POST NEWS GROUP – Victim services providers, including DV shelters and rape crisis centers, faced an influx of survivors seeking services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Domestic Violence Groups Praise Newsom’s Budget, But Ask for More Funding
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IN MEMORIAM: Rapper Lil Loaded dead at 20
ROLLING OUT – In his final Instagram Stories post, Lil Loaded — whose real name was Dashawn Robertson — wrote: “Dear most high, Please forgive me for my shortcomings and all of the times I’ve fell short of making you proud and being appreciative of all the blessings that have been put in my life.
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Senior Bowl, NFL to Hold Combine for Top HBCU Prospects
THE JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS – No HBCU players were drafted in 2021, and the only one picked in 2020 went in the seventh round. Alabama State offensive lineman Tytus Howard was a first-round pick by the Houston Texans in 2019 after participating in the Senior Bowl.
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Together, We Should Seek Justice for the Tulsa Massacre 100 Years Later
THE SACRAMENTO OBSERVER – (CBM) – The Black community in Tulsa, known as the Greenwood District, which has been referred to as the “Black Wall Street,” was decimated by a heavily armed White mob, with as many as 300 unconfirmed deaths of Black residents and property losses totaling about $27 million in today’s dollars. The murder, the unlawfulness, the catastrophe, the immorality, the untold suffering borne by innocent people experienced during the race massacre is emblematic of the devastation and destruction that happened in countless majority-Black towns in American history.
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Mary J. Blige inducted into Apollo Theater’s Walk of Fame
AFRO – “None of this is possible without the fans, so thank you to all the fans,” the 50-year-old entertainer said at the induction ceremony, where a plaque honoring her achievements was unveiled, according to the New York Daily News.
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Pastor ‘pays the price’ for heading civil rights group
THE NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER – “I saw first-hand how Pastor Montgomery continued to put his own money into the organization because there was always a shortage of resources,” said Womack. “I’ve been president of Memphis SCLC for three years now. And now, I find myself doing the exact, same thing because there is a serious lack of funding.”
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38 current NOPD officers are on the DA’s list of cops with credibility issues
THE LOUISIANA WEEKLY – A spokesman for NOPD disputed that officers found to have engaged in those categories of misconduct don’t appear on the list, saying that the list includes broad categories, like failing to adhere to the law or lying, that do appear on the list.
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COMMENTARY: Biden’s Eloquence About George Floyd Will Ring Hollow If Rahm Emanuel Gets Ambassador Nomination
CHICAGO DEFENDER – After the meeting, Biden declared that the murder of Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer “launched a summer of protest we hadn’t seen since the Civil Rights era in the ’60s—protests that peacefully unified people of every race and generation to collectively say enough of the senseless killings.” The words were valuable, and so was the symbolism of the president hosting loved ones of Floyd on the first anniversary of his death.
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Omari Hardwick to star alongside Halle Berry in upcoming sci-fi drama
ROLLING OUT – Berry is executive producing the film, which will also feature John Ortiz and Molly Parker. According to the film’s synopsis released to Deadline, Berry will play Sara Mose, a woman who has to navigate her life following the disappearance of her husband from their farmland the previous year. She soon discovers an extraterrestrial object under her home. Sara and her children race against time to find out just what the link is between this object and the disappearance of the head of their family.
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The Clark Sisters Are Bringing Us Some Sunshine
JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS – If gospel music had a Mount Rushmore, The Clark Sisters would be on it. With songs like “You Brought the Sunshine” and “Is My Living in Vain” in their repertoire, they’ve released 17 albums and garnered a collective three Dove, four Grammy and 15 Stellar awards, including an honorary James Cleveland Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. Plus — can we get an amen? — they are the highest-selling female gospel group of all time. Even so, their testimony hasn’t been without some tests.
