Kenneth W. Edmonds, Carolina Times Publisher, 66, Dies
Special to the NNPA Newswire, by the North Carolina Black Publishers Association (NCBPA) DURHAM, NC…
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Historic ‘Ben’s Chili Bowl’ to get relief loan
With the restaurant industry experiencing hard times from COVID-19 due to restrictions against large…
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Martin Luther King traffic ticket changed history
By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — On this day 60 years ago, a black man driving…
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Pioneering boxing ref dies, sport’s 1st black Olympic judge
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Carmen Williamson, who in the 1940s and ’50s…
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Attorney who fought for civil rights in Louisiana has died
By CHEVEL JOHNSON Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A white lawyer who defended black civil rights…
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Baker laments lack of blacks in MLB on Jackie Robinson Day
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer Houston manager Dusty Baker celebrated Jackie Robinson’s legacy…
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Lives Lost: Milwaukee police leader ensured racial equality
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lenard “Lenny” Wells didn’t…
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Chicago mayor: Virus deaths in black community ‘devastating’
By KATHLEEN FOODY CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago is launching a health campaign focused on the city’s…
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Amid coronavirus pandemic, black mistrust of medicine looms
By AARON MORRISON and JAY REEVES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Just as the new coronavirus was…
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HBO documentary sheds new light on ‘Atlanta Child Murders’
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Terrell believes an imprisoned…
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High Court declines case of 60s black militant H. Rap Brown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is declining to take the case of a 1960s black militant formerly…
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Pro Football Hall of Famer Bobby Mitchell dies at 84
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Bobby Mitchell, the speedy Hall of Famer who became…
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