Finance minister eyes price hike for steel

Kenya: President Kenyatta Calls for Solidarity as World Leaders Discuss Post COVID-19 Recovery

President Kenyatta spoke Thursday evening during a virtual high level meeting on development financing in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic convened by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his Jamaican counterpart Andrew Holness and the United Nations Secretary General Antonio

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Source: allAfrica.com

Real Table Talk

For the next few minutes, I will give some helpful insight for self-preservation, and some care tips for your family, your neighbors, and your community circles so that we can get through this

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Ethiopia: Why an Ethiopia-Egypt War Over River Nile Dam Might Be 'Good'

The quarrel is over the rate at which Ethiopia fills the reservoir behind the dam and its effect on water supplies downstream in Sudan and Egypt--for who the Nile is the primary water

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Source: allAfrica.com

When the Protesting Ends – Do You Just Go Home? – Free Press of Jacksonville

NNPA NEWSWIRE By Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire Contributor — For the last 400 years in America, Black people have been considered to be a second-class citizen because of the color of their

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

OP-ED: We Can't Let This Moment Pass

Gantt exclaimed in an exclusive interview with the Florida Courier, Florida’s statewide Black weekly

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Agriculture key to sustained growth but resources lacking

A senior research analyst at the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) is pitching agriculture and agro-processing as the best option to move the country’s economy into a position of sustained growth. Wendel Ivey told panellists at yesterday’s Jamaica...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Zoom Parties, Missed Proms, Uncertain Futures. High School Seniors Share What It’s Like To Come Of Age During A Pandemic | The Oklahoma Eagle

The young adults graduating from high school this year will be defined by their Zoom educations and viral TikToks, but also by their lost summer jobs and unpredictable

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Meet the black Republican woman trying to unseat civil rights icon John Lewis

Stanton-King could use a dose of that reality herself, according to Dwight Bullard, political director of New Florida Majority, an organization that supports progressive Democrats and people of

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Source: South Florida Times

The Sword of The Black Press

Gantt exclaimed in an exclusive interview with the Florida Courier, Florida’s statewide Black weekly

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Source: The Florida Star

Gary Declaration, National Black Political Convention, 1972

THE BLACK AGENDA

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Source: Black Past

The True Plight of Black Americans

Some of the most dangerous big cities are: St. Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, Chicago, Memphis, Atlanta, Birmingham, Newark, Buffalo and

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Source: Newsbusters | Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias

Howard Thurman

Howard Thurman , in full Howard Washington Thurman (born Nov. 18, 1899, Daytona Beach, Fla., U.S.—died April 10, 1981, San Francisco, Calif.), American Baptist preacher and theologian, the first African American dean of chapel at a traditionally white American university, and a founder of the

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Source: Brittanica

Apr

10

1981

Frank Mrvan is our choice for Congress | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The Gary Crusader endorses Frank Mrvan for Congress to represent the First Congressional

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Florida A&M University [Tallahassee] (1887- )

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) is a historically black four-year public institution located on a 419 acre campus in Tallahassee, Florida. The school was founded as the State Normal College for Colored Students, and first opened its doors to 15 students and two instructors on

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Source: Black Past

Oct

3

1887

Coronavirus may kill unicorns: High-value tech startups could see blows to valuations

Unicorns are seeing their valuations sliced, some by 40%, as tracked by European company

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Source: South Florida Times

Black nationalism

Anthem

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Source: ThoughtCo

Martins, Helvécio (1930–2005)

Helvécio grew up in the outskirts of Rio where his father’s success as a hide trader enabled a middle class upbringing. This living situation changed with the numerous labor and economic reforms of Brazilian president, Getúlio Vargas, which decimated Honório’s business. Helvécio dropped out of

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Source: Black Past

Boone, Ashley A., Jr. (1938-1994)

The son of a postal worker and stay-at-home mother, Ashley Augustus Boone Jr. was born and raised in what he described as a “lower middle class” environment in Springfield, Massachusetts. His parents, nonetheless, recognized the primacy of education and, like his brother and two

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Source: Black Past

Fort Worth, Texas, Where the West and the South Meet: A Brief History of the City's African American Community, 1849-2012

In the article below, Fort Worth historian Richard Selcer introduces us to the African American community which has been a presence in this city since its founding in

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Source: Black Past

Aug

26

1850

COVID 19 testing at Project H.O.O.D | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Project H.O.O.D, a 501 c (3) organization located at 6330 S. Martin Luther King Drive hosted a two-day free COVID-19 testing event on Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Ramaphosa's Level 2 warning: Hard lockdown could return if infections rise

The president has urged all South Africans to be cautious, warning that a return to stricter regulations remained a possibility.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Ambassador

Clifton Wharton is sworn in as ambassador to Norway. Clifton Wharton was the 1st Black person to earn a PhD in economics from University of Chicago in as well as the first Black president of Michigan State, predominantly White university.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Mar

9

1961

Alassane Ouattara

Alassane Ouattara , in full Alassane Dramane Ouattara, byname Ado (born January 1, 1942, Dimbokro, Côte d’Ivoire, French West Africa), Ivoirian economist and politician who was elected president of Côte d’Ivoire in 2010. Despite Ouattara’s victory, the incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, refused to step

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Source: Brittanica

Trump promises a 'generous' second stimulus package

U.S. President Donald Trump the week the House of Representatives passed the latest economic stimulus package that was passed earlier in the week by the U.S. Senate giving roughly 484 billion to restart a small business loan program and give more money for health care providers and virus

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Source: theGrio

AP-NORC Poll: Politics Drive Divergent View of US Economy | Afro

By JOSH BOAK and EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Patterson praises Clarke as patriot

Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has remembered media giant Oliver Clarke as a patriot who wore no political

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Meet the black Republican woman trying to unseat civil rights icon John Lewis | Afro

Stanton-King could use a dose of that reality herself, according to Dwight Bullard, political director of New Florida Majority, an organization that supports progressive Democrats and people of

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

When the Protesting Ends – Do You Just Go Home?

There is a ground swell in America, and for 13 days there has been multiracial protests and demonstrations based on the killing of George Floyd by four Minnesota

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Sanda Ojiambo: I will advance Kofi Annan’s vision

Since 2008, Ms Ojiambo has been Safaricom’s head of sustainable business and social impact, and playing that role saw her interact with UNGC many

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

The Black crisis in the midst of the coronavirus crisis

“Even though Black people are in the emerging hot zones… Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, New Orleans…we lack the ethnic

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

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