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Robert L. Johnson, Founder Of Black Entertainment Television And The RLJ Companies, Issues Statement And Proposal For Full Black American Reparations
Johnson Calls For $14 Trillion In Reparations – Not Just To Atone For Past Sins, But To Cause This Nation To Live Up To What Was Once Called American Exceptionalism BETHESDA, Md., June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Is $14 trillion too much to ask for the atonement of 200 plus years of brutal…
Read MoreA VIRTUAL TOWN HALL
Please Join Us for A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL A Panel Discussion to Begin The Conversation on What We Can Do to Combat Systemic Racism A Virtual Town Hall Moderated by: The Honorable Malia M. Cohen, California State Board of Equalization Thursday, June 4, 2020, 6:00 pm PST CLICK HERE to register
Read MoreBlack Youth Are Central Force in California George Floyd Protests
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media There are many aspects to the protests occurring in cities and towns up and down the state of California. One that stands out is the participation of young, Black people. Outspoken, courageous, and committed, these young African Americans have become, by default, the anchors in a mass…
Read MoreDr. Umar Johnson: High Jacked Protest and more
Israel Matthews, author, Izzy’s Column, Meets with Dr. Umar Johnson at Ward AME Church 2017.
Read MoreIZZY’S COLUMN: RIP George Floyd
Hello Readers! It is a horrible thing that happened to George Floyd this past week and I pray that his family will get through this difficult time. The last time, I remember, something like this happened that created riots throughout the US and primarily in Los Angeles occurred after the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.…
Read MoreSlavery and the Origins of the American Police State
By Ben Fountain From the beginning, some Americans have been able to move more freely than others They were called patrollers or, variously, “paterollers,” “paddyrollers,” or “patterolls,” and they were meant to be part of the solution to Colonial America’s biggest problem, labor. Unlike Great Britain, which had a large, basically immobile peasant class that could…
Read MoreListen To Tupac, a Legend, with Solutions before the Revolution
Tupac speaks on the system of greed in America and how it should not exist in a world of vast riches, especially America and people like the president, Donald Trump and others, who are humanitarians with wealth untold and yet people are lying homeless and destitute in the streets.
Read MoreNew Frontier Democratic Club & BHERC Collect Blankets for the Homelessc
New Frontier Democratic Club (NFDC) President Mike Davis and Executive Board Member Rosa Russell wear their masks and keep their social distance as they collaborate with Sandra Evers Manly, President of the Black Hollywood Education Resource Center(BHERC) for the Citywide Blanket Collection Program benefiting the Los Angeles Homeless Community during the Memorial Day Weekend. The…
Read MoreStudents No Longer Need SAT and ACT Scores for Admissions to UC Schools
Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media Last Thursday, the University of California’s (UC) Board of Regents voted 23-0 to end the use of the SAT and ACT tests in admissions for all California freshman applicants through 2024. The University plans to try to create a new standardized test to use in time…
Read MoreWill Effective K-12 Education Survive Gov. Newsom’s May Revise Budget?
Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media At his presentation of the 2020-21 May Revision budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom testified to the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on California’s economy. He said in a little over 100 days the coronavirus pandemic precipitated a 22.3% reduction in the state’s revenues. As a result of shelter-at-home…
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