N.C. A&T to Celebrate Class of 2020 with Glittering Lineup of High-Profile Events EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (May 4, 2020) – Commencement season is a special time at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in any year. But this year, the university is going above and beyond to give the newest Aggie graduates a sendoff […]
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‘We Don’t Know How It Will End’: Hunger Stalks Amid Virus
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JACQUELYN MARTIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When all this started — when the coronavirus began stalking humanity like an animal hunting prey, when she and her husband lost their restaurant jobs overnight as the world shut down to hide, when she feared not being able to feed her family — […]
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Wells Fargo Waives Collection of Negative Balances, Provides Stimulus Check Tips
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Payments to eligible recipients will arrive by either direct deposit or a paper check, and Wells Fargo has issued six helpful tips that may help individuals access their funds as soon as possible. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Millions of U.S. residents have begun receiving government stimulus payments […]
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Restaurants in America Hard Hit by COVID-19 Face Uphill Battle to Return to Normal
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The devastating economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been particularly divesting to the restaurant and service industry. One estimate proclaimed that 40 percent of restaurants in New York are unlikely to reopen after the pandemic is over. But even after it ends, there is fear that business won’t be the same […]
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Black-Owned Businesses Demand Share of Fed Dollars as COVID-19 Rages On
By J. Cunningham Special to Texas Metro News (NNPA Newswire) — The coronavirus pandemic has ravaged the U.S. economy, leaving scores of businesses in limbo and livelihoods in jeopardy. And Black businesses — many of which were already fighting to access capital — are struggling to weather this economic disaster COVID-19 has wrought. They are […]
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Mercer University’s Removal of Civil Rights Mural Criticized
By The Associated Press Mercer University is facing a backlash from some students and professors after the university’s president had a mural that included civil rights icon Rosa Parks and the school’s first Black student removed. University officials say the mural on the side of a building in Macon was not intended to be permanent. […]
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Press Release: OneUnited Bank, Largest Black-Owned Bank, Launches SBA Paycheck Protection Program
OneUnited Bank, the largest Black-owned bank in the country, is proud to announce the launch of its Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). OneUnited Bank, a Preferred SBA 7(a) lender, is offering PPP loans to its existing and new customers on a nationwide basis through its state-of-the-art online and mobile banking platform. OneUnited has […]
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Press Release: Michelle Obama Documentary Dropping On Netflix May 6
(Black PR Wire) — “Becoming,” a new documentary based on Michelle Obama’s best-selling book of the same name, is coming to the Netflix lineup on May 6. The film, directed by Nadia Hallgren, follows Obama across 34 cities for her book tour. It features the former First Lady as she speaks to everyday Americans and […]
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‘This Never Happened,’ Former Vice President Joe Biden Speaks on Sexual Assault Allegation
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor Former Vice President Joseph Biden denied an allegation of sexual assault by a former Senate aide, Tara Reade, breaking a month of silence on the accusation.. Biden was vetted before being selected as President Obama’s vice president in 2008, a role he served in for eight years. Biden […]
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Women, Minorities Shoulder Front-Line Work during Pandemic
By Mae Anderson, Alexandra Olson and Angeliki Kastanis The Associated Press As America tentatively emerges from weeks of lockdowns, it is becoming clear that the pandemic has taken its toll on workers who have been on the front lines all along. They have been packing and delivering supplies, caring for the sick and elderly, and […]
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No Race Balance, But Desegregation Ends for Georgia District
By Jeff Amy The Associated Press A federal judge is releasing a southwest Georgia school system from a racial desegregation order, ruling its overwhelmingly African American enrollment isn’t its fault. U.S. District Judge Louis Sands Sr. on April 29 signed an order declaring that, 57 years after Black parents sued the Dougherty County school system, […]
