[Home Ownership]
The 2019 NAREB theme is ” Building Black Wealth Through Home Ownership,” with featured speaker R. Donahue Peebles.
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Black Star News
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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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND FORMER SAN ANTONIO MAYOR JULIAN CASTRO CALLS DOJ’S ERIC GARNER DECISION “A TRAVESTY”
[Police Brutality News]
Former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro: “I’m disappointed that the Justice Department is not bringing charges against that officer. We saw a video that showed the officer engaged in excessive force against Eric Garner.”
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DISNEY AFRICA ANNOUNCES SOUTH AFRICA SCREENING PROGRAMME OF THE LION KING
[Entertainment News]
Walt Disney Company Africa: ““We are thrilled to be launching this screening initiative with our partners and creating access for thousands of learners to see this exciting new film that is so rich with heritage and connections to this continent, be it through the characters and landscapes depicted or through the iconic music.”
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NEW YORK PHARMACY OWNER ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED MILLION-DOLLAR MEDICAID AND HIV DRUG FRAUD
[Medical Fraud News]
Attorney General Letitia James:“It is disturbing and deeply damaging to our society when health care professionals exploit our most vulnerable patients to steal millions of dollars reserved to provide New Yorkers with essential health care.”
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ERIC GARNER’S MOTHER CALLS ON MAYOR DE BLASIO TO FIRE COPS WHO KILLED HER SON
[Criminal Justice News]
Eric Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, says Mayor de Blasio “has been dragging his heels and obstructing accountability at every turn for the past five years.”
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