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"A Better Chance" Helps Students of Color Attend Top Private Schools

The scholarship organization A Better Chance, founded in 1963, has provided many students of color with the chance to attend college-prep private schools and public schools across the country. Their mission clearly illustrates the goal of the organization: Our mission is to increase substantially

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Source: ThoughtCo

Looters, Lowlifes, and Liars

Not only has he derided “looters and lowlifes,” but he has also threatened the full force of federal law enforcement to threaten people’s legal right to

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Holly, James Theodore (1829-1911)

James Theodore Holly emigrationist, missionary, and bishop, was born in Washington, D.C on October 3, 1829. At age fourteen his family relocated to Brooklyn, New York. His father taught him the shoemaking trade. Then in 1848 he began working as an abolitionist with Lewis Tappan, one of the

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It takes two? Twin Cities suddenly home to twin retro-rap stations

Feuds are a big thing in rap music. Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. famously had one. So did Jay Z and Nas. Even Lil’ Kim and Nicki Minaj went at it for

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Source: Savoy Network

Free African Society

The Free African Society, founded in 1787, was a benevolent organisation that held religious services and provided mutual aid for “free Africans and their descendants” in Philadelphia. The Society was founded by Richard Allen and Absalom Jones. It was the first Black religious

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Datatec reports strong results, says it's bucking virus crisis

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As MLK asked in 1967, Where Do We Go from Here: Community or Chaos? | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Over the years, this column has reported on racial disparities in homeownership, family wealth, the lack of access to affordable credit, and the pattern of alternative financial services preying upon communities of color by charging triple-digit interest rates on small-dollar

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Why Nintendo’s sales are skyrocketing during the global pandemic

Collaborative, multiplayer games, casually referred to as “couch-cooperative,” such as “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” “Mario Party” and “Mario Kart” that can be played virtually with others, are making a huge comeback in the gaming world and driving Nintendo’s profits through the

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

Looters, Lowlifes, And Liars

Not only has he derided “looters and lowlifes,” but he has also threatened the full force of federal law enforcement t threaten people’s legal right to

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

The Tie Breaker Ruling in Perspective: A Plaintiff Looks Back on the Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decision of 2007

In 2000 Kathleen Brose led an organization called Parents Involved in Community Schools which filed a lawsuit against the Seattle School District, challenging its tie-breaker rule in Seattle Public Schools which gave preference to racial minorities in school assignments when all else was

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Source: Black Past

Former GRA Head Khurshid Sattaur passes away

Former Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GEA) Khurshid Sattaur passed away today having battled illness over the past year. He was 63 years old. Sattaur served for 12 years before his services were terminated in 2016.

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

How to Achieve Cultural Diversity in the School System

Cultural diversity as an issue wasnt even on the radar of most private school communities until the 1990s. To be sure, there were exceptions, but for the most part, diversity was not at the top of the list of priorities back then. Now you can see genuine progress in this

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Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (1870- )

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School was established in 1870 as the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth with 45 students and one teacher, Emma J. Hutchins, to provide secondary education for the city’s African American children after efforts to integrate schools in Washington, D.C. failed. Within

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Source: Black Past

Why Nintendo’s Sales are Skyrocketing During the Global Pandemic – Free Press of Jacksonville

Collaborative, multiplayer games, casually referred to as “couch-cooperative,” such as “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” “Mario Party” and “Mario Kart” that can be played virtually with others, are making a huge comeback in the gaming world and driving Nintendo’s profits through the

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

Educator Says ‘Farewell’ After 38 Years | Florida Sentinel Bulletin

MRS. GWENDOLYN D. FIELDS-WILLIAMS BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor Mrs. Gwendolyn D. Fields-Williams has said “farewell to a profession that I’ve absolutely enjoyed for the past 38 years.” She has been a Business and Career Technology Education Teacher in the School District of

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Source: Florida Sentinel Bulletin

South Africa: 'They Are Too Poor to Eat'

Thabo (not real name) is a member of the School Government Body at Mashao High

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Source: allAfrica.com

Pandemic Threatens To Deepen Crisis in Mental Health Care

NEW YORK (AP) — More than three weeks after Brandon Bell stopped showing up at a New York office that serves people with schizophrenia, employees finally located him at a nearby homeless

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Source: Black America Web

Port Elizabeth teacher tests positive for Covid-19, school closes | News24

A Port Elizabeth high school teacher has tested positive for Covid-19, resulting in the closure of Ikhwezi Lomso Comprehensive School in Zwide township.

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Dozens killed in separate Burkina Faso attacks

An armed group in Burkina Faso attacked a cattle market and a humanitarian convoy, killing at least 35 people, the government said on

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Source: https://www.news24.com

As MLK Asked In 1967, Where Do We Go From Here: Community Or Chaos?

Over the years, this column has reported on racial disparities in homeownership, family wealth, the lack of access to affordable credit, and the pattern of alternative financial services preying upon communities of color by charging triple-digit interest rates on small-dollar

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

President Bio’s address – thoughts, words and deeds

Claims that the mining sector is set to attract new investors, with various projects completed or in the throes of completion would also have to await the end of COVID-19 to see the effect of the actions

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Virtual Townhall: Erasing the Opportunity Gap Created by COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic and the creation of emergency education has put parents, teachers, administrators, and community advocates in panic mode trying to figure out how to ensure the opportunity gap doesn’t exponentially widen for Black

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Teaching Race in Schools in the 21st Century

In the essay below, Douglas Edelstein, a Social Sciences instructor at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, Washington, describes the challenges faced by instructors of all backgrounds in sensitively teaching issues of race in public and private

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Source: Black Past

#JamaicaTogether | Former principal launches storytelling YouTube channel for children

A retired educator has launched a YouTube channel dedicated to storytelling, aiming to ignite a passion for reading in young

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Reopening of schools under discussion, Ramaphosa and govt to engage with stakeholders | News24

In light of a warning by the World Health Organisation with regard to the reopening of schools while Covid-19 is approaching its peak, President Cyril Ramaphosa says the matter is currently under discussion.

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Somalia: Kenyan Teachers Evacuated From Somalia Over Covid19

The teachers landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) aboard a Daallo Airlines flight on Thursday evening from Garowe area in

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Source: allAfrica.com

AMHVoices: Mozambique needs military assistance

As if that is not enough, there has been an upsurge in attacks by Islamist jihadists in its northern province of Cabo Degaldo

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Small Business Series: Three Black-Owned Beauty and Wellness Brands Everyone Should Know

Black people have found and will continue to find ways to contribute to the expansion of the beauty and wellness industry, through the creation of their own

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Source: Chicago Defender

‘Looters and lowlifes,’ I stand with all of them –

There are documented cases of economically envious looting Black communities (Wilmington, Tulsa, Rosewood) because of economic envy, plundering our homes, and then using the power of the majority media to turn a Massacre into

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Source: Daytona Times

Naspers CEO bags R276-million in annual remuneration

Naspers and Prosus CEO Bob van Dijk

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