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Before There Was Black History Month, There Was Black August
Born inside a California prison in 1979, Black August honors Black freedom fighters and political prisoners through study, fasting, training, and struggle.
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7 days ago3 min read
SirDavis Is Now 100 Percent Black Owned and Beyonce Did Not Need a Partner to Do It
Moet Hennessy sold its stake in the whisky brand it co-launched with Beyonce in 2024. She now owns every percent of a brand named for her great-grandfather, a Prohibition era moonshiner.
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Jul 302 min read
This HBCU Just Wiped Out Its Former Students' Debt and Told Them to Come Finish What They Started
Paine College in Augusta erased outstanding institutional balances, clearing the way for former Lions to return and complete their degrees.
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Jul 282 min read
Wall Street Has Been Buying Up Black Neighborhoods. A Georgia Senator Just Made It Law to Stop
Senator Raphael Warnock's ban on private equity firms mass-purchasing single-family homes is now federal law.
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Jul 282 min read
Sixty-Three Years After the Dream, They Are Marching on Washington Again
Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, and a coalition of civil rights groups have called a new March on Washington for August 28 to defend voting rights.
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Jul 282 min read
Six Years Later, Still 2020. Meanwhile We've Got Real Problems
Trump is spending primetime tonight on an election from six years ago. Here's what Black America actually needs him to talk about.
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Jul 162 min read
She Was Told Her Idea Was Too Generic to Protect. KIN Apparel Just Won the Trademark
After two rejections from the Patent and Trademark Office, Philomina Kane announced that Satin-Lined Hoodie is now a registered trademark owned by her brand, KIN Apparel.
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Jul 152 min read
Before You Repost That Fawn Weaver Headline, Know the Whole Story
A Black founder built one of America's fastest-growing whiskey brands. Her fight with a lender is real, and it is more complicated than any caption.
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Jul 144 min read
Black Men Are Rallying Around Nolan Wells' Family, and Refusing to Let His Death Be Swept Aside
Ben Crump, Al Sharpton, Colin Kaepernick, Tyler Perry, and Byron Allen have stepped forward to fund an independent investigation, cover costs, and demand answers in the death of the 18-year-old Mississippi athlete.
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Jul 133 min read
He pardoned people who beat officers and trashed the Capitol, but wants to give 10 years to someone pulling debris out of the Reflecting Pool?
On the eve of the country's 250th birthday, the Justice Department indicted a 67 year old Olympic canoeist for touching a pool. That is the real headline. On July 2, a grand jury in Washington handed up a felony charge against Davey Hearn for destruction of property at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. He faces up to 10 years in prison. His hearing is set for July 9. His alleged crime, according to the government, was reaching into the water during a bike ride and pulling
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Jul 24 min read
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