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Health Care Equipment Shortages Lead to Innovation, Conflict – Free Press of Jacksonville

At one point, more than 30% of U.S. healthcare workers had two weeks of N95 face masks, considered the standard for protection, remaining, and 22% had none at all, according to GetUsPPE.org, a grassroots organization working to source personal protective equipment for U.S. healthcare

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Black High School Senior Makes History, Gets Accepted into All 8 Ivy League Schools

Springfield, MA — Roberta Hannah, an 18-year old senior at Springfield High School of Science and Technology in Massachusetts, has made history after being accepted into all of the 8 Ivy League

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The Fight for School Equality

In 1787 Primus Hall and other Black leaders petitioned the Massachusetts legislature for equal school facilities for Black children.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Public defenders protest police violence

Public defenders and other court workers gathered in Nubian Square on Monday evening to protest police violence and racial discrimination in the criminal justice system, one of many such protests happening across the country this

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Source: The Bay State Banner

US autoworkers return, while possible vaccine shows promise

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to restart American industry, while an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results in a small and

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Dorothy West - Birthday

Dorothy West , (born June 2, 1907, Boston, Massachusetts, U.

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Dolly, the fourth named storm of the year, could develop off the northeast coast

The forecast is for the subtropical depression to reach tropical storm strength — sustained winds of 39 mph or above — by midday

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Camille Cosby Slams #MeToo Movement, Says Ruling on Husband’s Appeal Provides ‘Hopefulness’

Camille Cosby, wife of incarcerated entertainer Bill Cosby, has broken her silence and shared her thoughts on his legal victory regarding the appeal of his 2018 sexual assault

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Source: The Washington Informer

Biden Wants A Woman To Be His Running Mate: Here Are Some Names Under Consideration

By Trevor Hunnicutt

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Morris F. X. Jeff, Sr: Pioneer in Establishing Recreational & Educational Programs for Black Children

Morris F. X. Jeff, Sr., was a pioneer in establishing recreational and educational programs for African American children when New Orleans was segregated, was born in Morgan

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Source: Black Then

Meet Cornelius Henderson, Senior VP, Jail Operations, NaphCare, Inc.

He’s back home now and presiding over the company’s transition, or new setup, as it assumes the role of overseeing health care management at Jefferson County jails in Birmingham and Bessemer beginning on June

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Source: The Birmingham Times

1.9 million seek jobless aid even as reopenings slow layoffs

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 1.9 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, evidence that many employers are still cutting jobs even as the gradual reopening of businesses has slowed the pace of

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$3 Trillion HEROES Act promises more COVID-19 relief for consumers and businesses: Will the U.S. Senate act swiftly on the new legislative plan? – Voice and Viewpoint

Introduced on May 12 by New York Congresswoman Nita Lowey, the HEROES Act had 11 co-sponsors representing the additional states of Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia and provides a broad assortment of new and renewed assistance targeted to essential workers, first

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Anthony Fauci vs. Donald Trump – Who’s Right?.

“If states reopen their economies too soon, there is a real risk that you may trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control,” said

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Black Democrats: ‘Choose a sister’

“Joe Biden owes black people, and black women in particular, a debt of gratitude for reviving a campaign that was dead,” said Colette Phillips, founder of the Get Konnected social network and a supporter of the former vice president in the

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Source: The Bay State Banner

Maine Mesothelioma Victims Center Urges a Navy Veteran with Confirmed Mesothelioma in Maine or their Family to call for Direct Access to Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste-Get the Best Compensation Results

BANGOR, MAINE, USA, June 29, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Maine Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "We are urging a Navy Veteran with recently diagnosed mesothelioma to please call 800-714-0303 for direct access to attorney Erik Karst of the law firm of Karst von

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

Black Educator's Alliance of Massachusetts

The Black Educators Alliance of Massachusetts ( BEAM), originally called the Massachusetts Negro Educators Association, was founded in 1965. Led by the late Rollins Griffith, and including John D. O'Bryant, Gerry Hill, Barbara Jackson, and Jean McGuire, it was the first professional association of

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Colorado Mesothelioma Victims Center Appeals to the Family of a Person with Mesothelioma in Colorado to Call for Direct Access to Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste to Discuss Compensation-Please Don't Wait

DENVER, COLORADO, USA, June 22, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Colorado Mesothelioma Victims Center says, “We Are appealing to the family of a person was just diagnosed with mesothelioma in Colorado to please call 800-714-0303 for direct access to attorney Erik Karst of the law firm of Karst von

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

1st Louisiana Native Guard, CSA (1861-1862)

The 1st Louisiana Native Guard was the first official black regiment in the Confederate Army. The Guard was formed when Louisiana Governor Thomas Overton Moore accepted into the state militia a regiment of approximately 1,100 free African American men. When Governor Moore called for troops to

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The True Plight of African-Americans.

Some of the most dangerous big cities are: St. Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, Chicago, Memphis, Atlanta, Birmingham, Newark, Buffalo and

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Shaw v. Reno (1993)

April 20, 1993, Argued

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Source: Black Past

Stevie Wonder

Occupation(s) Stevland Hardaway Morris (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins; May 13, 1950),[1] known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. A child prodigy, he is considered to be one of the most critically and commercial

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Internationally Recognized Sculptor

Meta Warwick Fuller, who lived in Framingham, Massachusetts, from 1909 until her death in 1968, was widely acclaimed for her sculpture. Her sculptures of human figures were exhibited both locally and nationally.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

First Black School Principal

Maria L. Baldwin of Cambridge became the first Black school principal in Massachusetts when she was appointed to head the Agassiz School in Cambridge in 1899. She remained in the position until 1922.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Mike Pence refuses to acknowledge 'Black lives matter' in TV interview

(Photo by Brendan Smialowski

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This February BlackFacts.com Introduces Black History Month Instagram Video Contest with Cash Prizes

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19th-Century Sculptor

Edmonia Lewis (1845-1890) was America's first Black artist recognized for her reliefs and busts of great anti-slavery leaders and forForever Free, a composition of marble (completed in 1867) showing a man and woman overcome with emotion on hearing news of the emancipation from slavery. Lewis began

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Black Fireworks Industry Left Out of Local Festivities

While James P. Peters III, a local fireworks wholesaler in a legal battle with the D.C. government, didn't go so far to draw that conclusion, he argued that the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs' (DCRA) decision to allow Costco Wholesale Corporation to sell fireworks while denying

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Source: The Washington Informer

In the news: Caro Ruiz

JRI, a nonprofit provider of trauma-informed care to children and families in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, has announced the addition of Maria Carolina (Caro) Ruiz of Boston to its board of

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