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Protests raging across US over George Floyd's murder, White House under lo
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 30 (ANI): Protests erupted in various cities across the United States on Friday (local time) over the death of George Floyd, an African-American man.
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Minneapolis mayor imposes curfew amid ongoing unrest
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Minneapolis [USA], May 30 (Sputnik/ANI): Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has imposed a curfew in the city amid the ongoing unrest following the death of African-American man -- George Floyd -- while being arrested by police, the City Clerk's Office said in a statement.
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Study finds women, minorities lacking in research and clinical trials for
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 28 (ANI): Over the past decade, women and minorities, particularly African Americans, continue to be inadequately represented in clinical trials for novel cardiometabolic medications, with no evidence of improvement in enrolment numbers, finds a recent study.
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COVID-19 rakes up racism in US, Trump says infections in African-Americans
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 8 (ANI): Infecting nearly four lakh people and killing over 12,000 others, the coronavirus pandemic has brought up the deep-seated issue of racism in the United States, especially with President Donald Trump announcing that African-Americans have higher rates
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How Billy Porter's sexuality affected his career
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 13 (ANI): The journey hasn't been a cakewalk for Billy Porter! The actor got candid about the time he tried to break into Hollywood in the 1980s, but the industry was just seeking three kinds of African Americans -- "James Earl Jones, the patriarch; Denzel Washingt
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Barack and I couldn't be more proud: Michelle Obama on Tyler Perry's studi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 9 (ANI): The former first lady of the US is full of adulation for actor Tyler Perry for opening the "first major film studio" fully owned by an "African American."
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Billy Porter says 'Pose' changing gay black men roles for better
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 15 (ANI): American theatre performer-singer, Billy Porter, who recently got his first-ever Emmy nomination for 'Pose', opened up about how Hollywood is allowing African-American men to make love, not war.
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Trump sparks outrage for calling US city of Baltimore a 'rodent-infested m
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 28 (ANI): US President Donald Trump was on Saturday hit by fresh accusations of racism after he attacked a prominent African-American lawmaker and branded the majority-black city of Baltimore as "rodent-infested mess" triggering widespread outrage.
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Racial discrimination raises risks of disease among African Americans: Stu
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], June 2 (ANI): A recent study explains how racial discrimination raises the risks of chronic illness among African Americans.
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John Singleton's official send off planned at USC Alma Mater
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], May 13 (ANI): Director John Singleton, who died on April 28, will get one last official send-off from his fans, friends and family at his graduation college.
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Oscars 2019: 'Black Panther' takes home awards for costume design and prod
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Los Angeles [USA], Feb 25 (ANI): Hannah Bleacher became the first African American to be nominated for, and win, an Oscar in production design for her work in bringing the fictitious nation of Wakanda to the big screen in Marvel's 'Black Panther.'
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African-American women at a high breast cancer risk less likely to pursue
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 14 (ANI): A new research points towards how African-American women who are at a higher risk of breast cancer are less likely than white women to pursue preventive care in trying to prove racial disparities in healthcare.
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