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“When I grew up in this community, we had 12- to 14,000 people. Now we are looking at 1,800. That says we are a dying community. I know I can’t replicate the community, but we can still fight to restore it as best we can and preserve the history of the community,” said New York Mets legend Cleon Jones.

Baseball Legend Helping to Rebuild Africatown

NNPA NEWSWIRE — AfricaTown is the home of some of the last survivors of the transatlantic slave trade and the birthplace of legendary New York Mets...

A Broadway play focused on the life of the Miami born star, who earned his first Academy Award nomination in 1959 for his work in “The Defiant Ones,” is in the works.

Black History4 years ago

IN MEMORIAM: Legendary Actor, Sidney Poitier, 94, Has Died

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Sidney Poitier, whose iconic 71-year career, included starring roles in “A Raisin in the Sun,” “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “Uptown Saturday...

Nassau County Police Department’s Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell is just the third African American appointed as NYPD commissioner.

Black History4 years ago

Keechant Sewell Named First Woman to Lead New York’s Police Department

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nassau County Police Department’s Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell, the first African American in her current role in Nassau County, has earned selection...

If the all-star game is moved, the financial consequences could prove significant, especially given massive fiscal losses during the pandemic. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

Black History5 years ago

Georgia’s New Voter Suppression Law Could Cost Atlanta the MLB All-Star Game & $200 Million

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Georgia lawmakers’ restrictive and oppressive new voter laws may cost the team and city the privilege of hosting Major League Baseball’s summer showcase....

Jaylan Butler, a swimmer at Eastern Illinois University, filed his lawsuit against the officers from the Hampton Police Department, the East Moline Police Department, and the Rock Island County Sheriff’s Office for false arrest, excessive detention, and excessive use of force.

Chicago6 years ago

Black Chicago Swim Team Member Confronted by Police, Files Lawsuit Against Three Police Departments

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Butler was allegedly walking back to a team bus at the end of a trip by the Eastern Illinois University swim team when...

“Members of Congress have a duty to respond to the President’s explicit attack today. @IihanMN’s life is in danger. For our colleagues to be silent is to be complicit in the outright, dangerous targeting of a member of Congress. We must speak out,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY).

Black History7 years ago

COMMENTARY: Omar Faces Rightwing Backlash as She Forces Uncomfortable Conversations About Israel, Palestine

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Trump, the New York Post and Fox News, each owned by media magnate and Trump friend Rupert Murdoch, and the Republican National Committee’s...

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Baseball Legend Helping to Rebuild Africatown

IN MEMORIAM: Legendary Actor, Sidney Poitier, 94, Has Died

Keechant Sewell Named First Woman to Lead New York’s Police Department

Georgia’s New Voter Suppression Law Could Cost Atlanta the MLB All-Star Game & $200 Million

Black Chicago Swim Team Member Confronted by Police, Files Lawsuit Against Three Police Departments

COMMENTARY: Omar Faces Rightwing Backlash as She Forces Uncomfortable Conversations About Israel, Palestine

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Baseball Legend Helping to Rebuild Africatown

IN MEMORIAM: Legendary Actor, Sidney Poitier, 94, Has Died

Keechant Sewell Named First Woman to Lead New York’s Police Department

Georgia’s New Voter Suppression Law Could Cost Atlanta the MLB All-Star Game & $200 Million

Black Chicago Swim Team Member Confronted by Police, Files Lawsuit Against Three Police Departments

COMMENTARY: Omar Faces Rightwing Backlash as She Forces Uncomfortable Conversations About Israel, Palestine

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