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Fans to Adam SandlerThe new movie, Happy Gilmore 2noticed an amazing cameo when the movie came out Netflix On Friday. Looking closely at one of the scenes, showing a popular Disney series playing on a background TV, fans noticed the late actor Cameron Boyce. According to ParadeFamily background material presents Boyce Luke’s character of Jessie. In this particular scene, Luke spy on his neighbors to keep his occupation after breaking his leg. The scene became a popular talk on social media, as fans praised Sandler for paying tribute to Boyce, who died of a convulsion in 2019, by And! News.…

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One of the easiest ways to support the Black community directly is by supporting Black-owned businesses. Many have already been affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Here are 10 Orlando-based businesses that offer products for both kids and families. Pretty Peacock Paperie Pretty Peacock Paperie is a lighthearted and fun stationery company located in Central Florida. View this post on Instagram We have a lot of new faces around here. So I wanted to do a #fridayintroduction but on a Monday 😹 for the 600+ friends we have gained. By being here you have exclaimed to the world not only your…

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Keep up with LAist. If you’re enjoying this article, you’ll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. Of the households owned or rented by Black families in the Eaton Fire zone, nearly half were destroyed or majorly damaged compared to 37% of non-Black households, according to a new UCLA report.And since only 18% of Altadena’s roughly 42,700 residents are Black, that makes the impact disproportionate on an already dwindling Black community there, said Lorrie Frasure, director of UCLA’s Ralph J. Bunche…

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The Recorder has informed, connected and told the truth for a community that’s been historically overlooked. INDIANAPOLIS — Over the past 127 years, the Indianapolis Recorder has grown from a humble two-page church bulletin to a newspaper and now a proud voice in the digital world. The award-winning news organization is the country’s fourth-oldest African American newspaper and continues a rich legacy for people of color throughout Indiana and the country. It’s something editor Oseye Boyd doesn’t take lightly.   “First of all, you don’t get a lot of businesses 127 years old to begin with, right? Then you don’t…

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ST. GEORGE — When Justice Slayton learned that a Black Lives Matter chapter was opening in Southern Utah, she had a hard time wrapping her head around it.“It boggled me at first,” said the 22-year-old Dixie State University sophomore, Illinois transplant and Black Student Union member. “I was like, ‘Black Lives Matter in St. George? There’s not even black people to advocate for.’”Less than 1% of St. George’s population is black, but a fifth of the city’s residents identify as something other than white alone, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And they all deserve a dedicated advocate, said Troy…

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By Benjamin Storrow, Climatewire, E&E News Analysts have long predicted coal mines in the Powder River Basin would need to close. But few would have singled out Black Thunder as the mine to take the hit. Black Thunder is the second-largest coal mine in the United States. It boasts a deep seam that produces an energy-rich variety of coal, a combination that has long made it one of the most profitable mines in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming. In 2019, Black Thunder produced roughly 72 million tons of coal, or about 10% of total U.S. production, according to federal…

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Posted on February 19, 2016 Joy Washington “The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.” -Dr. Mya Angelou, educator, author, poet and civil rights activist. The University of South Alabama salutes February as Black History Month with USA Voices on Black History, featuring the thoughts of students, faculty and staff. Each of them share thoughts on how black history helps tell the story of what it means to be an American, how African Americans enriched that history and what lessons can be learned from the experiences of black history makers. This is the second part of…

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The material pictured represents a small percentage of the more than 100,000 civil rights related items to be digitized with the two-year Council on Library and Information Resources grant. Items shown are from the Clay County Civil Rights, Freedom School Poems, and Afro-American Plus collections. (Photo by Beth Wynn) Contact: Pattye Archer STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University Libraries soon will bring countless untold stories of Mississippi’s rich and complicated past to a broader audience through a $123,403 grant from the national Council on Library and Information Resources “Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices” program. Through the new MSU Libraries project “Freedom…

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