Taylor Swift, Christina Aguilera, Patti LaBelle among inspiring women from Pennsylvania - African American News Today - EIN News
Bells and liberty in the Keystone State go together like the Pennsylvania Dutch delicacy pork and sauerkraut.The ringing of the Old State House Bell in Philadelphia, better known as the Liberty Bell, marked America’s quest for independence in the Revolutionary War.So, it was right and fitting that
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Stay in Hope and Faith as Summer Ends, Elections Loom
… Jr. She is director of African-American outreach for Priests for Life …
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Trump Administration Ramps Up Efforts to Dismantle Post Office - Black News Channel
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent President Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to dismantle the United States Postal Service or revamp the agency in a way that has angered Democrats and others who said it’s a tactic to prevent mail-in voting for the upcoming
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State of Texas: ‘I never heard from anyone’ – unemployed struggle to get help from Texas Workforce Commission - African American News Today - EIN News
AUSTIN (Nexstar) – When we rolled into the Carver Library parking lot on Aug. 5 to interview Ashley Green, she’d just celebrated the four-month anniversary of filing her unemployment claim. The five-month anniversary of that filing is coming quickly. “I applied March 29th,” Green said as she pulled
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The origins of our Black physicians
… . Fraternal organizations were important to Black Americans, not only for their social …
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Call for crime solution | New York Carib News
The President of Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in the central parish of Manchester, Dr. Lincoln Edwards says a solution needs to be found to the country’s crime problem.
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Little Known Black History Fact: The Women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
On January 13, 1913 on the campus of Howard University, 22 female students founded Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
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Beyoncé's Message to America: "Vote Like Your Life Depends on It" | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "You're proving to our ancestors that their struggles were not in vain,” Beyoncé said as she accepted the award, adding, “I’m encouraging you to continue to take action, continue to change and dismantle a racist and unequal system. We have to vote like our life depends on
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Frederica Chase Dodd
DODD, FREDERICA CHASE (1893–1972). Frederica Chase Dodd, renowned Dallas teacher and social worker, was born on November 3, 1893, to Frederic and Fannie Chase in Dallas, Texas. Frederic Chase was a successful attorney in Dallas, and Fannie was a teacher. Frederica graduated from Dallas Colored
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Los Angeles mayor wants DIY coronavirus kit - TheGrio
Los Angeles mayor, Eric Garcetti, is promoting the concept of low-cost, do-it-yourself (DIY) coronavirus kits. Garcetti has teamed up with... View Article The post Los Angeles mayor wants DIY coronavirus kit appeared first on TheGrio.
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The Honorable Founders of  Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc
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Robert Harold Ogle
Robert Harold Ogle entered the career secretarial field and had the unique privilege of serving as a professional staff member to the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations. He was an Afr…
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Black Victims of U-Michigan doc Seek Equity in Settlements – Dallas Post Tribune
NOVI, Mich. (AP) — Dozens of Black former University of Michigan student-athletes who claim they were abused by a sports doctor at the school asked Wednesday to be treated fairly as the university settles hundreds of lawsuits expected to cost the institution millions of dollars. They're demanding
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Taller cubicles, one-way aisles: Office workers must adjust - Black News Channel
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bergmeyer, a design firm in Boston, has erected higher cubicles, told employees to wear masks when not at their desks and set up one-way aisles in the office that force people to walk the long way around to get to the kitchen or the bathroom. 'The
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Marguerite Young Alexander
Marguerite Young AlexanderBornMarch 1, 1889Springfield, Illinois, USADiedDecember 3, 1954(1954-12-03) (aged 65)Chicago, Illinois, USANationalityAmericanAlma mater
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Myra Davis Hemmings
The career of English and drama teacher Myra Davis Hemmings spanned more than 50 years, but she also logged achievements in theater and film.
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'See This Kinda Accurate': Riley Burruss Puts Mom Kandi's 'TV Voice' on Blast
It be your own kids! Riley Burruss held nothing back when she called out her superstar mom Kandi Burruss for using a different voice when she thinks
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USCIS staff furloughs will grind legal immigration to a halt | New York Carib News
The federal agency tasked with offering citizenship, green cards and visas to immigrants is planning to furlough about two-thirds of its workers at the end of the month after Congress failed to reach a deal on a coronavirus stimulus package.
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Vashti Turley Murphy
Vashti Turley MurphyBornLula Vashti TurleyFebruary 1884Washington, D.C.DiedMarch 17, 1960BaltimoreNationality
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George Kelley
George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization s founders…
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Trump Administration Ramps Up Efforts to Dismantle Post Office | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
President Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to dismantle the United States Postal Service or revamp the agency in a way that has angered Democrats and others who said it’s a tactic to prevent mail-in voting for the upcoming election. The CARES Act passed in April authorized the postal
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Movement Starts For LeBron James To Speak At The Democratic National Convention
There is a budding movement calling for LeBron James to be included among the slate of speakers scheduled to take part in the Democratic National Convention.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Service to All Mankind Since 1908
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Why Mass Incarceration Is Looming as a Campaign Issue: QuickTake - African American News Today - EIN News
America has long had more prison inmates than any other nation. This phenomenon, which has been given the name of mass incarceration, has the potential to be an issue in this year’s presidential campaign. President Donald Trump can point to a bipartisan 2018 measure he signed that shortened some
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Trump Administration Ramps Up Efforts to Dismantle Post Office | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “They have withheld that money. They have broken the law,” Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass told BlackPressUSA during a livestream interview last month. Other Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), and Rep. Hank Johnson
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Comrades block road on Gammon - JLP pick says threatened with stick in Havana Heights by PNP supporters
Olivia Brown/Gleaner Writer Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) presumptive candidate for Clarendon South Western, Kent Gammon, has lambasted People’s National Party (PNP) supporters who reportedly blocked a road and denied him entry to their community on...
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Trinidad & Tobago Elections Caribbean Democracy at Work | New York Carib News
The Caribbean region, a collection of small island states, has demonstrated over the decades, a real sense of democracy at work.  There are heated political debates, strong feelings on each side, and usually good citizens participation in generally free and fair elections.
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The Honorable Founders of  Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc
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A Brief History of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. – Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Since it’s founding on December 4, 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has supplied voice and vision to the struggle of African-Americans and people of color around the world.
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