Brown, Wesley (1927-2012)

Scatman Crothers, the veteran of show business who was first black featured on Los Angeles TV

Even when Scatman Crothers was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1985, he continued to work on television; the cancer eventually spread to his esophagus and killed him on November 22, 1986 in Van

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Senate pays tribute to Oliver Clarke

The Senate on Friday paid tribute to the late former chairman of the RJRGLEANER Group, Oliver

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Cape Town under 55 test rationing: Province explains what to do if you have Covid-19 symptoms

The Western Cape government is rationing its Covid-19 testing in Cape Town, prioritising people it considers to be most at risk amid a nationwide backlog in test results and increased demand as it approaches its Covid-19

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Douglas Jackson: Kikstart Inc. Founder, Back Home to Serve Those in Need

“They showed me that having compassion for our fellow man is something that bestows a blessing upon us,” said Jackson, 65, founder and director of Kikstart Inc., a program that provides food and educates communities on the importance of nutritional

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Kenya: 117 COVID-19 Cases Reported as 3,043 Samples Screened, Death Toll Rises to 119

Nairobi — The Ministry of Health confirmed 117 new coronavirus cases on Friday bringing the cumulative toll reported in the country since March to 4,374, the death toll having risen to 119 after two more deaths were

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria Records 276 New Coronavirus Cases, 16 Deaths

Nigeria, on Tuesday, reported 276 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the new tally of confirmed cases in the country to 8, 344, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: A24 Media Launches Yebo VoD Service Focused On History, Biography and African Discovery - Mobile Deals in the Offing

Two weeks ago pan-African TV content producer A24 Media launched its Yebo platform focused on history, biography and African

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: I Want People Who Will Not Fight My Agenda - Kenyatta

The Nation raises this not to flatter Mr Kenyatta but because the way he wears power so easily is at the heart of his success as a politician – the name recognition, the fortune and right connections with sitting Presidents did not hurt – but even more important, the collapse of his relationship

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Source: allAfrica.com

Bunting: PNP palace guards caused overblown response to letter

Central Manchester Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Bunting has suggested that individuals inside the People’s National Party (PNP) who consider themselves “palace guards” and not him should be blamed for the latest round of discord to rock the 81-year-old political

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — “A Trump enemy statement,” he said of one

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Tucker, Walter R., III (1957- ) - Death

When Walter Tucker II died of cancer during his third termas Compton'smayor, younger Tucker ran for the mayor's post and won the special election onApril 16, 1991.

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A Testimony of Coping with the Confluence of Cancer, Chemo, and COVID-19

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Source: The Christian Recorder

Community Mourns The Loss Of Long-time Activist Tony Orange | The Seattle Medium

Orange also worked for seven years as Executive Director of the Washington State Commission on African American

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

Klan Cops and `The Wilmington Massacre’

In Wilmington, N.C. recently it was revealed some White members of the Wilmington Police Department are just itching for America’s mythical race war — much ballyhooed by some for decades — to

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Keeping Heart Failure at Bay

Put simply, heart failure refers to a condition where the heart cannot supply sufficient oxygen (through the blood) to the rest of the

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Source: Business Daily

Cancer In The Age Of COVID: Black Breast Cancer Survivors Speak Out

Ebonie Guyton, a public health practitioner in Detroit, MI, received a shock in February of this year: At age 34, she was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. Soon after, […] The post Cancer In The Age Of COVID: Black Breast Cancer Survivors Speak Out appeared first on Essence.

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

New Hampshire Mesothelioma Victims Center Appeals to a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in New Hampshire to Call for Direct Access to Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste-Get a Much Better Compensation Result

MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA, July 2, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The New Hampshire Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "We are appealing to a Navy Veteran or person in New Hampshire who just received news they have mesothelioma to please call 800-714-0303 for direct access to attorney Erik Karst of

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

The Original Karens: From Emmett Till’s Accuser To The White Woman Who Sparked The Tulsa Massacre

Over the weekend, #KarensGoneWild trended on social media with jaw-dropping videos of frantic white women attacking Black women, toddlers, teenagers and grown Black

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Real Table Talk

For the next few minutes, I will give some helpful insight for self-preservation, and some care tips for your family, your neighbors, and your community circles so that we can get through this

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Group Engages Mom-to-Cop Discussions to Fight Police Violence | Afro

MOCHA MOMS, NATION’S OLDEST SUPPORT GROUP FOR MOTHERS OF COLOR, TAKES PRACTICAL STEPS TO END POLICE VIOLENCE

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital cancer radiation unit open again after Covid-19 deep cleaning | News24

The largest radiation oncology unit in the country was temporarily closed for deep cleaning.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Breast cancer: Zim woman’s struggle to avoid mastectomy

A 44-year-old woman in Zimbabwe, Tendayi Gwata, is battling to avoid a mastectomy after her breast cancer treatment abruptly ended when the only radiotherapy machine in the capital, Harare, stopped working. Gwata, a marketing consultant, had already lost all her hair during chemotherapy. Then she

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Nine Testing Sites Available for Milwaukee’s North Side Neighborhoods

MILWAUKEE— Starting this week, the Wisconsin National Guard will be pausing COVID-19 testing at its Midtown

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

What It’s Like to Fight Cancer During a Pandemic

I have, however, noticed upon speaking with others who are navigating the same illness waters as am I, that some people feel uncomfortable talking about their cancer simply because recounting any other health crisis feels somehow impolite given the terrible and immediate impacts of

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Source: https://zora.medium.com

Information on nursing home, residential facility clusters to be released Monday

In the last LDH report on the number of clusters, which consist of two or more cases at a single facility, there were 46 identified across the state — just over nine percent of the registered homes in the

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Michael B. Jordan creates summer drive-in movie series

The actor, through his Outlier Society production company, is partnering with Amazon Studios to create a socially distanced movie experience via a summer screening series at drive-in movie

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Source: theGrio

Financial toxicity of cancer in Kenya: What can be done?

In a disease narrative, curative solutions are likely to dominate over the counterpart preventative

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Source: Business Daily

Cold War Radiation Experiment on Black Cancer Patients (1960-1971)

From 1960 to 1971, Dr. Eugene Saenger, a radiologist at the University of Cincinnati, led an experiment exposing 88 patients with cancer, poor, and black to whole body

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Source: Black Then

Kenya: Please Don't Touch Our Cash, Pensioners Say

In a separate memorandum to Parliament, a pensioner's lobby group says the removal of the pension tax exemption for retirees above 65 will make them receive significantly lower

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Source: allAfrica.com

Media mogul Oliver Clarke dies at 75

Oliver Frederick Clarke, the media mogul who stood at the helm of The Gleaner as chairman and managing director for more than four decades, has

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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