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When I tell you that icons have left us. R.I.P. to Nichelle Nichols, Mary Alice and Bill Russell. Your light impacted and shaped generations.

For free at- home COVID test kits from the White House, visit www.COVIDtests.gov. Ordering begins January 19th.

"Black people were being prescribed opioids as much as whites during the drug crisis — but media coverage told a different story"
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National Day of Mourning - The Suppressed Speech of Wamsutta (Frank B.) James, Wampamoag
To have been delivered at Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1970
ABOUT THE DOCUMENT: Three hundred fifty years after the Pilgrims began their invasion of the land of the Wampanoag, their "American" descendants planned an anniversary celebration. Still clinging to the white schoolbook myth of friendly relations between their forefathers and the Wampanoag, the anniversary planners thought it would be nice to have an Indian make an appreciative and complimentary speech at their state dinner. Frank James was asked to speak at the celebration. He accepted. The planners, however , asked to see his speech in advance of the occasion, and it turned out that Frank James' views — based on history rather than mythology — were not what the Pilgrims' descendants wanted to hear. Frank James refused to deliver a speech written by a public relations person. Frank James did not speak at the anniversary celebration. If he had spoken, this is what he would have said: ...
http://ow.ly/m1Xy50CJ3ur

"Why don't many Black employees want to return to the office?"
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And we are back...sorta kind of... We're about to start working on all new content, but wanted to get you this fresh podcast featuring Dwayne Lawson Brown, aka The Crochet Kingpin! Dwayne is ji' like the man in these streets, being an artist, activist, father, & so much more!
https://flashblackradio.com/?p=3052

Today's word will be delivered by :
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sits down with to discuss the intersections between , faith, sneaker culture, , language, and identity for the first-time author. Find where you fit in: http://ow.ly/g8kT50FMQGT

Senator of New York plans to propose legislation on Wednesday to *****na at the federal level, putting his weight as majority leader behind a growing movement to unwind the decades-old .
http://ow.ly/AXj550FvIXI

" -Jones Rejects UNC-Chapel Hill Position for Job at Along With -NehisiCoates"
Hannah-Jones has found herself a home that truly embodies Blackness in education. She's where she needs to be & the HBCU world is better for it.
http://ow.ly/PszQ50FqNcP

On July 5, 1975, Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. became the first African-American man to win Wimbledon.
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Born July 2, 1925, Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese politician & independence leader who served as the first Prime Minister of the independent Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Born in Fredricton on June 28, 1977, Brueggergosman, Canada’s most recognizable young star, is working hard to bring classical music to a popular audience.
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" to sign , creating first new federal holiday in decades." National Independence Day will become the 12th legal public holiday, and the first new one since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was signed into law in 1983 by then-President Ronald Reagan.
http://ow.ly/QC5A50FcGMY

Good morning folks! Hoping all is well in your world. Just gonna drop off this interview right here for your listening pleasure featuring the awesome Lori Pitts!
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