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3 Innocent Black Men Awarded $18 Million Settlement After Serving 39 Years
Three men from Cleveland, Ohio — 63-year old Rickey Jackson, 65-year old Wiley Bridgeman, and 62-year old Kwame Ajamu — have been awarded a settlement for $18 million nearly 45 years after their wrongful conviction and imprisonment in connection to
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The Detroit Business Hub Group Launches Online Business Starter Course
The Detroit Business Hub Group (DBHG), LLC, has launched its first online business starter course. Several business professionals assist small business owners in the 14-module course including Kapstone CEO Tammy Turner, DBHG Director Nancy O’Neale, Dichondra Johnson, MBA, Brandi Shelton,
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Senator Robinson Hosts Zoom Conference for Minority Businesses on Loans Available
Senator Robinson and Representative Quick hosted an important Zoom call with Golden Leaf’s Director of Programs, Kasey Ginsberg to give minority businesses links and information on how to apply for the Loan appropriated by the NC Legislature in its recent
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Vote-by-Mail Under ‘Existential Threat’ as Top US Postal Service Official Reportedly Forced Out
Deputy Postmaster General Ronald Stroman has reportedly been forced out of his position, throwing the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service into further chaos as the agency faces a potentially catastrophic financial crisis and efforts by Trump administration officials to impose draconian
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For Parents of Color, Schooling at Home Can Be an Act of Resistance
My 6-year-old hates the British. To be more specific, the British Empire that ruled over up to a quarter of the world’s land by the early 1900s. Hates that one of the biggest diamonds in the world, found in India over 1,000 years ago,
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Historic Power Struggle Between Trump and Congress Reviewed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in two cases concerning congressional demands, known as subpoenas, for materials that President Donald Trump claims are intrusions into his private affairs and are not legitimate uses of congressional power. Another case argued before
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Surprise Medical Bills Continue During Coronavirus Time, and Congress Still Misses Major Points
I am a health policy scholar who became a patient last year, when I needed a surgical repair to a heart valve. My two identities united the day after my operation, when a congenial woman from the admissions department came to discuss
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Bankruptcy Courts Ill-Prepared for Tsunami of People Going Broke
As more Americans lose all or part of their incomes and struggle with mounting debts, another crisis looms: a wave of personal bankruptcies. Bankruptcy can discharge or erase many types of debts and stop foreclosures, repossessions and wage garnishments. But our research shows the
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Healthy Twin Babies Born to Atlanta Mom Who Had COVID-19 While in a Coma
Atlanta, GA — Monique Cook was 8 months pregnant with twins when she tested positive for the coronavirus. While in a coma, she had to undergo an emergency procedure to give birth to healthy twins. “My contractions started coming two minutes
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Unemployment at Nearly 15% Still Shy of the Record High During the Great Depression
CC BY-ND The U.S. unemployment rate jumped from 4.4% in March to a roughly 90-year high of 14.7% in April. But could the rate, as some predict, surpass the record 25% joblessness the U.S. experienced at the peak of the Great Depression? As
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First Book to Examine the Personal Style of Legendary Jazz Musician Miles Davis
Los Angeles, CA — Author and entertainment executive Michael Stradford pens the first book on the style of legendary jazz musician, Miles Davis, often called ‘the Picasso of music’. Noteworthy are exclusive observations from luminaries such as Quincy Jones, Lenny Kravitz,
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Brooklyn Nurse Who Was Pregnant With COVID-19 Remains on Life Support
Brooklyn, NY — Sylvia LeRoy, a 35-year old nurse who was working on the front lines at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, New York while pregnant, is reportedly in a coma due to complications from COVID-19. She was forced to give birth to her baby
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Entrepreneur Launches Productivity and Scholarship Application Challenges
“12 Days in 12 Hours Productivity Success Challenge” & “The Secure the Bag Scholarship Application Challenge” Washington, DC — Popular philanthropist and entrepreneur Jay Cameron is hosting the online “12 Days in 12 Hours Productivity Success Challenge” & “The Secure the Bag Scholarship
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2020 Howard Grad Earns Ph.D. at Age 73 – Survived Nigerian Civil War
WASHINGTON – On April 26, 2020, Florence Nwando Onwusi Didigu, 73, defended her dissertation to earn her Ph.D. in Communication, Culture and Media Studies. Her dissertation and future book titled, “Igbo Collective Memory of the Nigeria – Biafra War (1967-1970): Reclaiming Forgotten
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Facebook Awards Black Press of America Publishers $1.3 Million in Relief Grants
Facebook has announced that 15 member publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) will receive $1.288 million in grants through the Facebook Journalism Project’s relief fund for local news. The social media giant said more than 200 news organizations
