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Black Trans Artists Honor Victims Of Transphobic Violence In Powerful Music Video
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["A trio of Black transgender women traverse a pandemic-shuttered New York in “But... I Survived,” a music video project aimed at honoring victims of transphobic violence. Set to the tune of Sia’s “Alive,” the “But.....
Black Woman Shot By Illinois Police Officer Seeks Justice From Hospital Bed
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["WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A Black woman who was shot and wounded inside a vehicle by a police officer who also fatally shot her 19-year-old boyfriend on Satuday told about 200 people gathered at an emotional rally in su...
Cori Bush Makes History Being Elected As Missouri’s First Black Congresswoman
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["Cori Bush made history Tuesday night. She won Missouri’s 1st Congressional District seat, making her the first Black woman elected to represent the state in Congress. The progressive congresswoman-elect was expecte...
COVID-19 Keeps Black Friday Crowds Thin, Shoppers Shift To Online
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["NEW YORK (AP) — The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in online shopping offered a beacon of hope for struggling retailers after months ...
David Dinkins, NYC’s First Black Mayor, Dies At 93
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["ASSOCIATED PRESS David Dinkins delivers his first speech as mayor of New York, on Jan. 2, 1990. NEW YORK (AP) — David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City’s first Black mayor, but was doomed to a single ter...
Etsy Black Friday Deals To Shop Small In 2020
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[]["HuffPost may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Prices and availability subject to change.HuffPostTurns out, you won’t have to wait until Small Business Saturday to find Cyber Week deals f...
Eva Longoria Apologizes For Downplaying Black Women’s Role In Biden’s Win
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["Eva Longoria is apologizing for undermining the crucial role Black women played in the recent presidential election, clarifying that she never meant to take credit from the voters who helped to deliver President-ele...
Exclusive: Trump Interior Hire Cited White Supremacist, Called Black Lives Matter ‘Racist’
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["A new high-ranking Interior Department official is a prolific politics writer who has called the Black Lives Matter movement “racist,” defended accused killer Kyle Rittenhouse, dismissed white liberals as a “cult of...
I’m A Black American. Here Is How I Used Solo Travel To Escape My Racist Country.
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["Photo Courtesy of Diane Wesh The author in 2017 overlooking Athens, Greece, during the three weeks I traveled carrying only my blue backpack. In bell hooks’ 1995 biography “Killing Rage: Ending Racism,” she makes an...
I’m A High-Achieving Black Woman In Largely White Spaces. And I’m Exhausted.
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["PeopleImages via Getty Images “Impressive.” That was how my high school principal greeted me at my freshman orientation. As a 13-year-old, I was barely cognizant of the judgment in his tone, the implications of his ...
Jared Kushner Mocks Black Lives Matter Activists: They ‘Go On Instagram And Cry’
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["Jared Kusher, a top aide and son-in-law to President Donald Trump, appeared to mock Black Lives Matter activists on Monday, claiming many people who spoke out against George Floyd’s death in May were simply “virtue ...
Joe Biden Aims Closing Pitch At One Of His Few Vulnerabilities: Young Black Men
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["For much of the 2020 election cycle, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has focused intently on cementing gains among white women, a voting bloc that helped deliver Democrats massive victories in midterm elec...
Kamala Harris Elected As First Black, Asian American Vice President
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["There are several villages that helped raise Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who is now the first Black woman, Asian American, HBCU graduate, daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants to be elected vice president of...
Letitia Wright’s Moving Response To Doing ‘Black Panther’ Without Chadwick Boseman
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["What’s “Black Panther” without the Black Panther himself, Chadwick Boseman? More than seven weeks after the 43-year-old actor’s death from colon cancer, co-star Letitia Wright still has a hard time thinking about it...
Louisiana Man Sentenced To 25 Years For Torching 3 Black Churches
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["LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man who admitted to burning down three predominantly African American churches to promote himself as a “black metal” musician was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison and ordered ...
Megan Thee Stallion Made An Album For Every Black Woman Who Is Fed Up
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["On Sunday evening, as rapper Megan Thee Stallion racked up trophies and performed her new hit single “Body” on stage at the American Music Awards, rapper Tory Lanez had this to say on Twitter: “The double standard i...