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• We Have Proof! The Chicago Defender was Featured on Jeopardy

  20-05-2023 16:00
  
  For the last couple of years, we have heard the whispers. 
  Once upon a time, “Jeopardy!” featured the Chicago Defender as a question. Almost a year after the episode initially aired, someone from our publication saw a rerun that featured our question. Even still, obtaining proof of this moment had been difficult. 
  That is until now.
  After scouring the internet for the “Jeopardy!” episode number and searching through YouTube, we have obtained hardcore video proof
  
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• White Men Can’t Jump: Movie Review

  20-05-2023 14:30
  
  by Dwight Brown, film critic for DwightBrownInk.com and NNPA News Wire
  (**1/2)
  White men who can’t dunk and the Black men who chide them was a fresh, chuckle-worthy idea back in the day. In today’s world, not so much.
  When b-ballers Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson trashed talked each other in the R-rated 1992 sports/comedy White Men Can’t Jump, their digs were edgy and hilarious. In this update, with Sinqua Walls (Friday Night Lights) and Jack Harlow (Grammy nominee Best Melo
  
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• Reverend Al Sharpton Delivers Powerful Eulogy At Jordan Neely Funeral

  20-05-2023 14:00
  
  Photo: Getty Images
  Reverend Al Sharpton delivered a powerful eulogy on Friday (May 19) at the funeral of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old Michael Jackson impersonator who was choked to death on a New York City subway, ABC7 reports.
  Neely, 30, died earlier this month after 24-year-old Daniel Penny, a former Marine, put him in a chokehold for allegedly threatening passengers on the subway. However, activists and the family of Neely, who was homeless, have pointed out that the Michael Jackson impersona
  
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• Hunter Celebrates Resolution Creating Task Force on Black Immigrants

  20-05-2023 13:00
  
  Recognizing the unique challenges faced by Black immigrants in Illinois, a resolution sponsored by State Senator Mattie Hunter to create the Task Force on Black Immigrants has been adopted by the Senate.
  “Providing immigrants access to shelter, food and medical care is the bare minimum,” said Hunter (D-Chicago). “We want to make sure our new neighbors are fully equipped to be successful here in Illinois.”
  House Joint Resolution 18 creates the Task Force on Black Immigrant
  
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