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Floyd Cooper, Illustrator of Black Life for Children, Dies at 65

Floyd Cooper, a celebrated children’s book illustrator who explored the African American experience in stories rooted in history, like one about a boy in Alabama in 1955 trying to comprehend why a Black woman on his bus refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, died on July 15 in Bethlehem, Pa. He […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 29, 2021, 3:58 pm
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in Black Widow, box office, Business Blitz, Controversy, Coronavirus, COVID, Covid-19, Disney, disney+, Film Flickers, lawsuit, Legal Matters, Marvel, Marvel Entertainment, Pandemic, quarantine, Scarlett Johansson, streaming

Scarlett Johansson Is SUING Disney Over Black Widow!

Scarlett Johansson is taking the Walt Disney Company to court — potentially ending a long and fruitful relationship with the studio! Why? Because she’s not happy with how they’re using their streaming service with regards to new movie releases during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic! The A-lister filed a lawsuit on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 29, 2021, 2:20 pm
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Democrat Donor and Hillary Clinton Pal Ed Buck Convicted in Meth Overdose Deaths of Two Black Men at His West Hollywood Apartment

Mega Democrat donor and Hillary Clinton pal Ed Buck was convicted Tuesday in connection with meth overdoses of two black men at his West Hollywood apartment. Ed Buck loves to inject young black gay escorts with methamphetamine — the mother of one of Ed Buck’s victims described it as a fetish. He was finally arrested […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 27, 2021, 5:24 pm
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in Black People, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Discrimination, Education (K-12), Polls and Public Opinion, Race and Ethnicity, Teachers College of Columbia University, United States

Pandemic and Racial Injustice Cause Outsize Harm to Black Students, Study Finds

A new study of hundreds of Black educators, students and parents found that Black students will be returning to the classroom this fall with disproportionate amounts of trauma and heightened mistrust of education, resulting from the coronavirus pandemic and continued instances of racial injustice. The study, released this month by the Black Education Research Collective […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 27, 2021, 3:59 pm
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in Coronavirus, Politics, Racial Justice, Racism

How Flint Closed the Gap Between Black and White Suffering Under COVID – Mother Jones

Just five minutes away from Debra Furr-Holden’s cluttered home office in Flint is the house she lived in as a teenager, on Pontiac Street, in a zip code that now has among the lowest life expectancies in the city: 73 years. I learned that last bit from Furr-Holden herself. She cited the figure the way […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 27, 2021, 5:00 am
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Dallas Black Supremacist Org Demands White Liberals Pledge Not To Send Children To Ivy League Schools

Dallas Justice NOW, a Texas-based black supremacist group, are demanding white Americans pledge to never attend Ivy League schools and any other top school in the United States and instead amend centuries of institutional racism by reserving spots in elite institutions for minorities. Despite being white and wealthy, Caucasian Americans have proven their willingness to […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 26, 2021, 8:56 pm
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in Alice Clark (1952-2021), Black People, Brown, Circuses, Deaths (Obituaries), RINGLING BROS AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS

Alice Clark Brown, Black Star in a White Circus, Dies at 68

As a young girl in Chicago in the late 1950s, Alice Clark Brown was entranced by a television show called “Circus Boy,” especially the opening montage, in which a character named Corky rides a baby elephant. “I used to really admire him riding that elephant,” she said years later. Fast-forward a few years. The child […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 23, 2021, 5:42 pm
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INSURRECTION! Dem. Rep. Hank Johnson Arrested During Black Lives Matter Protest at Capitol (VIDEO)

Democrat Representative Hank Johnson was arrested at the Capitol on Thursday during a Black Lives Matter protest. Johnson was arrested outside the Hart Senate Office building while attending Black Lives Matter’s “Brothers Day of Action on Capitol Hill” protest. Demonstrators were protesting against Republican-led efforts to enact laws that will strengthen the integrity of elections […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 23, 2021, 7:45 am
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in anatomy of a scene, Black Widow (Movie), Cate, Florence, Johansson, Movies, Pugh, Scarlett, Shortland

‘Black Widow’ | Anatomy of a Scene

Film directors walk viewers through one scene of their movies, showing the magic, motives and the mistakes from behind the camera. Film directors walk viewers through one scene of their movies, showing the magic, motives and the mistakes from behind the camera. View the Original Article More

by Tonya Frazier July 23, 2021, 6:32 am
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Nature Is Racist? ‘Systemic Racism’ Blocks Black People From Going Outdoors

A report published by Outside Interactive alleged that America’s historically racist policies have contributed to “the nature gap,” resulting in black Americans having less enjoyment of the so-called “great outdoors.” Erin Key, the report’s author, is pushing for minorities to use their free time outdoors in nature through the use of grants and advocacy work. […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 22, 2021, 7:29 pm
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Biden Flirts with Man’s Wife, Rambles About “A Man on the Moon” and “Aliens” When Asked About Vaccine Hesitancy in the Black Community (VIDEO)

What did we just watch? Joe Biden’s CNN town hall in Cincinnati, Ohio Wednesday evening is a total dumpster fire. Biden is unable to string a sentence together because of his dementia. The third question of the night came from a Democrat newlywed who asked Biden about vaccine hesitancy in the black community. TRENDING: LIZ […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 21, 2021, 8:20 pm
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Race Relations Between Black and White Americans Hits 20 Year Low, According to Poll

Race relations between black and white Americans have hit the lowest point since the pollsters began tracking the sentiment twenty years ago. A massive 57 percent of Americans believe that relations between Black and White Americans are “somewhat” or “very” bad, according to the poll released by Gallup on Wednesday. Only 42 percent said that […] More

by Tonya Frazier July 21, 2021, 9:58 am