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  Harlem's Beloved: Clifford Leopold Alexander Jr., First Black U.S. Army Secretary, Dies At 88

  blackenterprise.com - Atiya Jordan

  An Army trailblazer has passed away. Clifford Leopold Alexander Jr., the first Black Army Secretary of the United States, died at 88, Fox 5 News …

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  The amendment ending slavery could be the key to securing abortion rights

  NBC News - Lisa A. Crooms-Robinson

  In its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court made clear that its new majority rejects the interpretation of the right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution that made Roe v. Wade and a host of other Supreme Court precedents possible. In permitting Mississippi’s …

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  Ed Dwight was in line to be the first Black astronaut. History had other ideas

  NPR - Mycah Hazel

  In the 1960s, the U.S. was embroiled in a tense space race with the Soviet Union — and was losing. By the start of the decade, the Soviets had already sent the first satellite and the first man into space. So, on May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy made a pledge to the nation: The U.S. would …

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  Rihanna is now worth $1.4 billion–making her America’s youngest self-made billionaire woman

  CNBC - Megan Sauer

  The youngest self-made billionaire woman in the U.S. didn't grow up in a Manhattan high rise or the Hollywood Hills. Instead, Rihanna amassed her …

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  ‘Breakin’ star Bruno ‘Pop N Taco’ Falcon dead: Michael Jackson dancer was 58

  New York Post - Rob Bailey-Millado

  Bruno Falcon, the trailblazing hip-hop dancer and choreographer known as “Pop N Taco,” died Saturday at his Long Beach, California home. He was …

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  The Dark Legacy of the Indian Boarding School System All Americans Need to Know

  The 74 - Trip Jennings

  This week the U.S. Interior Department released a 100-page report on the lasting consequences of the federal Indian boarding school system. You might …