Thurman, Wallace (1902-1934)

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Fauci: Next few weeks critical to tamping down virus spikes

The next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tuesday — issuing a plea for people to avoid crowds and wear masks just hours before mask-shunning President Donald Trump was set to address a crowd of his young supporters in one hot

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Powerful documentaries examining African-American experience in America now available on Fox Nation

FOR LIMITED TIME, RECEIVE 25% OFF NEW PURCHASE OF A YEARLY FOX NATION SUBSCRIPTION

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Fauci: Next few weeks critical to tamping down virus spikes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tuesday — issuing a plea for people to avoid crowds and wear masks just hours before mask-shunning President Donald Trump was set to hold a campaign rally in one hot

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

'Candyman' Director Nia DaCosta Releases Chilling New Teaser

As if the forthcoming Candyman could get any scarier, director Nia DaCosta just shared a chilling new teaser that reveals the killer’s origin

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Writer Wallace Thurman's play Harlem opens in NYC.

Writer Wallace Thurmans play Harlem opens in NYC. It is the first successful play by an African American playwright.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Feb

20

1929

Elijah Abel: Helped Build the Kirtland Latter-Day Saints Temple

Elijah Abel was a skilled carpenter who helped build the Kirtland LDS

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Source: Black Then

Sudi: Voters will punish errant MPs

With Deputy President William Ruto studiously silent on controversial changes to the Jubilee leadership in the Senate which saw two of his top lieutenants stripped of lucrative posts, vocal Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi has sought to fill the gap, taking aim at the party’s senators from the Rift Valley

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

Liyana Film Showing Mon. May 13th

MONDAY MOVIE NIGHT featuring the critically acclaimed film

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Source: Blackstonian

Kienjanae Hooper Is Latest Black Student Banned From Walking In Her Graduation Because Of Hair

Source: / Kieana Hooper

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Source: NewsOne

Booze ban: Mabuyane to push for alcohol ban in the Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane will lobby national government to reinstate a liquor ban under Level 3 lockdown for his province, due to fears that alcohol will harm the battle against Covid-19

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Michael Jordan’s game worn jersey to sell for $500K | The Crusader Newspaper Group

His most recent item is a game worn jersey from the 1998 Eastern Conference

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Legendary TSU debate coach Dr. Thomas Freeman dies at 100

HOUSTON – Texas Southern University’s legendary debate coach Dr. Thomas Franklin Freeman died

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Source: African American News | Black News | Afram News

Matthew McConaughey Asks Former NFL Player Emmanuel Acho How He Can ‘Do Better’ As A White Man

Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey put that very question to former NFL player Emmanuel

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Happy Relationships Help Your Health | Afro

Studies have shown happy relationships in general, and marriage in particular, can be healthy for

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

LETTERS: Online learning has exposed inequalities

As a result of the decision, a total of 91,591 public and private learning institutions were closed, disrupting the school calendar and affecting the

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Source: Business Daily

Coach Partners With LeBron James' More Than A Vote Initiative •

Coach is partnering up with More Than A Vote, a new voting rights organization led by LeBron James, his business partner Maverick Carter, and a coalition of Black athletes and

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Source: https://www.ebony.com

Mike Pence believes Black Lives Matter has a 'radical-left agenda'

Vice President Mike Pence (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty

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Source: theGrio

Netflix to spend $100M to help Black business

The New York Times reported today that Netflix, which has $5B in its cash reserves will place 2 percent of its holdings with financial institutions that loan to Black

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Source: theGrio

FILM REVIEW: The Lovebirds

Kumail Nanjiani made a name for himself on the series Silicon Valley and hit it big with the romantic comedy The Big

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Freeman, Joseph (1953– )

In 1978 Joseph Freeman became the first man of African ancestry to be granted the priesthood after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that any male could be ordained, regardless of race or color. Freeman was born July 24, 1953, in Vanceboro, North Carolina, to Rose Lee Smith

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Source: Black Past

Jamie Foxx bulks up, confirms Mike Tyson biopic is in the works

Jamie Foxx (left) and Mike Tyson

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Source: theGrio

Janelle Monae on Coping With the Pandemic and Her New Amazon Series

Season two of Homecoming, which will be released May 22, marks her first leading role in a streaming

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

Street Renamed for Pastor I.J. Bradford, Sr. – Voice and Viewpoint

On Saturday, March 7, 2020 friends, parishioners, and family members of the late Pastor I.J. Bradford, Sr. assembled at the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church for his posthumous honorary street renaming ceremony and

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Business chamber slams Mabuyane's 'knee jerk' call for booze ban, but liquor board welcomes plan

A regional Eastern Cape business chamber has labelled Premier Oscar Mabuyane's call to push for a renewed alcohol ban as "knee jerk", but his call has the support of the Eastern Cape Liquor

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Dorothy West

Dorothy West , (born June 2, 1907, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died August 16, 1998, Boston), American writer who explored the aspirations and conflicts of middle-class African Americans in many of her works and was one of the last surviving members of the prominent group of black

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Source: Brittanica

Aug

16

1998

First Black Episcopal Priest

In 1894, at the Church of St. Augustine, Oscar Lieber Mitchell was the first African-American ordained into the priesthood of the Episcopal Church in Boston.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Trump promises a 'generous' second stimulus package

U.S. President Donald Trump the week the House of Representatives passed the latest economic stimulus package that was passed earlier in the week by the U.S. Senate giving roughly 484 billion to restart a small business loan program and give more money for health care providers and virus

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Source: theGrio

Bankhead, Mary Lucille Perkins (1902–1994) - Birthday

Mary Lucille Perkins Bankhead, lifelong resident of Salt Lake City and member of the Genesis Group leadership, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on August 9, 1902.

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Source: Black Past

Aug

9

1902

Tyrese blasted by Jamie Foxx and others for ‘reverse racism’ posts

Tyrese, Jamie Foxx (Getty

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