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Stacey Abrams Navigates Voting Law Fight With Eye On 2022

April 22, 2021 admin 0

| April 19, 2021 – By Bill Barrow | The Associated Press – (Source: www.theatlantavoice.com) – President Joe Biden called Georgia’s new voting law an “atrocity.” A leading Black bishop called for a national boycott of companies […]

President Biden Announces Executive Orders to Curb Gun Violence

April 22, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “This gun violence in our neighborhood is having a profound impact on our children, even if they’re never involved in […]

Morris Brown College Receives Accreditation after 20 Years

April 19, 2021 admin 0

By Victor Omondi (Source: www.yourblackworld.net) – Having lost accreditation in 2002 as a result of financial challenges, Morris Brown College is now celebrating after getting its accreditation back. They made it official that they had received the accreditation […]

Florida Senate Passes Controversial ‘Anti-Riot’ Bill Pushed in Wake of Black Lives Matter Protests

April 16, 2021 admin 0

By Dartunorro Clark – (Source: www.nbcnews.com) – GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis championed the legislation and is expected to sign it as early as next week. The Florida Senate on Thursday passed, largely along party lines, […]

Pfizer Testing COVID-19 Vaccine on Kids as Young as 2 Years Old

April 16, 2021 admin 0

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC – Source: www.bnc.tv) – Almost 3.5 million kids have been infected with the disease In this Wednesday, March 24, 2021 image from video provided by Duke Health, Alejandra Gerardo, 9, looks up to her […]

The Educational Impact of COVID-19 on Black kids Will Be Generational

April 16, 2021 admin 0

By Torrance Stephens | April 15, 2021 | 0 – (Source: www.rollingout.com) Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Black kids across the nation were not truly benefiting from participation in government public schools. In Baltimore, an analysis in 2017 of testing data of […]

‘This has been a tough week’: Black Lawmakers Discuss Racial Inequities, COVID with Biden

April 15, 2021 admin 0

(Source: www.usatoday.com) – Leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus met with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House for the first time Tuesday and laid out their policy vision. “We […]

Kemp Blames Stacey Abrams for MLB Pullout

April 13, 2021 admin 0

(Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – ATLANTA DAILY WORLD – By Roz Edward, Atlanta Daily World – Critics of the Georgia voter suppression law and the state’s reform initiatives cite that the wave of GOP sponsored bills in […]

‘I Just Want My Baby Home’ Says Distraught Mom of Unarmed Black Man Killed by Police

April 13, 2021 admin 0

(Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “My son was 20-years-old,” Katie Wright reminded journalists and community members, just hours after her son’s fatal police encounter. […]

BLACK YOUTH: National Survey Shows the Evolution of Alarming Racial Disparities in Juvenile Criminal Justice System During COVID-19 Era

April 13, 2021 admin 0

By Victor Tramm – (Source: www.yourblackworld.net) – Beneath the stifling smokescreen of a global coronavirus outbreak, a crisis within a crisis inside the United States has evolved right in the confines of its national juvenile criminal […]