Stokes, Carl B. (1927-1996)

Assembly member Jose Medina Calls for Councilman Chuck Condor’s Resignation

When Riverside City Council member Chuck Condor retweeted a meme showing three Black men–one a police officer, one dressed in a business suit, possibly meant to depict an attorney, and a young Black man, intimating visually the probability he was a criminal—there was little doubt regarding

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Kenya: Why Habida is Scared She Might Have Breast Cancer

Kenyan songstress Habida Maloney on Wednesday revealed that she is scared she may have breast cancer after finding a lump in one of her

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THREE MUSIC LEGENDS –

His passing followed the May 6 passing of music executive Andre Harrell, who succumbed to heart failure at age

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Source: Florida Courier

'Von's Lucky': Fans Crush Over Trina Braxton's Wedding Gown Pic

Trina Braxton walked down the aisle for the second time in December

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Largest Study of Prostate Cancer Genomics in Black Americans ids Targets for Therapies - African American News Today - EIN News

outcomes or to prevent Black Americans from benefiting from One in every six Black Americans will be diagnosed with prostate cancer tumors in Black Americans compared to European Americans, ;s outsize burden among Black Americans. Previous studies have

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The South Has Some Of The Nation’s Dirtiest Electricity. Now It’s Seeing A Coronavirus Uptick.

Yet the region remains far behind the rest of the country on even the most basic policies to lower climate-changing emissions, according to research published Tuesday by the Southern Economic Advancement Project, a nonprofit founded by Stacey Abrams, a former Democratic candidate for Georgia

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M. Lisa Bowie-Moon, 56, Skyline Graduate Passes With No Regrets for Her Life | Post News Group

Lisa met her future husband, Michael A. Bowie on July

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Fellow Black Americans Get your Passport: Florida-Native Ernest White II breaks it Down – Free Press of Jacksonville

No matter how many languages I speak, how many countries I’ve been to, how many degrees I have, how many classes I’ve taught, how many non-black friends I have, I am part of the same pariah class as you, demonized because of my skin color and feared because of my potential – for violence as well as

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Chargers head coach helps build school in African nation

Education has always been important to Lynn, a 27-year football veteran who at the age of 49 re-enrolled in school, determined to obtain his

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Information on nursing home, residential facility clusters to be released Monday

In the last LDH report on the number of clusters, which consist of two or more cases at a single facility, there were 46 identified across the state — just over nine percent of the registered homes in the

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'Like a Boss': Rasheeda Frost Fans Go Wild Over Her 'Smokin' Hot Look

Rasheeda Frost is leaving fans stumped with her chic style and jaw-dropping

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Life Lines: What I learned from the first African American teacher I had | TBR News Media

Mr. Charles T. Davis would grade these and add his notes on how effective our themes

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Southern Company Gas donates $1 million to Morehouse School of Medicine for health equity

This contribution is a part of the $50 million commitment from Southern Company and its subsidiaries to historically black colleges and universities

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters dies at 69

(Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty

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Louis Stokes born

Louis Stokes, former mayor of Detroit, Michigan, and member of the US House of Representatives, was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Stokes was the first African American elected to the House from Ohio.

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Final day of public viewing for late Shahine Robinson

The public viewing of the casket of former Minister of Labour and Social Security, Shahine Robinson, ends today with members of the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Andrew Holness at Jamaica Labour Party headquarters in St

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Covid-19 could cancel 28 million surgeries

During the onset of the coronavirus in the country, elective surgeries across all government hospitals were suspended in March, forcing thousands of Kenyans in need of one or more of these scheduled surgeries to restore their lives to

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Scatman Crothers, the veteran of show business who was first black featured on Los Angeles TV

Even when Scatman Crothers was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1985, he continued to work on television; the cancer eventually spread to his esophagus and killed him on November 22, 1986 in Van

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‘It was thirst that killed him’ - Family cries foul over alleged neglect of cancer patient at Cornwall Regional Hospital

Martin, who lived in Cornwall Courts at the time of his death, had gone to the hospital for cancer treatment, only to die after reportedly being neglected by the medical staff over several days, his family is

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

NDG Book Review: The Business of Lovers

You can’t keep doing this, don’t know how long you can keep your nose above water, and in the new book “The Business of Lovers” by Eric Jerome Dickey, you’ll do just about anything to make more

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A Tribute To Lorraine Hansberry's 'Les Blancs'

Yet 50 years later, Hansberry’s “Les Blancs” remains a radical testament to her global vision and

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Tributes to late MPs take Lower House sitting into late night

THE House of Representatives yesterday spent hours paying tribute to former Minister of Labour and Social Security Shahine Robinson, and former Education Minister Dr Neville Gallimore — both members of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) — who died late last

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Growth & Jobs | Use critical illness policies to assist with financial planning, advises Tomlinson

Tomlinson said the high cost of treatment associated with caring for persons with critical illnesses has impacted many families negatively, leaving many in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Bunting: PNP palace guards caused overblown response to letter

Central Manchester Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Bunting has suggested that individuals inside the People’s National Party (PNP) who consider themselves “palace guards” and not him should be blamed for the latest round of discord to rock the 81-year-old political

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Retired Immaculate Principal Sister Angella Harris dies

She passed away at 11 o’clock yesterday morning after a long fight with

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Africa: A24 Media Launches Yebo VoD Service Focused On History, Biography and African Discovery - Mobile Deals in the Offing

Two weeks ago pan-African TV content producer A24 Media launched its Yebo platform focused on history, biography and African

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‘Cobra’ released after serving sentence for 2010 pharmacy killing

Tyrone Rowe called ‘Cobra’ was yesterday released from prison after completing his sentence for the 2010 killing of Troy Collymore, who he shot after a robbery at a Plaisance, East Coast

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FDA finds contamination in several brands of diabetes drug

The Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that several batches of the drug metformin tested positive for unsafe levels of N-Nitrosodimethylamine, a possible cancer-causing chemical that can form as a manufacturing

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In his own words… Quotable quotes of Oliver Clarke

Here are some of the quotable quotes of Oliver

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

DCPS Elementary Graduates Celebrated for Academic Success During COVID-19.

(ThyBlackMan.com) William Jackson of My Quest to Teach and Aida Correa of Love Built Life are educators, business owners, STREAM activists that are honoring graduating 5th grade students from Crown Point Elementary School and Venetia Elementary School with academic awards and

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