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The massive flooding in Louisiana this month has destroyed the homes of at least 75,000 in multiple parishes and Tina Knowles-Lawson is helping to spread the word about what you can do to help. The Red Cross announced earlier this week that they’d enlised the help of over 1,000 volunteers from across the country to […]

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Michael Jordan has donated $5 million to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, museum officials said Monday. The gift is the biggest one a sports figure has ever given to the 19th Smithsonian museum. “I am grateful for the opportunity to support this museum,” Jordan said in a statement. “I also am […]

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Justin Sullivan getty images: A Cleveland police union with the help of local businesses is sending two refrigerated trucks full of water, sports drinks and the city’s famed corned beef sandwiches to Philadelphia for law enforcement officers providing security at that city’s Democratic National Convention. Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association President Steve Loomis said Monday that […]

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getty image: After remaining silent regarding politics and social justice issues during most of his career, Michael Jordan is speaking out about racial tensions in America and violence between citizens and law enforcement. In a personal essay for the African-American themed sports blog, The Undefeated, the legendary baller made the most perfect statement ever. n […]

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The National Museum of African American History and Culture is getting a $10 million gift. The Smithsonian announced Wednesday that philanthropist David Rubenstein is making the donation to the capital campaign for the museum, set to open in September. He also is loaning the museum two documents signed by President Abraham Lincoln: the 13th Amendment […]

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In the final days of 2015, Alfred Street Baptist Church (ASBC), one of the nation’s oldest historically African American churches located in Alexandria, Virginia announced that it is pledging to donate $1 million to the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). As such, the $1 million donation to the museum […]

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(VALERIE MACON / AFP/Getty Images) tress and Baltimore native Jada Pinkett Smith donated $10,000 to the Baltimore state’s attorney’s office’s fund for victims and witnesses of crime. The office held its inaugural Winter Solstice on Thursday to benefit the Victims Emergency Fund. More than 250 people attended the event, which raised a net $17,639 for the […]

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Marie Holmes, winner of $88 million in March playing Powerball, made a Christmas gift of $680,000 to the church she has attended since she was a girl. Holmes, a 27-year-old single mother from Brunswick County, won $188 million, but opted to take a lump sum of $127 million. After taxes, she went home with $88 […]

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Louis Farrakhan’s Justice…Or Else! rally will take place on October 10 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his Million Man March. On Tuesday, Minister Farrakhan spoke at Philadelphia’s Tindley Temple United Methodist Church to mobilize support for the rally, and he announced that Philly native Will Smith and […]

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While WNBA players don’t earn the same salary as their multi-million dollar NBA counterparts, that doesn’t mean their heart isn’t as big, if not bigger. New York Liberty center Tina Charles easily proves it. Charles will donate half of her $100,000 WNBA salary to a charity she started to honor her aunt, who died from […]

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  The Cleveland Indians will donate new catchers’ gear to the Garfield Heights baseball league following a newsnet5.com report that some of their equipment was stolen from a storage shed. The Indians, along with the help of Louisville Slugger, will donate the gear to players and coaches at Donovan Park at 6 p.m. Thursday. newsnet5.com […]

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  Movie mogul, playwright, director and actor extraordinaire Tyler Perry(pictured with kids) is known for being generous with his fortune. Perry has supported such causes as HIV/AIDS research, the NAACP, and organizations that champion forgotten issues. Now he has rallied around an Atlanta youth center, Young People Matter (YPM), which was on the brink of closing its doors. Thanks to […]