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Ethiopia: Security Forces 'Must Face Justice for Horrific Human Rights Violations' - New Report

At least 10,000 people were arbitrarily arrested and detained last year as part of the government's crackdown on armed attacks and violence in Oromia Region

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Source: allAfrica.com

Hammon, Briton ( ?? - ??)

Briton Hammon, whose birth and death dates are unknown, was the author of A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon, A Negro Man, considered to be the first published autobiography by a black American. Hammon is thought by scholars to be have been a slave

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Source: Black Past

Jamaica on Virtuoso's top 10 destinations for affluent travellers

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jamaica is among the top 10 destinations that well-heeled travellers are now booking for their holidays, according to a Virtuoso survey published in CNBC 's Personal Finance section earlier this

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Eventide memories still raw

THE NO. 43 Jamaica Omnibus Service (JOS) bus that plied the route from Red Hills Road to downtown Kingston was filled with schoolchildren and civil servants on Tuesday, May

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Pictures come to life, mural glitters

Tasked with the responsibility of creating a mural depicting the rich cultural and historical traditions of Portland, Mark Bell and five of his colleague artists are getting high praises for the stories they have told in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Claude McKay - Birthday

Claude McKay , (born September 15, 1889, Nairne Castle, Jamaica, British West Indies—died May 22, 1948, Chicago, Illinois, U.

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Source: Brittanica

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Adventure cruise ship workers touch soil today

After weeks of voyaging on the high seas as high-level negotiations dragged on between the Government of Jamaica and their employers, the more than 1,000 Jamaican cruise ship workers who sailed into the Falmouth Pier on Tuesday will finally set foot on local soil

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte , byname of Harold George Belafonte, Jr. (born March 1, 1927, New York City, New York, U.S.), American singer, actor, producer, and activist who was a key figure in the folk music scene of the 1950s, especially known for popularizing the Caribbean folk songs known as calypsos. He

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Source: Brittanica

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1927

Painful loss

On Monday, the Observer first reported that it was an expectant mother who had suffered a medical emergency and was awaiting evacuation from the

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Claude McKay

Claude McKay , (born September 15, 1889, Nairne Castle, Jamaica, British West Indies—died May 22, 1948, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.), Jamaican-born poet and novelist whose Home to Harlem (1928) was the most popular novel written by an American black to that time. Before going to the U.S. in 1912, he

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Source: Brittanica

May

22

1948

Uganda: As With Many Things, the Rise of Lake Victoria Is the Fall of Some

If you are on the side of common sense, it is time Lake Victoria claimed territory that belongs to

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Source: allAfrica.com

‘The Untold Story of Marcus Garvey’: Interview with Filmmaker Roy T. Anderson – AAIHS

In today’s post, Christopher Shell, PhD Student in History at Michigan State University, interviews filmmaker Roy T. Anderson about his forthcoming film, Marcus Garvey: The Untold

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Source: African American Intellectual History Society

UWI Caribbean students feel trapped, abandoned in Ja

Caribbean students still stuck at The University of the West Indies, Mona, are anxious to get home as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Flag sparks tearful joy for arriving crew member

A RETURNING Jamaican ship worker aboard the Adventure of the Seas was overcome with sadness as security personnel moved about at the Falmouth Port on Tuesday

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Holness and Trudeau discuss COVID-19 | New York Carib News

Holness and Trudeau discuss COVID-19

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Source: The New York Carib News

Expert talks intellectual property concerns amid COVID-19

Dr Natalie Corthésy, a lecturer at The University of the West Indies, Mona, who heads of the law faculty's intellectual property stream, is of the view that one challenge that could arise is the “ownership of employee works, where teachers are asked to deliver online classes, where to do so

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Surveillance Videos Shows Multiple Trespassers at House Ahmaud Arbery Visited

Video clips of multiple people trespassing in the house that Ahmaud Arbery entered have been released by the owner of the house, according to

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

Jesse Owens

Born: 9/12/1913 Oakville, AlabamaDied: 3/31/1980 Tucson, ArizonaJesse Owens, the son of sharecroppers and grandson of slaves, was the first person to win four gold medals in track and field in a modern Olympic Games. In the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Owens won gold in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter

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Nigeria: Dope - Nigeria's Paralympic Champion, Esther Onyema, Banned for Four Years

Nigeria's former Paralympic and Commonwealth Games champion, Esther Onyema, 38, has been banned four years by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for committing an anti-doping rule

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Guy, Tufton in Russian roulette over virus deaths

According to Guy, after a medical investigator assessed the number of deaths that had occurred within a four-month period in Russia, it was found that thousands more had died this year when compared with the similar period in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Ancestral worship is not just entertainment

Our strong adherence, as a nation, to rituals and their display at national events and holidays, such as the Chinese display at the Independence gala; the Heroes Day commemoration with ancestral rites: Kumina, Revivalist, and Pocomanian music and dance; the bicentennial commemoration and the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Exam headache!

Aleisha Salmon, a grade 12 student at Meadowbrook High, told the Jamaica Observer that since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) forced the physical closure of schools, she has been worried and fearful as she is not certain what will obtain with the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations

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#JamaicaTogether Promo | Ras Ajai

Jamaica, together is the only way we can fight this COVID-19 problem. Jamaica, together, let us do it.

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Coachman, Alice Marie (1923-2014)

Alice Coachman became the first African American woman from any country to win an Olympic Gold Medal when she competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, UK. Born November 9, 1923, in Albany, Georgia, to Evelyn and Fred Coachman, Alice was the fifth of ten children. As an athletic child of the

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Source: Black Past

Marcus Garvey, "The Negro Moses"

Did Garvey, in his espousal of the repatriation of blacks to Africa, forsake the rights of African Americans in

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Source: Online Exhibitions | The New York Public Library

Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis is a retired American track and field athlete who is famous for his exceptional Olympic record. Lewis is also the current indoor long jump world record holder; a record which he has held since

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Source: Black History Resources

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1961

Key African American Women in Sports

Venus Williams (born 1980) and Serena Williams (1981) are sisters who have dominated the sport of womens tennis. Together they have won 22 Grand Slam titles as singles. They competed against each other in the Grand Slam finals eight times between 2001 and 2009. Each has won an Olympic gold

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African-American Dancers

Pearl Primus was the first African-American modern dancer. Throughout her career, Primus used her craft to express social ills in United States’ society. In 1919, Primus was born and her family immigrated to Harlem from Trinidad. While studying anthropology at Columbia University, Primus began her

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#JamaicaTogether Promo | Lloyd B. Smith

COVID-19 has taught us that even though we have to keep our distance as individuals, we must be together in spirit and in love and cooperation with Government, authorities, communities, and healthcare professionals. I want to urge Jamaicans to remember you are either a part of the problem or the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

BPOs want work-at-home extension

“A request has been made to the Government to continue with this facility until the end of 2020 so that sites can continue to practise social distancing, but more importantly, keep workers safe and employed,” said Gloria Henry, president of the GSAJ, formerly the Business Process Industry

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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