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Aleisha Salmon, a grade 12 student at Meadowbrook High, told the Jamaica Observer that since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) forced the physical closure of schools, she has been worried and fearful as she is not certain what will obtain with the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations

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

Angola: COVID-19 - Cassenda Residents Sigh With Relief

Luanda — Luanda's Cassenda neighbourhood residents have breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday, after the authorities decided to lift the sanitary lockdown they were in for lingering 16

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Pandemic Poses Double Challenges for African Pastoralists

Researchers fear the virus will hit the most vulnerable African communities — the pastoralists, particularly those in Kenya, as officials have extended bans on travel in and out of Nairobi until June

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Source: allAfrica.com

US wrestles with economic response to coronavirus pandemic

The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a $3 trillion stimulus bill, known as the Heroes Act, last month that would provide an additional $1,200 direct payment per family member and $600 per household, close to $1 trillion to state, local, territorial and tribal

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

Civil Rights Movement Timeline From 1965 to 1969

This civil rights movement timeline focuses on the struggles final years, when some activists embraced black power, and leaders no longer appealed to the federal government to end segregation, thanks to the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Although the

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Source: ThoughtCo

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National Reconciliation Week: For Self & Family | Afro

RECONCILING AND RESTORING FAMILIES

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Cop’s ‘Less Lethal’ Shooting Of Student Protestor Leads To ‘Brain Damage’: Everything To Know

According to BuzzFeed News, Justin Howell was shot in the head with bean bag rounds by a cop, say family

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Source: NewsOne

Systemic racism exist even during a pandemic

Moreover, the majority of essential workers seems to be minorities working in the food service and delivery fields, warehouse workers, health care aides in nursing homes and assisted living centers, etc. many of the which didn’t necessarily choose to work, but had to work in order to take care of

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Attorney General issues warning against exploitation of older adults during Covid-19

ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr is warning older Georgians, their families and their caretakers to be on the lookout for signs of financial exploitation, especially with regard to the recent issuance of federal stimulus

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Counties Statewide Can Reopen Places of Worship for Religious Services and Retail Stores

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

How Your Actions May Be Unintentionally Racist

In the aftermath of the presidential election of 2016, many people have experienced relationship blowouts with friends, family, romantic partners, and colleagues over accusations of racism. Many of those who voted for Donald Trump have found themselves accused of being racist, as well as

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Source: ThoughtCo

Counties Statewide Can Reopen Places of Worship for Religious Services and Retail Stores – Voice and Viewpoint

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health announced the statewide reopening of places of worship for religious services and in-store retail

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

African American Family History Step by Step

Few areas of American genealogy research pose as much of a challenge as the search for African American families. The vast majority of African Americans are descendants of the 400,000 black Africans brought to North America to serve as slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. Since slaves had no

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Source: ThoughtCo

2020 graduates are getting the VIP, special treatment –

This year, we had a pretty gloomy Class of 2020 who couldn’t think of anything worse than not being able to walk across the stage in that cap and gown, have the college president or school principal shake their hand and celebrate their

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Source: Florida Courier

Hallie Quinn Brown: Harlem Renaissance Figure

Known for: popular lecturer and dramatic elocutionist, role in Harlem Renaissance, preservation of Frederick Douglass home; African American educator

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Source: ThoughtCo

Allen, Bernadette Mary (1955- )

Career Foreign Service Officer Bernadette Mary Allen was commissioned into the U.S. diplomatic service in January 1980. Twenty-five years later, on October 26, 2005, President George W. Bush appointed Allen to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Niger. She served until January

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Source: Black Past

Oscar Brown

Oscar Brown Jr. (October 10, 1926 – May 29, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor. He ran unsuccessfully for office in both the Illinois state legislature and the U.S. Congress. Brown wrote numerous songs (only 125 have been published), 12

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Implicit Bias a Driver of COVID-19 among African Americans

Dr. Melva Thompson-Robinson knows the data on the disparate impact of the corona virus and COVID-19 on African Americans and other

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Psychiatrist warns against deadly jokes - Hurtful words could push people over the edge, Shetty warns in light of teen’s suicide

Although a “light moment” with a sibling hours before 17-year-old Chrisey-Ann Davis took her life was struck out by her mother as the reason for the tragedy, psychiatrist Dr Ganesh Shetty is warning that sometimes making jokes about persons in pain or suffering from disabilities could push them

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaica: Thirty year-old Grandmas helping to raise child criminals, says Counsellor

According to data released by the Court Management Services (CMS), children remained high on the list of criminal offenders over the last two months – a reality childcare experts fear will only get worse as families cope with the suspension of physical classes and job losses caused by the COVID-19

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Nigeria: Ramadan Continues Saturday As No Moon Sighted Across Nigeria - Sultan

Earlier in the week, the Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI), led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar, advised Nigerian Muslims to observe their 'Eid' prayers at home with their families or alone if there is no one to pray

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Source: allAfrica.com

Harriet Tubman Biography - Life and Accomplishments

Harriet Tubman (1821 - 1913) led over 200 slaves to freedom as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Contemporaries called her Moses and General Tubman in praise of her bravery and leadership. Frederick Douglass lauded Tubmans courage by saying, Excepting John Brown -- of sacred memory

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Texas Court Holds First Jury Trial Via Zoom In Insurance Feud | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Potential jurors called in from their couches, dining tables and offices Monday morning to a Texas state court insurance trial that appears to have been the first in the country to use the videoconferencing platform Zoom with jurors during the coronavirus

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Burkina Faso must probe death of terror detainees - rights group

A Human Rights group, CISC, is calling on authorities in Burkina Faso to explain the death in detention of alleged terrorism

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Rapper Desiigner Steps Up During Outbreak, Declares Rent Relief for His Tenants

Desiigner made the point in the May 7 Forbes article that artists can help out during the pandemic in more than one way, because many are involved in other things besides

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Elderly St James couple, grandson perish in Westmoreland crash

A St James elderly couple and their grandson became the latest road fatalities in western Jamaica on Tuesday when they perished in a motor vehicle crash along the Paradise main road in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Manute Bol

Manute Bol was one of the tallest players in NBA history and a political activist in Africa. He was born in Sudan in 1962 in the Dinka tribe. He lived in Sudan for most of his childhood and teenage years. He tended cattle for his family as a young boy and there is a popular story that he often used

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Source: Black History Resources

Citywide celebration set to take place on HISD campuses to honor high school graduates

Houston Independent School District graduating seniors will gather outdoors on their high school campuses in their caps and gowns on Friday, June 5 at 6:30 p.m. to celebrate during a citywide event spearheaded by Mayor Sylvester Turner in collaboration with HISD Interim Superintendent Grenita

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Burkina Faso: Credibly Investigate Apparent Executions

Nairobi — Burkina Faso authorities should credibly and independently investigate alleged extrajudicial executions of 12 men detained by gendarmes on May 11, 2020 during a counterterrorism operation near the eastern town of Fada N'Gourma, Human Rights Watch said

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Coronavirus Holds Up a Mirror to Hidden Gaslighting Abuse

It's like living in a gaslight culture, a term coined nearly a century ago to describe a kind of psychological manipulation or abuse of people - particularly of

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Source: allAfrica.com

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