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Don Valentine and Nicole Nutting By Don Valentine and Nicole Nutting He said: It’s appalling this historically incorrect movie won the best picture of the year for the Academy awards. White folks still don’t rationally understand the nuances of th...
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(LOS ANGELES, CALIF.) — Recently, the NAACP announced that Anthony Anderson is set to return as host for the 50th NAACP Image Awards. Anderson is a two-time NAACP Image Awards Winner for his role on Blackish and will be hosting the show for the...
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is excited to announce the fifth annual Lionfish Removal and Awareness Festival May 18 and 19 at AJ’s Seafood & Oyster Bar and Harbor Walk Village in Destin. Come out and celebrate the f...
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Tionne Watkins, better known as T-Boz (Photo credit: WeLoveOldSchool.com) From BlackDoctor.org After over 30 years in the music business, Tionne Watkins, better known as T-Boz of the legendary, multi-platinum girl group TLC, along with the re...
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Old Dillard Foundation (ODF) has again been awarded a grant from Funding Arts Broward (FAB!), a non-profit, volunteer-based arts organization committed to preserving and cultivating the arts in Broward County, Florida. The $`5,500 grant will be direc...
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Library’s new BiblioBoard service lets you create your own eBooks! BROWARD COUNTY, FL – Local authors and aspiring writers – your time has come! Broward County Library is rolling out BiblioBoard, a new, free service that lets curren...
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Book tells coming of age story about effects of bullying, the measures one takes to be accepted YORK, PA. – Cy Emery admits that he was bullied when he was a kid. Once he became a teacher, he had students who had been bullied. His own kids experience...
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Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)/Black Press USA By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent Women of color and their allies in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act on Tu...
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L to R: Rev. Dr. Bernard L. Richardson, Dean of Rankin Memorial Chapel Howard University; Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis, President of Benedict College; attorney and CNN political analyst Bakari Sellers (standing); Dr. Beverly Wade Hogan, President of Tougo...
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Dr. Willie W. Herenton was the first African American elected mayor of Memphis in 1991, serving until 2009. (Photo: Karanja A. Ajanaku) By John Semien, Special to The New Tri-State Defender As the incumbent talks about accelerating momentum, and a...
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On Oct. 3, 1974 amid rallies, negotiations and petitions, a Memphis police officer fatally shot 15-year-old Edward Garner, a fleeing suspect. Ironically, the patrolman, Elton Hymon, was African American. I talked with him recently as I sought to put...
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The following article, Arkansas Reinstates Clinton’s Law License, was first published on The Black Sphere. If Hillary Clinton is allowed to practice law again, that may be a bigger travesty than the idea of her being president. Isn’t ther...
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“I believe that we are in a situation with our city where we can’t wait for change,” said Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer, now an announced candidate for mayor. (TSD File Photo: Lee Eric Smith) By Lee Eric Smith, The New Tri-State Defender She...
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By Daniel Lee PORTLAND, ORE., will be the site of a sixth assembly of a uniquely acclaimed program that prepares social justice advocates for effective civil resistance campaigns on a host of socio-political crises and predicaments across the na...
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Jeneba Barrie, founder of Jeneba Barrie Nude Footwear The ultimate nude pumps are now available in 13 true to hue shades. (Dallas, TEX.) — Jeneba Barrie Nude Footwear, LLC has officially launched its line of 13 true to hue nude (skin-tone) footwear...
