West Virginia
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Pidgin – West African lingua franca
16 November 2016 To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Akwasi Sarpong from…
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How Sacramento’s West End revitalization left thousands without homes and jobs
Sacramento’s West End revitalization in the mid 1900’s is part of a history that left thousands of racially diverse residents…
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Black-Owned Banks and Credit Unions 2024
Black-owned banks tend to serve Black communities in the U.S. more than other banks do. Black-owned banks — and credit…
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Danville, Virginia Celebrates Its History as a Mecca of Black Business
Additionally, the historic First State Bank founded in 1919 remained for decades as Virginia’s only surviving black-owned bank. Bankers there…
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Viewpoint: What it’s like to be an African in the US
4 June 2020 Image caption, A woman with her face covered by a Kenyan flag protests against George Floyd’s death…
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Chic-A-Sea, once popular throughout Virginia, closes one of its 3 remaining locations – The Virginian-Pilot
Chic-A-Sea was once a fried chicken kingdom with more than 50 franchised stores throughout Virginia. Now, just two remain. William…
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Oak Hill seeing more than its share of bears | News
OAK HILL — Black bears have migrated east, and some have found a home in the city. More and more…
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IN MEMORIAM: Katherine Johnson, a Pioneering NASA Mathematician Featured in “Hidden Figures,” Dies at 101
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Katherine Johnson, the legendary NASA physicist and mathematician whose work played a key…
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Charlotte’s growth reveals inequity for minority business owners
Accountability paired with diversifying the industry of developers could be steps toward a solution CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charles Thomas says…
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CROWN Act’s failure in West Virginia comes after years of Black hair advocacy
Republican lawmakers in West Virginia have killed a bill that would have banned discrimination against Black hairstyles, known as the…
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