The right to protest under threat in Britain

Tracy Morgan

Tracy Morgan is the black American comedian best known for his years on Saturday Night Live and for his role as the eccentric TV star in Tina Feys television series 30 Rock. A stand-up comedian since the early 1990s, Morgan got his break into television with the Martin Lawrence series, Martin. That

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Nation of Islam

Not to be confused with Islamic state or Islamic State of Iraq and the

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Anderson, Marian (1897-1993)

Marian Anderson, renowned contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th Century, was born on February 27, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anderson was the daughter of John Berkley Anderson, a small business owner, and Annie Delilah Rucker Anderson, a former Virginia

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After Chaos At Kentucky Polls, Senate Primary Race Remains Too Close to Call

Kentucky voters still don’t know the result of a very close election between two Democratic contenders to see who will challenge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the November

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Why The World Is More Worried Than Ever About A 2nd Wave | The Oklahoma Eagle

A fresh coronavirus outbreak in China, new cases in New Zealand and record infections in parts of the United States show that the pandemic is far from

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SPLC Action Fund: After Flag Vote, Mississippi Legislators Take Additional Steps to Help "Dismantle Vestiges of White Supremacy"

If Mississippi voters pass the amendment this fall, a future candidate for statewide office need only win the popular vote to be deemed the election

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Nigeria coronavirus: 24,567 cases, eased lockdown phase II extended

Confirmed cases = 24,567

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Voter suppression: The new poll tax

The Black vote is still important – as are the votes of other marginalized people who tend to vote Democratic – and for that reason, “the new poll tax,” voter suppression, is in full

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Black Residents Clean Minneapolis Streets As Another Form Of Peaceful Protest - Blavity

In light of recent events, many media sources have decided to cast a negative light over all Black protesters, mislabeling the crowds as rioters and

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As A Gun Violence Survivor, I Believe We Need Structural Reforms To Achieve True Progress And Change - Blavity

As a Black man in America, gun violence was something I had seen far too

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Hemphill, Essex (1957-1995)

Brash, bold, provocative, and edgy. These are just some of the many words that were used to describe the poet and performer Essex Hemphill who was known for his outspoken, direct, and often confrontational poems and articles. Hemphill was also unapologetic about his open homosexuality. The oldest

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(1861) Alexander H. Stephens, “Cornerstone Speech”

On March 21, 1861, after seven states had seceded from the United States, two weeks after the inauguration of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, but three weeks before the firing on Fort Sumter, Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens delivered what would be called the Cornerstone Speech in

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Threat of Brazil military coup unfounded, retired generals say

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Calls for Brazil’s military to close Congress and the Supreme Court have screamed from banners at marches attended by President Jair Bolsonaro in recent weeks, but retired generals and close observers of the armed forces call it empty

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OP-ED: Rep. Maxine Waters, 'Donald Trump is More Focused on Saving Statues of Slaveholders & Confederate Generals than Protecting Americans from the Coronavirus'

Over the past seven years, states and localities have reverted to discriminatory practices that restrict the voting rights of Black, Brown, Native, and Asian American people and have put up unnecessary roadblocks to the

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Nisha Ganatra, in focus

Since the release of her first feature film “Chutney Popcorn” in 1999, director Nisha Ganatra has been on a mission to place women, people of color, and the LGBTQIA+ community at the forefront of her film and television

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(1994) General Colin Powell Urges African American Students to Reject Racial Hatred

By 1994 Colin Powell, the son of a Jamaica-born Harlem merchant, had already served as National Security Adviser to President George Herbert Walker Bush and chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Persian Gulf War. He would become the first African American Secretary of State in 2001 under

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1994

Uganda: What Zedriga Brings On Board As Bobi Wine's Deputy

"Ours is not going to be the politics of praise and favour; it will be politics of a service, inclusiveness and humanity," Dr Lina Zedriga Waru Abuku said after being unveiled as People Power deputy principal by Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, last

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Karshan championed the Guyanese cause

I write to pay tribute to Arjune Karshan, longtime political activist who led the Association of Concerned Guyanese (ACG), NY branch, that is affiliated with the PPP, for many

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Black Museums From Coast to Coast Collaborate to Launch BlkFreedom.org

The Platform Launch Commemorated the 155th Anniversary of Juneteenth

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Morocco

Morocco | FactMonster

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Geography of Jamaica

Population: 2,847,232 (July 2010

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Nigeria: 10 Years After UNEP Report, Ogoniland Remains Heavily Contaminated - Report

Nearly 10 years after a clean-up was urged for areas polluted by Shell and other oil companies in the Niger Delta, work has begun on only 11 per cent of planned sites while vast areas remain heavily contaminated, according to a new investigation by four

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Tina Knowles-Lawson, Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Mothers of the Movement Urge Senate to Pass HEROES Act – Free Press of Jacksonville

Over the past seven years, states and localities have reverted to discriminatory practices that restrict the voting rights of Black, Brown, Native, and Asian American people and have put up unnecessary roadblocks to the

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Police Reform, Etc.

One of the first things I heard from Senator Tim Scott, the only Black Republican Senator, was a plan for a study of 18

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Katherine G. Johnson is born

Katherine G. Johnson, Born August 26, 1918. died February 24, 2020, worked for NASA with the tracking teams of manned and unmanned orbital missions. Ms. Johnson was an Aerospace Technologist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. Trained

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1918

The ‘Mis-education of the Negro’ remains in full effect today

We have been overwhelmed with support from the community in response to my last editorial in regard to the backlash received on the decision to remove two racist statues in Houston public areas, and place one of them — The Spirit of The Confederacy – in the Houston Museum of African American

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Congrats for upholding democracy

Congrats all who maintained vigilance and security over the

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Rep. Maxine Waters Keynotes California Statewide Black Graduation

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) served as the virtual keynote speaker for more than 2,500 African American graduates from 24 colleges across the state of California on Friday, June

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Malawi poll rerun: Voting ends, ballot counting begins

The new Malawi Electoral Commission, MEC, chief Chifundo Kachale also urged the public to observe necessary legal processes in dealing with electoral

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John Boyega Says He's Not Sure What Will Happen with His Career After Igniting Crowd During London Protest Against Police Brutality

A megaphone is all John Boyega needed to ignite a crowd of London protesters who gathered for George Floyd on Wednesday in the city’s Hyde

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