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News Articles: black americans

The Urban League of Greater Atlanta releases its State of Black Georgia report at the Georgia Capitol

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  • Agents for Change

The State of Black Georgia report tells a tale of two states

“Racial oppression and poverty work against the common good and our society as a whole. If we don’t fix these problems, we will leave a weakened state and nation for the next generations. Inaction now will exacerbate the social and economic challenges that are being driven by the widening racial wealth gap.”

— Nancy Flake Johnson, President of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta.

March 17, 2023
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By:
  • Leah Fleming
Atlanta civic leader and businessman Thomas W. Dortch in an undated photo

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  • News

Businessman, civic leader Thomas W. Dortch, Jr. dies at 72

Atlanta civic leader and businessman Thomas W. Dortch, Jr. died Wednesday at age 72.

February 16, 2023
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By:
  • Collin Kelley
Protesters outside City Hall call for the resignations of LA City Council members Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo on Wednesday.

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  • National

What the city council scandal reveals about LA's racial divides — and solidarity

The leaked LA City Council recording underscores long-simmering racial tensions. But the city also has a history of Black-Latino partnership, which activists hope to build on in the wake of scandal.

October 14, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) speaks during a campaign rally at Minden-Tahoe Airport on Saturday in Minden, Nevada.

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  • Politics

Alabama Sen. Tuberville equates descendants of enslaved people to criminals

Tuberville spoke at a pro-Trump rally in Nevada on Saturday ahead of the November midterm elections. The NAACP called the comments "flat out racist, ignorant and utterly sickening."

October 10, 2022
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Penelope Wingard of Charlotte, N.C., has survived breast cancer, a brain aneurysm and surgery on both eyes. For the past eight years, she's also been battling tens of thousands of dollars in medical debt.

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  • Health

Medical debt ruined her credit. 'It's like you're being punished for being sick'

New policies to keep medical bills from sinking credit ratings sound good but will likely fall short for many hit hardest by debt — especially Black Americans in the South, such as Penelope Wingard.

October 06, 2022
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By:
  • Aneri Pattani
Onlookers react to a performance during a Juneteenth celebration in Times Square, in the Manhattan borough of New York, on Sunday.

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  • Race

How to properly celebrate Juneteenth in the age of commercialization

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, editor of the Black Agenda, about celebrating Juneteenth without misappropriating the holiday.

June 20, 2022
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By:
  • Destinee Adams
Abortion rights supporters march to the Supreme Court as part of a rally pegged to the Juneteenth holiday weekend.

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  • Race

On Juneteenth weekend, Black activists march for abortion rights

Black abortion rights leaders say reproductive justice and racial justice are inextricably connected.

June 19, 2022
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  • Sarah McCammon

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  • Economy

Why The Racial Wealth Gap Is So Hard To Close

A new study shows the simple math of why — absent radical measures — America's racial wealth gap won't be closing anytime soon.

June 14, 2022
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  • Greg Rosalsky
Panelists Durwood Snead, Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux, Descendents Elon Butts Osby, James B Knuckels, Judge Rodney Harris, and Deacon Billy Green speak at Poplar Baptist Church about the 1912 Forsyth County Racial Cleansing.

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  • Race

Descendants of victims of Forsyth County's 1912 racial cleansing return to share family history

One hundred years after white mobs in Forsyth County pushed out Black residents during the county's 1912 racial cleansing, descendants are returning to ensure their family stories are told.

February 24, 2022
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
U.S. Capitol Police Pfc. Harry Dunn testifies Tuesday during a House select committee hearing about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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  • Politics

Capitol Police Officer Testifies To The Racism He Faced During The Jan. 6 Riot

Capitol Police Pfc. Harry Dunn noted in testimony before Congress about the U.S. Capitol insurrection that he was called the N-word after he said he voted for President Biden.

July 27, 2021
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
A movie released online by Children's Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group headed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., resurfaces disproven claims about the dangers of vaccines and targets its messages at Black Americans who may have ongoing concerns about racism in medical care.

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  • Health

An Anti-Vaccine Film Targeted To Black Americans Spreads False Information

A recent movie produced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine group tries to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic, the racial justice movement and renewed interest in the history of medical racism.

June 08, 2021
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  • Will Stone
A person holds up a portrait of George Floyd as people gather outside the Hennepin County Government Center on April 9 in Minneapolis

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  • National

Critics Say Chauvin Defense 'Weaponized' Stigma For Black Americans With Addiction

Derek Chauvin's defense has suggested George Floyd's drug use might have made him more "volatile" and unpredictable, justifying the use of force. Critics say Floyd needed health care and compassion.

April 18, 2021
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  • Brian Mann
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say fatal drug overdoses nationwide surged roughly 20% during the pandemic, killing more than 83,000 people in 2020. A growing body of research suggests Black Americans have suffered the heaviest toll.

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  • National

Drug Overdose Deaths Surge Among Black Americans During Pandemic

Black Americans with addiction face "pervasive and continuing systemic racism" and often struggle to gain access to treatments that prevent fatal overdoses.

March 04, 2021
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By:
  • Brian Mann
This photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine shows the first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial receiving an injection in May.

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  • Health

Survey Finds Asian Americans Are Racial Or Ethnic Group Most Willing To Get Vaccine

Pew Research Center found 83% of Asian Americans said they would get a vaccine compared to 42% of Blacks. White and Latinx respondents were about even with 63% and 61% respectively saying they would.

December 04, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
For several Black families, funeral programs are more than brochures passed around during a funeral service — they serve as a genealogical piece of ancestry and heritage.

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  • Race

Digitized Funeral Programs Document Black History

A new digitized archive of African American funeral programs in Georgia traces programs from Atlanta, Augusta, Henry County and Thomas County. The programs contain clues that help reveal who a person was and how they lived.

October 29, 2020
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes
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