STETHS suspends face-to-face classes

State agents, political operatives inseparable in St Mary COVID-19 relief - Mayne says Bull Bay, Corn Piece quarantine lessons learnt; Alexis says first six days of lockdown illegal

Government agencies, non-profit organisations and political operatives were inseparable in communities under COVID-19 lockdown last Thursday as The Sunday Gleaner toured the area, but South East St Mary Member of Parliament Dr Norman Dunn has insisted that his bee-like presence was purely

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Black Soldiers in the Civil War | National Archives

The issues of emancipation and military service were intertwined from the onset of the Civil War. News from Fort Sumter set off a rush by free black men to enlist in U.S. military units. They wereturned away, however, because a Federal law dating from 1792 barred Negroes from bearing arms for the

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Source: Archives Library Information Center (ALIC)

Jul

17

1862

Marcelle Fenton, the force unmatched (Part I)

While children from other households would eagerly welcome toys as gifts, Fenton and her siblings were excited to be gifted with

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

DPP hails ruling in historic fraud case

THE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has hailed the verdict in the Manchester Municipal Corporation (MMC) multimillion-dollar fraud case as a victory for public interest and

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Sex inhibitors

She comes home from a long day at work, then has to prepare food for the kids and spend quality time with them, then do stuff around the house, then prepare them for the next day… and then she's expected to be sexy, willing, and able for her man after all

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

Three children, three doctorates - Jamaican parents credits the help from God for their children’s achievements

Oral and Ornell Christie are two beaming parents today as their three children – Omari, Malikah and Kofi - have all graduated with doctorates, either in the medical or engineering

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Mucheru reappoints Yearbook editorial board CEO

ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has reappointed Edward Mwasi chief executive officer Kenya Yearbook Editorial Board for another

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

Welters, Beatrice W. (1951- )

On March 10, 2010, Beatrice Wilkinson Welters was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, having been named to that post by President Barack Obama. Prior to that, she was a philanthropist and senior employee of IBM, where she worked from 1977 to

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Source: Black Past

Mar

10

2010

‘Our resources have dried up’ - Jamaicans in US finding it harder to send remittances home as pandemic grips country

Barton has an ailing 88-year old mother living in central Jamaica and several siblings who she tries to assist by sending remittances home on a regular

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Urban League of Louisiana During COVID-19: We Don’t Pause, We PIVOT!

ULLA’s 2020 Census Campaign strategy quickly adjusted canvassing and face-to-face events, pivoting to virtual

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

Abrahams, Peter (1919-- )

Twentieth century African novelist and journalist Peter Henry Abrahams was born in Vrededorp (near Johannesburg), South Africa, on March 19, 1919. Abrahams’ father, James Henry Abrahams Deras was the son of former Ethiopian landowners who had taken him across Europe before settling in South

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Source: Black Past

Mar

19

1919

Benjamin Thornton

In 1935, Benjamin Thornton created a device that could be attached to a telephone and could be set to record a voice message from a caller. By utilizing a clock attachment, the machine could also forward the messages as well as keep track of the time they were

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Source: Black History Resources

Mar

28

2016

Claude McKay

Claude McKay , (born September 15, 1889, Nairne Castle, Jamaica, British West Indies—died May 22, 1948, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.), Jamaican-born poet and novelist whose Home to Harlem (1928) was the most popular novel written by an American black to that time. Before going to the U.S. in 1912, he

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Source: Brittanica

May

22

1948

McKay, Claude (1889-1948) - Birthday

Harlem Renaissance writer Festus Claudius McKay was born on September 15, 1889, in Sunny Ville, in the Clarendon Hills of Jamaica, to peasant farmers Hannah Ann Elizabeth Edwards and Thomas Frank McKay.

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Source: Black Past

Sep

15

1889

Gerald Alston

ABOUT ME

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Source: geraldalstonmusic

#JamaicaTogether Promo | Ras Ajai

Jamaica, together is the only way we can fight this COVID-19 problem. Jamaica, together, let us do it.

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Rowan, Carl T. (1925–2000)

Rowan was born August 11, 1925, in the mining town of Ravenscroft, Tennessee. When he was a baby his family moved to McMinnville, Tennessee, because his parents thought its lumberyards offered more opportunity. His father, Thomas, stacked lumber for construction, and his mother, Johnnie, cleaned

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Source: Black Past

Sep

23

2000

Virus-free Eritrea starts random, extensive testing

May 17: Random, extensive testing starts in Asmara, border towns

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Jamaicans praise treatment at quarantine facility

ST ANN — Comfortable rooms, on time meals, lots of food, pleasant and professional staff, are some of the descriptions repeated by individuals quarantined at the Jewels Paradise Cove Hotel in this north eastern Jamaica

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

Cooper, J. Gary (1936– )

J. Gary Cooper, military, government, and business leader, was appointed United States Ambassador to Jamaica by President Bill Clinton in 1994. He was the first African American to occupy the position. Prior to his appointment, he had a distinguished military

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Source: Black Past

Oct

2

1936

Chef Kwame Onwuachi's Ultimate Quarantine Food & Drink Pairing

James Beard award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi is spending his time in quarantine cooking up some of his go-to comfort foods and helping us all create a perfect food and cocktail pairing while we’re

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

(1964) Lyndon B. Johnson, “Radio and Television Address at the Signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act"

The Civil Rights Act is considered by many historians as one of the most important measures enacted by the U.S. Congress in the 20th Century. President Lyndon B. Johnson led the national effort to pass the Act. On July 2, 1964 he gave a televised address to the nation after signing the

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Source: Black Past

Jul

2

1964

Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891[1] [2] – January 28, 1960) was an African-American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist known for her contributions to African-American literature, her portrayal of racial struggles in the American South, and works documenting her research

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Jan

7

1891

Grace Jones, born

Eccentric model and singer Grace Jones born in Spanishtown, Jamaica

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Source: Blackfacts.com

May

19

1948

Sarah Goode

Sarah E. Goode was the owner of a furniture store in Chicago, Illinois. Her claim to fame is that she was the first Black Woman to receive

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Source: Black History Resources

Jul

14

1885

Uganda: Total-Tullow Oil Sales Deal Awaits Cabinet Approval

Last month's French oil giant Total E&P acquisition of Anglo-Irish Tullow assets awaits Cabinet approval before it can be endorsed by government, the Ministry of Energy has

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Source: allAfrica.com

Media mogul Oliver Clarke dies at 75

Oliver Frederick Clarke, the media mogul who stood at the helm of The Gleaner as chairman and managing director for more than four decades, has

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Ministers, PSs in panic as axe looms

The stage is set for the formation of a government of national unity as President Uhuru Kenyatta races against time to implement his legacy projects — the Big Four

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

Al Mohler, Southern Baptist leader, says he was ‘stupid’ to defend slavery in 1998 CNN interview

(RNS) — In December of 2018, Albert Mohler, longtime president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, released a report detailing and denouncing the school’s legacy “in the horrifying realities of American slavery, Jim Crow segregation, racism, and even the avowal of white racial

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

Students finding ways to overcome COVID-19 mental stress - Expert suggests structured activities to limit negative impact of social distancing

Since schools were closed on March 13, three days after the first case of the deadly coronavirus was confirmed in the island, many students have complained of challenges coping with the quarantine measures even as the institutions transition into virtual delivery of

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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