An organization started by NBA superstar LeBron James and other Black athletes and entertainers announced Friday that it will help Floridians with prior felony convictions register to vote in the November election. More Than A Vote said it will donate $100,000 to the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition’s fund for Floridians struggling to pay off outstanding […]
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WNBA dedicates season to Breonna Taylor and Say Her Name campaign
Before the start of its 2020 campaign on Saturday, the WNBA dedicated the season to Breonna Taylor and the Say Her Name movement, which raises awareness for Black female victims of police violence. The New York Liberty and the Seattle Storm held a 26-second long moment of silence in honor of Taylor, who was 26 […]
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Georgia Legislative Black Caucus announces hiring of new executive director Deanna Hamilton
State Representative Karen Bennett (D-Stone Mountain), chairperson of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus (GLBC), today announced that the GLBC has hired Deanna Hamilton as its new executive director. In this position, Hamilton will oversee the GLBC’s administrative, fundraising and programmatic responsibilities for the largest Black caucus in the United States. “We are very pleased to […]
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Joe Biden’s surrogates tout ‘Plan for America’
President Donald Trump’s failure to control the coronavirus pandemic has worsened a long list of challenges facing American families, according to presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden. Among those challenges are caregivers, parents struggling to find childcare, and those in nursing homes, Biden and his campaign team said as they rolled out the former vice […]
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Mnuchin: Virus aid package soon, $1,200 checks by August
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that Republicans were set to roll out the next COVID-19 aid package Monday and assured there was backing from the White House after he and President Donald Trump’s top aide met to salvage the $1 trillion proposal that had floundered just days before. Mnuchin told reporters at the Capitol that extending […]
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Trump cancels Republican convention activities in Jacksonville
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Republicans have scrapped plans to hold convention activities in Jacksonville, Florida. The move is a striking turnaround for Trump, who moved the convention to Jacksonville after North Carolina’s governor raised public health concerns about having massive gatherings in Charlotte, as the GOP had long planned. Pared-back events in Charlotte […]
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Lewis funeral confirmed for Thursday at Ebenezer Baptist Church
The funeral for the late civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis will be held Thursday at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, which the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once led. Lewis’ family announced that the funeral will be private, but the public is invited to pay tribute over the coming days during a series […]
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deGregory: ‘Enduring Legacies — The painful truth behind their smiles’
If a picture is worth a thousand words, the lives of the Rev. C.T. Vivian and Congressman John Lewis, were truly priceless. Pictured thousands of times over—with the young, old, and in between—vibrantly colored photos of both men with the many people to which they generously gave of their treasured time and talents flooded the […]
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Blake: The age of Civil Rights heroes ended a while ago — and that actually might be good
He was a diminutive teenager from a dirt farm in Alabama who stuttered and stumbled over pronouncing big words. Some of his fellow seminary students called him a country hick behind his back. He was so earnest that when a seminary professor returned his heavily corrected paper, he didn’t get angry. He instead sent the […]
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Nicole Stamp: 18 ways to sustain the fight against racism
Protests against anti-Black racism are happening across the world. In my own social circle, many good-hearted White friends have expressed shock and distress at discovering the depth of racism that affects Black people — both systemically and interpersonally — and have reached out to ask me what they can do to help end anti-Black racism. […]
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Pressure mounts to rename Alabama’s Edmund Pettus Bridge in honor of John Lewis
The death of US Rep. John Lewis on Friday has renewed calls to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, after the civil rights legend. The push to rename the bridge comes amid a national conversation around monuments, names and symbols that celebrate the Confederacy and their place in America today. The bridge’s namesake, […]
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Georgia reports second-highest COVID-19 death total so far
Georgia reported its second-highest daily count of coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, in what health officials said was a consequence of the elevated number of infections the state has seen since June. The day in which a death is reported in Georgia is often not the day it occurs, and it’s not unusual to see a […]
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2 judges in lawsuit over Atlanta mask rule recuse themselves
After one judge recused herself at the state’s request from hearing a lawsuit filed by Georgia’s governor over measures taken by Atlanta in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a second stepped aside because she used to work for the governor. Atlanta is among at least 15 local jurisdictions statewide that has ordered people to wear […]
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New York’s governor pledges aid to Savannah
New York’s Democratic governor flew to Georgia on Monday, pledging to help the city of Savannah fight COVID-19, in a barely concealed rebuke to Georgia’s Republican leadership as virus cases continued to rise in the southern state. Gov. Andrew Cuomo declined to directly criticize Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, but warmly praised Savannah Mayor Van Johnson, […]
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Ford, National Urban League launch $600,000 initiative to help Black small business owners hardest hit by COVID-19
Ford Motor Company and its philanthropic arm, Ford Motor Company Fund, are joining with the National Urban League to provide $600,000 in grants to Black business owners negatively afflicted by COVID-19. The Emergency Capital Access Program (ECAP) will provide small grants, combined with technical assistance and advisory services, to Black business owners through National Urban League […]