Ecstatic 19-y-o on PATH to becoming a teacher

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IMF demands better use of ‘new’ funds from Kenya

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for transparency in the spending of Covid-19 response funds in Kenya amid rising concerns of misappropriations of millions of

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Source: The East African

Countee Cullen

Countee Cullen , in full Countee Porter Cullen (born May 30, 1903, Louisville, Kentucky?, U.S.—died January 9, 1946, New York, New York), American poet, one of the finest of the Harlem

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Source: Brittanica

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1946

(1995) William Jefferson Clinton, “the Job of Ending Discrimination in This Counrt is Not Over”

In July 1995, President Bill Clinton delivered a major speech at the White House in defense of Affirmative Action programs across the nation at a time when many critics were calling for their repeal. He argued that such programs were still needed in a talk he officially titled, The Job of Ending

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Source: Black Past

GOP says Democratic stimulus bill focuses more on cannabis than jobs

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took exception to the word cannabis appearing more times than the word jobs in the $3 trillion coronavirus bill introduced by House Democrats this

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Source: theGrio

Defender Fit & Fine: Lebrina Johnson

I’ve been motivated since I can remember, and I mean like since grade

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

ESSENCE Releases First Comprehensive Survey on How Black Women Are Impacted by COVID-19

Financially, over half (52%) of black women in the study are currently facing or anticipating a negative financial impact as a result of the pandemic, as compared with only 20% who are not, and half (50%) say that their ability to work effectively has been negatively affected by the

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Somali mayor casts doubts on virus deaths

The Mayor of Somalia’s capital has warned of hundreds of deaths that he suspects have been caused by the new coronavirus, suggesting that actual death toll may be 10 times higher than official

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

'Just give me cigarettes': South African survivor of 1918 flu 'soldiers on'

Most people his age have passed on but 116 year-old Fredie Blom of South African is still going

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

Cyrus McCormick

Cyrus McCormick , in full Cyrus Hall McCormick (born February 15, 1809, Rockbridge county, Virginia, U.S.—died May 13, 1884, Chicago, Illinois), American industrialist and inventor who is generally credited with the development (from 1831) of the mechanical

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Source: Brittanica

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1884

Togo

Togo, twice the size of Maryland, is on the south coast of West Africa bordering on Ghana to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Benin to the east. The Gulf of Guinea coastline, only 32 mi long (51 km), is low and sandy. The only port is at Lomé. The Togo hills traverse the central

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

South africa

Under pressure from leaders the African National Congress (ANC), Mbeki announced he would step down just days after Zuma was cleared. While party leaders cited Mbekis alleged interference in the corruption case against Zuma, Mbekis resignation culminated several years of bitter infighting between

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Volusia to offer $3,000 grants to local small businesses to offset COVID-19 impacts –

Volusia County opened the application window on Thursday, May 14, on a $10 million grant program to help small businesses recover financially from the COVID-19

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Source: Daytona Times

ERC using #diversitychallenge to foster unity

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has been promoting a diversity challenge on social media in an effort to promote

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Distant Whistles, Muted Flutes: Ada Wright in Glasgow, 1932

In the following account writer Irene Brown recalls through her fathers photo the visit of Ada Wright, mother to Roy and Andy Wright, two of the nine Scottsboro Boys accused of rape in 1931. Her account appears

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Source: Black Past

Tina Knowles Lawson, Beyoncé launch Houston campaign to fight COVID-19

– Philanthropist, entrepreneur and fashion designer, Tina Knowles Lawson, has created the #IDIDMYPART campaign to encourage residents in her beloved home city of Houston to get tested in wake of the COVID-19

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Source: African American News | Black News | Afram News

Why is Taiwan excluded from the WHO?

The coronavirus pandemic has shone a spotlight on Taiwan's exclusion from the World Health Organization and ignited a diplomatic row between China and some Western

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Jackson, Rev. Mance (1931-2007)

Open housing was one of the most prominent goals of the Seattle, Washington civil rights movement in the 1960s. Up to the early 1960s African Americans in Seattle were almost completely restricted to housing in the Central District of the city. Housing restrictions were not based on laws but were

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Source: Black Past

Oct

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1963

Pepco Extends Pandemic Customer Bill and Service Support Programs Through July 1

As individuals, families and communities continue to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pepco has committed to not suspending service disconnections and waiving new late fees and reconnecting customers who were previously

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Source: The Washington Informer

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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Source: ThoughtCo

Sep

17

1849

Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) (1986- )

Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD), founded in 1986 in New York City, is one of the oldest organizations working toward the welfare of black gay men in the United States. They began offering services for persons with AIDS toward the beginning of the US pandemic which started in

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Source: Black Past

Washington, Booker Taliaferro

Washington, Booker Taliaferro, 1856–1915, American educator, b. Franklin co., Va. Washington was born into slavery his mother was a mulatto slave on a plantation, his father a white man whom he never knew. After the Civil War, he worked in salt furnaces and coal mines in Malden, W.Va., and

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Source: Black History Resources

Black theology

Black theology, or Black liberation theology, refers to a theological perspective which originated among African American seminarians and scholars, and in some black churches in the United States and later in other parts of the world. It contextualizes Christianity in an attempt to help those of

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Source: ThoughtCo

Five early lessons the pandemic has taught us about Texas schools

Margaret Spellings executive director of Texas 2036 – Photo courtesy of Texas Press Association

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

RJRGLEANER implements cuts owing to impact of COVID-19

THE RJRGLEANER Communications Group says that as a result of the significant negative impact of the economic circumstances caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it has become necessary to implement a range of measures internally to reduce

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

(1845) Frederick Douglass, “My Slave Experience in Maryland”

Frederick Douglass described his early life in an address titled, “My Slave Experience in Maryland, in a speech delivered in New York City on May 6, 1845. The speech, which was reprinted in the National Antislavery Standard on May 22, 1845, appears below. Douglass had just completed his first

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Source: Black Past

Alexander Clark, named minister to Liberia

Alexander Clark, journalist and lawyer, named minister to Liberia.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Aug

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1890

In praise of nurses

There are some unsung heroes who we see every day but often do not recognize them for who they

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

TV Host & Entrepreneur Publishes her 2nd Book on Tools to Handle COVID-19 & makes it available for $1.00, this week only

LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, May 15, 2020 / EINPresswire.com / -- TV & radio host, author, speaker, and entrepreneur, Jennifer K. Hill, wrote and published her second book " 101 Spiritual Tools for Uncertain Times " during the height of the COVID-19

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

Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes

Quotations from Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Toms Cabin and other novels and books. Learn more: Harriet Beecher Stowe Biography

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