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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: AUGUST 14, 2026 · What You Need To Know

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  Speaker 1: It's Sybil Wilkes with what we need to know today.
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  Speaker 1: It's Friday, August fourteenth, two thousand, twenty six. Number one
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  Speaker 1: civil rights leaders Attorney Ben Crump, Reverend Al Sharpton, and
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  Speaker 1: Democratic Congresswoman Lucy macbeth of Georgia joined the parents of
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  Speaker 1: Nolan Wells in Atlanta to demand a federal review of
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  Speaker 1: his death. The Congressional Black Caucus issued a formal letter
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  Speaker 1: giving Attorney General Todd Blanche seven days to determine whether
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  Speaker 1: a federal civil rights investigation is warranted. The eighteen year
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  Speaker 1: old student athlete vanished during a Fourth of July voting
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  Speaker 1: trip to Horn Island off the coast of Mississippi, before
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  Speaker 1: his body was recovered days later. Number two Democratic Representative
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  Speaker 1: Shamari Figures, who is an African American, will face Republican
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  Speaker 1: state Representative Reht Marcus in Alabama's redrawn second Congressional district
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  Speaker 1: this fall. State lawmakers reshaped the district's boundaries following a
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  Speaker 1: Supreme Court decision that weakened key protections under the Voting
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  Speaker 1: Rights Act, and although the black voting age population dropped
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  Speaker 1: from forty eight to forty percent, both major parties are
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  Speaker 1: making the high stakes race a top priority Number three
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  Speaker 1: by Black three sixty five. Former technology strategist Darryl Spencer
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  Speaker 1: built his luxury men's grooming company, Crowned Skin into an
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  Speaker 1: eight figure empire. Mister Spencer leveraged his previous corporate experience
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  Speaker 1: at tech giants like Meta Google and LinkedIn to pair
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  Speaker 1: cologne infused skincare with digital brand storytelling. Following a successful
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  Speaker 1: appearance on Shark Tank, this Chicago native is actively expanding
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  Speaker 1: his black owned business into fragrance and lifestyle products. Smells
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  Speaker 1: Good Number four from our Good News file. Seven year
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  Speaker 1: old Zayden Kuran Herndon received a Citizen Life Saving Award
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  Speaker 1: from Virginia Beach Police after coming to his mother's aid
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  Speaker 1: during a medical emergency. When his mom suffered a sudden seizure.
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  Speaker 1: Zaden calmly called nine to one one, gave dispatchers his
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  Speaker 1: exact home address, and looked after his infant sister. Police
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  Speaker 1: officials commended the young boy's remarkable composure under pressure, which
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  Speaker 1: enabled first responders to arrive quickly and deliver essential medical care.
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  Speaker 1: Number five Black American Know Year History. It was on
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  Speaker 1: August fifteenth, eighteen eighty seven, twenty seven African American men
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  Speaker 1: voted unanimously to officially incorporate Eatonville, Florida, just north of Orlando.
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  Speaker 1: Know it well as the oldest self governing, all black
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  Speaker 1: incorporated municipality in the United States. Eatonville represented a monumental
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  Speaker 1: triumph for black economic independence. Later immortalized in classic American
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  Speaker 1: literature by the native daughter Zora Neil Hurston, the town
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  Speaker 1: remains an enduring symbol of freedom and community. A must visit.
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  Speaker 1: Here's your daily inspiration from Yogi's Jewels. Life is a
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  Speaker 1: series of choice, he says, Let's choose to make wise
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  Speaker 1: decisions today. All right, I'm civil Wilkes, be informed, be empowered,