Leonardo Blair

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  Jun 23, 2020

  Pastor vying to be Georgia’s first black US senator sees opportunity for people of faith in unrest

  He believes the U.S. Senate could benefit from having a pastor in its midst right now and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, who is vying to become Georgia’s first black member in the upper chamber of Congress, believes he should be the one.

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  Jun 22, 2020

  Kenneth Copeland praises ‘Niger’ Simeon of Bible, pushes for Juneteenth to be holiday

  Texas-based televangelist Kenneth Copeland had high praise for Simeon, a black leader in the Church of Antioch in the Bible, as he called on President Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to come together and make Juneteenth a national holiday.

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  Jun 22, 2020

  Black megachurch pastor denies he agreed to participate in Republican National Convention

  Bishop Vaughn McLaughin, founder and senior pastor of the Potter's House International Ministries who was the only religious leader announced as part Jacksonville, Florida’s 32-member host committee for the Republican National Convention, said he did not agree to be a part of the team.

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  Jun 19, 2020

  Trump calls shooting of Rayshard Brooks ‘terrible situation but you can’t resist officer’

  President Donald Trump called the controversial police shooting in Atlanta of Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man, a “terrible situation” Wednesday but said he shouldn’t have resisted arrest.

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  Jun 19, 2020

  Criminal case still pending against black pastor arrested after calling 911 on white trespassers, lawyer says

  A black Virginia pastor who was arrested and charged with brandishing his licensed firearm to scare off five white trespassers who threatened to kill him because he tried to stop them from dumping trash on his land still has a criminal charge pending against him, his lawyer said.

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  Jun 19, 2020

  40% of Republican voters worried America on brink of second civil war, poll says

  As protests over racial injustice erupted in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd late last month, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio warned of extremists looking to start a second civil war. A new poll released by Rasmussen Reports Monday says some 40% of Republicans believe America is on the brink of another civil war.

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  Jun 17, 2020

  Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben’s to be rebranded in wake of unrest over racism

  Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben’s, two of America’s most recognized food brands and family favorites are expected to get makeovers in the wake of ongoing social unrest over racial injustice and police brutality the companies associated with the brands announced Wednesday.

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  Jun 17, 2020

  SBC elects Pastor Rolland Slade as first black chair of its executive committee

  Rolland Slade, the 62-year-old senior pastor of Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, California, called his historic election as the first black chair of the Southern Baptist Convention’s powerful executive committee on Tuesday, God’s plan.

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  Jun 17, 2020

  Pastor Louie Giglio apologizes for suggesting ‘white privilege’ should be called ‘white blessing’

  Days after suggesting to rapper Lecrae Moore, popularly known as Lecrae, that the term “white privilege” be renamed “white blessing” because it triggers some white people, Pastor Louie Giglio of Passion City Church in Atlanta apologized. The pastor had been accused of trying to make racism more palatable.

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  Jun 17, 2020

  Chick-fil-A’s Dan Cathy asks white Christians to repent, fight for black Americans in wake of police killings

  Dan Cathy, CEO of fast food chain Chick-fil-A, urged white Christians to take advantage of the “special moment” in American history now, to repent of racism and fight for their black “brothers and sisters” in the wake of ongoing protests.