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Black LGBTQ+ Beach Day to return as organizers deepen community ties
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Black LGBTQ+ Beach Day to return as organizers deepen community ties

Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland is bringing hundreds of Black LGBTQ+ Chicagoans to 63rd Street Beach this weekend for Black LGBTQ+ Beach Day, an afternoon of…

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A subway tunnel to connect Ruggles to Mattapan Square? Two Boston city councillors say they want Orange Line extension
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A subway tunnel to connect Ruggles to Mattapan Square? Two Boston city councillors say they want Orange Line extension

Above, Councillor Culpepper, left, and Councillor Worrell explain their idea today at a press conference. Gage Vieno photo An ambitious proposal to extend the Orange…

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Saving Sibley Prairie means saving a community’s history too
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Saving Sibley Prairie means saving a community’s history too

June 24, 2026, 5:10 a.m. ET The Black to the Land Coalition is working to uncover the Black and Indigenous history of Sibley Prairie, one…

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6th-Annual Juneteenth Celebration in Irmo honors Black culture, provides community resources
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6th-Annual Juneteenth Celebration in Irmo honors Black culture, provides community resources

The African American Historical Society of Irmo hosted its 6th-Annual Juneteenth Celebration at Moore Park on June 19, which included a concert by a Sumter…

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Wendell Pierce is working as hard as ever in TV, film and theater : NPR
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Wendell Pierce is working as hard as ever in TV, film and theater : NPR

Wendell Pierce stars in Othello at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Teresa Castracane hide caption toggle caption Teresa Castracane Wendell Pierce says there’s…

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Mount Herman Cemetery: Jacksonville’s forgotten Black burial ground has 1,200 bodies beneath Durkeeville park
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Mount Herman Cemetery: Jacksonville’s forgotten Black burial ground has 1,200 bodies beneath Durkeeville park

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A historic cemetery in Durkeeville holds far more of Jacksonville’s dead than anyone previously knew. Researchers working with the city have confirmed…

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Black Kos Tuesday: Pride – Daily Kos
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Black Kos Tuesday: Pride – Daily Kos

Pride A comment by Chitown Kev It never fails to irritate me–sometimes greatly–when straight people talk and act as if queer people came out of…

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A Look Inside the Welcome Bags Planned for White South African Refugees
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A Look Inside the Welcome Bags Planned for White South African Refugees

In the coming weeks, the United States plans to provide a welcome gift to white South Africans entering the United States as refugees. They will…

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Inside the M center bringing jobs to Black New Haven
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Inside the $65M center bringing jobs to Black New Haven

by P.R. Lockhart, CT Mirror June 23, 2026 Standing in the lobby of New Haven’s newest workforce development center, Erik Clemons couldn’t help but think…

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