Global African History

Volunteers on Importance of the Black Lives Matter Street Mural

City workers and volunteers throughout the Birmingham metropolitan area, both white and black, and some from as far away as Chicago, donned paint rollers and filled in letters outlined on First Avenue South between 16th and 17th streets near Railroad Park.Volunteers from all over came together to

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute (1969- )

The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute (LHPAI) is Seattles longest-lived performing arts venue for programming primarily by and about people of African descent. It is located at 104 17th Avenue South in the Central Area, the traditional heart of the African American and Diaspora

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Source: Black Past

Africa: US Undue Meddling in African Development Bank Leadership

The African Diaspora Congress (ADC) is mortified by the ongoing blatant US interference in the African Development Bank (AfDB) leadership under President Akinwumi

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Source: allAfrica.com

What Must Be Done?

Several weeks ago, for my online I wrote about Amaud (also spelled Ahmaud) Arbery, who was shot to death by a white father and son, acting as vigilantes, while jogging in a Georgia

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Africana Studies Cornell University

Panel on Food Justice - Duration: 1 hour, 29

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Source: Archives Library Information Center (ALIC)

Katherine Dunham: legendary dancer who founded the 1st American black dance company

In 1934, with the assistance of Speranzeva, Dunham established the Chicago Negro School of Ballet and a company, a Negro Dance Group, which advanced into the Katherine Dunham Dance

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

200,000 tablets for students

The Government, through the Ministry of Education, has entered into contractual arrangements for the delivery of 200,000 tablet computers for

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Chomsky: US virus response fatally 'chaotic'

The United States is on a chaotic path with no federal plan against the coronavirus pandemic as it reduces public health funding and ignores the advances of climate change, according to activist scholar Noam Chomsky, considered the founder of modern

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

Vanessa Williams is Making a Difference with Thousands of Black Mayors

Vanessa R. Williams has earned the description of the “glue that holds 650 African American mayors

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Source: The Florida Star

Africa: Just Hoping Coronavirus Will Bypass Africa, Would Be a Deadly Mistake - Bachelet

Tens of millions of people in Africa could become destitute as a result of COVID-19 and its catastrophic impact on fragile economies and health systems across the continent, human rights chiefs from the United Nations and the African Commission warned on

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Source: allAfrica.com

‘This is terrible’...Mother of Maurice Gordon demanding justice

Those were the words of Raquel Barrett, the mother of 28-year-old Maurice Gordon, the unarmed Jamaican man who was gunned down by a New Jersey state trooper following a traffic stop along the Garden State Parkway near Bass River, in Burlington, on the morning of May

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Africa: Let's See If Life Will Go Back to Normal After Anti-Racism Protests

To date, many Africans prefer ethnic over national

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Source: allAfrica.com

'Body Is Sick': Alexis Skyy Scorches Instagram with Her New Bikini Thirst Trap

Alexis Skyy is channeling her inner model these

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Scammers change tactics | New York Carib News

Scammers change tactics

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Source: The New York Carib News

Naspers posts 4.5% fall in full-year profit

Image: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

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Source: TechCentral

HBO’s Human By Orientation Launches Digital “Pride” Site With Daily LGBTQIA+ Programming And Events Through The Month Of June

HBO’s Pride 2020 festivities kick off this Thursday night with Por Detroit x Ostbahnhof, two of LA’s most notorious warehouse parties coming together to show off the city’s diverse and colorful

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Africa: WE CANNOT REMAIN SILENT!

Dakar — Africans in Africa and Around the World in Solidarity With African-American Sisters And Brothers

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Source: allAfrica.com

The summer of COVID: Preparing for school in the fall

Educational consultant Alieshia Baisy-Dyer encourages parents to stay in constant communication with their child’s school leadership teams to ensure they are up to speed on decisions regarding virtual

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

Former Vivienne Westwood Employee Risked His Job To Get Zendaya Oscars Gown After The Designer Didn't Want To Work With Black Celebs

Zendaya's 2015 Oscars Vivienne Westwood gown was talked about for days following the Awards

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

The “BET Awards” – The Biggest Celebration of Black Culture & Entertainment – Continues with Annual Show Set to Air Sunday June 28, 2020 at 8 pm ET – Free Press of Jacksonville

#BETAWARDS – “The BET Awards are a seminal event – the biggest celebration of Black culture, Black accomplishment, Black excellence, and Black potential,” said

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

Vanessa Williams is Making a Difference with Thousands of Black Mayors

In a lengthy conversation with Black Press USA, it was easy to see why Vanessa R. Williams has earned the description of the “glue that holds 650 African American mayors

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

Schooled By Youtube: Your History Didn’t Start With Slavery

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Source: Black Then

After the Storm, Churches will open again, But it’s good to know where our faith stands | The Crusader Newspaper Group

I stand in this state of suspended animation that now exists between the birth of Pentecostalism and the Mega-church and prosperity doctrine, where COVID-19 has forced church services to the Internet and, for some, reduced the administering of Holy Communion recently to pre-Easter drive-thrus and

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Dominica calls for Commonwealth aid to help cope with COVID-19

LONDON, England (CMC) — Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Wednesday said that the Commonwealth is uniquely placed to advocate on behalf of its members, particularly small states, on issues that threaten their survival such as the novel coronavirus

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

'This Eases My Heart': Alexis Skyy Fans Gush Over 2-Year-Old Daughter Getting Leg Braces

Alexis Skyy fans were filled with joy when the reality star revealed news of her daughter getting leg

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Lone Star College-Houston North, Comcast provide free internet access to students during pandemic

HOUSTON – Lone Star College-Houston North and Comcast’s Houston Region have announced a business partnership to provide free internet access to approximately 200 LSC-Houston North students and families in

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Source: African American News | Black News | Afram News

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Source: Black Past

Joe, Dems, and drinkin’ the progressive missionary Kool-Aide!

Actually, Biden–who is the preemptive Democratic Party nominee because of the ‘apparently Black enough vote’–told radio host ‘Charlamagne tha God,’ if he didn’t’ know the difference between himself and Donald Trump, he is not

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Battle of Adwa (Adowa), 1896

In March, 1896, Ethiopian forces under the leadership of Emperor Menelik II surprised the world by defeating an Italian Army sent to conquer the Empire. In the following article Raymond Jonas, the Giovanni and Amne Costigan Professor of History at the University of Washington, explores that

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Source: Black Past

Mixed views on BPO work-from-home orders

Shelly-Ann Roberts*, who is eight months pregnant and works at a St Andrew company, and Nikeisha Hemmings*, a senior employee at the Alorica call centre which has accounted for Jamaica’s largest cluster of COVID-19 cases thus far, spoke with The Sunday Gleaner last

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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