Fikes, Robert

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Fikes, Robert

Robert Fikes, Jr., a 1970 graduate of Tuskegee Institute, earnedgraduate degrees in modern European history and library science at theUniversity of Minnesota. A reference librarian at San Diego StateUniversity where he is also subject bibliographer for Africana Studiesand for American, Middle Eastern, and African history, Fikes haspublished journal articles, essays, encyclopedia entries,bibliographies, and monographs pertaining to history and literature.

Source: Black Past

Africa: COVID-19 - Tabichi Calls for Long Term Education Plan for Africa

The 2019 Global Teacher Award winner Peter Tabichi has joined African top tutors to address education among the poor during the Covid-19

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Source: allAfrica.com

Black Baseball in Minnesota: The Pipestone Black Sox

In the following article historian Bruce A. Glasrud follows the exploits of an all black baseball team in the southwestern Minnesota town of Pipestone in the 1920s which at the time had virtually no black residents. Nonetheless the team competed with other white, all-black, and racially integrated

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Maine Mesothelioma Victims Center Urges a Navy Veteran with Confirmed Mesothelioma in Maine or their Family to call for Direct Access to Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste-Get the Best Compensation Results

BANGOR, MAINE, USA, June 29, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Maine Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "We are urging a Navy Veteran with recently diagnosed mesothelioma to please call 800-714-0303 for direct access to attorney Erik Karst of the law firm of Karst von

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

What Was Apartheid in South Africa?

Apartheid is an Afrikaans word that means separation. It is the name given to the particular racial-social ideology developed in South Africa during the twentieth

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Source: ThoughtCo

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Voices of the Civil War Episode 8: "Battle of Antietam"

The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, produced the most casualties of any single day in the Civil War. The battle was a draw and neither the Union nor the Confederacy came out ahead. Nevertheless, this battle gave President Lincoln the fuel and momentum to issue one of the most

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System

In the following article Professor Malik Simba, an historian at California State University, Fresno describes his professional and personal odyssey that led to the writing of his book, Black Marxism and American Constitutionalism: From the Colonial Background through the Ascendancy of Barack Obama

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Source: Black Past

GG rejects racist emblem

The campaign of the Black Lives Matter movement against racism reverberated in King's House yesterday as Governor General Sir Patrick Allen accepted as “offensive” a racist image on a British badge he is forced to wear on his breast on official

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

The Importance of Healing the Healers

This culturally specific retreat was designed as a restorative experience for African American women who are mental health

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Coleman, John A.(1852- ? )

John A. Coleman was born a slave in 1852 in Talladega County, Alabama. After he received his freedom at the end of the Civil War, Coleman attended the newly established Talladega College for three years. He worked on a Mississippi River steamboat and then migrated to New York

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Source: Black Past

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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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Mali - Splendor in Medieval Africa

Because the world has another face

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Source: ThoughtCo

Redistricting Commissions and Public Participation – Voice and Viewpoint

When the City and County of San Diego engaged in this process 10 years ago, there was a shift in both supervisorial districts and city council districts in those county cities that have elected city representation, i.e., City

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Lacey needs to re-examine questionable shootings

That is the number of times deadly force has been used by the Los Angeles Police Department and L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies in the past two

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August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Each work in the series is set in a different decade, and depicts comic and tragic aspects of the

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Source: ThoughtCo

Vaughan, Míceál

Míceál Vaughan recently retired as Professor of Comparative Literature and English at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he has served on the faculty since

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Source: Black Past

Five legendary African cities you didn’t know were destroyed by Europeans

She loves writing about health and women's issues in Africa and the African

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

David Monroe Bids Farewell To City of San Diego Parks & Rec – Voice and Viewpoint

David Myron Monroe began his career with the City of San Diego on November 18, 1977 before embarking on a 42 year career in Public

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Lakeshore Public Media hosted second “Race and Justice: Here and Now” conversation to re-broadcast on June 26, 28 and 30. | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Lakeshore Public Media will host a second live conversation to discuss recent events related to the protests surrounding the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, with young activists, educators and other community individuals scheduled to

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Minneapolis park playgrounds, courts and fields to reopen in two weeks

As Governor Walz’s Executive Order 20-56 went into effect Monday to safely reopen Minnesota’s economy and ensure safe non-work activities during Stay Safe MN, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) is beginning to slowly re-open courts, play areas, skateparks and sport fields over the

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Yambo Ouologuem

Yambo Ouologuem , pseudonym Utto Rodolph (born Aug. 22, 1940, Bandiagary, Mopti region, French Sudan [now Mali]), Malian writer who was highly acclaimed for his first novel, Le Devoir de violence (1968; Bound to Violence), which received the Prix Renaudot. With this work, Ouologuem became the

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Source: Brittanica

House approves bill that would make DC the 51st state

(Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty

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Source: theGrio

Ola Mae Spinks: Librarian who helped organize Slave Narratives at her own expense - Face2Face Africa

Ola Mae Spinks, the retired librarian from the Pontiac schools, who is attributed for aiding the organization of the historic Slave Narratives in the U.S. Library of Congress, has died aged 106. Mrs. Spinks worked as a school librarian in Pontiac towards the end of her career in education, she

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Student Athlete of the Week: Eric Peacock

During his time there, he helped the Golden Eagles win a City Section Championship in 2018 and make their first Open Division appearance this past

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Former National Security Adviser Susan rice Wants To be Joe Biden’s Vice President – Free Press of Jacksonville

By Christina Zhao – Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice has made her case for why she should be picked by presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden to serve as his running

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Holmes, Emmett Hercules (1872-1948)

Emmett Hercules Holmes was one of Spokane, Washington’s first African American residents, as well as an important politician in the young city. Holmes was born on July 7, 1872, near Vicksburg, Mississippi. By the summer of 1888, his mother was interested in moving to the Northwest, a place which

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Source: Black Past

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Former prep stars could impact NBA draft

Daniel Oturu (Cretin-Derham), Tyrell Terry (De LaSalle), Zeke Nnaji (Hopkins), Freddie Gillespie (East Ridge)) and Tre Jones (Duke), once among the top prep boys’ basketball prospects, now find themselves preparing for the 2020 NBA draft after each had an outstanding collegiate season this past

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

State’s Black Police Chiefs Meet At Capitol

Black police chiefs from across the state converged on the State Capitol calling for change in law enforcement and support to make it

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Trump Signs Executive Order to Protect Monuments

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to protect monuments, memorials and statues facing new scrutiny amid fresh debate over the nation’s racist

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Black women need to be free

Although the dominant narrative suggests men, more than women, have been more affected by COVID-19 and police brutality, Black women shouldn’t be erased in time, especially if we all want to get

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Source: theGrio

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