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How Grassroots Organizers Fuel Community Change With Statement Merch

Unsplash.com royalty-free image #wdVwF3Ese4o, ” uploaded by Susan G. Komen 3-Day (https://unsplash.com/@susangkomen3day), retrieved from https://unsplash.com/photos/a-group-of-women-standing-next-to-each-other-wdVwF3Ese4o on June 29th, 2026. License details available at https://unsplash.com/license – image is licensed under the Unsplash License Organizations are using statement merch to build their brand and highlight their mission to get more support for a cause. T-shirts are still […]

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Stephen Hill Speaks On The ‘Sauce’ Of Soul Music

June is Black Music Month, and NewsOne has been celebrating all month long. Stephen Hill, former president of programming for BET, sat down with us to speak on what he believes is the “sauce of soul music.” “The sauce of soul music is that there’s always love present,” Hill says at the start of the […]

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3 Black Youth, 3 Verdicts, 1 Message: America Still Wants To Snatch Our Children From The Future

Source: Drew Anthony / facebook In May 1916, in Waco, Texas, 17-year-old Jesse Washington was convicted of murder and rape during a one-hour trial in which his feckless attorney offered no defense. The courtroom had already done its work and named him guilty after deliberating for only four minutes. But Washington’s conviction and death sentence […]

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The Minnesota GOP Moment Of Silence For George Floyd’s Lyncher Proves Racist Ghouls Live Among Us

Source: Star Tribune via Getty Images / Getty When I heard that members of the Minnesota GOP reportedly took a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin, who murdered George Floyd by crushing the breath out of him with his knee in May 2020, I did not think first of partisan politics. I thought about Walter […]

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George Floyd Six Years After His Death: Family & Residents Still Keeping His Legacy Alive

Source: @AttorneyCrump / Twitter / @AttorneyCrump / Twitter Family members, supporters, and community members gathered on May 23 to honor George Floyd, six years after he was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and three other officers. A memorial was held at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, the site where […]

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Donald Trump And Laura Loomer Dragged Candace Owens. Black Folks Shouldn’t Feel Sorry For Her

Source: Jason Kempin / Getty Laura Loomer, the far-right agitator for whom racism is a core personality trait, reportedly called Candace Owens a “nappy-headed Black b—h.” Meanwhile, Donald Trump shared a doctored TIME Magazine image of her labeling her a “vile person” and “extremely low-IQ individual.” Yeah, all that is racist. And yes, it’s ugly. […]

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Black Nonprofits Didn’t See Lasting Funding Gains After 2020 Racial Reckoning

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune / Getty After the deaths of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd in 2020, there was a nationwide “racial reckoning.” There were protests, social media campaigns, and pledges from several companies to invest in Black businesses and nonprofits in a show of solidarity. Apparently, all that “solidarity” was a […]

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