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Klansmen fired on an anti-Klan rally in Greensboro, N.C., and killed five persons.

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Protests rise in Trinidad over killing of three men by police

Protests rise in Trinidad over killing of three men by police

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

SOS holds Juneteenth march across the bridge in Selma

Some of the speakers at the rally in Voting Rights Memorial Park after march across the bridge

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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper

William Ellisworth Artist is born

William Ellisworth Artist is born in Washington,N.C. Educated at Syracuse University and a student of Augusta Savage. His works will be exhibited at Atlanta University, the Whitney Museum, the Two Centuries of Black American Art exhibit and collected by Fisk University, Hampton University, the

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Feb

2

1914

King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)

One of the most visible advocates of nonviolence and direct action as methods of social change, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. As the grandson of the Rev. A.D. Williams, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist church and a founder of Atlantas NAACP chapter, and the son

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Source: Black Past

Gender-based violence: MPs question Parliament's role

In a debate on gender-based violence, some MPs questioned Parliament's role in fighting the

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Source: https://www.news24.com

City-based Santa Rosa residents funneling support to COVID-19 ravaged village

Even when the community they are residing in wasn’t considered a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hotspot in Guyana, residents of Santa Rosa had made known their struggles with the restrictions that were implemented to keep the Indigenous village

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Tired, Angry, Hurt, Disgusted: Protesters take to the street to fight police brutality

Soon it a was clear that a sizeable group of people were in attendance in front of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Downtown Greensboro to meet an impromptu call, slowly but surely, to

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Source: http://www.peacemakeronline.com

KKK member behind 1963 bombing of 16th St Baptist Church dies

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Source: theGrio

Adams, Alma Shealey (1946-)

Congresswoman Alma Shealey Adams currently represents North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. She is the 100th woman elected to that legislative body and the second African American woman, after Eva Clayton, to represent North Carolina in the

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Source: Black Past

Alfonso Elder: Second President of North Carolina College (North Carolina Central University)

Dr.Alfonso Elder was the second president of North Carolina Central University located in Durham, North

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Source: Black Then

After nationwide rage, what comes next?

From coast to coast, in all fifty states, including here in North Carolina in Greensboro, Fayetteville, Raleigh and Charlotte, diverse groups of angry youth filled the streets after hours of peaceful protests in memory of Floyd, who was slain when four Minneapolis police officers in Minnesota

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Greensboro Sit-In: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

The Greensboro sit-in was a major moment in the American civil rights movement when young African-American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in North

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Source: Heavy.com | Breaking News, Sports, Entertainment, TV, Tech, Gaming & Health.

Feb

1

1960

COVID-19 testing at Merriman Mall hailed as a success - Stabroek News

The COVID-19 three-day testing and screening activity by the Ministry of Public Health, was deemed a success, as feedback indicated that persons were showing concern by coming out to be screened. The article COVID-19 testing at Merriman Mall hailed as a success appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Visitors from high-risk US states to pretest before arrival

Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement at a virtual press conference from Jamaica House yesterday evening as the Government continues to reconfigure protocols for entry and re-entry to the island in its push to fully reopen the country in spite of the

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

'Running For Your Life': A Community Poem For Ahmaud Arbery

John Bazemore/AP

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Source: Stories About Black History

Wilmington Police Chief On The Firing Of Police Officers For Their Racist Comments

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Wilmington Police Chief Donny Williams about the firing of three police officers after their racist comments were accidentally recorded by a car

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Source: Stories About Black History

Freeman, Joseph (1953– )

In 1978 Joseph Freeman became the first man of African ancestry to be granted the priesthood after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that any male could be ordained, regardless of race or color. Freeman was born July 24, 1953, in Vanceboro, North Carolina, to Rose Lee Smith

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Source: Black Past

Be prepared for a difficult year with COVID-19

In order to stop the spread of COVID-19, it is extremely important that people practice social distancing by staying at least six feet away from one another and wear of

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92nd Infantry Division, (1917–1919, 1942–1945)

The 92nd Infantry Division, a military unit of approximately fifteen thousand officers and men, was one of only two all-black divisions to fight in the United States Army in World War I and World War II. The 92nd Division was organized in October 1917 at Camp Funston, Kansas, and included black

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Softball cricket fraternity pays tribute to the late Anil Persaud - Stabroek News

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League Incorporated and the Enterprise Legends Cricket team are the latest cricket bodies to express their grief following the death of former cricket administrator, Anil

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Social Media Unites Celebrities and Common Users to Fight for the End of Police Brutality, Racism, and Injustice Against Black Lives

Social Media Unites Celebrities and Common Users to Fight for the End of Police Brutality, Racism, and Injustice Against Black Lives

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

Mourning Protest Drive

The Mourning Drive, a vehicle procession honoring the lives of Black lives lost to White supremacy and law enforcement, moved slowly through Greensboro on Tuesday evening, June

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Bennett College [Greensboro] (1873- )

Bennett College opened in 1873 when seventy African American women and men began gathering for primary and secondary studies in the basement of Warnersville Methodist Episcopal Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. White northern philanthropists contributed tremendously to the school, including

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Source: Black Past

Children's Books on African American Freedom Fighters

The following childrens books not only provide an introduction to the lives of African-American freedom fighters your children should know about, but among them they also provide a historical overview of the fight for civil rights in the last several centuries up to the present, including the eras

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Source: ThoughtCo

Feb

1

1960

Andrea Harris, Black Economic Development Leader, Dies

The death of activist and Black economic development leader Andrea Lynette Harris, 72, last week, co-founder of the nonprofit N.C. Institute of Minority Economic Development (aka “The Institute”) came as a shock to those who knew, loved and respected

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Source: http://www.peacemakeronline.com

Money for Raleigh African-American monuments on hold after Confederate monuments removed

By Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

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Source: Raleigh, NC Breaking News, Weather, Traffic - WRAL NBC affiliate

Jamaican Dancehall artiste Rygin King shot, girlfriend killed

(Jamaica Gleaner) Popular Montego Bay dancehall entertainer Rygin King was shot and seriously injured during a gun attack in Struie district, Westmoreland, on Sunday while a woman, identified as his girlfriend, was

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. to host one-on-one with Senator Elizabeth Warren in virtual town hall meeting - Sat. at 9AM on Facebook & Youtube | The Crusader Newspaper Group

It will be streaming

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Tivoli seniors not taking any chances with coronavirus

WITH NEWS that at least five persons in their community contracted COVID-19, senior residents of Tivoli Gardens who are among the most vulnerable to the highly contagious disease are getting tested, sanitising and staying

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Kenya: Community Policing Member Succumbs to Injures Sustained During Raid on Illicit Brew Den

Kisii — A community policing member who was seriously injured during a raid on an illicit brew den at Nyamemiso in Kisii central has succumbed to the

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Source: allAfrica.com

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