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PHOTO COURTESY OF CLEVELAND.COM LEGISLATION CLEARS PROVISION FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA LICENSE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Legislation to change how a black farmer can receive a …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Things had been going along so nicely. Over the past year, the …

Soldiers carry the casket of U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson, killed in Niger. PHOTO COURTESY OF FOREIGN POLICY By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press …

Bill Cosby PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press PHILADELPHIA – A day after Hollywood’s first Oscars of the (hash)MeToo era, Bill …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON – For many Americans, Marion Barry was something of a punchline. The late Washington mayor …

PHOTO COURTESY OF CLEVELAND.COM FROM POVERTY TO TRUMP SUPPORTER TO CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS EASLEY, S.C. – After four arrests, three attempts to get through college, …

Above: Danny Glover Left: Delroy Lindo PHOTOS COURTESY OF FIRE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY Black PR Wire New York, New York— Leadership development, mentoring, and Rites of …

Alicia Garza, co-creator of Black Lives Matter, helped develop Black Futures Lab which will survey 200,000 Black people across 20 States in the largest survey …

Democratic U.S. Sen. Fred Harris of Oklahoma PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER By RUSSELL CONTRERAS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Barriers to equality pose threats to democracy …

Black delegates from several states parade with signs in front of the White House to protest the mob slaying of four negroes. PHOTO COURTESY OF …