By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) held an emergency telephone town hall on March 20, to discuss the coronavirus and its impact on the Black community. The discussion also included the coronavirus’ impact on the prison population and the homeless. “Even though we’re in […]
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Census Bureau Extends Decennial Count
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent The U.S. Census Bureau announced that it would delay its decennial count by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a conference call on March 20, Tim Olsen, the associated director for field operations at the Census Bureau, noted that the original end date […]
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Family Wants Justice For World War II Veteran Murdered in 1956
By BlackNews.com Hammondee Green was a World War II veteran who put his life on the line for his country. After he was honorably discharged in 1946, he was murdered in Amite, La., in 1956 while in custody of the Amite Police Department for reasons unknown according to his family. His family never saw justice […]
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Abandoned Properties Expert Develops Unique Plan to Reverse Gentrification
By BlackNews.com Dr. Johnny Cash, a Chicago-based published author and the nation’s leading abandoned properties expert, says that he has developed the ultimate plan for reversing gentrification. “When you consider that there is six times the number of vacant properties in America as there are homeless, it breaks your heart,” says Dr. Cash. “The numbers […]
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Selma Online Offers Free Civil Rights Lessons Amid Virus
By Russell Contreras The Associated Press The first attempt of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., in 1965, led to police violence against peaceful African-American demonstrators. The beatings, known as “Bloody Sunday,” generated anger across the nation 55 years ago this month and prompted President Lyndon Johnson to push the Voting Rights Act […]
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Faith-Based Streaming App Minno Offers Immediate Assistance to #StayAtHome Families, Rolls out Free “Church at Home” Feature
In Response to COVID-19, Minno launches Free Program Giving Churches and Families Easy-to-Use Digital Tools to Transfer the Church Experience to the Home, Including Help for Talking to Kids About Coronavirus FAITH NEWSWIRE – (Nashville, TN—March 18, 2020) Minno—a new, Nashville-based children’s digital media company featuring one of the world’s largest collections of Classic VeggieTales […]
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U.S. Congress: Funding The Nation’s Community Health Centers
March 20, 2020 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House United States House of Representatives H-232, U.S. Capitol Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Minority Leader United States House of Representatives H-204, U.S. Capitol Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader United States Senate S-230, U.S. Capitol Washington, D.C. 20510 The […]
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Trump Angrily Defends His Handling of Pandemic
By Jill Colvin and Jonathan Lemire The Associated Press Defending his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, an angry President Donald Trump on March 20 lashed out at reporters and broke with his own health officials on the science of the outbreak. Trump said he was tapping the Defense Production Act to order American businesses to […]
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Black Women and the Vote: Lifting as We Climb
By Jean Thompson Special to the AFRO The year was 1896. Distinguished leaders of African American women’s clubs from across the nation met in Washington, D.C. and agreed to unify under the banner of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). Even today, the list of delegates in the room that day impresses: Ida B. […]
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AP Advisory: Coronavirus Briefing
Happening Now Southern Europe is struggling under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic, with gasping patients filling hospitals in Spain and Italy as the global toll surpassed 10,000 people. In the U.S., California’s governor expanded restrictions on nonessential movement for all 40 million residents, and the Trump administration warned Americans abroad to return home or […]
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Black Women and the Vote: Words Were the Weapons of Harper’s War
By Leonard Sparks Special to the AFRO Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was allegedly born “free,” but two years after the Civil War ended the by-then famed writer, abolitionist, suffragist and lecturer gave a speech condemning the post-war reality for Blacks in the United States. Watkins warned those who paid 35 cents in 1867 to hear […]
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Civil Rights Leaders Fight for Black Americans
By AFRO Staff The nation’s leading civil rights organizations have requested an urgent meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer regarding racial equity in the coronavirus response proposal. The leaders include Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League; Melanie Campbell, president and CEO of the National […]
