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Ghanaian artist in COVID-19 limbo stirred by ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement
Tears slipped down the cheek of the Ghanaian-German artist, Zohra Opoku, as she recalled how the global Black Lives Matter had sparked...
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Berlin removes offensive name for metro station after protests
Berlin’s public transport company BVG just announced that the capital will rename a city centre metro station that has become notorious...
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Hollywood trying to foster lasting Black inclusion
Hollywood came under intense scrutiny for a lack of diversity in 2015 when the #OscarsSoWhite movement spotlighted the dearth of Black...
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Tennis player Gauff prodigy for her role against racial injustice
American tennis player Coco Gauff can improve the world, 18-time Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova declared, lauding the teenage...
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Uffizi masterpieces and the Black culture's role in the Renaissance
Italy’s Uffizi gallery announced yesterday that it was planning to pick out nine of its masterpieces for a project to highlight the part...
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Gap in Black and white unemployment rates is widest in five years in the US
The United States saw the widest gap in unemployment rates for African Americans and whites in five years in June, underscoring an uneven...
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JPMorgan removes terms 'master,' 'slave' from internal tech code and materials
JPMorgan Chase & Co is eliminating terms like “blacklist,” “master” and “slave” from its internal technology materials and code, as the...
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Vote to remove statue of Lincoln and enslaved Black man in Boston
Boston officials have voted to remove “The Emancipation Group” statue depicting Abraham Lincoln and an enslaved Black man from a city...
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