[Criminal Justice News]
Eric Garner mother will travel to Capitol Hill, with Rev. Al Sharpton, to speak with lawmakers in the aftermath of the DOJ’s decision not to file charges against Officer Daniel Pantaleo…
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Black Star News
NY ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES CALLS ON PUERTO RICAN GOVERNOR RICARDO ROSELLO TO RESIGN AMID MASSIVE PROTESTS
[Puerto Rico News]
On Monday, New York Attorney General Letitia James calls on Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Rossello to resign amid continuing protests in the streets of Puerto Rico
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NON-PROFIT THEATER GROUP INTRODUCES FREE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM EVENT FOR ASPIRING PRODUCERS AND ARTISTS
[Entertainment News]
Theater Resources Unlimited Group recently announced their “Free Introduction to TRU’s Producer Program,” for aspiring theater producers and artists. The event will take place on on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 from 6:30pm-8:30pm at Polaris North Studio, 245 W. 29th St, 4th floor, NYC.
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SWEET LORRAINE—NEW PLAY ABOUT FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN LORRAINE HANSBERRY AND JAMES BALDWIN
[Black Theater News]
“Sweet Lorraine” is a new theatrical play about the friendship between playwright Lorraine Hansberry and writer James Baldwin.
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Peebles–Nation’s Top African American Developer to Open Building Black Wealth Through Home Ownership Convention
[Home Ownership]
The 2019 NAREB theme is ” Building Black Wealth Through Home Ownership,” with featured speaker R. Donahue Peebles.
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FORMER SPELMAN PRESIDENT DR. DONALD STEWART’S LEGACY CONTINUES TO BENEFIT AFRICAN AMERICANS
[Education News]
Marian Wright Edelman, on Dr. Donald Stewart “Under his leadership the college’s commitment to STEM skyrocketed, including establishment of the chemistry and computer science departments and a computer literacy requirement, setting the stage for Spelman students’ excellence today. He also established the school’s honors program and the Women’s Research and Resource Center—the first of its kind for a Black college.”
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PUERTO RICAN GOVERNOR RICARDO ROSELLO FACES MOUNTING PRESSURE TO RESIGN AS PROTESTS CONTINUE INTO SECOND WEEK
[Puerto Rico News]
Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rossello faces mounting pressure to resign with a major protest planned for Monday.
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IN AUGUST APOLLO THEATER PRESENTS APOLLO UPTOWN HALL: HARLEM’S CULTURE—PAST. PRESENT. FUTURE.
[Entertainment News]
Apollo Uptown: Harlem’s Culture–Past. Present. Future. will be held on August 15, at 7: p.m.
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MAN WHO LOST FAMILY IN ETHIOPIA BOEING CRASH TESTIFIED THURSDAY BEFORE U.S. CONGRESS
[Capitol Hill News]
Paul Njoroge, who lost his whole family in Boeing crash in Ethiopia on March 10, testified that Boeing is playing “games in people’s minds just like they played games with people’s lives.”
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DONALD TRUMP’S RACIST PRESIDENCY HAS TRIGGERED A MORAL CRISIS FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA
[White House News]
Douglas Rivlin: “Americans are rightly proud that we have made tremendous strides in the past half-century or so to live up to the ideals enshrined in our founding documents of equality, justice, and freedom, yet all of that seems to be under attack by the President and those who chant at his rallies about sending a Black person back to Africa.”
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