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Griffin launched her company, Anissa Wakefield Wines in 2019, becoming the first black woman winemaker in Alabama.

On Monday, the city launched The Violence Prevention Hotline, a 24 hours hotline staffed with dozens of trauma-informed "resource navigators" who will be on call to respond to residents impacted or concerned about issues of gun violence.

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Democrats want Clarence Thomas to resign from the court or recuse himself from any proceedings attached to the 2020 election.

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Senator and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he's still on the fence on Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation to the Supreme Court, but he did have words for his fellow Republican colleagues and their behavior during the confirmation hearings.

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And it wasn't just O'Donnell. Comedy director Judd Apatow tweeted then deleted a post declaring that Will could have killed Rock. Will "could have killed him" with a slap that didn't even take Rock off his feet.

The proposed funding amount has received a lot of support in the HBCU community over the last two days. Leaders from prominent Black and HBCU centered organizations are applauding President Biden for his commitment to HBCUs.

A study conducted by the American Academy of Dermatology found that Alopecia areata is more common among African Americans.

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Rep. Ayanna Pressley deleted a tweet she posted praising Will Smith for smacking Chris Rock during the Oscars 2020 award show after Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith and her alopecia condition.

The move comes following the county's decision to adopt a new map after data was published about Black and Brown population growth in the 2020 Census.

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Aliyah Griffith made history by becoming the first Black scholar to earn a graduate degree in marine sciences from the University of North Carolina.

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Florida Memorial University and the Institute of Black Wealth have teamed up to create an initiative aimed at closing the racial wealth gap.

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The hearing will focus partially on how universal healthcare coverage, with all types of medical care free at the point of service as it is in other wealthy nations, would help close health disparity gaps for people with disabilities, people of color, low-income and poor people, and other marginalized groups.