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MSR Forefront caps Black History Month with a deeper dive into reparations
On Thursday, February 25, MSR ForeFront will delve further into the topic of U.S. reparations.
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Tiger Woods hospitalized after single-car accident (udpated)
Legendary golfer Tiger Woods is reportedly in the hospital following a single-car accident in L.A. County Tuesday morning.
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‘We have to resist becoming numb to the sorrow’: Pres. Biden honors 500,000 lives lost to COVID-19
As the U.S. death toll rises to the tragic number of 500,000, President Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris marked the solemn occasion with a candlelight memorial.
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Organ transplant patient dies after receiving COVID-infected lungs
Doctors say a woman in Michigan contracted COVID-19 and died last fall two months after receiving a tainted double-lung transplant from a donor who turned out to harbor the virus.
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Daughters of Malcolm X reveal NYPD officer’s ‘death bed’ confession of NYPD/FBI conspiracy
Almost 56 years to the Feb. 21, 1965, assassination of Malcolm X, the slain leader’s daughters and a noted civil rights attorney are shining a light on those whom they believe are responsible for the heartless murder. The group gathered on Saturday, Feb. 20, at the old Audubon Ballroom – since renamed The Shabazz Center – with […]
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Rev. Frederick ‘Fred’ K.C. Price, founder of Black megachurch, dies
Frederick K.C. Price, televangelist and founder of the Crenshaw Christian Center, has died. He was 89.
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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Leads U.S. Reparations Bill H.R. 40
‘Has anyone addressed the question of slavery and its comprehensive impact on Black Americans in this country? This is what H.R. 40 will do.’
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Senate votes to award Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman with Congressional Gold Medal
The Senate unanimously voted to award Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman with the Congressional Gold Medal.
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Black workers in Alabama lead effort to organize first unionized Amazon warehouse
‘They are taking on powerful anti-union forces in a strong anti-union state, but their victory will benefit every worker in America.’
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Why many Black Americans could care less about Emanuel Jackson’s fate
According to dozens of African American social media users, Emanuel Jackson is getting a lesson on how different American Justice is for Black people.
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Black women find healing (but sometimes racism, too) in the outdoors
‘The most surprising thing is the sisterhood we experience on and off the trails.’
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Time to act on COVID vaccination racial disparities
In the states that do report, White people get vaccinated at a much higher rate than Black Americans.
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Regal was her name: Cicely Tyson passes at 96
In between her illustrious acting career, she showed the way for Black people to live with their heads held high in the midst of indignity.
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General Lloyd Austin is first Black U.S. secretary of defense
Retired African American General Lloyd Austin is now in charge of the U.S. Department of Defense. On Friday, Jan. 22, the Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Defense pick, making Gen. Austin the first African American to serve in that key strategic federal government leadership role. “I pledge to fight hard to rid our […]
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You can now buy an August Wilson USPS stamp
Legendary playwright August Wilson is now the 44th Black Heritage Stamp honoree.
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How new voters, Black women transformed Georgia’s politics
It was Georgia’s changing electorate that put Democrats in office.
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Biden signs executive orders aimed at tackling racism in America
On Tuesday, Jan. 26, President Biden signed a series of executive orders meant to strike at the heart of American racism.
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Biden administration to ‘speed up’ Harriet Tubman $20 bill redesign delayed by Trump
‘The Treasury Department is taking steps to put Harriet Tubman on the front of the new $20 notes,’ White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.
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PHOTOS: Biden-Harris inauguration brightens subdued Capitol
As former President Trump flew for one last time on the Marine One helicopter, a group of a few Black Lives Matter protesters erupted in cheers as music blared.