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Amanda Gorman was named the first National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017 and graduated from Harvard last year with a degree in sociology. At just 22 years old, the …
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On November 22, 2014, Samaria Rice let two of her children go out to play while she prepared dinner. Twelve-year-old Tamir and 14-year-old Tajai went across the street to play …
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Real Black Grandmothers celebrates the powerful impact of the grandmothers that live in and through Kamala Harris- the new VP of the US! She is her paternal great-grandmothers’ – “Miss …
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According to Stetson Payne of the Tulsa World newspaper, when Black grandmother Lessie Benningfield Randle turned 105 on Nov. 10, she wanted two things for her birthday.

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Rapper Kendrick Lamar’s grandmother played a significant role in his life despite her death while he was just a teenager. He raps a verse from the perspective of his grandmother …
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Kendrick Lamar is arguably the most influential hip hop artist of this generation. On June 8th, Kendrick took part in a Compton peace walk supporting Black Lives Matter along with …
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Iesha Sekou is the founder and CEO of Street Corner Resources in Harlem, a nonprofit organization that aims to decrease gun violence in the neighborhood.

Iesha coordinated …
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70-year-old Lorraine Bates protests in support of Black Lives Matter and racist remarks by mayor Hal Marx of Petal, MS. When she was targeted and arrested for protesting, they protested …
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70-year-old Lorraine Bates protests in support of Black Lives Matter and racist remarks by mayor Hal Marx of Petal, MS.

When Hal Marx, the mayor of Petal, Mississippi learned about the death of George Floyd, he used Twitter to express his personal thoughts on the heinous killing and the political …
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