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Diplomats condemn violence in Sierra Leone but short of accusing APC of terrorism

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Musician Cameron Sankey Playing Music, Talking Tech

… I had two or three gigs a week, traveling out of the [U.S. and] state with other artists,” said Sankey, a full-time musician, music producer, mixing engineer, writer-arranger, keyboardist, and

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Tennessee officials want mail voting appeal fast-tracked

NASHVILLE — Tennessee officials are seeking a fast-tracked decision by the state Supreme Court to block the absentee-voting-for-all option that a judge has ordered during the coronavirus

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

Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa Hangman Game | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Rising Country Star JT Harker Releases New Single “Drunk People”

Country singer continues to gain followers and streams with each new song

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

Confirmed Coronavirus Cases are Rising in 40 of 50 States - Black News Channel

By JAKE COYLE and TERRY SPENCER undefined/ BNC Contributor FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Four U.S. states — Arizona, California, Florida and Texas — reported a combined 25,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases Thursday as the infection curve rose in 40 of the 50 states heading into the July Fourth

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

These Creatives Are Demanding Companies Formally Recognize Juneteenth - Blavity

Hella Creative is an organization started by Miles Dotson, Quinnton Harris and Brian

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Source: Blavity News

Court Rules Tennessee Must Provide Absentee Ballots to Every Eligible Voter For All Elections in 2020 Due to COVID-19

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In a victory for voting rights, a Tennessee court has ruled the state must make absentee voting available to every eligible voter for all elections in 2020, including the August 6 primary and November 3 general

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Alexander, Sadie Tanner Mossell (1898-1989)

Born two decades before American women won the right to vote, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander overcame obstacles as a female and also as an African American in the elite profession of law. In 1927 she became the first black woman to gain admission to the Pennsylvania Bar, beginning a long career

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Shepherd Manson B. Johnson II, pastor of Holman Street Baptist Church, has died

Shepherd Dr. Manson B. Johnson II, the dynamic leader and teacher of Holman Street Baptist Church in Houston’s Third Ward, died Sunday, May 31, 2020 from complications of

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

Beloved Holman Street ‘Shepherd’ Manson Johnson dies due to COVID-19

HOUSTON – Family, friends and the community is mourning the loss of Pastor Manson B. Johnson, of Holman Street Baptist Church, who died Sunday after suffering complications due to

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Source: African American News | Black News | Afram News

Reddick, Eunice S. (1951- )

Eunice S. Reddick, an American diplomat and United States Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, was born in 1951 in New York City, New York. Reddick received her Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International Affairs in 1975 and then worked for several

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Source: Black Past

Barred from Harvard Medical School

Daniel Laing and Isaac H. Snowden of Boston and Martin R. Delany of Pittsburgh, in 1850, were the first blacks admitted into Harvard Medical School. All three were dismissed, however, in 1851, when white students protested their presence; and the Dean of the medical school felt that 'this

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Oprah Winfrey gives grants to 'home' cities during pandemic

She announced Wednesday that her Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation will donate money to organizations dedicated to helping underserved communities in Chicago; Baltimore; Nashville, Tennessee; Milwaukee; and Kosciusko, Mississippi, where she was

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Woodson, Carter G. (1875-1950)

Historian Carter G. Woodson was born to poor, yet land-owning, former slaves in New Canton, Virginia on December 19, 1875. During the 1890s, he hired himself out as a farm and manual laborer, drove a garbage truck, worked in coalmines, and attended high school and college in Berea

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Source: Black Past

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Quit Playin’: Mandate My Ass!

Gil was formally introduced to the stark realities of Black life in America as a young

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Source: Serving Northeast Texas

Zaire

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Young Buck Released From Prison, Claims He Does Not Owe Fofty Any Cashville Coins

For those who not in the know the “Shorty Wanna Ride” rapper recently spent four months on child abandonment charges from Newton

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Source: The Urban Daily

Coronavirus cases are spiking across the country and experts say Florida has the makings of the next epicenter | The Atlanta Voice

Ten states saw a record number of new Covid-19 cases this week, and one of them could be the next epicenter of the

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Louis W. Sullivan

Louis W. Sullivan, M.D. was President of Morehouse School of Medicine. Sullivan was also the Founding Dean and first President of Morehouse School of Medicine. Sullivan was Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Currently, Sullivan is Chairman of the Board at the National Health

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Source: Savoy Network

White People, Stop Quoting MLK To Police How Black People Protest

Last Thursday, Martin Luther King III responded to the increasingly heated protests spurred by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police with a quote from his father, the Rev. Martin Luther King

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Jaguars 2020 Schedule: Week-by-week breakdown

Detroit lost its last nine games in 2019 after a 2-0-1 start, and this figures to be a key season for the futures of Head Coach Matt Patricia and longtime quarterback Matt

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Source: The Florida Star

Task force may have acted hastily in denying request for Region Nine lockdown

She referred to Prof. Owen Gross’ book, Laws in Times of Crisis, 2006, in which he suggested that “crises (pandemics, national security threats, citizen insecurity, natural disasters etc.); produce an expansion of governmental powers and the concentration of powers in the hands of the

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Body Of Black Man Found Hanging From A Tree Near Los Angeles

The Los Angeles-area community is in shock after the body of 24-year-old Robert Fuller was found hanging from a tree close to Palmdale, California’s City Hall on the morning of Friday, June

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

D.L. Hughley Reveals COVID-19 Diagnosis Day After Fainting On Stage

Comedian D.L. Hughley revealed on Saturday night that he has tested positive for COVID-19, one day after the Original King of Comedy and host of The DL Hughley Show fainted during a performance in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday

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Source: Black America Web

Rep. JA Moore Calls on SC Superintendent to Waive Standardized Testing Regardless of US Dept.'s Decision

As the 2020-2021 school year approaches, Rep. JA Moore (D-Berkeley) is calling on State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman to waive standardized testing regardless of whether or not the US Department of Education approves of it. “The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted our

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

American Indian Place Names

American Indian Place Names Hangman Game | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

W.H. (Joe) Knight

WH (Joe) Knight is Professor of Law at the Seattle University School of Law. In this role, Knight has co-directed a unique, live client transactional clinic in Community Development & Entrepreneurship since 2008. From 2001 to 2007, Knight served as Dean of the University of Washington School of

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Source: Savoy Network

MIAMI-DADE Seniors prevail – thanks to parents

Quenay, who was a dancer and cheerleader for the Miami Northwestern Bulls, said she couldn’t thank her mother enough for making her graduation special despite the challenges they have faced as a senior class this

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Source: South Florida Times

Tennessee advances 6-week abortion ban, lawsuit filed

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Amid nationwide unrest and a global pandemic that wrecked the state budget, Tennessee lawmakers advanced one of the strictest abortion bans in the country as most Tennesseans were asleep Friday and largely unaware the GOP-dominant General Assembly had taken up the

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