Joycelyn Elders

Forde, George Patrick Alphonse (1882-1967)

George Patrick Alphonse Forde was an important physician in early 20th century Houston, Texas. Forde was born in Barbados in September 1882. Educated in the Caribbean, Forde first became aware of the possibility of a medical profession while he worked in a Panama Canal

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Angola: COVID-19 - New Measures Balance Social Life - State Minister

Luanda — The easing of some measures included in the Presidential Decree that declares the fourth State of Emergency, which entered into force this Monday, across the country, aims to ensure a balance between the protection of public health and economic and social well-being of the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Caribbean Resort Starts Relief Fund For Staff | Dallas Weekly

Bay Gardens Resorts in St. Lucia is offering resort credits on future stays to travelers who donate to a relief fund created to support its staff members during the Coronavirus Disease

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African American History: Bibliography

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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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Nigeria: Coronavirus - Nigeria Records 338 New Cases, Total Nears 6,000

Nigeria, on Sunday, recorded 338 new cases of COVID-19 as the total number of cases inched closer to

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Source: allAfrica.com

Churchgoers Practice Digital Faith during COVID-19

“Positivity is key,” said Bishop Darryl S. Brister, the Senior Pastor of the Beacon Light International Baptist Cathedral in

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

EDITORIAL: Kebs move welcome

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Magufuli sacks health deputy minister

Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has appointed Dr Godwin Mollel as the new deputy minister for Health after sacking Dr Faustine

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Source: The East African

Face Coverings Now Mandatory for Angelenos Outside Homes

Mayor Eric Garcetti has issued an order requiring Angelenos to wear face coverings outside their

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Women at Risk as COVID-19 Strikes State Prisons in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties | Black Voice News

Across California there are at minimum 436 incarcerated persons—men and women—confined and struggling to stay alive with active cases of

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Octavia Spencer: 'It's Okay to be Anxious' During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Help star teamed up with the Child Mind Institute to participate in their #WeThriveInside

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

Eric Trump: Democrats designed lockdown orders to beat Trump in 2020

Eric Trump (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty

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NYC building virus testing capacity with more than 150 sites

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is ramping up its ability to test for the coronavirus, with testing available at more than 150 sites citywide and test kits made in the city now in use at city-run health clinics, Mayor Bill de Blasio said

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Patrick, Deval L. (1956 - )

Deval L. Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts was elected in 2006. He became at that time only the second African American elected as a state Governor in the history of the United States. Patrick was born on July 31, 1956 in Chicago to Laurdine Pat Patrick and Emily Mae Wintersmith, and raised in

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Source: Black Past

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John E. Maupin

John E. Maupin, Jr. was President of Morehouse School of Medicine. Maupin also serves as Chair of Regions Community Development Corporation, the Company’s non-profit corporation dedicated to providing technical assistance for affordable housing, small business, and community development

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In Virtual Speech To Black Graduates, Obama Says U.S. Lacks Leadership On Coronavirus

Nam Y. Huh/AP

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Source: Stories About Black History

First inauguration of Barack Obama

The first inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The inauguration, which set a record attendance for any event held in Washington, D.C., marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Barack Obama as President and Joe

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Source: ThoughtCo

Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963

I Have a Dream Speech

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South Africa: Beds, Cases and Discharges - Gauteng's Latest Hospital Numbers

As the country's attention turns from flattening the curve through a lockdown to the preparedness of health systems, the latest statistics released by the Gauteng government show 58 people are currently hospitalised in public and private facilities across the

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Source: allAfrica.com

The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington

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MLK " Last Speech" 1968

the great the great I been to the mountain top speech

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Source: Black History Resources

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27

1967

Odessa Brown Children's Clinic

The Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, which treats children throughout Seattle and King County, was developed cooperatively by the Seattle Model Cities Program, Children’s Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center, and concerned citizens of the Central Area. It opened in 1970, at 2017 East Spruce

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What Can I Do with A Black Studies Major? Five Hundred Answers Provided by Robert Fikes, Jr.

In the 1971 Woody Allen film, “Bananas,” a fellow employee asks Allen’s character, “What would you have been if you finished school?” Allen’s character answers, “I was in the black studies program. By now I could have been black.” Allen’s attempted humorous jab

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L.A. County Launches ‘WiFi Finder’ to Reduce Digital Divide During COVID-19.

Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer shared the latest statistics of positive cases and death

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Uganda

Uganda, twice the size of Pennsylvania, is in East Africa. It is bordered on the west by Congo, on the north by the Sudan, on the east by Kenya, and on the south by Tanzania and Rwanda. The country, which lies across the equator, is divided into three main areas—swampy lowlands, a fertile plateau

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

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1985

BlackPast.org

BlackPast.org is a web-based reference center that is dedicated primarily to the understanding of African-American history and the history of people of African ancestry. In 2011 the American Library Associations Reference and User Services Association included it in its list of the 25 Best Free

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Source: ThoughtCo

Black Lawmakers in Virginia Urge Northam to Reconsider Friday Reopening

The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus has asked Gov. Ralph Northam to refrain from reopening most of the state on Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying that such a premature move would make Black and brown Virginians "guinea pigs for our

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Source: The Washington Informer

Zambia shuts border with Tanzania over virus spread fears

May 10: Closure of border with Tanzania

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

Privacy rights and protection/safety needs clash over COVID-19

“Both privacy of individuals and protection of first responders are very important, but they are not mutually exclusive,” said State Rep. G.A. Hardaway (D-93), chairman of the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators

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