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A selection of Black-owned brands from the ‘Sex and the City’ reboot to shop and support, not just during Black History Month, but year-round.

Graduates celebrate resilience, solidarity and purpose May 13, 2021 AMHERST, Mass. – The Graduate School at the University of Massachusetts Amherst conferred 2,016 advanced degrees this afternoon at a Commencement ceremony at the Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium on campus. Graduates and their guests gathered late this afternoon for the commencement ceremony, which was moved outdoors this year due to COVID-19 safety protocols. A photo tribute to the graduates was also part of the ceremony. Student speakers Alisha Jean-Denis and Ellen Smithline spoke during the 45-minute ceremony, w...

Reply The first round of Brooklynites will get funding through a grant program the Barclays Center owners announced this summer. (Matt Troutman/Patch) BROOKLYN, NY — A doctor on the frontlines in the coronavirus crisis, a climate expert working to protect Brooklyn's shores, an activist inspired by barbershop conversations. These are some of the Black leaders Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center Owners Clara Wu Tsai and Joe Tsai trust to bring social justice to the borough. The NBA moguls revealed the first five grant recipients of their new Social Justice Fund on Thursday, kicking off a $50-m...