Naomi Osaka wears Breonna Taylor mask to match after protest

Can Joe Biden Win? The Jury is Out

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Former Vice President Joe Biden has the most delegates going into this summer’s Democratic Convention and is the presumptive nominee for

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

NABJ Caught with Their Hand in the Proverbial Chinese Cookie Jar.

(ThyBlackMan.com) The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has once again shown their liberal bias and lack of

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was a former slave who became one of the great American anti-slavery leaders of the 1800s. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland but in 1838, at age 20, he escaped to freedom in New York. A few years later he went to work for abolitionist William Lloyd

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Fauci Warns: More Death, Econ Damage If US Reopens Too Fast | Afro

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Black Women Inventor

Dr. Patricia E. Bath of Los Angeles, a renowned ophthalmologist and Black woman, patented (1988) an apparatus that efficiently removes cataracts by using laser technology.

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May

17

1988

How to put on and take off a face mask

Nurse Charmaine O'Reilly, the in-service education officer at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), is responsible for training more than 800 hospital staff who are at the forefront of the COVID-19 fight, in the donning and doffing of personal protective equipment, including

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Dire conditions at the Diamond Hospital isolation facility

Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Karen Gordon-Boyle in the COVID-19 Daily Update of May 14 described the conditions at the quarantine and isolation

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

DOJ Is Investigating Ahmaud Arbery’s Death As A Possible Hate Crime | Florida Sentinel Bulletin

The Department of Justice is investigating the killing of Ahmaud Arbery as a possible federal hate crime, authorities said Monday.It comes after officials in Georgia last week arrested and charged two white men with murder after they followed and fatally shot the 25-year-old black man as he was

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Source: Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Meet the clergy who won’t stop in-person preaching during COVID-19 | Afro

Dozens of Christian conservative activists and clergy members defied Virginia’s stay-at-home order and gathered Saturday for a “Pray for VA, Pray for USA

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Martin Luther King Jr

Martin Luther King Jr. stabbed in chest by a deranged Black woman while he was autographing books in a Harlem department store. Woman was placed under mental observation.

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Sep

20

1958

Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson was a tennis player and later professional golfer who became the first African American woman to cross the racial barrier and compete professionally in both sports. She was born on August 25, 1927 in South Carolina. Her family was under severe financial duress due to the Great

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Source: Black History Resources

Sep

28

2003

Harris, Patricia Roberts (1924-1985)

Patricia Roberts Harris was born on May 31, 1924 in Mattoon, Illinois. She excelled academically and received a scholarship to Howard University. During her time at Howard, Roberts was elected Phi Beta Kappa and graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1945. While she was in college Roberts participated in

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Source: Black Past

Mar

23

1985

(1893) Anna Julia Cooper, “ Women's Cause is One and Universal”

On May 18, 1893, Anna Julia Cooper delivered an address at the Worlds Congress of Representative Women then meeting in Chicago. Cooper’s speech to this predominately white audience described the progress of African American women since slavery. Cooper in many ways epitomized that progress. Born

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Source: Black Past

May

18

1893

Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough President

Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president, the highest elective office held by a Black woman in a major American city.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Feb

23

1965

Grammy Award-Winning Singer / Songwriter NE-YO Releases New Single "She Knows" Featuring Juicy J

NE-YO’s brand new single “She Knows” featuring Juicy J is now available on iTunes and all digital retailers via Motown

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Two Kenyan medics stranded in India

Two Kenyan doctors, who had travelled to India to visit their family, are stranded after they were forced to give up their seats to the sick on a Kenya Airways flight last

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

Jackie Joyner-Kersee Picture Gallery

Jackie Joyner-Kersee, track and field champion who competed and won medals in four Olympic Games, is considered by many to be the best all-around female athlete in the

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Source: ThoughtCo

Apr

25

2007

Munya allows 2 months of low-duty Mexico maize import

Munya now allows 2 months of low-duty Mexico maize import

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Source: Business Daily

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods is an American golfer and one of the most successful and highly paid golfers of all time with a record streak of 264 weeks as the highest ranked player. He was born Eldrick Tont Woods on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California to Earl and Kultida Woods and nicknamed

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Source: Black History Resources

Dec

30

1975

Ethiopia coronavirus: 306 cases, how about 100 cases hit in a week

May 16: Cases pass 300 mark

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Nigeria coronavirus: 5,445 cases, govt explains returnees quarantine bills

May 16: 5,445 cases, govt on evacuees expenses

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Kenya reports 49 new Covid-19 cases - VIDEO

The number of Covid-19 cases in the country has risen to 830 after 49 more people tested positive, President Uhuru Kenyatta has

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Source: The East African

WHY HOLDING BIDEN HOSTAGE TO BLACK FEMALE VP PICK COULD BACKFIRE | Black Star News

Seven prominent Black women activists have made a strong case, and a bit of stir, in a Washington Post Op-Ed, "Biden Still Needs Black

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Source: Black Star News | Black Star News

Ethiopia coronavirus: 261 cases, president calls for global solidarity

May 10: 239 cases, Abiy appreciates US support

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Alice Childress

Alice Childress , (born Oct. 12, 1916, Charleston, S.C., U.S.—died Aug. 14, 1994, New York, N.Y.), American playwright, novelist, and actress, known for realistic stories that posited the enduring optimism of black

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East Africa: Death and Destruction as Floods Rain Havoc Across East Africa

Already, Lake Victoria, which is shared by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, has hit the highest water levels in over 50 years, at 13.45 metres, causing widespread flooding in many

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Source: allAfrica.com

Republicans are wimping out again on Donald Trump | The Atlanta Voice

Former Vice President Joe Biden has said, as recently as last month, that “we may have to do a virtual convention” due to concerns about the spread of

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Famous Gay People of Color

When CNN anchor Don Lemon came out as gay, he was applauded for being one of a handful of openly gay black celebrities. Lemon’s decision to come out sparked debate about why other famous gay minorities remain in the closet. Yet, the list of famous gay people of color who’ve come out is growing. In

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Source: ThoughtCo

Mar

29

2010

Sports Icons And Influencers Come Together To Support The Jesse Owens Foundation

NFL athlete and humanitarian Victor Cruz, New York Giants’ Brandon Marshall and Olympian Herbert P. Douglas Jr. celebrate Serena Williams and posthumously honor Muhammad Ali at the 2017 Jesse Owens Awards Gala

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TIAA Virtual Commencement Celebrates Difference Makers

As a part of the efforrt to uplift the community, TIAA celebrated individuals who are committed to making a positive impact on society and on the lives of others who they consider to be next generation of difference-makers last week during their virtual commencement in partnership with Facebook and

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