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Hill Harper, a cast member in the television series "The Good Doctor" arrives at the 35th Annual PaleyFest at the Dolby Theatre on Thursday, March 22, 2018, in Los Angeles. Harper announced Monday, July 10, 2023 that he is running for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat and challenging U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin for the Democratic nomination. Harper is the sixth Democratic candidate to enter the race for retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow's seat. (Photo credit: Willy Sanjuan, Invision, The Associated Press

Politics

Actor Hill Harper of ‘CSI:NY’, ‘The Good Doctor,’ running for U.S. Senate in Michigan

July 11, 2023
By Joey Cappalletti
The Associated Press

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Dancers helped the U.S. Virgin Islands celebrate 175 years of freedom for its enslaved people. Photo credit: U.S.V.I. Government House

Arts & culture

U.S. Virgin Islands celebrates 175 years of freedom from slavery

July 3, 2023
By Melanie Eversley
NABJ Black News & Views

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Guests tour the International African American Museum on Friday, June 23, 2023, in Charleston, S.C. Overlooking the old wharf at which nearly half of the enslaved population first entered North America, the 150,000-square foot museum houses exhibits and artifacts exploring how Black Americans' labor, perseverance, resistance and cultures shaped the Carolinas, the nation and the world. Photo credit: Chris Carlson, The Associated Press

Arts & culture

Black history museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina, amid celebrations of Gullah culture, fanfare

June 30, 2023
By Shakeema Smalls
NABJ Black News & Views

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Tops Friendly Markets on Buffalo's East Side was the scene of a racially motived mass shooting on May 14th, 2022. Photo credit: Bagumba

National

VIDEO: Buffalo has a moment as supermarket where shooting took place reopens

June 26, 2023
By Nanette D. Massey
NABJ Black News & Views

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Arts & culture

Central Park birder Christian Cooper is turning his viral video fame into a memoir and TV show

June 20, 2023
By Leanne Italie
The Associated Press

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Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," talks as she opens the front door of her home on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. Opal Lee's dream of seeing Juneteenth become a federal holiday was finally realized two years ago, but the energetic woman who spent years rallying people to join her push for the day commemorating the end of slavery is hardly letting up on a lifetime of work teaching and helping others. Photo credit: LM Otero

National

Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ and ‘Just Mercy’ author Bryan Stevenson discuss national museum, legacy of slavery

June 19, 2023
By Sarah Bahari
Texas Metro News, The Dallas Morning News

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