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  Labor Secretary Tells Black Press America Must Be Intentional About Employment Equity
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  Labor Secretary Tells Black Press America Must Be Intentional About Employment Equity

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMay 28, 2021

The administration wants to level the playing field, which would allow those in communities of color to obtain good-paying jobs, ascend to the middle class, and be rewarded when it comes time for promotions and other opportunities to advance. “I think we are seeing 500,000 jobs per month added to the economy on average over the last three months, and we saw some positive signs in the hospitality industry this month,” explained U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.

African Author Pens Children’s Book About Diversity in Skin Tones
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African Author Pens Children’s Book About Diversity in Skin Tones

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMay 27, 2021

“My father was a man of humble beginnings who worked hard to provide for eight children,” said author Nonkululeko Kunene Adumentey, adding that it was his conditional love, wisdom, and work ethic that inspired the core of her principles and life mottos. He also inspired her to appreciate the various skin tones found in Africans throughout the world.

Chicago Mayor Says She Will Give One-On-One Interviews Only to Journalists of Color
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Chicago Mayor Says She Will Give One-On-One Interviews Only to Journalists of Color

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMay 27, 2021

Mayor Lightfoot has made gun violence a priority, and she noted the importance of speaking to journalists of color. Her decision has sparked outrage in White media circles, but others applauded Mayor Lightfoot. “With this outrage, y’all are implying that Black and Brown journalists aren’t capable of asking the hard questions,” the Chicago-based Black-owned media platform, The TRiiBE, tweeted.

Dr. Esther Obeng: At home in her lab at St. Jude
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Dr. Esther Obeng: At home in her lab at St. Jude

Tom Charlier, NNPA NewswireMay 13, 2021

Apart from the science and medicine, there’s another reason Esther Obeng, M.D., Ph.D., has found a home at St. Jude. After arriving, she learned about the research hospital’s history as the first fully integrated children’s hospital in the South and about its continuing focus in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion.

SUPERVISOR HOLLY MITCHELL: POWER, PASSION AND PERSPECTIVE
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SUPERVISOR HOLLY MITCHELL: POWER, PASSION AND PERSPECTIVE

DANNY J. BAKEWELL, JR.February 18, 2021

Holly Mitchell was sworn-in to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Sunday, December 6, 2020.  However, she says that between moving out of her Senate office, moving into her new Supervisors office, hiring a full staff, getting brought up to speed on exactly what’s going on in the 2nd Supervisorial District, thanking voters and supporters and the holidays, all while remaining socially distant, she really didn’t get down to business until January 1, 2021.

Report Shows Racial Pay Gap For L.A. City Workers
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Report Shows Racial Pay Gap For L.A. City Workers

City News ServiceFebruary 5, 2021

  Los Angeles’ city workforce has a large racial pay gap, with city workers on average earning $53 per hour, while Black and Latino city employees earned an average of $44 per hour during the 2020 fiscal year, according to a report released today by Controller Ron Galperin.

Arizona State University Renames Film School to Honor Sidney Poitier
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Arizona State University Renames Film School to Honor Sidney Poitier

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentFebruary 4, 2021

In an interview ahead of The Sidney Poitier New American Film School’s unveiling, University President Michael M. Crow said Poitier embodies everything that one would look for in an icon. “With Sidney Poitier, it’s his creative energy, his dynamism, his drive, his ambition, the kinds of projects he worked on, the ways in which he advanced his life,” Crow asserted, according to USA Today.