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No more nightmares for Jamaican DREAMers - 3,000 with roots to island no longer in limbo

Approximately 3,000 Jamaicans who are beneficiaries of the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Donald Trump administration cannot end the programme that was instituted by executive order by then

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Remove those Confederate portraits

One of the first things I heard from Senator Tim Scott, the only Black Republican Senator, was a plan for a study of 18

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Beyoncé to give graduation speech alongside the Obamas

Beyoncé has been added to the list of guest speakers for YouTube’s virtual commencement ceremony that will also feature the

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

African-American Civil Rights Movement (1896–1954)

The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. The movement has had a lasting impact on United States society, in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil

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Gay Rights Victory

In Bostock v. Clayton County, the United States Supreme Court ruled, this

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Plessy v. Ferguson

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896) was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court decided in 1896. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of separate but equal.[1] The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1 with the majority opinion

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Source: ThoughtCo

House passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act

Bill creates grants to fund community-based strategies proven to be successful at improving public safety, reducing violence

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African-American women's lives - with a piano in the middle

Imagine an August Wilson play performed by the African American a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock, and you’re getting close to the feeling evoked by Nambi E. Kelley’s lyrical “For Her as a Piano,” now in a world premiere with Pegasus Theatre

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Source: Savoy Network

KISERO: Parliament must reject tax on pension

Parliament must reject tax on pension

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Source: Business Daily

Lessons From Bush v. Gore: Every Vote Counts and Every Vote Must Be Counted

Special To The New Journal and Guide

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Source: The New Journal and Guide

Tanzania passes Bill to give leaders immunity

The new clauses are included in the Written Laws Miscellaneous Amendments No 3 of 2020, which were approved under a certificate of urgency before Parliament was dissolved this week to pave the way for the October General

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Source: The East African

Baseball Outfielder William "Bill" White born

Baseball outfielder William Bill White was born in Lakewood, Ohio. Now baeballs National League President, White played in 1,673 games and ended his career with a .286 batting average on 1,706 hits. He won the Golden Glove award in 1960 and 1966.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

28

1934

Ethiopia coronavirus: Key updates between March 16 - May 16

May 16: Cases pass 300 mark

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COMMENTARY: George Floyd and the Continuing Legacy of Dred Scott

These next words, though, memorialized for all time in the High Court decision, put flesh on the bones of the pro-slavery argument: “[Blacks] had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

William “Bill” Lamar, Jr.

William “Bill” Lamar, Jr. served as Chief Marketing Officer, McDonald’s USA. In this role, Lamar was responsible for the marketing, market research, advertising and new product development in the U.S. and its nearly 14,000

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Source: Savoy Network

Zimbabwe: Relief in Maphisa As Electricity Is Restored After 10-Month Blackout

This was after the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) had reported the theft of 42 spans (seven kilometres) of copper cables, plunging residents into nearly a year of total

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Source: allAfrica.com

Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Trump vows to end Dream Act despite court ruling

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — President Donald Trump said yesterday that he will renew his Administration's effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after the Supreme Court blocked the first

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Bussa Rebellion (1816)

The Bussa Rebellion was the largest slave revolt in the history of Barbados. The rebellion took its name from the African-born slave, Bussa, who led the uprising. The Bussa Rebellion was the first of the three major slave uprisings that took place in the British West Indies between the

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Source: Black Past

Revised Public Order Act – well begun is half done

Apparently Parliament has requested that the Independent Media Commission (IMC) Act be strengthened and the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) improve on its

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Democrats block GOP police reform Bill in US Senate

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) — US Senate Democrats blocked a closely watched police reform bill yesterday, arguing that the Republican measure introduced after George Floyd's killing by police does not go far

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

8 transgender men and women killed in 7 days

NEW YORK — Brayla Stone, a 17-year-old Black trans girl, was murdered in Sherwood, Arkansas near Little Rock on June

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

William ("Bill") Henry Cosby was born on this day.

William (Bill) Henry Cosby was born on this day.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

12

1937

Africa: Bill to Protect African Heritage Sites in Sight

Dodoma — THE Ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports is preparing a Bill to be tabled in Parliament, for protecting and preserving the African liberation heritage areas against damage in the wake of several construction projects countrywide, parliament was

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Source: allAfrica.com

Peers hail Dabengwa’s humility

Habakkuk Trust chief executive officer Dumisani Nkomo said the first time he had a close engagement with Dabengwa was when he was Home Affairs minister in the

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Data Protection Bill more important now – Frazer Binns

Opposition Senator Sophia Frazer Binns has argued that the Data Protection Bill will be of great importance now, given that the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses and enterprising individuals to seek out new ways of doing

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

A long-overdue ‘Tip of the Cap’ to baseball’s Black pioneers

So did three other former U.S. presidents and a host of prominent civil rights leaders, entertainers and sports greats in a virtual salute to the 100-year anniversary of the founding of baseball’s Negro

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Source: theGrio

U.S. Supreme Court Protects California’s Dreamers – Voice and Viewpoint

On June 18, the United States Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Burdett, Dr. Samuel (1849- ? )

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New 2.5pc duty to raise price of EPZ local sales

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