KQ seeks asset sale, cut routes in recovery bid

Supreme Court upheld lower court decision which

Supreme Court upheld lower court decision which banned segregation on city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Federal injunctions prohibiting segregation on the buses were served on city, state and bus company officials, December 20. At two mass meetings Montgomery Blacks called off year-long bus

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Nov

13

1956

Poro School and Beauty Shoppe

From 1927 to 1942 a branch of the Poro School and Beauty Shoppe on Massachusetts Avenue, established and managed by E. Alice Taylor, was one of the Black-owned firms in New England. The school had an annual enrollment of 150 students, and the Beauty Shoppe had a staff of 15 professional

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

St. Vincent, chief island of the chain, is 18 mi (29 km) long and 11 mi (18 km) wide and is located 100 mi (161 km) west of Barbados. The island is mountainous and well forested. St. Vincent is dominated by the volcano Mount Soufrière, which rises to 4,048 ft (1,234 m). The Grenadines, a chain of

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Botswana: Schools Re-Open June 2

Gaborone — Public schools are to re-open on June 2 while private schools will be eligible to reopen from May 15 if they have satisfied the COVID-19 guidelines set by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Permanent Secretary - Basic Education, Bridget John has

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda

In Sept. 2015, a seven-member constitution commission was appointed to review possible changes that would allow Paul Kagame a third term as president. The move followed a vote by both houses of parliament that supported a constitutional change and a petition signed by 3.7 million, 60% of voters, in

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

HISD hosts mass food distribution at NRG on Saturday

Food distribution efforts led by the Houston Independent School District in partnership with the Houston Food Bank will continue Saturday at NRG Stadium and throughout next week at 25 campuses around the

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

Hastings, Alcee L. (1936- )

Alcee Lamar Hastings, the son of Julius C. and Mildred L. Hastings, was born on September 5, 1936 in Altamonte Springs, Florida. His parents were domestic servants who eventually left Florida to take jobs to pay for his education. Hastings remained in the state, living with his maternal

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Source: Black Past

Sep

5

1936

Earl Campbell

Earl Christian Campbell is a professional American football player who played for the Houston Oilers and the New Orleans Saints. He was born on March 29, 1955 in Tyler, Texas. He was the sixth of eleven children in his family. Their father died when he was very young. He began playing football at

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Source: Black History Resources

Jul

27

1991

Black press hit hard by COVID-19 but we will not shut down!

An estimated 1,800 newspapers closed between 2004 and 2018 after the number of people buying print editions dropped, and now during the pandemic, it appears most small publications – especially minority-based ones – will be phased out

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Source: African American News | Black News | Afram News

Social Security's Online Services Are Ready For Business

Our newest my Social Security feature, Advance Designation, enables you to identify up to three people, in priority order, who you would like to serve as your potential representative payee in the event you ever need help managing your

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Source: The Florida Star

Stephanie Spann Named Principal at Simmons-Pinckney Middle

Charleston County School District (CCSD) announces and welcomes Stephanie Spann as principal at Simmons-Pinckney Middle

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Korematsu v. United States

Korematsu v. US

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

18

1944

Nigerians take the law into their own hands to fight COVID-19 | Afro

Some Nigerians who rejected a government order to stay in place and left COVID-19 affected states for home are being turned in by their own

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

U.S. Supreme Court in landmark Brown v. Board of

U.S. Supreme Court in landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. The unanimous decision was read by Chief Justice Earl B. Warren.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

May

17

1954

Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe , in full Albert Chinualumogu Achebe (born November 16, 1930, Ogidi, Nigeria—died March 21, 2013, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.), Nigerian novelist acclaimed for his unsentimental depictions of the social and psychological disorientation accompanying the imposition of Western customs

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Source: Brittanica

Mar

21

2013

Cameroon: Security Arrests People Without Masks as COVID-19 Cases Increase

Police in Cameroon have detained several hundred people for not wearing face masks in public, as COVID-19 cases in the central African state continue to

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: COVID-19 - Online Polls Will Not Determine Lagos Decision On Another Lockdown - Official

The Lagos State Government says its final decision on the possibility of another lockdown will not be based solely on the outcome of the online public polls on the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nicholas E. Brathwaite

Nicholas E. Brathwaite is cofounder and partner of Riverwood Capital, a global, growth equity, investment firm with over $2 billion in assets under management. Riverwood Capital invests in technology and technology services industries across a variety of verticals and

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Source: Savoy Network

Remote working set to stay post pandemic

An explosion in remote working owing to the coronavirus pandemic could see companies slash office space, saving them money but not necessarily improving productivity among staff, according to

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

Lydia H. Kennard

Lydia H. Kennard is President & Chief Executive Officer of KDG Construction Consulting. In this role, Kennard leads a company that provides program and construction management services to public and private sector clients throughout California and the Western United States. Kennard has also

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Source: Savoy Network

Allow return of Carter Center - Canadian gov't official urges President

Canada’s Assistant Deputy Minister for the Americas of Global Affairs today reiterated Ottawa’s call for the return of Carter Center observers to observe the recount of votes currently

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

The Digital Transformation: Why C-suite collaboration is more important than ever

I’m honored to be selected by Savoy Magazine as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America” along with many other distinguished leaders who represent some of the world’s most successful

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Source: Savoy Network

Sudan

In a historic seven-day secessionist referendum that began in southern Sudan on January 9, 2011, 98.8% of voters chose independence from the north. The referendum was a provision of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended a 22-year civil war that killed 2.5 million people and displaced

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Scott, Dred (1795-1858)

Dred Scott, was an enslaved person noted mainly for the unsuccessful lawsuit brought to free him from bondage. The decision rendered by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1857 in the Dred Scott case, said that no blacks slave or free were U.S. citizens and allowed slavery in all U.S. territories. The

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Source: Black Past

Mar

6

1857

U.S. Supreme Court decision

U.S. Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v. Warley) struck down Louisville, Ky., ordinance which required Blacks and whites to live in separate residential areas.

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Nov

5

1917

Louis, Joe

Louis, Joe (Joseph Louis Barrow) lo͞o´ĭs [key], 1914–81, American boxer, b. Lafayette, Ala. His father, a sharecropper, died when Louis was four years old, and in 1926 his stepfather took the family to Detroit, where Louis became interested in boxing. At 18 he began an amateur career in the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

General Larry O. Spencer USAF (Ret)

Larry O. Spencer is President of the Air Force Association. He retired from the United States Air Force as a four-star general in 2015, following 44 years of

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Source: Savoy Network

Wright, Jonathan J. (1840-1885)

Jonathan Jasper Wright, the first African American to serve on a state Supreme Court, was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and grew up in nearby Susquehanna County in the northeastern corner of the state. In 1858, Wright traveled to Ithaca, New York where he enrolled in the Lancasterian

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Source: Black Past

Dash, Stacey (1967- )

Stacey Lauretta Dash is an American actress and talk show host. She is most widely known for co-staring in the film Clueless (1995), which later turned into a television series (1996-1999). She is also cited for her recurring role in The Cosby Show (1984–1992), The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

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Source: Black Past

Rosa Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an African-American civil rights activist who was born on the 4th February 1913. She was popularly known as “The first lady of civil rights” and the “mother of the freedom movement”. She became prominent after she refused to move from her

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