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Ithaca’s first black mayor has new vision for police | World | The Sunday Times

In 2012 in upstate New York, Svante Myrick, an ambitious 24-year-old who had spent his early childhood in a homeless ...
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‘We Believed in the Sun’ distills lessons of Oklahoma’s Black history in art

‘We Believed in the Sun’ distills lessons of Oklahoma’s Black history in art

This week, survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre testified before Congress, bringing renewed attention to the long and fraught history ...
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Elizabeth Key: Crash Course Black American History #3

Elizabeth Key: Crash Course Black American History #3

The legal system can seem like a complicated tangle of arcane rules and loopholes, and it can sometimes seem like ...
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Black Mothers Face Dangerous Health-Care Disparities. Can Midwives Bridge the Gap? - dentist-in-greece

Black Mothers Face Dangerous Health-Care Disparities. Can Midwives Bridge the Gap? – dentist-in-greece

This film is a collaboration between The New Yorker and Retro Report. “We’re not being taken seriously. We’re not being ...
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Goldman Sachs Announces First Round of Capital Investments and Philanthropic Grants for Its One Million Black Women Initiative – BCNN Two (2)

Goldman Sachs Announces First Round of Capital Investments and Philanthropic Grants for Its One Million Black Women Initiative – BCNN Two (2)

Goldman Sachs has announced the initial grants, capital investments, and philanthropic grants for its One Million Black Women Initiative. Goldman Sachs’ initiative ...
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Black Mental Health Matters event held at Parcel 5

Black Mental Health Matters event held at Parcel 5

An event to bring awareness about the importance of Black mental health was held. It included an art installation and ...
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George Floyd's murder fueled the Black Lives Matter movement. A year later, activists and families are clashing over what comes next

George Floyd’s murder fueled the Black Lives Matter movement. A year later, activists and families are clashing over what comes next

A Black Lives Matter protester chants slogans on Wednesday early morning, Nov.   After police killed his son at his ...
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Netflix series on Black cooking gets to the heart the history of our cuisine

Netflix series on Black cooking gets to the heart the history of our cuisine

The first time I ate an oyster, I was newly out of college, at a mixer on Wall Street with ...
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US police release footage of Black man's violent 2019 arrest | |

US police release footage of Black man’s violent 2019 arrest | |

Police in the US state of Louisiana have released footage showing the violent arrest two years ago of a Black ...
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NPR: For Left, Palestinian Cause Similar to Black Lives Matter Movement – VTL News

National Public Radio (NPR), a taxpayer-funded national news outlet, reported Friday that left-wing Americans are rallying to the Palestinian cause, ...
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New survey a 'first step' to dismantling anti-Black racism, says researcher

New survey a ‘first step’ to dismantling anti-Black racism, says researcher

Seven in 10 Black Canadians have experienced racism on a regular or occasional basis, suggests a preliminary study that experts ...
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