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Tunisia: Results of COVID-19 Rapid Screening Tests Carried Out On 60 Teachers Negative (Local Health Director)

Tunis/Tunisia — The results of the COVID-19 rapid screening tests carried out on 60 teachers at the regional centre for training and skills development in Manouba were negative, local health director Imene Souissi told TAP

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Source: allAfrica.com

Seniors soar on graduation day | The True Citizen

FCA held its commencement ceremony on Friday night, where a total of 11 graduates received their diplomas. EBA’s Class of 2020 held its ceremony on the school’s football field […]

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Source: The True Citizen

Inciting to riot charge dropped against Jermaine “FunnyMaine” Johnson

Charges against Birmingham comedian Jermaine “FunnyMaine” Johnson for inciting to riot were dismissed on

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Brighton High Valedictorian

In 1911 an African-American girl, F. Marion Reed, was valedictorian of her class at Brighton High School. With an overall average of 95 for her four years of high school study, she was in the top ten of academically achieving students out of 1,291 graduates from Boston high schools in 1911.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Africa: Uganda's COVID-19 Neglect of Minorities Is Bad for Everyone

[African Arguments] The government should both support the country's religious minorities and be open to learning from their unique wells of expertise.

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Source: allAfrica.com

ANC MPs rally around Dlamini-Zuma after 'class suicide' question

ANC MPs rallied in support of Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma after she was asked which class she wanted to commit

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Source: https://www.news24.com

M3 honors Milwaukee Public Schools seniors graduating with early college credit

The latest class of Milwaukee Public Schools high school seniors to complete the M3 early college program was honored with a virtual ceremony, capping a year of growth for the trailblazing partnership involving Milwaukee’s three largest public education

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

Community Elders Share Valuable Insight In Black Wall Street History Class | The Oklahoma Eagle

The class is open to credit-seeking students and non-credit-seeking community members who are interested in discovering more about Tulsa’s historic Greenwood district from 1850 to present, including the massacre on May 31-June

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Who's Who in Black Atlanta celebrates Morehouse School of Medicine graduates [Video]

As the 2020 graduates of Morehouse School of Medicine emerge from great tradition and enter the world of “new normal,” rife with change at unprecedented levels, their virtual graduation is the first of many firsts on the

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

First Black Harvard College Graduate

Richard Theodore Greener, class of 1870, was the first Black to graduate from Harvard College. He became a professor of mental and moral philosophy at the University of South Carolina and U.S. Consul at Vladivostok during the Russo-Japanese War.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Seals: To the Class of 2020, seek success in the midst of a crisis | The Atlanta Voice

At Atlanta Technical College (ATC), I am fortunate to lead a campus that has been laser-focused on producing top-notch, career-ready professionals for a global

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

PVAMU launches Center for Race and Justice following George Floyd’s death

Prairie View A&M University is stepping into the fight for civil justice with the launch of a Center for Race and

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

FUNdraising Good Times: Reflections From a Reader – Free Press of Jacksonville

My mother was left a widow with two children in 1932 at the start of the Great Depression, with no job

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

Kenya: Three Ugandans Enlist for 2020 Concours

Three classic cars from Uganda have been entered for the Golden Jubilee Africa Concours d'Elegance highlighting the Africa continental status of the classiest event on the Kenya Motor Sports

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Source: allAfrica.com

Master Class: Breaking Down Lizzo’s Carefree Style

When it comes to her aesthetic, Lizzo continues to shatter glass

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

Kateb Yacine

Kateb Yacine , (born Aug. 6, 1929, Constantine, Algeria—died Oct. 28, 1989, Grenoble, France), Algerian poet, novelist, and playwright, one of North Africa’s most respected literary

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Source: Brittanica

Rice Names Quadrangle Grove to Honor Reverend William Lawson

Rice University has announced it will name part of its campus central quadrangle The Reverend William A. Lawson Grove in honor of the esteemed community leader’s contributions to the university and the city of

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Islam

Islam | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

N.C. A&T to Celebrate Class of 2020 Virtually

Combined with the December graduates and additional graduates projected for the first summer school session, North Carolina A&T is expected to produce some 2,400 graduates for the academic year, the most in university history for a single

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Source: http://www.peacemakeronline.com

Oprah Winfrey Donates $12 Million for COVID-19 Relief in Five Cities

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Edward Brooke

Edward Brooke , in full Edward William Brooke (born October 26, 1919, Washington, D.C.—died January 3, 2015, Coral Gables, Florida), American lawyer and politician who was the first African American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served two terms

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Cornel West

Media personality Cornel West is an African American Studies scholar and socialist critic of the white patriarchy that is the United States of America. West grew up in Sacramento and graduated from Harvard in 1973. He then embarked on an academic career in the humanities, teaching ethics, religion

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Nick Cannon Earns Degree From Howard University

Among Howard University’s graduating class of 2020 was entrepreneur and actor Nick

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Source: NewsOne

DeSoto High School Announces Its Class of 2020 Senior Celebrations (press release)

DESOTO – DeSoto, Texas – DeSoto Independent School District and DeSoto High School announce graduation proceedings for the DeSoto High School Class of 2020 will take place May 27 and

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Source: Delivering News You Can Use

BLSYW’s Class of 2020 Billboard Unveiling | Afro

The Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women’s (BLSYW) class of 2020 was in for a treat when a billboard, featuring all 48 of the graduating seniors, was

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

(1866) Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, “We Are All Bound Up Together”

A free-born native of Baltimore, Maryland, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper gave her first anti-slavery lecture in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1854. Her books of poetry enhanced her prominence but when she in 1859 wrote an open letter to the condemned John Brown, her correspondence was read by tens

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Source: Black Past

Afrikania Mission, the neo-traditional movement that champions Africanism - Face2Face Africa

Afrikania mission believes the development discourse of the African continent is dependent on its own people. And this can be realised through a movement that preaches traditional religion and culture as the spiritual basis. This neo-traditional movement was formed in Ghana in 1982 by Vincent

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Schooled By Youtube: Can We Become Self Sufficient? THOMAS SANKARA said YES!!!

Schooled By Youtube: Can We Become Self

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Source: Black Then

Beyoncé to give graduation speech alongside the Obamas

By The Associated Press

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Beyoncé to give graduation speech alongside the Obamas

Beyoncé has been added to the list of guest speakers for YouTube’s virtual commencement ceremony that will also feature the

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

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