance, which is emboldening them to act on their bigotry.
Read MorePuerto Ricans Suffer Apocalyptic Nightmare After Hurricanes
They’re letting us die here, but everyone in Puerto Rico is doing everything they can to save themselves. They’ve helping each other, saving each other. Anyone not doing all they can to raise hell is complicit.
Read MoreWe Need a Values Revolution in America: Reclaiming Moral Values and Critiquing the Values Voters Summit
Stop calling these leaders White Christians or evangelicals. Why should we listen when they p-r-a-y in public and p-r-e-y on the people? These attacks on healthcare will become devastating.
Read MoreFilm Review: ‘Marshall’ – The Life of Thurgood Marshall
His interpretation of the civil rights advocate is shrewd and strong. Regardless of the trappings, Thurgood Marshall’s spirit prevails and his legacy is being passed on. That makes this film a must-see, even if it doesn’t have the epic grandeur and significance of “Selma.”
Read MoreHBCU Tech Summit Inspires African-American Millennials to Pursue Entrepreneurship and High-Tech
The HBCU Tech Summit is assembling a work group, committed to a year round approach to supporting empowering and enabling HBCU students.
Read MoreAfrican American Holistic Doctor Releases New Line of All-Natural Herbal Ointments
You shape your own quality of life. No doctor, lawyer, or teacher has the impact on your life that you do. No one! That’s what Dr. Nancy J. Williams taught her clients for over 10 years at her holistic wellness center …
Read MoreStrategies to Help Millennials Build an Endless Source of Self-Funding and Capital
Whether struggling with more bills than pay, working to maintain/develop a good credit score, thriving with more income than ever, or considering plans for retirement, The Human Equity Line of Credit™ can be applied on any income.
Read MoreBillions Spent on Low Income College Students — But Half of Them Don’t Even Graduate!
Research showed that one reason may be that low-income students receiving Pell grants tend to choose colleges that have lower graduation rates to begin with. Another reason may be that the data is not complete and, therefore, does not depict an entirely accurate picture.
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White Rage
Author Carol Anderson
From the Civil War to our combustible present, acclaimed historian Carol Anderson reframes our continuing conversation about race, chronicling the powerful forces opposed to black progress in America.
Human Behavior Expert Provides Solution to Global Racism and Religious Conflict!
Today’s domestic and global conflicts have continuing threads that underlie them, not the least of which are issues over religion and race. These issues are informed by one enduring ingredient: symbolism.
Read MoreIt Takes Guts and Hard Work to Expose a Scandal Like That of Harvey Weinstein
Survivors often choose to stay silent because they feel powerless. Part of the exposé on Weinstein – following investigations by the New Yorker and the New York Times – unveiled allegations of the use of coercion, threats and money to successfully silence people for decades.
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We Have Been Here Before: Did the FBI Just Declare War on Black People?
We’ve walked down this path before. We can start with Marcus Garvey, who dared to dream of Black independence and paid a horrible price for it. Fast forward to the Nation of Islam, the Black Panther Party …
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