Charles E. Mitchell

United States population: 9,638,453

United States population: 9,638,453. Black population: 1,771,656 (18.4 per cent). Mayflower of Liberia sailed from New York City with eighty-six Blacks. Ship arrived in Sierra Leone, March 9.

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Feb

6

1820

Voting Delays, Long Lines Bring Chaos to Georgia Primaries

ATLANTA (AP) — Voters waited as long as five hours to cast ballots in some Georgia precincts on Tuesday amid reports of voting machine malfunctions and high turnout in a state that President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are expected to hotly contest in the

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Liberia

In 2006, former president Taylor, in exile in Nigeria, was turned over to an international court in The Hague to face trial on charges of crimes against humanity for supporting rebel troops in Sierra Leones brutal civil war that claimed the lives of about 300,000 people in the 1990s. The rebels

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Africa's unsung army of women wage war on Covid-19

As cases of the new coronavirus climb and Kenyans are told to stay home and avoid human contact, 38-year-old Omondi moves house to house through Kawangware's maze of narrow

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Liberia: Worshippers Express Delight in Opening of Churches Amid Nearly Two Months of Shutdown

Following the President's lifting of the ban on worship services, major churches including the Catholic Arch Diocese of Monrovia, the Episcopal and Lutheran Churches in separate statements issued, called on their members to put a hold on mass worship services amid the increase of COVID-19 cases in

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Four national chain stores announced

Four national chain stores announced on October 17 that counters in about 150 stores in 112 cities in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, Florida and Oklahoma had been integrated.

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Mar

1

1960

Senate GOP police bill hits roadblock, as Dems seek changes

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican policing bill hit a roadblock Wednesday as Senate Democrats voted against it as inadequate, leaving the parties to decide whether to negotiate a compromise or walk away despite public outcry over the killings of Black

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Africa: Dr. Dougbeh Nyan Postulates Herd Immunity in Parts of Africa

Invited for second speaking engagement at Rowan UniversityOne of Africa's prominent infectious diseases experts from Liberia, Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan of Shufflex Biomed, has postulated that many African countries including Liberia could be "going through a stage of Herd Immunity at this point of the

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1 In 10 HBCUs Were Financially Fragile Before COVID-19 Endangered All Colleges And Universities - Blavity

The Department of Education tracks which colleges and universities are most at risk of closure in its heightened cash monitoring

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Africa's Media Hit Hard By COVID-19 Crisis

In normal times, reporters at the Nigerian independent radio network Dandal Kura International earn the equivalent of around $100

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States failed to get absentee ballots to thousands of voters in recent primary elections, signaling problems for November | The Atlanta Voice

Miller and Sheth are among tens of thousands of voters who didn’t get their requested absentee ballots in recent primaries, including in the battleground states of Georgia and

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Nigeria: Press Statement on the Crisis of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB)

The Leadership of the African Bar Association has deliberated on the needless controversy surrounding the affairs of the African Development Bank (AFDB), the Continent’s topmost Financial

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(1896) Hugh M. Browne, “The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South”

Hugh M. Browne, educator, Presbyterian minister, and college professor in Liberia, positioned himself between the advocates of industrial and higher education for African Americans. In the speech below he describes his educational philosophy and the forces and experiences that shaped

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Liberia: A Call Coming a Bit Too Late - COVID-19 Voluntary Testing Should Have Started Started With the President, Long Ago

On Sunday, May 17, the Minister of Health, Dr. Wilhemina Jallah flunked by the Chief Medical Officer Dr. Francis Kateh, followed by the WHO Representative to Liberia Peter Clement, Dr. Desmond William head of US Center for Disease Control (CDC) in West Africa and Liberia and USAID Resident

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Liberia: National Christian Task Force of Liberia Wants Government Puts More Resources in Obtaining COVID-19 Test Kits

Monrovia — National Christian Task Force of Liberia has praised President George Weah for the leadership he has provided in the fight against the deadly coronavirus but added that more need to be done in obtaining test kits to prevent the loss of

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(1959) Nnamdi Azikiwe Addresses the NAACP Convention on the Organization's 50th Anniversary

Nnamdi Azikiwe, by now the best know nationalist leader in Nigeria, addressed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its 50th anniversary celebration at the Polo Grounds, New York City, July 19, 1959. His speech appears

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Jul

19

1959

Sierra Leone prez eases virus restrictions, places of worship remain closed

June 23: Lockdown restrictions eased

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Paula H. Cholmondeley

Paula H. Cholmondeley is Chief Executive Officer of The Sorrel Group, a management consulting company. Previously, Cholmondeley was Vice President and General Manager of Specialty Products for Sappi Fine Paper, the world’s leading producer of coated free sheet papers. Cholmondeley is a Certified

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Dr. Samuel Kelly, Class of 1971: Soldier, Educator, Advocate.

For virtually all of the eight decades of his life, Dr. Samuel E. Kelly has been an advocate of education for its own sake and as a central strategy for improving the lives of African Americans. His awareness of the importance of education came early when his parents demanded careful attention to

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Liberian Churches Resume Worship

Churches across Liberia resumed their regular worship services on Sunday, May 17, more than one month after the government banned social gathering ordering all Churches, Mosques and worship centers

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa's unsung army of women wage war on virus

Poorly paid or not at all, these unsung armies of mostly female community health workers have for years doled out advice and health services to families living in remote villages and urban slums who lack formal

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Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Born: 0/29/938 Monrovia, LiberiaAfrica’s first female head of state won the 20 Nobel Peace Prize for her work in promoting Liberian reconciliation and in atoning for Liberia’s history of civil war. She was re-elected for a second term the same year, reneging on an earlier promise to run for only

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Blacks left Savannah, Ga

Two hundred Blacks left Savannah, Ga., for Liberia.

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Mar

18

1895

Locker, Jessie Dwight (1891-1955)

Jessie Locker was an attorney, politician, and community leader who was also the second black American to be appointed as United States Ambassador when he was sent to Liberia

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The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington

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Africa: Coronavirus May Trigger Debt Emergency Across Africa, New Study Finds

Although the continent's economy had been projected to grow by more than 130%, Africa is now falling further behind according to the study, with projected average economic growth at just 4.3% from 2020 to

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AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY CELEBRATION: PART I | The Crusader Newspaper Group

This is the first of a two-part article on the origin and development of African Liberation Day

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Hicks, John F. (1949- )

John F. Hicks is a diplomat and global educator who served as a United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN). A native of Goldsboro, North Carolina, Hicks was born in 1949. Hicks holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Morehouse College, a diploma and master’s degree from Johns

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Adams, Henry [Louisiana] (1843 - ?)

Henry Adams was a Louisiana leader who advocated the emigration of southern freed blacks to Liberia after emancipation. Born a slave in Newton County, Georgia on March 16, 1843, Henry Adams was originally born as Henry Houston but changed his name at the age of seven. His enslaved family was

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Mar

16

1843

Katherine G. Johnson is born

Katherine G. Johnson, Born August 26, 1918. died February 24, 2020, worked for NASA with the tracking teams of manned and unmanned orbital missions. Ms. Johnson was an Aerospace Technologist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. Trained

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Aug

26

1918

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