News from the Black Community of Gwinnett County Georgia.
ATLANTA /PRNewswire/ — “Shop Black Week” began years ago as a meeting of the minds that included determined Black business owners and community organizers as a campaign to promote Black economic empowerment that …
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By Michelle Bocanegra for Politico Republican Sen. David Perdue and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff are heading to a January runoff in Georgia, after both fell short of a majority in …
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Despite voting for Joe Biden eighteen percentage points greater than Donald Trump and electing what will be a 5-0 Democratic majority county commission starting in January, Gwinnett County voters showed …
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Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, via Associated Press Carolyn Bourdeaux, a two-time Democratic candidate and college professor, flipped an open House seat in Georgia on Friday that had become a top priority …
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Democrats remain optimistic Georgia will go to Biden Among the new elected leaders taking control of Gwinnett is the country’s first-ever Black sheriff, Keybo Taylor. “I think it finally hit …
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Dozens of people worked through absentee ballots, wearing masks and pausing for sips of coffee and water at State Farm Arena In Fulton County, counting the 42,400 absentee ballots is …
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Lynsey Weatherspoon for The New York Times The Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock, a Democrat, emerged as the leader Tuesday over Senator Kelly Loeffler, a Republican, in a special election …
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By Katie Shepherd Paul Adamus, 7, climbs the stairs of a bus before the first day of school on Aug. 3 in Dallas, Ga. Adamus is among tens of thousands …
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The coronavirus pandemic has weakened or destroyed many small businesses. According to the New York Times, early evidence shows COVID-19 is disproportionately hurting Black-owned small businesses. “More than 40 percent …
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By Peter White for The Tennessee Tribune NASHVILLE, TN – Representative Harold Love (D-District 58) was responsible for getting chronically underfunded Tennessee State University (TSU) $800,000 for its agricultural research station …
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