Pioneer in surgery, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams dies, 1931

JLP councillor says no need for SOE in Kingston Central

JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) Councillor for the Rae Town Division, Rosalie Hamilton broke ranks with the party yesterday, publicly disagreeing with the imposition of a state of emergency (SOE) across the Kingston Central constituency as announced by Prime Minister

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Dancehall artiste Rygin King shot

The Gleaner understands the incident happened in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Birdman and Slim Williams of Cash Money Records Partner with New Orleans Mayor to Pay June Rents Amid Covid-19

According to Black Enterprise, Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams of Cash Money Records partnered with New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell to cover rent for the month of June for New Orleans residents living in low-income

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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS

Porsha Williams' Radical New Path To Activism Is In Her DNA

Porsha Williams is urging protesters from the Black Lives Matter movement to “keep

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

Graduation Memories of Yesteryear | The Crusader Newspaper Group

He described how the commencement speaker for the Stanford University class of 1975 was former New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan: “We were shocked and dismayed because Moynihan, within that decade, had made a name for himself by raising questions about the stability of single-parent, black

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Health Care Leaders Urge Patients to Resume Treatments Delayed by Covid-19

The drop in patients in the city was so drastic that the Milwaukee Health Care Partnership, a public/private group consisting of most of the area’s major health systems and community health centers, issued a warning statement on April

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Vanessa Williams is Making a Difference with Thousands of Black Mayors

Vanessa R. Williams has earned the description of the “glue that holds 650 African American mayors

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Source: The Florida Star

Man arrested because face recognition can’t tell Black people apart [VIDEO]

ACLU Calls on Lawmakers to Immediately Stop Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Technology

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams founded the Provident Hospital and Training School.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

May

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1891

Trinidad: Brothers stab each other to death

Dead are Kerron “Kayo” Prince, 34, of Olton Road, Arima; Christopher Williams, 26, and Gabriel Joseph, 30, both of Petit

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Milesplit USA gives Aggies class a grade of A-minus

N.C. A&T’s director of track and field programs announced the addition of four high school athletes and three

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Source: http://www.peacemakeronline.com

Virtual Townhall: Erasing the Opportunity Gap Created by COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic and the creation of emergency education has put parents, teachers, administrators, and community advocates in panic mode trying to figure out how to ensure the opportunity gap doesn’t exponentially widen for Black

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Alicia Keys Reveals Which Early 2000s Girl Group She Almost Joined

Alicia Keys has built a hugely successful career as a solo artist, but the Grammy Award-winning performer could have gone down a very different path had she remained a member of any of the three girl groups she joined early on, including one you may have heard

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

A Wrongfully Convicted Man Freed After 36 years is now an 'AGT' Favorite

Archie Williams spent 36 years in a Louisiana prison for a rape he

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Source: The Florida Star

Racist Cop Says Public Scrutiny Caused Him To Say Police Are Going To ‘Slaughter’ Black People | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The cops were identified as Michael Kevin Piner, Jesse E. Moore II and James

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

The True Plight of Black 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: Newsbusters | Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias

Black fathers in America deserve their own Hall of Fame | The Crusader Newspaper Group

How about every major city in the nation establishing a Black Fathers Hall of

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

KSAMC to clean over 100 drains

Detailing the programme, Kingston Mayor Delroy Williams said that the exercise would be undertaken in phases, targeting 51 critical coastal drains in communities across 13

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

One Of Basquiat’s Last Paintings, Victor 25448, Could Sell For More Than $10 Million

Source: Lee Jaffe / Getty

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

Film Review; The Last Tree.

Writer/director Shola Amoo’s semi-autobiographical portrait recaptures his experience as a foster child of African

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Pharrell Williams And Kenya Barris Are Producing A Juneteenth Musical For Netflix

Kenya Barris (Black-ish, BlackAF) and Pharrell Williams are reportedly in talks with Netflix to develop a feature-length musical about

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

Historic brain surgery - Woman sings through procedure at KPH as doctors remove tumour

When 49-year-old Marjorie Pearson went into surgery three weeks ago at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), it was not lost on her and the medical team that the high-risk brain procedure could go horribly

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Legendary Singer Deniece Williams Join Other Big Stars at NNPA Virtual Conference

Williams, whose transformed RB, pop, and gospel music over her extraordinary five-decade career, joins Stephanie Mills, Anthony Hamilton, Carlos Santana, and Salt-N-Pepa in a star-studded lineup of musical talent appearing at the first virtual conference in the 193-year history of the Black Press

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Fabolous Tried To Explain Why Both Ashanti And Tamia Sing “So Into You” And Got It All Wrong

Last night, New York bred rappers Fabolous and Jadakiss went head to head against one another in a Verzuz

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Source: MadameNoire

Beyoncé Reportedly In Talks with Disney for $100 Million Deal

The Sun reports the former Destiny’s Child member is in negotiations with Disney to be involved with three of the brand’s projects in a deal worth $100

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Thurman, Wallace (1902-1934)

Wallace Thurman was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 16, 1902 to Beulah and Oscar Thurman. He was reared by his maternal grandmother, Emma Jackson, who was among the founders of Calvary Baptist Missionary Church—the first black church in Utah. Young Thurman lived for a time in

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Source: Black Past

Dec

22

1934

COVID Corner

COUNTY REPORTS As of Tuesday afternoon, the B. Lamar Murray Public Health Center reported a cumulative total of 118 positive COVID-19 cases. Of those, six have resulted in death. Gina Richardson, county nurse manager, said there is currently just one active case of the virus here. The map on the

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Source: The True Citizen

Two men listed as persons of interest by St Elizabeth police

The St Elizabeth Police have listed two men as persons of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Dallas Protester Loses His Left Eye and Several Teeth After Being Shot By Police

Nationwide — Brandon Saenz, a 26-year old unarmed Black man from Dallas, Texas, says that he was at a protest against police brutality when he was shot by a police officer who was allegedly using a sponge

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Source: http://www.blacknews.com

Local man behind Enviyon Entertainment celebrates 10-year anniversary | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Romel Williams, the founder of Enviyon Entertainment, a studio that offers recording, mixing and visual services, shared with the Crusader the early trials and triumphs around his entertainment

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

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