Jaimarius Barnes, an 11-year-old in the Wichita, Kansas-based League 42 baseball organization, planned on suiting up for games this season just feet away from a Jackie Robinson statue. “He really …
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Biden campaign set to double down on Black voter outreach with visits to Georgia and Detroit this weekend
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsPresident Joe Biden plans to visit with Georgia voters on Saturday ahead of his commencement speech at Morehouse College on Sunday, before heading to Detroit to meet small-business owners later…
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Black men grapple with election choices: ‘We haven’t heard anything from a Democrat or Republican’
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsDETROIT — On a rainy, cloud-muted evening, a group of Black men dressed all in black, some with handguns holstered to their hips and pamphlets in their hands, marched down…
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He feared coming out. Now this pastor wants to help Black churches become as welcoming as his own.
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsIt was daunting when the Rev. Brandon Thomas Crowley, at age 22, replaced a beloved pastor who had ministered to one of suburban Boston’s most famed Black churches for 24…
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Screenshot: YouTube A Chicago teen now has an impressive title to add to her name – Doctor. Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman II just earned her doctoral degree from Arizona State…
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College hoop stars showcase their fashion prowess at the WNBA draft
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsThe WNBA wears Prada. The stars of the game wore top fashion labels Monday night that turned the draft into a mini-Oscars where style was front and center along with…
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North Carolina university committee swiftly passes policy change that could cut diversity staff
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsRALEIGH, N.C. — The future of diversity, equity and inclusion staff jobs in North Carolina’s public university system could be at stake after a five-person committee swiftly voted to repeal…
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A Georgia beach aims to disrupt Black students’ spring bash after big crowds brought chaos last year
by NBC Newsby NBC NewsTYBEE ISLAND, Ga. — Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia’s largest public beach will be greeted by dozens of extra police…
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Backlash to the layoffs and changes have been swift. A group of professors with the school’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors sent a letter to Hartzell last…