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The Fight for the 2020 Vote and the March to the Ballot Box
Since the onset of COVID-19, voter registration in the United States has decreased by a whopping 90 percent. Additionally, more than 18 million voters have been purged off the rolls since 2016, and, with the all-important 2020 General Election on
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NHRMC Employees Make Record Donations to Support Patients and One Another
WILMINGTON, NC – New Hanover Regional Medical Center employees have once again broken their own record for generosity. Employees have committed to donate $413,131 to the NHRMC Foundation’s 2020 Employee Campaign, which supports special projects that benefit patients and employees in
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Black Radical – The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter
By Kerri Greenidge
William Monroe Trotter (1872– 1934), though still virtually unknown to the wider public, was an unlikely American hero. With the stylistic verve of a newspaperman and the unwavering fearlessness of an emancipator…
Shooters Finally Arrested For Killing 25-Year Old Black Man Who Was Jogging
Gregory McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, two of the men involved in the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, have finally been arrested. Arbery was killed back in February in Glynn County, Georgia, by the men who pursued him because they thought
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North Carolina’s Worst-Performing Precincts Reveal a Flawed Voter Registration Process
UPDATE: Prompted by this report, NC state Rep. Graig Meyer and 16 other legislators petitioned the State Board of Elections to change the state’s voter registration form as called for here. That change was implemented in October 2019. Provisional Ballots: the
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Unmasked: An Introspective Conversation with Creatives – May 12
Local creatives reflect on the multi-layered effect the pandemic has had on their lives. For this special installment of Unmasked, we sit down with some of Charlotte’s brightest local creatives for a transparent conversation about the current climate, and how it
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Black Educator Puts the Spotlight on the Next Generation of Youth Leaders
When Dr. Candice Lucas-Bledsoe realized that her annual Cutting Edge Youth Summit with over 300 students, parents, teachers, and community leaders would not take place this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she decided to pivot. She decided instead to
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Temporary Speed Bump? America’s Choice: Death, Coronavirus or the Economy
Under the direction and management of President Donald Trump and his coronavirus pandemic task force, there has been mass death. With over 56,000 deaths, and over one million cases of the virus, there are still no masks, limited ventilators, limited
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Shooting Death in Georgia of Ahmaud Arbery is Defined as a “Modern Day Lynching”
Months after the U.S. House passed a new lynching law, which has been held up by the Republican led U.S. Senate, and a day after investigative journalist Ida B. Wells was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize — a lynching story
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Inmates, Staff Worry About Care as Marion Prison Becomes One of Largest COVID Outbreaks in US
The largest-known coronavirus hotspot in the country isn’t in New York or California: it’s the Marion Correctional Institution, an Ohio state prison about 50 miles north of Columbus. According to state data that is updated daily, for Marion Correctional, as of
Read MoreWoman Founder Launches New App to Create Revenue For Small Black Business Owners
In less than two years, Melanin Enterprise (aka “ME”) – The Black Professional Social Network has gained national notoriety for being one of the best mobile apps in the country for discovering and supporting local Black-owned businesses, creating economic independence, and connecting
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Joe Biden’s Plan for Empowering Black America
When former Vice President Joe Biden sat for an exclusive live stream interview with National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. in February, the now presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said it was crucial to secure the
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Rep. Jim Clyburn Will Lead House Oversight Committee on Coronavirus
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-South Carolina) will chair a newly established oversight panel with broad authority to oversee the federal response to the coronavirus. During an exclusive live broadcast, Clyburn told National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO
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Stop Excluding People of Color in Environmental Policies
The deadly destruction wrought by the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the harsh inequities in American society, disproportionately ravaging Black America and other communities of color, as well as individuals who were on the social margins long before the crisis.
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Kenneth W. Edmonds: Carolina Times Publisher Passes – Special From NCBPA
DURHAM, NC — Kenneth William Edmonds, Editor-Publisher of The Carolina Times, died on Saturday, May 2, 2020, at the age of 66. Edmonds succeeded his mother, Ms. Vivian Edmonds, in 2002, and carried on the legacy of his grandfather, Louis Austin.
