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Amazon gives $10 million to support social justice and black communities – Source CNET Internet News

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Amazon said Wednesday that it will donate $10 million to groups focused on social justice and aiding black communities.

The pledge is one of several from major tech companies made this week after a white police officer in Minneapolis was charged with the second-degree murder in the death George Floyd, a black man.

The funds will go to organizations fighting against systemic racism and working to expand educational and economic opportunities for black communities. The organizations, listed below, were chosen with the help of Amazon’s Black Employee Network:

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