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Terrie Williams Closing PR Agency | The Washington Informer

October 4, 2018October 4, 2018African American Entrepreneurs, African American Professionals ...

WI Web Staff The Washington Informer [dropcap]Terrie[/dropcap] M. Williams, one of the country’s premier public relations professionals whose firm has represented some of the biggest names in entertainment, sports and business, has announced the company that bears her name will close this month. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] After 40 years of being in the public eye, Williams […]

Amazon’s $15 Minimum Wage Is a Brilliant Business Strategy | The Atlantic

October 2, 2018African American Economics, African American Lives ...

Why increasing the pay floor —and urging the federal government to do the same—is a moral and strategic masterstroke by Jeff Bezos

He’s a Rhodes Scholar. The G.O.P. Keeps Calling Him a ‘Big-City Rapper.’ | The New York Times

October 2, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

PORT EWEN, N.Y. — It has taken 12 years, but Antonio Delgado has finally received recognition for his brief career as a rap artist.

All it took was for him to run for Congress in New York.

Professor and television host Melissa Harris Perry reveals she was raped in 2016 | The Grio

October 1, 2018KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine ...

Wednesday, while Twitter was abuzz about the Brett Kavanaugh allegations, writer, professor and television host, Melissa Harris Perry joined in on the conversation by revealing very personal details of her own experience as a victim of rape and shed light on why victims wait so long to come forward.

Will Florida’s Ex-Felons Finally Regain the Right to Vote? | The New York Times Magazine

October 1, 2018African American Lives, African American Vote ...

A referendum on the November ballot in Florida would re-enfranchise 1.5 million citizens — and could change the state’s electorate.

Meet the gallant all-black American female battalion that served in Europe during World War II | Face2Face Africa

September 21, 2018April 24, 2019African American History, African American Veterans ...

The success of the formation of the all black female battalion was thanks to Mary McLeod Bethune, an African American civil rights activist who at the time, appealed to the then-first lady of America, Eleanor Roosevelt, to create more meaningful roles for black women in the army to help balance out the shortage of soldiers.

City Caught Trying To Grab Senior Citizen’s Brownstone | Kings County Politics

September 21, 2018African American Commuities, African American Economics ...

“Home-ownership is one of the most important ways a family is able to build and transfer wealth from one generation to the next. In that light, and with the ever-increasing cost of living in this city, preserving home ownership opportunities is critical in predominantly black and brown communities like ours…”

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