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Team USA falls to France in opening round of Olympic games

by Special to the AFROJuly 27, 2021January 25, 2022

France’s Vincent Poirier tries to block a shot by United States’ Jrue Holiday (12) during a men’s basketball preliminary round game at the 2020 Summer Olympics on July 25 in […]

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The death of Kay DeBow Alford, co-founder of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, leaves a void in Black business empowerment

by Special to the AFROJuly 26, 2021January 25, 2022

Kay Debow, co-founder of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, died on July 19, 2021. (Courtesy photo) The National Black Chamber of Commerce announced this week, the death of its […]

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#WordInBlack: Haitians can no longer hide behind the caste system killing our country

by Special to the AFROJuly 23, 2021January 25, 2022

Our family’s multi-color bond was the exception, not the rule in Haiti. (Photograph by Patrice S Dorsainville on Unsplash) By Garry Pierre-Pierre The Haitian Times My mother’s side of the […]

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