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Sir Henry Fraser leads the 2020 Carifest Virtual Summit in Celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month

In celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month, Charleston Carifest explores the birth of Charleston and its 350 year link to the Caribbean via the Barbados Carolina

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

US Republicans could be key to resuscitating Caribbean tourism

As Caribbean tourism rebounds, marketers are looking to Republican-leaning Americans to be among the first set of visitors to return to the region’s shores based on an in-depth social sentiment data

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Relief for furloughed J’can workers in South Florida

Jamaican and other Caribbean workers employed to non-essential retail chains in South Florida are breathing a collective sigh of relief after a number of stores at which they work reopened their doors after weeks of closure due to the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Haitian-American Legislator Condemns 'Egregious, Inhumane' Treatment By NYPD | New York Carib News

A Haitian-American legislator has strongly condemned what she describes as the “egregious and inhumane” treatment meted out to a 33-year-old Black man during a New York Police Department (NYPD) enforcement of the social distancing mandate of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic last

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Source: The New York Carib News

Twelve new COVID-19 cases reported in Region One

Chief Medical Officer Dr Shamdeo Persaud today reported 12 new cases of the Coronavirus in Region

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Logan, Rayford W. (1897-1982)

Leading 20th Century black historian Rayford Whittingham Logan was born on January 7, 1897 in Washington, D.C. to working class parents, Arthur C. and Martha Whittingham Logan. Rayford Logan spent his formative years in Washington, D.C. While in high school, he was taught by Carter

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Source: Black Past

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4

1982

Davis, Paulina Wright

Davis, Paulina Wright | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

No more nightmares for Jamaican DREAMers - 3,000 with roots to island no longer in limbo

Approximately 3,000 Jamaicans who are beneficiaries of the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday after the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Donald Trump administration cannot end the programme that was instituted by executive order by then

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

cotton gin

cotton gin | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Farrakhan, Louis

Farrakhan, Louis | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Woods, Tiger

Woods, Tiger | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

NBA Players Discuss How Best to Impact Racism and the Systematic Oppression of Black People

Whether it’s the health concerns swirling around the Corona Virus, continuous attacks on the Black community across the country, or a combination of both, NBA Players are questioning how to properly assert their influence of power as well as ensure their voices impact change on our

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Christensen, Donna Marie (1945–)

Donna Marie Christian-Christensen, the non-voting delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands to the United States House of Representatives, was born in Teaneck, Monmouth Country, New Jersey on September 19, 1945 to the late Judge Almeric Christian and Virginia Sterling Christian. Christensen attended

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Source: Black Past

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1945

Grant, Bernie (1944–2000)

Born on the 17th of February 1944 in Georgetown, Guyana, Bernie Grant was elected to the British House of Commons in 1987 to serve as one of the country’s first black Members of Parliament (MPs). With a head teacher for a father and a teacher for a mother, Grant, the second of five children, was

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Source: Black Past

PM Gonsalves gives Windies tour of England his blessing

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chairman of the CARICOM sub-committee on cricket, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has thrown his support behind the West Indies’ proposed tour of England once all the risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic are

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Stewarts aren’t racists, says JHTA’s Robinson

Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association President Omar Robinson has lambasted critics who have launched a social-media campaign targeting Sandals hotel moguls Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart and his son

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

What's Going On | New York Carib News

AMERICA’S OTHER PLAGUE

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Source: The New York Carib News

Beaton donates food hampers in Essequibo

Out-of-favour West Indies fast-bowler Ronsford Beaton has joined a list of people on the Essequibo Coast sharing out food hampers during this time of uncertainty owing to the COVID-19

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Africa: AU Special Envoy Speaks On the Importance of Testing

#Why we need Testing, Tracing, and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Two U.K. Companies Apologize, Pledge Donations Over Slavery Legacies

Two U.K. companies — insurer Lloyd's of London and pub chain Greene King —are apologizing and pledging charity donations after research publicized how founders had benefited from the slave

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Source: Stories About Black History

FirstCaribbean reports big loss due to COVID

(Jamaica Gleaner) CIBC First Caribbean Interna-tional Bank, which operates in Jamaica and throughout the region, recorded a net loss of US$110 million for the April second quarter, due to the impact of COVID-19 on its

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

King, Coretta Scott

King, Coretta Scott | FactMonster

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The Pan-African Congresses, 1900-1945

Pan-Africanist ideals emerged in the late nineteenth century in response to European colonization and exploitation of the African continent. Pan-Africanist philosophy held that slavery and colonialism depended on and encouraged negative, unfounded categorizations of the race, culture, and values of

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Source: Black Past

Set a date

The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) yesterday called on the Government to give the nation a clear indication of the reopening timeline for the country's borders and the resumption of both local and international

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

Ola Rotimi

Rotimi was born to an Ijaw mother and a Yoruba father, and cultural diversity was a frequent theme in his work. Educated in Nigeria in Port Harcourt and Lagos, he traveled to the United States in 1959 to study at Boston University. After receiving a B.A. in fine arts in 1963, he attended the Yale

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Source: Brittanica

Guyana to benefit from UK COVID-19 aid to PAHO

Washington D.C., May 22, 2020 (PAHO)— The United Kingdom has agreed to contribute 3 million Pounds (USD $3.8 m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte , byname of Harold George Belafonte, Jr. (born March 1, 1927, New York City, New York, U.S.), American singer, actor, producer, and activist who was a key figure in the folk music scene of the 1950s, especially known for popularizing the Caribbean folk songs known as calypsos. He

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Source: Brittanica

Mar

1

1927

Howard University

Howard University | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte is an eminent African-American figure in the American entertainment industry. He is a notable singer, lyricist, actor and social activist. Belafonte came to international stardom as “King of Calypso” for his popular Caribbean musical style. He is famous for his

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Source: Black History Resources

Mar

1

1927

Angola Spends Over Akz 1billion On Scholarships

This information was provided last Monday by the minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Maria do Rosário Sambo, during a meeting with deputies of the 3rd commission of the National Assembly that served to analyze the situation of external scholarship

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Source: allAfrica.com

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