[Jimmie Lee Jackson\James Reeb]
The book JIMMIE LEE & JAMES draws unnerving parallels between conditions that spurred the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the Black Lives Matter movement today.
Photo: Book Cover
Black Lives Matter Movement
Google to Disperse US$945K for Black Business Fund in Brazil
[Google\Brazil Business Fund]
Google wants to address through its newly-launched Black Founders Fund in Brazil. This fund has R$5 million (~US$945,000) to disperse among early-stage tech startups operating in Brazil and with Black founders at their helm.
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NFL: Poll Shows Majority of NFL Fans Now Support Kneeling
[NFL\Kneeling]
PC: “A recent poll shows that the majority of people asked supported the kneeling…The poll showed that the fans most likely to support BLM also cheer for the Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers and Seattle Seahawks.”
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Racial Justice can only Begin when Police Departments truly Reflect Communities
[Racial Policing]
EMS: “Research organizations have uncovered hundreds of federal, state, and local law enforcement officials participating in overt bias, via racist and sexist social media activity.”
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BLM Display of Solidarity expected in NFL Season Opener
[NFL Season Opener 2020]
Sky Sports: “NFL players are expected to show their support to the BLM cause as the season starts this weekend, but…it is not yet known the specifics of what their protest will look like.”
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NBA Boycotts Disrupt Pro Sports in Wake of Blake Shooting
[NBA Boycott\Jacob Blake]
NY Times: “The wave of boycotts and postponements was sparked by Milwaukee Bucks players’ responding to the shooting of Jacob Blake by refusing to come out of their locker room on Wednesday afternoon for a playoff game against the Orlando Magic.”
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National Black Coalition Joins Forces to Maximize Voter Turnout
[ National Coalition’s Unity ’2020 Black Voting & Power Building Campaign ]
The event will be livestreamed on the NCBCP Facebook platform at www.facebook.com/NCBCP/ and on #RolandMartinUnfiltered Facebook, You-Tube and Periscope.
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Black Entrepreneurs Face Major Uphill Battle say Business Owners
[National Black Business Month]
Paul Little: “It is more difficult in most cases if you’re a minority entrepreneur to get your foot in the door or find financing, get through processes, and find the support you need to keep your business going.”
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Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Destroying all Nuclear Weapons
[Hiroshima\Nagasaki]
Dear: “Today, we demand leaders with vision of a new North America, free of nuclear weapons, a new land of nonviolence that fulfills Dr. King’s visionary dream, who will work to make that vision come true.”
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CARICOM on Abolition Anniversary, Reparations, Walter Rodney
[CARICOM]
Gov. Gonsalves: “I urge all in CARICOM to focus on reparations for the enslavement of Africans on Emancipation Day, 2020. In our region, and elsewhere…our governments must ramp up the political, diplomatic, and international legal struggle for reparations.”
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