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Drama, Controversy, and Backstabbing Are Rocking This Historic Black Harlem Church
Members of Abyssinian Baptist Church are speaking out against alleged corruption and unethical practices within the church
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Black Celebrity-Owned Restaurants To Try During the Holidays
From steak to seafood to plant-based burgers, these Black-owned celebrity restaurants are a great alternative to turkey and stuffing.
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Kevin Johnson Executed By State of Missouri After Supreme Court Denies Appeal
37-year-old Kevin Johnson was on death row for a 2005 murder conviction. His attorney argued the prosecution was riddled with racial bias.
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Starbucks, Goldman Sachs, ACLU and Others Pledge to Tackle Racial Wealth Gap by Boosting Black Employment and Business Investments
Some of the biggest companies in America say they will put their considerable might behind a mission of closing the massive wealth gap between Black people and white people in this country. According to analysis by Brookings Institute, the median wealth held by Black households in the U.S. is not even 15 percent of the…
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Starbucks COO Roz Brewer Will Be the New CEO of Walgreens—and the Only Black Female CEO in the Fortune 500
The Fortune 500 will soon be gaining a new CEO—and it will be a Black woman. On Tuesday, Business Insider (BI) was among several outlets to report that Starbucks Chief Operating Officer Rosalind “Roz” Brewer will soon be the new CEO of Walgreens. Starbucks confirmed Brewer’s departure on Tuesday, at the time only disclosing that…
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Black Men Arrested in Philly Starbucks Settle With City for $1 and Pledge of $200,000 for Young Entrepreneurs, Settle With Starbucks for Undisclosed Amount
Updated Wednesday, May 2, 2018, 3:10 p.m. EDT: Starbucks says it has settled for a yet undisclosed amount with Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson, two black men who were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks after a manager called the cops on them. The crime? Waiting around for their friend. “After constructive conversations, Donte Robinson, Rashon…
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Starbucks to Close All Stores Across the US for ‘Racial-Bias Education’ Training Following the Arrest of 2 Black Men
Starbucks is upping the ante (and perhaps trying to salvage whatever is left of its reputation) by closing more than 8,000 stores across the U.S. for an afternoon to train employees in racial bias. The decision comes after two black men were arrested inside a Philadelphia Starbucks, seemingly just for being black. According to the…
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Starbucks CEO Apologizes, Says He Wants to Meet With the Black Men Arrested in Philly
Remember Starbucks’ “Race Together” idea a few years back? The since-destroyed concept was that baristas at the high-priced coffee chain were to openly engage customers on race relations in the United States. Ironic, then, that the company is once again feeling the social media flames and calls for a boycott over an incident at a…