'Beloved' by Toni Morrison

Gayle King Says It Feels Like “Open Season” On Black Men After Back-To-Back Reports Of Racial Violence

CBS This Morning host Gayle King had an visceral emotional reaction after viewing two incidents pertaining to state violence and Black men, made the rounds on social media after Memorial Day

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Hardin: We've Protested, What's Next?

I receive a lot of emails, text messages and phone calls from skin folk who have differing thoughts and opinions from the norm but are hesitant to share them publicly because of fear of the fierce backlash of the Knee Grow

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Source: The Florida Star

Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill is a singer, songwriter and actress who shot to fame in the 1990s with her R&B band “The Fugees” and later as a solo performer. She was born on May 26, 1975 in New Jersey to Valerie and Mal Hill. Her mother was an English teacher and her father was a management

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1975

America’s Black female mayors face dual crises of COVID-19 and...

My upcoming book, an edited volume called “Political Black Girl Magic: The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors” examines the background of 24 Black women elected to lead cities over 50,000 since 2000 to learn who these pioneering women are and how they came to

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Morrison, Chloe Anthony Wofford "Toni" (1931- 2019)

Born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio to parents George and Ella Ramah Wofford, novelist Toni Morrison grew up in a working class family. She received a B.A. degree from Howard University after majoring in English and minoring in the classics. Wofford earned an

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Feb

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1931

Toni Morrison “The Pieces I Am” American Masters Documentary Airs on PBS Tonight, June 23 (WATCH TRAILER)

Pulitzer Prize winner, prolific author and professor Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers and critics on an exploration of the powerful themes she confronted throughout her literary career in The Pieces I Am, an artful and intimate meditation that examines the life and work of the legendary

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Labour Minister Mike Henry plans to focus on social benefits

Newly appointed Minister of Labour and Social Security, Mike Henry, said his immediate plans and directions for the Ministry will focus on the need for social

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

NBC Will Host A Virutal Discussion On Parenting Black Children In America

NBC News NOW will stream a virtual discussion with families from around the country on the realities of parenting Black children in

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Writer, Toni Morrison, awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, 1993

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Oct

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1993

To Combat Disparities, Black Churches In Dallas Offer Coronavirus Testing

Cooper Neill for NPR

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Afrofuturism: Imagining an Afrocentric Future

What would the world look like if European colonialism, Western Enlightenment rational ideas, a Western universalism that is not inclusive of that which is not Western – if all of this were not the dominant culture? What would an Afrocentric view of humanity and of Africa and the people of the

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Zimbabwe’s health minister charged in COVID-19 graft case

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s health minister on Saturday was charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer, accused of illegally awarding a multi-million-dollar contract for COVID-19 medical supplies to a shadowy company that sold the government $28 face masks and other materials at

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Eriq La Salle

Born on July 23, 1962 in Hartford, Connecticut, Eriq La Salle developed interest in the performing arts from a young age and the attention which his cousin received from his classmates at dancing school specially attracted La Salle. La Salle’s decision to pursue an acting career became firm after

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Source: Black History Resources

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1962

African American History Bibliography Authors & Editors

Abajian, James de T. Blacks in Selected Newspapers, Censuses and Other Sources: An Index to Names and Subjects Yes

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The Grammys Drop The Term “Urban” From Their Language

Source: The 59th Annual Grammy Awards hosted by James Corden as seen on

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'I’m Angry': Keri Hilson Claps Back at a Fan for Bashing Her Post About Racial Injustice

A serious topic that’s on the mind of many these days seemed to also be on Keri Hilson‘s mind on Wednesday, May 27, when Hilson posted a message to her Instagram

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Egypt: Death of Egypt LGBT+ Activist Jailed for Waving Rainbow Flag Mourned

Cairo — Sarah Hegazy had fled Egypt after waving the rainbow flag at a concert in rare show of LGBT+ visibility

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Egypt: Medics Arrested for Speaking Out Over COVID-19 Failings

Six doctors and two pharmacists arrested, and medics transferred to quarantine hospitals for speaking out

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Source: allAfrica.com

Racial Divide of Coronavirus is Real, So are Innovations that Can Help

While coronavirus does not know boundaries of race, income, or ethnicity, its disproportionate impact on minority communities is unmistakable and points to a deeper crisis of racial disparities in health care that have persisted long before the onset of this

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ASK DR. KEVIN: An Unfamiliar, Rare Disease Associated with Heart Failure in African Americans

By Dr. Kevin Williams , The Chief Medical Officer for Rare Disease at Pfizer

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Trump Rally on Juneteenth in Tulsa Called ‘Slap In The Face’

(Greenwood Cultural Center via Tulsa World via

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Guyanese Fr John Persaud appointed Catholic Bishop of Mandeville

Father (Fr) John Persaud from Guyana, has been appointed Bishop of the Catholic Church in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Man accused of engaging cops in shootout freed

Cornel Wilkins, who was accused of engaging the police in a shoot-out, injuring one of the cops, has been freed by the Gun

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye

Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye , also called Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (born August 17, 1936, Boda, near Ambo, Ethiopia—died February 25, 2006, New York, New York, U.S.), Ethiopian playwright and poet, who wrote in Amharic and

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Feb

25

2006

The Mental Health Toll of Current Events

In the past few months, the topic of mental health became a common one as many people have experienced new levels of stress and

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Poll: Black Americans most likely to know a COVID-19 victim

African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the

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Banned Books by African-American Authors

Go Tell it On the Mountain was James Baldwins debut novel. The semi-autobiographical work is a coming-of-age story and has been used in schools since its publication in

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Across The U.S., A Juneteenth 'Tinted With Sorrow' And Buoyed By Hope

Demonstrators planned rallies in towns and cities across the country, from Atlanta to Los Angeles, to commemorate the date that the U.S. informed people in Texas that all those enslaved were now free in

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#BreonnaTaylor: Breonna’s Law Passed, Bans No-Knock Warrants In Louisville

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Bell Hooks

Bell Hooks is a pen name of a renowned African-American author, Gloria Jean Watkins. She also took part in social activism and supports feminism. The central focus of her writing is interconnectivity of race, capitalism, and gender. She also explains the influence of these elements to promote

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Source: Black History Resources

Sep

25

1952

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