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George Floyd, American Racism, Racism, Criminal Justice Reform, Police Brutality, Police Reform, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

George Floyd’s smiling daughter, 6, says ‘daddy changed the world’ | The Grio

African American Politics, Black Politics, African American Vote, Black Vote, Voter Suppression, Virginia Politics, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue

Black Voters Are Coming for Trump | The New York Times

Before Jack Johnson or Jackie Robinson, there was Major Taylor | The Undefeated

Kasi Lemmons, The Shadow King, Maaza Mengiste, Harriet, African American Director, Black Director, African Film, African History, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

A Novel About Ethiopian Women Who Fought in WWII to Get Film Adaptation | Colorlines

Shirley Chisholm, George Edwin Taylor, National Negro Liberty Party, National Liberty Party, African American Politics, Black Politics, African American Vote, Black Vote, African American History, Black History, American History, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

A Forgotten Presidential Candidate From 1904 | NPR

BET Founder Robert Johnson Calls For $14 Trillion in Reparations For Slavery | Black Enterprise

White Factory Workers Strike to Protest Black Workers’ Promotions in Detroit | EJI, A History of Racial Justice

Ferguson elects city council member Ella Jones as first black mayor in city’s history | KSDK

COVID-19

A nurse without an N95 mask raced in to treat a ‘code blue’ patient. She died 14 days later | Los Angeles Times

The decision that Celia Marcos made, the one that would ultimately steal years from her life, had been hard-wired after decades working as a nurse. On the ward that she oversaw at…

Corona Virus, COVID, COVID-19, Racial Disparities, African American Health, Black Healthcare, African American Healthcare, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

A New York hospital’s entire staff was surprised with free vacations in recognition of their efforts to combat coronavirus | CNN

(CNN) Thousands of employeesat a hospital in the epicenter of America’s fight against the coronavirus are being rewarded for their hard work. More than 4,000 hospital staff — including doctors, physician assistants, nurses, and…

COVID, Coronavirus, COVID-19, African Americans COVID, Black Americans COVID, African American Healthcare, Black Healthcare, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

How Racism Is Shaping the Coronavirus Pandemic | The New Yorker

Evelynn Hammonds, who chairs Harvard’s department of the history of science, has spent her career studying the intersection of race and disease. She wrote a history of New York City’s attempt, a century ago,…

New York Police Department, NYPD, COVID, COVID-19, Coronavirus, African American Health, Black Health, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

81 Percent of NYPD’s Social Distancing Summonses Were Issued to Blacks and Latinos: ‘It’s the New Stop and Frisk’ | Newsweek

Data released Friday by the New York Police Department (NYPD) shows that 81 percent of coronavirus enforcement summonses from March 16 to May 5 were issued to black and Latino residents. “Of…

Amazon, Tim Bray, Christian Smalls, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

Former Amazon VP Cites Treatment Of Black Whistleblowers Among Reasons He Stepped Down | Essence

Tim Bray says he raised concerns about the treatment of whistleblowers, but in the end, the company’s failure to change led him to resign. A former engineer and vice-president at Amazon is…

Ben's Chili Bowl, DC Best Restaurant, COVID, COVID-19, Coronavirus, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

Ben’s Chili Bowl, iconic DC business, obtains critical federal loan | ABC News

The family was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, afraid of losing business After being shut out of the initial round of forgivable federal loans, the Ali family — owners of the iconic Washington,…

EDUCATION

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, Ethnic Studies Class, Ethnic Studies, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

Arizona Law Bans Ethnic Studies Programs | EJI, A History of Racial Justice

Nicholas Johnson, African American Student, Black Student, African American Education, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

Nicholas Johnson Becomes First Black Valedictorian in Princeton’s 274-Year History | Black Enterprise

United Negro College Fund, UNCF, HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Black Colleges, African American Education, COVID-19, Corona, COVID, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

United Negro College Fund Mobilizes to Aid Struggling HBCUs and Students During COVID-19 Crisis | Good Black News

Black Teachers, African American Teachers, Black Educators, African American Educators, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Jana Haywood, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

Teachers are superheroes needed in a pandemic | The St. Louis American

African American Education, Black Education, African American Children, Black Children, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

Black Boys Don’t Need More Discipline, They Need Mentors | Education Post

Lash Nolen Is Harvard Medical School’s First Black Woman Class President | Teen Vogue

Virginia History, Virginia Racism, School Segregation, School Integration, The Norfolk 17, American Racism, American History, Norfolk Virginia, Norfolk History, Vivian Monroe-Hester, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

Virginians push to remember historically black high schools | The Washington Post

The Black Male Educators Convening, African American Teachers, Black Teachers, Black Male Teachers, African American Male Teachers, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, Wriit,

How Many Black Male Teachers Did You Have Growing Up? | Black Enterprise

COVID-19, Local News

The impact of the COVID-19 (Corona Virus) Pandemic, as with most global crises, will be most significantly experienced within communities of color, as we manage great shifts in employment, financial stability, healthcare and local government services. loculy was created to deliver news and information, from diverse sources, about the impact of COVID-19 within our communities.

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