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NHRMC Announces Phased Reopening of Surgical, Diagnostic Testing Services
WILMINGTON, NC – The New Hanover Regional Medical Center system will reopen the first phase of surgical services and diagnostic testing starting on Monday, May 4, 2020. The plan is based on a phased, calculated approach guided by a dozen metrics that
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Carolinians at Higher Risk for Severe Illness from COVID-19
RALEIGH — More than half (51.1%) of North Carolina adults are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19 because they are 65 or older, have at least one underlying health condition or both, according to data analyzed by the
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‘We Were Curiosities’: One Of ‘The Last Negroes At Harvard’ Shares His Story
Kent Garrett Sr., 97, still remembers how proud and happy he was when his son was admitted to Harvard in 1959. “I invited everybody over for dinner,” he recalls with a laugh. Garrett was a subway motorman who worked a
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Black-Owned Businesses Demand Share of Federal Dollars as COVID-19 Rages On
The coronavirus pandemic has ravaged the U.S. economy, leaving scores of businesses in limbo and livelihoods in jeopardy. And Black businesses – many of which were already fighting to access capital – are struggling to weather this economic disaster COVID-19
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Coalition of Civil Rights Leaders Support CBC in Protecting Black Health
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 3, 2020 – National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., National Action Network (NAN) Founder Rev. Al Sharpton, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), National Coalition of 100 Black
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Valeisha Butterfield Jones Named as Recording Academy’s First Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Valeisha Butterfield Jones, a leader, a global influencer, and culture shifter who co-founded the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network (WENN) and served as the National Youth Vote Director for President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign, has been named the Recording
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Meet The Black Woman CEO Who Is Taking Over the Freight Broker Industry
Nikisha Reagan is the founder and CEO of NR Swanks Freight Brokerage, one of very few Black woman-owned freight brokerages in the country. Based in Houston, Texas, her company offers top notch broker services to hundreds of shippers and carriers,
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4 Good Practices for Anyone Caring for Quarantined Kids
About 55 million U.S. schoolchildren attend schools that have been closed or are being directly affected by the new coronavirus social distancing rules. Erika London Bocknek, a family therapist who studies early childhood development, parenting and family resilience, encourages parents and others raising
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Top 11 Misconceptions Many African Americans Have About Coronavirus
BLACKNEWS.COM – Coronavirus, also known scientifically as COVID-19, has been a global nightmare. One by one, the virus has infiltrated nearly every country and about 10% of those who have contracted the virus have died. Sadly, there are many African
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Department of Labor Announces $29.2 Million Funding for Rural Communities Initiative
The Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities Initiative WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor, in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the Delta Regional Authority (DRA), today announced the availability of approximately $29.2 million in a second
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The Role of the Black Church During a Pandemic
I recently came across an article on NewsOne.com that highlighted a furor on several social media platforms regarding whether wealthy pastors are contributing enough to COVID-19 relief efforts. Admittedly, some of the social media memes and tropes were amusing and of course,
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Court’s in Session: Will Labor Please Rise!
This November, we’re going to have to do some hard work to make sure that going off to work every day means a decent living for our families. That is, if your job pays your bills, provides you and your
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Congressional Black Caucus: Prioritize Black People First! Word!
As a person who’s been on the front lines of protests advocating for Black folks for media job hiring, slavery reparations and more Black history teaching in public schools, just to name a few. I’ve witnessed for decades how my
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Former Radio Personality Creates Social Media App for African Americans
‘Marcel’ to Debut his New App on Chuck D’s RapStation On Friday, May 1, legendary Public Enemy front man Chuck D will host a “Hip-Hop Earthizen Town Hall,” with Dr. Khan, one of today’s most relevant rappers. The Town Hall
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Unmasked: The Digital Divide Leaves Students Offline – Tuesday, May 5
Join us as we continue our Unmasked Series examining the impact of the virus on K-12 education and the digital divide. The digital divide – the gulf between those who have ready access to computers and the internet and those
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Charleston International Airport Reports Minority Business Participation
Officials at Charleston International Airport recently provided information regarding minority business participation. Here’s some of that information. David Morrow, director of procurement for the airport said in 2019, the airport spent $77,375,260 for procurement of goods and services. Of that, $7,784,882 was
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