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May

13

1966

(1867) Frederick Douglass, “Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage”

? In 1867 Frederick Douglass, noted abolitionist and civil rights leader, weighed in on one of the most contentious issues of the day, suffrage for black men following the Civil War. His address, given in January 1867, during the Congressional debate on black male voting in the territories, appear

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Source: Black Past

South Africa trains resume amid strict virus control protocols

After almost 100 days of closure, the South African passenger rail service is operating again as the country’s lockdown restrictions ease

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

Taylor, George Edwin (1857-1925) - Death

George Edwin Taylor died in Jacksonville on December 23, 1925.

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Source: Black Past

Dec

23

1925

Your Wednesday weather: A fine, cool start to the new month

Mpumalanga will see morning fog patches on the highveld, otherwise fine and cool but warm in places in the lowveld, where it will be partly

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Ben Carson Tells U.S. To 'Grow Up' Over Racist Gripes; Stacey Abrams Calls Him 'Infantile'

Abrams, a Georgia gubernatorial candidate in 2018 and possible vice presidential pick, lashed Carson’s take as an “infantile response,” on ABC’s “This

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Confronting the Living History of the Civil Rights Struggle

Since 2018, The Nation has hosted a US Civil Rights Tour led by documentary film maker André Robert

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

ATL Federal Reserve President and Jax Partnership Aundra Wallace Zoom In On Nations Economic Recovery – Free Press of Jacksonville

Since February of this year, Covid-19 pandemic has made its way into the homes and businesses of Northeast Florida

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Africa: An Open Letter to America

On Monday, May 25, 2020, a disturbing video of a 46-year-old man (George Floyd) being murdered in broad daylight by four (4) white police officers, seized our various news feeds on every social media platform, and other online media

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Source: allAfrica.com

Jax Arlington 20/20 Initiative: A Replicable Model for Inclusive Community Development – Free Press of Jacksonville

While development in those areas is a good thing, Jacksonville’s historic urban core neighborhoods, which include predominantly African American communities, are often overlooked despite their tremendous investment

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Evers Fight Against Injustice Lives Through Current Athletes

Evers led the march for desegregation of public schools in his home state of Mississippi as an activist following the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board decision which ruled segregated public schools were

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Rachael Suggs Pitts, An Early Pioneer In Virus Surveillance, Turns 99

Pitts — who received her nurse training at Brewster Hospital Nursing Program for colored girls in Jacksonville, Florida, which was one of the few nursing schools for African American girls in the United States – says that she was fortunate to have a nursing school director who had links to

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Race riot, Jacksonville, Fla.

Race riot, Jacksonville, Fla., after ten days of sit-in demonstrations. Fifty reported injured.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Aug

9

1960

Sollie Mitchell Clebrates 102 – Free Press of Jacksonville

Former legendary Pullman Porter and activist Sollie Mitchell recently celebrated his 102nd

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Gantt, Harvey Bernard (1943- ) - Birthday

Gantt, architect and politician, was born January 14, 1943 in Charleston, South Carolina to Christopher and Wilhelmenia Gantt.

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1943

Free Food Basket Give Away set for Thursday, June 18 from 2 -3 p.m. in Jacksonville, Fla

In lieu of the banquet, we are having a “Free Food Basket Give Away” for the

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Source: The Florida Star

(1952) Charlotta Bass, “Acceptance Speech for Vice Presidential Candidate of the Progressive Party”

Los Angeles newspaper owner and political activist Charlotta Bass began her career as a conservative Republican. By the 1940s, however, she moved to the political left. In 1948 she supported Progressive Party candidate Henry Wallace in his failed bid for the Presidency. Four years later she was

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Source: Black Past

Governments backtracking as confirmed virus cases surge

NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Governments are stepping up testing and reimposing restrictions as newly confirmed coronavirus infections surge in many

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Harrison, Samuel (1818-1900)

Samuel Harrison, a minister, political activist, and former slave, became one of Berkshire County, Massachusetts’s most ardent abolitionists. Harrison was born enslaved in Philadelphia in 1818 but he and his mother were freed in 1821. Shortly afterwards the widowed mother and her son moved to New

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Source: Black Past

Taylor, George Edwin (1857-1925)

Born in the pre-Civil War South to a mother who was free and a father who was enslaved, George Edwin Taylor would become the first African American selected by a political party to be its candidate for the presidency of the United

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Source: Black Past

Nov

20

1904

South Africa's recession deepened in first quarter

South Africa’s recession deepened in the first quarter of 2020, with official data on Tuesday showing that GDP contracted 2% from the previous three months, led by declines in mining and

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Source: TechCentral

Absa PMI expanded in June as lockdown was eased

South Africa’s seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) expanded in June as an easing of coronavirus restrictions lifted business activity and

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Source: TechCentral

Black Woman From Florida Turns 109-Year Old, Becomes One of the Oldest People in the World

Jacksonville, FL — Louisa Gunter, a grandmother from Florida, just recently turned 109-years

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Source: http://www.blacknews.com

CDC chief warns that US has ‘way too much virus’ to control

Workers check in residents at a mobile COVID-19 testing site set up on a vacant lot in the Austin neighborhood on June 23, 2020 in

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Source: theGrio

PART TWO: 400 YEARS OF WHITE FEET ON BLACK NECKS IN AMERICA

George Floyd’s death turned a tinder box of historical frustrations with Police Brutality, institutional and systemic racism, into a bon fire of protest raging across America and the

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Source: The Florida Star

Juneteenth Celebration with Social Activism, Surfing and Social Media

Peaceful engagement and conversation with local law

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Source: The Florida Star

Promoter calls for corporate support

SOUTH AFRICA-BASED music promoter and actor Munya “Munya Touch” Jeranyama has urged the corporate world to support artistes to promote local talent and the growth of the arts

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Homeless Student From Florida to Graduate High School as Valedictorian of His Class

Jacksonville, FL — Martin Folsom, an 18-year old high school senior student from Florida, is graduating as valedictorian of his class despite the challenges of being homeless over the

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Source: http://www.blacknews.com

Black Belt (U.S. region)

The Black Belt is a region of the Southern United States. The term originally described the prairies and dark fertile soil of central Alabama and northeast Mississippi.[1] Because this area in the 19th century was historically developed for cotton plantations based on enslaved African-American

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Source: ThoughtCo

Voices of the Civil War Episode 17: "Combahee River Raid"

In Episode 17, Combahee River Raid, we look at the events of June 2, 1863, when Union Colonel James Montgomery led the 2nd South Carolina Colored Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Rhode Island Heavy Artillery up the Combahee River, to raid Confederate outposts and rice plantations. Harriet Tubman

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

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