Black Voice News Receives $300,000 from GNI Innovation Challenge
By S. E. Williams, Executive Editor, Black Voice News The Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge…
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Sculpture honors 1st Black president of an American college
By LISA RATHKE undefined RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — The first Black president of an American college is being…
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MLB reclassifies Negro Leagues as major league
By Associated Press Undefined NEW YORK (AP) — Willie Mays will add some hits to his record, Monte…
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MSNBC Names Rashida Jones President
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent In a year plagued by a pandemic that…
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OP-ED: The Universal Hip Hop Museum – The Official Record of Hip Hop
By Rocky Bucano, Executive Director of the Universal Hip Hop Museum In the 1970s, America was in turmoil.…
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Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, dies at 83
By Associated Press Undefined SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from…
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IN MEMORIAM: David Dinkins, New York’s First and Only Black Mayor, Dies at 93
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent David Dinkins was the stuff of political legend…
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For the First Time in NFL History, an All-Black Crew Will Officiate an NFL Game
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent In 1965, after beginning his officiating…
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Lucille Bridges, mother of activist Ruby Bridges, dies at 86
By Associated Press Associated NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lucille Bridges, the mother of civil rights activist…
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Harris becomes first Black woman, South Asian elected VP
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press Kamala Harris made history Saturday as the first Black woman elected…
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Dave Roberts Becomes Second Black Manager to Win the World Series
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The Los Angeles Dodgers are the champions…
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‘Brian’s Song,’ ‘Roots,’ ‘Purple Rain’ writer dies at 83
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — William Blinn, a screenwriter for the landmark…
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