Nigeria: Criticisms As Fani-Kayode Labels Kamala Harris 'Jezebel'

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Feb

20

1874

Lewis, John R. (1940- )

John Lewis was born in Troy, Alabama on February 21, 1940. In 1961 he received a B.A. from American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1967 he received an additional B.A. from Fisk University located in

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Feb

21

1940

Georgia (Finally) Passes a Hate Crime Bill - The New York Beacon

Georgia’s lack of any kind of law to prosecute hate crimes came under renewed scrutiny following the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in March. After years of failed legislation, the state has finally passed a bill that will allow the prosecution of hate crimes. CBS

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Trump promises a 'generous' second stimulus package

U.S. President Donald Trump the week the House of Representatives passed the latest economic stimulus package that was passed earlier in the week by the U.S. Senate giving roughly 484 billion to restart a small business loan program and give more money for health care providers and virus

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Virtual event on ACA in Milwaukee

U.S. California Senator Kamala Harris will join Jill Biden, wife of presumptive Democratic nominee, Vice President Joe Biden; and state Rep. Robyn Vining for a virtual Affordable Care Act (ACA) event in Milwaukee Friday, June

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

First U.S. Senator since Reconstruction

In 1962 Edward W. Brooke, a Boston attorney, became the first African-American to be elected Attorney General for the Commonwealth. Two year later, in 1964, he became the first African-American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Republicans helping Kanye West secure spot on 2020 ballot - TheGrio

Is the Republican party trying to keep Kanye West on the ballot this November to skew votes away from Joe... View

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Forty-sixth Congress Convened

Forty-sixth Congress (1879-1881) convened. One U.S. Senator: Blanche K. Bruce, Mississippi.

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Mar

18

1879

Mississippi Takes First Step To Replace Its Confederate State Flag

The state's Republican governor has said he would approve a measure to remove the racist symbol.

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Analysis: This is the most surprising result of the 2020 election - L.A. Focus Newspaper

But the biggest surprise of the 2020 election wasn't Trump, who, as Wednesday wore The post Analysis: This is the most surprising result of the 2020 election appeared first on L.A. Focus Newspaper.

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Report: Democrats to boycott Amy Coney Barrett committee vote - TheGrio

Amy Coney Barrett will likely make it to the Supreme Court as the Republicans have the simple majority and the... View Article The post Report: Democrats to boycott Amy Coney Barrett committee vote appeared first on TheGrio.

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Rift Valley leaders divided over Uhuru, Ruto war

A section of Jubilee Party senators and MPs from the Rift Valley — Deputy President William Ruto’s political bastion — are divided over the ruling party’s purge, which has seen some of the DP’s key allies kicked out of plum leadership

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Ohio Senator Breaks Down During Session Due to Racism

Source: Ohio Senate / Ohio Senate

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Rosario Dawson Gushes About Moving To Newark With Cory Booker: “It’s Time”

In fact, things are going so well that the Seven Pounds actress has plans of moving in with the United States Senator in Newark, New Jersey once the coronavirus pandemic dies

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Amy Klobuchar Didn't Prosecute Cop Involved In George Floyd's Death

KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Amy Klobuchar, who is currently being vetted as a potential candidate to be Joe Biden’s vice president in the 2020 elections, is facing increased scrutiny in the anger and frustration over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Tighten screws on Zim US$7m COVID-19 grant: US

United States senator Jim Risch has called on the World Bank (WB) to impose stricter accountability measures for a US$7 million grant extended to Zimbabwe to support the COVID-19

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

We can’t let this moment pass | New Pittsburgh Courier

(NNPA)—This week, I convened a bipartisan group of Senators to read aloud Martin Luther King Jr.’s “A Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” This was the second year I’ve done this, and I hope to make it an annual tradition. I was struck by the thought of Dr. King in a small, dirty jail cell writing

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Senate approves revocation of SOEs

THE Senate yesterday approved the revocation of the states of public emergency following similar action by the Lower House on Tuesday.However, Government Senator Kamina Johnson Smith said she was disappointed with the position taken by Opposition senators in the debate on the revocation of the

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Matthews, William Dominick (ca. 1833-ca. 1910)

William Dominick Matthews was a Civil War officer in the Union Army and is best known for leading the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry. Matthews was born a free man in October 25th, 1827, on the eastern shore of Maryland to parents who were interracially married. His father Joseph was

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Oct

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1862

BlackMenVoting.com Claims Victory In Biden/Harris Campaign - Milwaukee Community Journal

LOS ANGELES – The leadership of Los Angeles-based BlackMenVoting.com, a political action committee with a mission to get Black men to the polls to vote for the Biden/Harris ticket announced victory today. “We succeeded in doing our part to get Black men to the polls to vote for

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

‘She’s from Oakland!’ Photos capture Bay Area celebrations of Biden-Harris win - Black Voice News

In the corner of California where Vice President-elect Kamala Harris grew up and launched her political career, residents cheered, danced, honked horns, donned American flags and popped champagne to celebrate the Democratic ticket’s victory over President Donald Trump. As the news broke early

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Filibuster in U.S. Senate killed FEPC bill

Filibuster in U.S. Senate killed FEPC bill.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Feb

7

1946

GOP Senate report on Biden son alleges conflict of interest - Black News Channel

By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Republican-led Senate committees issued a politically charged report Wednesday alleging that the work Joe Biden's son did in Ukraine constituted a conflict of interest for the Obama administration at a time when Biden was

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Mississippi seeing big virus outbreak in state legislature - Black News Channel

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Packed elevators and crowded committee rooms. Legislators sitting shoulder-to-shoulder on the House and Senate floor. People standing close to each other and talking, sometimes leaning in to whisper, without a mask in sight. Those were

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Booker, Cory (1969- ) - Death

On December 20, 2012 Booker became a candidate for the United States Senate seat to succeed Senator Frank Lautenberg who had died in office on June 3, 2012.

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Jun

3

2012

Mrvan wins Democratic race in bid to succeed Visclosky | The Crusader Newspaper Group

North Township Trustee Frank J. Mvran emerged victorious in Indiana’s Primary, beating a crowded field of 14 Democratic candidates seeking to replace longtime Congressman Pete Visclosky in the First Congressional District in the U.S. House of

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Collins ready to make the move from House to Senate - African American News Today - EIN News

… population, but especially among African Americans and Hispanic groups. … community leaders in our African American communities, our Hispanic communities … to send our African American sons out into … , whether they’re African-American mothers who are sending …

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Toomer, Jean (1894-1967)

Jean Toomer was born into an elite black family in Washington, D.C. in 1894. Abandoned by his father as a newborn and losing his mother to appendicitis as a teenager, Toomer spent his formative years in the home of his grandparents, P.B.S. and Nina Pinchback. P.B.S. Pinchback served as a state

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Senate Extends Small Business COVID-19 Relief Program - Black News Channel

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press/ BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats drove a temporary extension of a popular subsidy program for small businesses through the GOP-controlled Senate late Tuesday, an unexpected development that came as spikes in coronavirus cases in many states are causing

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

US senators call on Granger to concede and for transition of power to begin

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, as well as Ben Cardin (D-MD) to also express concern at “questionable” manoeuvres to delay a final declaration of

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