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Lizzo picked up the Quincy Jones Humanitarian Award at this weekend’s Black Music Action Coalition gala. In a moving acceptance speech, the Grammy Award-winning pop star made a thinly veiled reference to her legal woes while accepting the coveted award alongside cast members from her reality show, Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls. Lizzo […]

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Simone Biles accomplishments and genuine concern for the emotional wellbeing of athletes around the world knows no end. Recently the Olympian came to the aid of a budding gymnasts who happens to be a young Black girl in Ireland, when the impressionable and beaming girl was passed over during an awards ceremony in Dublin, Ireland, […]

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Foundation Kicks off its 25th Year with Heavy Investment and Releases New Research on the State of Girls in Metro Atlanta Living up to its mission to be a catalyst for change in the lives of women and girls, Atlanta Women’s Foundation (AWF) is providing $1.14 million to 21 nonprofits serving women and girls in […]

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Photo: Getty Images Nine Memphis corrections officers have been charged in connection to the death of Gershun Freeman, a 33-year-old Black man who was beaten in jail. According to People, Stevon Jones, Courtney Parham, Jeffrey Gibson, Anthony Howell, Damien Cooper, Ebonee Davis, Lareko Elliot, Chelsey Duckett, and one unnamed officer all face criminal charges in Freeman’s October 2022 death. Jones and […]

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Vice President Kamala Harris is set to bring her Fight for Our Freedoms college tour to Atlanta’s AU Center on Sept. 26 for a tour of historically Black colleges and universities. As students across the nation return to school, Vice President Kamala Harris will embark on a month-long college tour throughout America to mobilize young […]

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Photo: Getty Images The family of Kendrick Johnson, the 17-year-old high school student who was found dead in a rolled-up wrestling mat at his high school in 2013 has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the Georgia Bureau of investigations. and the Lowndes County Sheriff’s department. On Tuesday the Johnson family announced that they were […]

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Atlanta native Usher will be the headliner of the Super Bowl. This year’s big game will take place in Las Vegas on Feb. 11, 2023 at Allegiant Stadium. Presented by Apple Music and produced by Roc Nation, Usher will follow remarkable shows from Rhianna in Arizona earlier this year and Dr. Dre and Snoop in […]

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) “Let’s be clear: House Republicans are in the middle of a civil war. The House Republican civil war is hurting hard-working American taxpayers and limiting our ability to solve problems on their behalf.” By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Amidst the looming threat of a government shutdown […]

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This week on the Black Information Network Daily Podcast, host Ramses Ja talks with A.R. Shaw (author of “Trap History”/Executive Editor ADW) about the week’s top news items. Shaw and Ja share their thoughts on Tyler Perry’s relationship advice, Rolling Stone’s co-founder’s racist remarks, CAU dorm floods and another Karen gone wild. Listen to full episode […]

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Following this week’s reintroduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, People For the American Way President Svante Myrick released the following statement: “The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act is an essential piece of legislation that reinstates key provisions of the Voting Rights Act struck down by the Supreme Court ten years ago […]

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Atlanta rapper Quavo is using his platform speak out against gun violence. On Sept. 20, the Migos member visited the White House for a panel discussion on gun violence prevention. He joined forces with Community Justice Action Fund to meet with members of Congress in Washington, D.C. Led by Sen. Raphael Warnock, the discussion involved […]

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Yearly Minimum Rate of Pay for Full-Time Employees will Increase to Nearly $48,000 Today, Bank of America announced it has again increased its U.S. minimum hourly wage for employees on its stated path to $25 by 2025. The company will move to $23 in October. By 2025, its minimum hourly wage will have increased by […]

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Disgraced former New York mayor and Trump cohort was found guilty of defamation against a mother and daughter who worked Georgia election polls during the infamous 2020 election. Giuliani falsely accused the women of election tampering and in August a U.S. District Judge ruled that Giuliani was guilty of defaming Ruby Freeman and her daughter […]

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s hard-fought and well-deserved confirmation to the SCOTUS as the first Black female Supreme Court Justice in history, signified a new era in the judiciary and was celebrated by millions of Americans. Jackson, unlike Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is actively participating in remembering the 1963 KKK bombing at 16th […]

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The Atlanta City Council in a 15-o vote on Monday, Sept. 18 approved the first step in the process of verifying 116,000 signatures in petitions submitted to begin the process for a referendum that would allow voters to choose if they want to repeal the ordinance that authorized the lease of roughly 300 acres of South […]

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by Jonathan Husbands The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra hosted the inaugural HBCU AccessFest at Woodruff Arts Center which allowed young adults to explore opportunities in higher education at HBCUs, develop their career paths, and build their networks. AccessFest held various fairs to help young adults develop their careers and further their educations. The HBCU College Fair […]

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This Jan. 26, 1965 file photo shows Mildred Loving and her husband Richard P Loving. (AP Photo, File) SEPTEMBER 20 1664—Maryland enacts the nation’s first “Anti-Amalgamation Law.” It spe­cifically outlawed marriages between Black men and White women. Soon, several other colonies followed the Maryland example. It would not be until the 1960s that U.S. Supreme […]

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Spelman College continues to rank high among the best colleges in the nation, according to the 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Report. The College ranked No. 39 on the list of Best National Liberal Arts institutions, up from No. 51 in 2023. For the 17th consecutive year, Spelman has earned the distinction […]

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Atlanta-based Delta will reportedly make it harder for passengers to access its Sky Club and reach Medallion status. The threshold to reach both are being raised significantly. Starting on Jan. 1, 2024, several adjustments could impact thousands of loyal Delta SkyMiles customers. Medallion Qualifying Dollars (MQDs) will become the only metric that counts in terms […]

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In this Sept. 15, 1963, file photo, firefighters and ambulance attendants remove a covered body from the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., after by a deadly explosion detonated by members of the Ku Klux Klan during services.  (AP Photo) September 13 1663—The first documented slave rebellion in America is set to take place. […]

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