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OpEd: D.C. Must Support At-Risk Students | Afro

By Dr. Ramona Edelin Special to the AFRO As the District of Columbia begins the hard work of repairing the damage wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic, the D.C. Council faces severe budgetary challenges. The recessionary lockdown it prompted, shuttered schools that have been disrupted and the set

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

U.S. special operations troops captured Ahmed Abu Khattala in a secret raid in Benghazi on June 15, 2014. He is believed to be the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate that killed four Americans, including U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. In July 2014, the

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15

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Southern School News reported that 246,988 or 7.6

Southern School News reported that 246,988 or 7.6 per cent of the Black pupils in public schools in seventeen Southern and Border States and the District of Columbia attended integrated classes in 1962.

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1962

Raymond A. Pearson v. Donald G. Murray (1936)

January 15, 1936, Decided

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1936

(1982) Audre Lorde, “Learning from the 60s”

In February, 1982, Audre Lorde delivered the address, “Learning from the 60s” as part of the celebration of the Malcolm X weekend at Harvard University. Her presentation appears

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Trump threatens to move RNC without assurances from governor

President Trump (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty

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AFRO Subscriber Celebrates 100th Birthday | Afro

Marcus Goodsil Stansbury Sr, was born in Baltimore, Md. to Mary and Clayton Stansbury on May

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Trump threatens to move RNC without assurances from governor

President Donald Trump threatened Monday to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina if the state’s Democratic governor doesn’t immediately sign off on allowing a full-capacity gathering in August despite the ongoing COVID-19

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Delta Sigma Theta

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Provides Scholarships For George Floyd’s Daughter and Granddaughters To Attend HBCUs

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) announced on Friday that the organization is planning on providing scholarships to the daughter and granddaughters of police shooting victim George Floyd to attend an HBCU of their

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Columnist Glenn Ellis Named Distinguished Scholar at Tuskegee U.

The Birmingham Times Glenn Ellis, a syndicated health columnist whose work appears weekly in The Birmingham Times, became one of 20 distinguished visiting scholars at the National Center for Bioethics Research and Healthcare at Tuskegee University on July 1. Ellis brings “a unique skill set to

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Eleanor Holmes (later Eleanor Norton) is born in Washington, DC. A graduate of the Yale University School of Law, Norton will become chairperson of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, and a Georgetown University law professor before being elected a non-voting delegate to Congress

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13

1937

(1871) Senator Hiram Revels Calls For The End Of Segregated Schools

Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827-1901) of Mississippi was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate when he filled the unexpired term of Jefferson Davis. Revels served just over a year from February 25, 1870, to March 13, 1871. During an 1871 Senate debate over school segregation in

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Delta Sigma Theta History

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Jamaica: Insane man stabs mom to death - Stabroek News

(Jamaica Star) A man, who is allegedly of unsound mind, is in police custody after he allegedly stabbed his mother to death in Bottom Town in Clarks Town, Trelawny, on Tuesday morning. The article Jamaica: Insane man stabs mom to death appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Call of Duty Playlist Update 2020 Fixes Controversial Issue

Earlier today with an update Infinity Ward has changed the name & description of a controversial skin “Border War”. Call of Duty Modern Warfare & Call of Duty: Warzone is the 2 games where players could equip “Border War” skin as popular COD operator Wayne “D-Day” Davis. See the image Read

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The Smithsonian Is Collecting Coronavirus 'Artifacts' To Document The Pandemic

The National Museum of American History and the Anacostia Community Museum have recently launched coronavirus collection

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Source: Stories About Black History

The Award-Winning Screenplay “The Love Hex or Nicest Flings in Mexico” will be published as a Book in the Fall 2020

The Rom-Com screenplay won Gold at the Summer 2020 Depth of Field International Film Festival (DOFIFF) as well as other distinctions. WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, August 14, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Comedy “The Love Hex …

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Rep. Waters Honors Memory of Zindzi Mandela

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, released a statement upon learning of the...

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Milwaukee Urban League's Call to Action- Remarks of Dr. Eve M. Hall

My name is Dr. Eve M. Hall and I am proud to be the president and CEO of the Milwaukee Urban

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

Dr. Ernest Everett Just: The father of black scientists

Born in 1883 in Charleston, S.C., Dr. Ernest Everett Just became one of the most prominent American biologists in the last century, specializing in marine

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California Is Hooking Small Businesses Up With Free E-Commerce, Online Marketing Help

Gov. Newsom says he wants to help small businesses. Combined, they are a major economic engine in the state. He wants them to get online quicker and expand their markets to reach new customers in cyberspace. This is as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hammer their bottom lines and change the way

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

I Was Just Thinking: Griots in Virtual Reality

By Norma Adams-WadeColumnist Back in Africa, the Motherland, they called storytellers Griots. Griots kept the oral history of the tribes, and villages in their heads and memories. Griots were walking data banks. Their memories were archives of detailed ancient happenings. Nothing was written

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Millennial Politicians Fight for Equity in D.C. | Afro

Despite the District’s loyal love for leaders, there are millennial politicians who are on a mission to improve their beloved city, including Ward 8 representative and vice president of the State Board of Education (SBOE), Markus Batchelor and former president of the D.C. Young Democrats

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International Awareness and Involvement

Through the International Awareness and Involvement (IAI) programmatic thrust, Delta Sigma Theta harnesses its vast potential to impact strategically the plight of people living across the diaspora. International Awareness and Involvement will continue to move forward in this 21st Century by

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Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (1870- )

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School was established in 1870 as the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth with 45 students and one teacher, Emma J. Hutchins, to provide secondary education for the city’s African American children after efforts to integrate schools in Washington, D.C. failed. Within

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Provides Scholarships For George Floyd’s Daughter and Granddaughters To Attend HBCUs

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) announced on Friday that the organization is planning on providing scholarships to the daughter and granddaughters of police shooting victim George Floyd to attend an HBCU of their

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LAUSD campuses will remain closed when school resumes next month -

LOS ANGELES — Amid spiking coronavirus cases, Los Angeles Unified School District campuses will remain closed when classes resume next month, Superintendent Austin Beutner said July 13, defying President Donald Trump's demand that students return to in-person instruction. “While the new school year

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Hemp, CBD, Marijuana: What’s the Difference? | BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect

The legalization of recreational marijuana has been a hot-button issue for years. As of January 2020, Illinois became The post Hemp, CBD, Marijuana: What’s the Difference? appeared first on BlackDoctor.org.

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Jones, John Melvin (1944- )

John Melvin Jones was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Guyana in 2008. Nominated by President George W. Bush on June 30, 2008, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and arrived in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, on October 8 of that year. Due to health issues, the result of injuries sustained while

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