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Egbert L.J. Perry is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Integral Group, LLC, a company with a mission to “create value in cities and (re)build the fabric of communities.” In this role, Perry is a real estate, construction and community development professional that has

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Source: Savoy Network

Ralph F. Boyd

Ralph F. Boyd, Jr. is Chief Executive Officer Serves on Board of Directors for: of the Americas Region for the Urban Land Institute (ULI), a global, multidisciplinary, member-driven real estate organization dedicated to responsible land use and building thriving, sustainable

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Source: Savoy Network

Aylwin B. Lewis

Aylwin B. Lewis is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Potbelly Corporation, a growing Chicago-based sandwich chain with operations throughout the United States and

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Source: Savoy Network

Schools reopening: How to share your opinion

The team will advise the Cabinet Secretary on ways of on-boarding students or pupils when the schools re-open as well as document all Covid-19 related matters, lessons learnt and recommendations for future

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

Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas , (born June 23, 1948, Pinpoint, near Savannah, Georgia, U.S.), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1991, the second African American to serve on the court. Appointed to replace Thurgood Marshall, the court’s first African American member, Thomas gave

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Source: Brittanica

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Guinea Bissau: President Calls for Amendment of the Constitution

Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has called for the amendment of the country's constitution, and set up a committee to come up with

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Source: allAfrica.com

Dorothy West

Dorothy West , (born June 2, 1907, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died August 16, 1998, Boston), American writer who explored the aspirations and conflicts of middle-class African Americans in many of her works and was one of the last surviving members of the prominent group of black

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Watch NYC Wake Up From The Top Of The Empire State Building

The Empire State Building today announced the “Sunrise Experience,” an unprecedented opportunity to watch the sunrise over New York City from ESB’s world-famous 86th floor

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Source: Savoy Network

William H. Easter

William H. Easter III was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of DCP Midstream LLC. Easter had a 32-year career in natural gas, crude oil and refined product supply, transportation, refining and marketing for Conoco and Conoco Phillips. Easter held a number of senior leadership

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Source: Savoy Network

Paula A. Sneed

Paula A. Sneed is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Phelps Prescott Group, LLC. In this role, Sneed leads Phelps Prescott’s work as a strategy and management consulting

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Source: Savoy Network

Gerald B. Smith

Gerald B. Smith is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Smith, Graham & Co. Investment Advisors, L.P. In this role, Smith leads an independent employee-owned investment advisory firm that specializes in providing fixed income and equity portfolio strategies to institutional clients. Prior to

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Source: Savoy Network

Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall , originally Thoroughgood Marshall (born July 2, 1908, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—died January 24, 1993, Bethesda), lawyer, civil rights activist, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1967–91), the first African American member of the Supreme Court. As

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Source: Brittanica

Town Of Mcclellanville, BCDCOG Launch Virtual Comprehensive Plan Online Meeting

Town of McClellanville residents and stakeholders are invited to join the town online for a virtual 2020 Comprehensive Plan meeting beginning May

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Slave catcher

Fugitive slave catchers were people who returned escaped slaves to their owners in the United States in the mid 19th century. Slaves who managed to free themselves from their owners had yet another worry: fugitive slave catchers. The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Law, the latter enacted

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Karoney, NLC chief meet to ease tension

Lands Cabinet Secretary Farida Karoney and National Land Commission (NLC) Chairman Gershon Otachi met on Thursday to defuse the tension that has been building between their agencies over the proposed Land Transactions

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

Africa: Projections On Pandemic's Path, Strandfontein Court Case Postponed and Provinces Motivate for Level 3

New models projecting the timeline and severity of the Covid-19 pandemic were published on

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Source: allAfrica.com

Burundi: A Perfect Storm Is Brewing in Burundi

While most of the world tries to slow the spread and limit the death toll of Covid-19, Burundi is expelling health

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Source: allAfrica.com

Cambridge Office Holder

Clement G. Morgan, a graduate of Harvard Law School, was elected to the Cambridge Common Council in 1895. He was later elected a Cambridge Alderman and appointed to the Highway Commission.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Tunisia: Monastir-Covid19 - 500 Thousand Dinars, Cost of Mandatory Isolation Services (Governor)

Tunis/Tunisia — The national commission to combat Covid-19 allocated nearly 500 thousand dinars, during the period between April 4 and May 18, for the care of people subject to mandatory health isolation in Monastir, said Monastir governor Akram

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Source: allAfrica.com

Louis B. Lynn

Louis B. Lynn is Chairman & Founder of ENVIRO AgScience, Inc. In this role, Lynn has over 37 years of experience in all aspects of landscape and construction activity from corporate office administration to project management. Under his leadership, ENVIRO AgScience, Inc. is recognized for its

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Source: Savoy Network

Organization for a New Equality

The Organization for a New Equality ( O.N.E.) was founded in 1985 by Rev. Charles Stith, Senior Pastor of Union United Methodist Church. O.N.E. is a local and national vehicle for mounting strategies to develop economic opportunity for 'people of color' and racial harmony in cities and on college

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Pioneering Public Servant

Clarence Richard Elam (1923-1985) performed as a pioneering public servant as Assistant Director of Civil Defense for the City of Boston form 1950-52, Executive Secretary of the Governor's Council (1952-56), Chairman of the Boston Licensing Board (1956-74), and Special Assistant to Attorney General

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Lloyd M. Yates

Yates is also the President of Duke Energy’s Carolinas

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For the first time, Clarence Thomas tells his story on television

Clarence Thomas, the famously silent jurist, tells his own life story in a new documentary, “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words” which makes its national television debut May 18 on

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

Robert L. Wood

Robert L. Wood was Chairman, President and CEO of Chemtura Corporation. Wood has over

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Source: Savoy Network

Mary Frances Berry

Mary Frances Berry , (born Feb. 17, 1938, Nashville, Tenn., U.S.), American professor, writer, lawyer, and activist whose public service included work in three presidential administrations. From 1980 to 2004 she was a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, serving as chairwoman from 1993

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Source: Brittanica

Symantec Corporation: The Diversity Conversation is Evolving

“Diversity and Inclusion is an evolving conversation,” says Cecily Joseph, chief diversity officer at Symantec Corporation. “Over the past year, we’ve seen this conversation pick up in Silicon Valley, with Google and some other tech companies releasing diversity numbers, and with

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Yvonne M. Curl

Yvonne M. Curl was Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Avaya Inc. Prior to Avaya, Curl also held numerous roles progressing through the management of Xerox Corporation, including Vice President-Field Operations, Executive Assistant to the Chairman and CEO, and as Corporate Vice President

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Source: Savoy Network

JUST DO IT –

After prompting from area residents, politicians – particularly Volusia County Council Member Barbara Girtman – and organizations, free coronavirus testing is now available in Midtown, located in the heart of Daytona Beach’s Black

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Source: Daytona Times

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