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Sibley, Stokes dig deep to give England solid start - Stabroek News
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) - Dom Sibley and Ben Stokes ground out patient half-centuries as England battled to 207 for three at the close on day one of the second test against the West Indies at Old Trafford
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March 24,1837 Canada gives Blacks the right to vote.1865 Black troops ar
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Coretta Scott King: Her Activism and Legacy
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W. E. B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt W. E. B. Du Bois (/d uː ˈ b ɔɪ z/ doo-BOYZ; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and
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Rodney King
Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was a taxi driver who became internationally known after a tape was released of him being beaten on March 3, 1991, by Los Angeles Police Department officers following a high-speed car chase. A witness, George Holliday, videotaped much of the beating
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Gabriel, Joseph inspire England collapse as Windies tighten grip - Stabroek News
SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – Speedsters Shannon Gabriel and Alzarri Joseph rocked England in the final session with fiery spells as the hosts collapsed spectacularly losing five wickets for 30 runs in a nightmare 75-ball period, to leave West Indies with an excellent chance of winning the opening
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Goode, Malvin Russell (1908–1995)
Malvin Russell Goode was the first African American news correspondent for a major television network. Goode was born on February 13, 1908, in White Plains, Virginia, but his family moved to Homestead, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, when he was very young. Goode, the third of four boys and two
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With a Pen Stroke, Mississippi Drops Confederate-themed Flag
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — With a stroke of the governor’s pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem — a symbol that’s widely condemned as
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Goode, Malvin Russell (1908–1995) - Death
Malvin Russell Goode died of a stroke on September 12, 1995, at the age of eighty-seven in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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(1884) William H. Crogman, “Negro Education: Its Helps and Hindrances”
? William Henry Crogman, a native of the West Indian island of St. Martin, was educated at Pierce Academy in Massachusetts immediately after the Civil War. In 1868 he was named to the English faculty of newly organized Claflin College in South Carolina. By 1870 Crogman returned to college, ente
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Gabriel, Estwick delighted with BLM gesture - Stabroek News
SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – Both Shannon Gabriel and Roddy Estwick yesterday expressed delight with the show of support for Black Lives Matter by both teams, prior to the start of the opening Test at the Ageas
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Milton Glaser, Designer Of “I Love NY” Logo, Dead At 91
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Uganda: Justice Jb Katutsi On Battling and Reversing Diabetes
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Mississippi Drops Confederate-Themed Flag - Black News Channel
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press/ BNC Contributor JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — With a stroke of the governors pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem — a symbol thats widely condemned as racist. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed the historic
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Reinhardt, John Edward (1920- )
John Edward Reinhardt, ambassador and diplomat, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1920. After serving in World War II, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Knoxville College in 1939, a Masters degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1947, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of
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(1997) Kweisi Mfume, “A Shining and Powerful Dream”
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Williams, Daniel Hale (1856-1931)
Daniel Hale Williams III was a pioneeringsurgeon best known for performing in 1893 one of the world’s first successfulopen heart surgeries.  Williams was born on January18, 1856, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania toSarah Price Williams and Daniel Hale Williams II .  Following the death of his
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Jackson, Maynard, Jr. (1938-2003)
Thegreat-grandson of slaves, Maynard Jackson, Jr. was born in Dallas, Texas, onMarch 23, 1938.  His father, MaynardJackson, Sr., was a leading figure in the 1930s campaign for black votingrights in Dallas and a founder of Democratic Progressive Voter’s League in 1936.  His mother, Irene Dobbs
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Althea Gibson - Biography of Tennis Pioneer
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With a pen stroke, Mississippi drops Confederate-themed flag
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(1858) John S. Rock, “I Will Sink or Swim with My Race”
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