Ware, Flo (1912-1981)

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Ware, Flo (1912-1981)

Florasina Ware was the quintessential activist, known in Seattle for raising a strong voice on behalf of children, the elderly, and the poor. Dissatisfied with the quality of the Central Area schools attended by most of the city’s black students, she pressed school officials for academic improvements. She also continually called for quality care for the aged and for more employment opportunities for the poor.

Ware represented Seattle in numerous national conferences on programs from Head Start to projects in support of the aged. She was an organizer of the Central Area School Board and Foster Parent Association and spearheaded the Meals on Wheels Program for the elderly. Ware hosted a radio talk show on Seattle station KRAB from 1968 to 1979. She also raised 20 foster children. Ware was a high profile member of the Seattle King County Economic Opportunity Board during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1982, a Seattle park was named in her honor.

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D.C. National Guard To Investigate Helicopter's 'Show Of Force' Against Protesters

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Guard of the District of Columbia is investigating the use of one of its helicopters to make a “show of force” against protesters near the White House, while President Donald Trump is encouraging authorities to get tougher to quell the unrest over George

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All Ugandans to get free face masks

All Ugandans aged six years and above will be given free face masks in a bid to protect themselves against the coronavirus, President Yoweri Museveni has

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Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman is a children’s rights activist, lawyer and educator. Born on June 6, 1939 in Bennettsville, South Carolina, her father was a Baptist preacher, who taught Marian and her siblings the value of education. He passed away when Marian was 14, and his dying advice to Marian was not

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1939

Seattle School Boycott (1966)

On Thursday March 31 and Friday April 1, 1966, thousands of Seattle Public School students boycotted schools in the Central District, Seattle Washington’s African American community, to protest the de facto segregation that they believed was racially

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Source: Black Past

THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Hong Kong police squash dissent in display of China’s muscle

You can’t use Telegram in mainland China, but the messaging app allows Hong Kong users to mask their phone numbers so police can’t find

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Source: South Florida Times

Neighborhood Land Trust sees need for more parks

The Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, in conjunction with People for Parks, is an organization focused on creating green space specifically in communities of

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Justice Denied: The Death of Benjamin Brown

May 12, 1967 was the morning that Benjamin Brown, a young truck driver from Jackson, Mississippi, breathed his

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Major sanitisation of St James Street, Sam Sharpe Square on Sunday

CARIBBEAN Cement Company Limited and Jamaica Pre-Mix Concrete Limited are assiting the St James Municipal Corporation to sanitise streets in the parish capital, Montego

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Family Harassed Over Black Lives Matter Shirts at Six Flags

A mother is claiming that Six Flags attempted to stop her family from entering a park in Georgia because they were wearing T-shirts reading “Black Lives

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Lavizzo, Blanche Sellers (1925-1984)

Dr. Blanche Sellers Lavizzo was the first African American woman pediatrician in the state of Washington. She arrived in Seattle in 1956, with her husband Dr. Philip Lavizzo, a general surgeon. They had left medical practices in New Orleans, Louisiana to pursue a better future in the Pacific

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1925

Elders, Joycelyn Minnie (1933- )

Joycelyn Elders, the former U.S. Surgeon General, was born Minnie Lee Jones in Schaal, Arkansas on August 13, 1933 to Curtis and Hailer Jones; she added the name Joycelyn when she was in college. As the eldest of eight children of sharecroppers, Joycelyn Elders experienced extreme poverty in

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1993

Barack Obama Speaks Out On George Floyd's Killing

Getty Images/Getty Images for EIF President Barack Obama is speaking out about the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, while calling for a new “normal” in the United

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9th Annual ParkScore Released As Park Use Increases During COVID - Milwaukee Ranked 28th

The Trust for Public Land announced that reclaimed its position as the nation’s best park system

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

Police Investigate Five Shootings In Three Days | Florida Sentinel Bulletin

2K Express, 934 E. Henderson Avenue was the scene of a shooting last Saturday evening. Several young adults have lost their lives to gun violence within the city limits of Tampa. The most recent took place last weekend at a downtown park and ended the life of an 18-year-old.

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Source: Florida Sentinel Bulletin

Jay, Christopher, Chair of the Board of BlackPast.org

Chris Jay was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska and has lived in Seattle since 2005. He comes from a long line of native Seattleites on his mother’s side, and the majority of the Jones’ still live in Seattle

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Early Childhood Educator

Lucy M. Mitchell became the first African-American elected to the Board of Directors of the Boston YWCA in 1941, where she served for seven years. Previously, in the mid-1930s she pioneered the development of a model nursery school at the Robert Gould Shaw House and led efforts to improve and

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Dr. Quinton Morris – Presenting Children With Options In Life Through Music

But as fate would have it, Morris, a tenured music professor at Seattle University, is not only an accomplished violinist, but he is also using his talents and the power of music to empower and inspire children through his non-profit organization, Key To

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Active Duty Troops On Standby Outside Washington, D.C., Being Sent Back To Home Bases

Active Duty Troops On Standby Outside Washington, D.C., Being Sent Back To Home Bases

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Source: Stories About Black History

Culver City takes steps to avoid looting at mall

On June 9, high school students gathered at Veterans Park in Culver City for a high schoolers for Black Lives Matter

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The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington

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Dallas furloughed city employees - An open letter

Municipal employees at libraries and cultural centers have found inspiring ways to serve their communities by creating free content accessible to anyone with an internet

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Sheriff: Photos of African Americans hung from tree meant to invoke dialogue

Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas says six photos of African American victims found hanging from a tree was a misguided attempt to start a community conversation about race.The photos were found last Saturday afternoon in Milwaukee's Riverside Park.The laminated photos included Breonna

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Secret Service tells press to leave White House grounds in highly unusual move

The decision came during an ongoing demonstration in Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House where protestors were trying to bring down a statue of former President Andrew Jackson that stands in the middle of the

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Disney Is Changing “Splash Mountain” Ride Because Of Ties To Racist 1940s Movie

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Support Continues To Grow For David Hackney In 11th District Legislative Race

Support continues to grow for David Hackney in the race for 11th Legislative District Representative, Position

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

Rwanda: Govt Unveils U.S.$11 Billion Climate Action Plan

Rwanda has become the first African country to submit a new national climate plan, whose implementation requires $11 billion (10.2 trillion), as an essential tool to implement the Paris

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Source: allAfrica.com

Money for Raleigh African-American monuments on hold after Confederate monuments removed

By Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

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Arrests In DC As Activists Take To The Streets To Support Minneapolis Protesters | Afro

Multiple arrests occurred as hundreds of activists marched throughout Washington D.C. for George Floyd and his supporters Friday

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How US stay inspired scholar to go into horticulture farming

PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA

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Mayor of Kingston Senator Delroy Williams (left); Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange (third left) and Winston Harrison (right), Caribbean Cement Company contractor, use push brooms during a pre-Labour Day cleaning at Nelson Mandela Park in Half-Way-Tree, St

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