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Soul Vibrations Corner | New York Carib News
Aries (Mar 20 Apr 19) Aim to find healthy ways to cope with difficulties in your relationships with others. See beyond your own personal issues and look at how others feel and think. After breakthrough and understanding comes the feeling of freedom that you enjoy. Your generosity and giving nature
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Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after Civil War
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U.S. Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands, consisting of nine main islands and some 75 islets, were explored by Columbus in 1493. They were originally inhabited by the Carib Indians. Since 1666, England has held six of the main islands; the remaining three (St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John), as well as about 50 of the
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3 Vegan Superfoods Your Skin Should Know About | BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
If you’re a person who lives their life eating a plant-based diet or maintains a lifestyle that doesn’t involve consuming most animal-derived foods, you may have also made the decision to eliminate using everyday beauty products that can potentially endanger or kill animals. In doing so, you’ve
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If 2020 Has Led You To End Some Relationships That’s Okay
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Kenya: Fire Survivor's Harrowing Ordeal, Constant Airport Identity Drama
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Encore Performance for Marc Raby, Birmingham Playwright
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“Get it done!” What The Tweet Really Means - Milwaukee Community Journal
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Tina Knowles-Lawson, Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Mothers of the Movement Urge Senate to Pass HEROES Act
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The Emancipation Proclamation
On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln went into effect.  The Proclamation, written the previous September, declared free all enslaved people in the Confederate States (or portions of those states) who resided in territory still in rebellion
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Pushing forward, ARISE2Read adjusts to the times - TSDMemphis.com
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