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ANALYSIS: ‘Reagan’ movie misses late president’s bumpy relationship with Black America

September 4, 2024
By Wayne Dawkins
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Then-San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays displays the four baseballs in the clubhouse representing the four homers which he hit against the Milwaukee Braves, April 30, 1961, in Milwaukee. Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays' family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night, June 18, 2024, he had “passed away peacefully” Tuesday afternoon surrounded by loved ones. Photo credit: The Associated Press

Sports

PERSPECTIVE: A tribute to Willie Mays, baseball’s ‘Say Hey Kid’

June 21, 2024
By Wayne Dawkins
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Sports

FIRST ON BNV: Willie Mays’ Hall of Fame plaque to travel to historic celebration of baseball

June 17, 2024
By Wayne Dawkins
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Minnie Minoso, Chicago White Sox outfielder, practices running the bases at Comiskey Park in Chicago, June 1, 1955. Major League Baseball said Tuesday, May 28, 2024, that it has incorporated records for more than 2,300 Negro Leagues players following a three-year research project. Miñoso was credited with 150 hits with the New York Cubans of the second Negro National League from 1946-1948, raising his total to 2,113. Photo credit: The Associated Press

Sports

Major League Baseball hits delayed home run with the Negro Leagues

May 30, 2024
By Wayne Dawkins
NABJ Black News & Views

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Beyonce' accepts the Innovator Award at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday, April 1, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Photo credit: Chris Pizzello, The Associated Press

Arts & culture

Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ lifts covers off of little-known Black history

April 12, 2024
By Wayne Dawkins
NABJ Black News & Views

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Former President Donald Trump, hopeful White House Republican candidate, speaks at the Black Conservative Federation's Annual BCF Honors Gala at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, South Carolina, on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Photo credit: Andrew Harnik, The Associated Press

Politics

PERSPECTIVE: Donald Trump, fool’s gold and Black voters

February 29, 2024
By Wayne Dawkins
NABJ Black News & Views

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