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Donna A. James

Donna A. James is Managing Director for Lardon & Associates. In this role, James is a trusted resource and advisor for business leaders in the public and private sector, ranging from entrepreneurs to C-suite executives of Fortune 500 companies. Prior to her current role, James was President of Nationwide Strategic Investments, a division of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. As President, James had direct responsibility for developing and executing growth or exit strategies for five different U.S. and global based financial services subsidiaries and affiliates.

James is the Founder and Board Chair of the Center for Healthy Families, a non-profit focused on transforming the lives of pregnant and parenting teens and their children.
Source: Savoy Network
Double killing rocks MoBay as parish records 50th murder
Two men were shot and killed by gunmen on Claude Clarke Avenue in Montego Bay, St James, on Thursday as the parish recorded its 50th murder since the start of the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
WATCH: Why distressed pregnant woman on ship was not evacuated
Jamaican health authorities have sought to explain why the requested medical evacuation of a distressed pregnant woman aboard the Adventure of the Seas was not
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Matt James Cast As The First Black Bachelor
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W. E. B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt W. E. B. Du Bois (/d uː ˈ b ɔɪ z/ doo-BOYZ; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and
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LeBron James, Trae Young, And More NBA Players Create Voting Rights Group
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has joined other star Black athletes and entertainers to start a voting group aimed to protect African-American voting
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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
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Quiet Labour Day in St James
While COVID-19 has resulted in restrictions on large public gatherings, residents of St James were still able to get in the spirit of Labour Day celebrations, which was held under the theme, Labour At Home: Clean Up, Fix Up, Plant
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
M16 rifle, several rounds of ammunition seized in St James
An M16 rifle and several rounds of ammunition were seized during police operations in St James over the past 48
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Follow the Drinkin' Gourd
Follow the Drinking Gourd is an American folk song first published in 1928. The Drinking Gourd is another name for the Big Dipper asterism. Folklore has it that fugitive slaves in the United States used it as a point of reference so they would not get lost.[1] [2] According to legend, the song was
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ESPN's ‘The Last Dance’ shows Jordan's first retirement and Pippen's growth | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The critically acclaimed documentary “The Last Dance,” the story of legendary basketball player Michael Jordan and the 1997-1998 World Champion Chicago Bulls, debuted episodes 7 and 8 on Sunday night, May 10, on the ESPN
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
Matt James Named First Black Lead Of 'The Bachelor'
“The Bachelor” franchise has cast just one Black lead in 18 years, but ABC announced Friday that will be changing in 2021: Matt James, best known as the BFF of Tyler Cameron from “Bachelorette” Season 15, will be the next male
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Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs the worlds first open-heart surgery on a young man named James Cornish. James was rushed to Provident Hospital in Chicago with a stab wound.
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Jul
10
1893
LeBron James Launches Nonprofit To Address Black Voter Suppression
NBA star LeBron James has continually used his platform to spread awareness about issues impacting the Black
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List of African-American inventors and scientists
This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse
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Source: ThoughtCo
Wilbert W. (Wil) James, Jr.
Wilbert W. James, Jr. is the President of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. for Toyota, the world’s top automaker and creator of the Prius, is committed to building vehicles for the way people live through its Toyota, Lexus and Scion
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A. Philip Randolph
Asa Philip Randolph[1] (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, and socialist political
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Documentary Films on Blackpast.org - Global African LGBTQ History - Director
Films - By Director | Films - By Title | Films by Year | Films - By Subject | Entire Site Bibliography
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Source: Black Past
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Anderson, Samuel "Sambo" (? -1845)
Samuel “Sambo” Anderson was one of the enslaved people on George Washington’s Virginia plantation, Mount Vernon. The early history of Anderson is unclear but what is known is Anderson was from what is now the west African nation of Guinea.  Anderson claimed to have been part of a royal
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Source: Black Past
Feb
20
1845
Phillips knocks alleged thievery under JLP-run corporations
President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Dr Peter Phillips, has asserted that the leadership of the St James Municipal Corporation was seeking to undermine the minority caucus because of their efforts to expose corruption in local
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
We’ve been living under COVID for years, say craft merchants
Craft vendors across the island who have been for years struggling to get a share of the multibillion-dollar tourism pie say that the current coronavirus pandemic has now robbed them of the occasional crumb they would get from the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Rick James
Name at birth: James
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Largest All-Black Unit
Twenty-fifth Corps, largest all-Black unit in history of U.S. Army, established in Army of the James.
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Dec
3
1864
(1893) Anna Julia Cooper, “ Women's Cause is One and Universal”
On May 18, 1893, Anna Julia Cooper delivered an address at the Worlds Congress of Representative Women then meeting in Chicago. Cooper’s speech to this predominately white audience described the progress of African American women since slavery. Cooper in many ways epitomized that progress. Born
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Source: Black Past
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May
18
1893
Carter G. Woodson
Carter Godwin Woodson (December 19, 1875 – April 3, 1950)[1] was an African-American historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Woodson was one of the first scholars to study African-American history. A founder of The Journal
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Source: BlackHistory.com
Truth, Sojourner, Isabella Baumfree (ca. 1791-1883)
Sojourner Truth, an abolitionist, women’s rights activist, emancipated slave and itinerant evangelist, became arguably the most well-known 19th Century African American woman. Born around 1791, Isabella (her birth name) was the daughter of James and Betsey, slaves of Colonel Ardinburgh
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Source: Black Past
Obama criticises leaders over Covid-19 response
Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday criticised the response to the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging America, in what was widely regarded as a rare public rebuke of his successor Donald
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Source: The East African
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Did Hitler Snub Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics?
When he was competing, Ohio State track star James (“J.C.” Jesse) Cleveland Owens (1913-1980) was as famous and admired as Carl Lewis, Tiger Woods, or Michael Jordan are today. (1996 Olympic champ Carl Lewis has been called the “second Jesse Owens.”) Despite Jesse Owens
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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM 6.19.20 4PM ET — "BEING BI-RACIAL IN THE AGE OF TRUMP"
For Dwight James and his wife Pamela, the challenges of parenthood include allowing their five children to make their own
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
Police officers wash feet of black pastors in N. Carolina
Cary, N.C. (AP) – Police in North Carolina have washed the feet of black religious leaders during a prayer walk that was aimed at ending
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Source: South Florida Times
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$10 million upgrade for North Gully in St James
A section of the North Gully in St James, located in the Green Pond community, is being upgraded through a $10 million
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Ida B. Wells Barnett
Ida Wells was born a slave on July 16, 1862, in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to James and Elizabeth (Warrenton) Wells. The oldest in a family of four boys and four girls, she acquired from her parents a love of liberty and self-sufficiency that characterized her
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Mar
25
1931

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