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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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Antonio Harrison III, 2, rests in the arms of his father, Antonio Harrison Jr., as male churchgoers gather in front of the altar during service at the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014. Photo credit: Manuel Balce Ceneta, The Associated Press

National

PERSPECTIVE: Love and support of a good father greatly benefits children

June 19, 2023
By Lynn Norment
NABJ Black News & Views

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Pamela Dias, the mother of Ajike Owens, center, makes a statement with Rev. Al Sharpton, left, and civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, right, during the funeral for Owens on Monday, June 12, 2023, at Meadowbrook Church in Ocala, Florida. Owens was fatally shot by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz, when she went to Lorincz's door. Lorincz was arrested and charged in the shooting. Photo credit: Alan Youngblood, The Associated Press

National

Ajike Owens, Florida mother of 4 shot by neighbor, laid to rest

June 15, 2023
By Melanie Eversley
NABJ Black News & Views

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