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Ali, Duse Mohamad (1866-1945)
Scholar, playwright, journalist, and African nationalist, Duse Mohamad Ali was born in Alexandria, Egypt on November 24, 1866 to an Egyptian father, Ali Abdul Salam and a Sudanese mother, whose name is unknown. At a very young age Ali was sent to study in England under the tutelage of Captain Duse
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Source: Black Past
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25
1945
COVID-19 education sector threats ask searching questions of local IT sector - Starr Computers boss
The nature and impact of the coronavirus on developing countries like Guyana brings into sharp focus the importance of accelerating the growth of the information technology sector in order to better position it to address priority concerns when these arise, Starr Computers Chief Executive
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Boston Guardian
The Boston Guardian newspaper, a major 20th-century civil rights publication, was founded in Boston in 1901 by William Monroe Trotter, who published the newspaper until his death in 1934. For the next 23 years (1934 - 1957), Trotter's sister, Maude Trotter Steward, and her husband, Dr. Charles
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
Jagdeo calls on GECOM to push for Carter Center’s return
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to request the return of international observers for the ongoing recount of votes from the March 2 polls, while saying that the three-member CARICOM team that has
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Lesotho: South Africa Worried by Liquor Smuggling From Lesotho
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News About BlackPast.org
We have assembled below links to various journal, magazine, and newspaper articles and encyclopedic reference works about BlackPast.org compiled since its launch on February 1, 2007. They are listed in order of appearance with the most recent at the top of the
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Nairobi — Coronavirus deaths in the country rose to 50 on Saturday, after 5 more patients succumbed to the disease within a period of 24
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Police looking for suspect in deadly 2019 east Columbus stabbing
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police are looking for a suspect in a murder that happened in east Columbus in April of
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Death of Ida B.Wells-Barnett - Death
Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
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Tanzania: Kenya Shuts Borders With Tanzania, Somalia Over COVID-19
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15 Leading Black Newspapers Awarded Among Facebook’s $10.3 Million in Relief Grants
Facebook announced recently that 15 member publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) will receive $1.288 million in grants through the Facebook Journalism Project’s relief fund for local
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Sierra Leone’s new internal affairs minister Panda-Noah takes oath of office
David Maurice Panda-Noah, Sierra Leone’s newly appointed Minister of Internal Affairs, yesterday took his oath of office in the presence of President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House, in accordance with Section 57 (Act No. 6) of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra
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Black History Resources - African-American Links
Do you understand the significance of the sit-ins that occurred during the early months of the civil rights movements? In 1960, four freshman students at North Carolina A&T went into Woolworth and at the lunch counter they sat,” waiting for service that never came. This move sparked a new
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Dr Sylvia Blyden refused bail by magistrate
Sierra Leone’s former minister of social welfare in the Koroma-led APC government, who was arrested by police and has been in detention for the past three weeks, appeared at the magistrate court today, where many expected her to be granted
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Walton, Lester Aglar (1882-1965)
Lester Walton was a journalist, entertainment professional, and diplomat who promoted civil rights at home and abroad. Born Lester Aglar Walton on April 20, 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri, his early life was spent as a journalist. At the age of 20 in 1902, when he was hired by the St. Louis Star to be
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1882
THE RUN DOWN – THE AFRO ENDORSES SHEILA DIXON | Afro
Host Micha Green reveals the AFRO’s Mayoral candidate endorsement for Baltimore City, and the trending topics in the AFRO NEWSPAPER.
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Seventy-five ballot boxes recounted today - Gunraj
Only 75 ballot boxes were recounted today for a total of 1,124 out of 2,339, according to GECOM Commissioner, Sase
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Caldwell, Harrison L. (1909-1964)
Harrison Laverne Caldwell, the first African American principal in the Seattle Public Schools District, was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1909. Very little is known about his personal life. By the time of his death, he had become one of the most important educational leaders in the states of Kansas and
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Source: Black Past
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Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes , in full James Mercer Langston Hughes (born February 1, 1902, Joplin, Missouri, U.S.—died May 22, 1967, New York, New York), American writer who was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and made the African American experience the subject of his writings, which ranged
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Uganda: No Budget for Free Government Masks
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Leading Dentist
Dr. W. Alexander Cox had a large dental practice among Black and white patients in Cambridge during the early 1900s. He was the founder and president of the dental section of the National Medical Association. In the late 1800s Dr. Cox was owner and publisher of the Advocate, the only newspaper
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
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Sitting Home While Black is Getting Us Killed by the Police – Free Press of Jacksonville
Ahmaud Arbery was shot to death running while black, but a disturbing number of African Americans have been shot to death by police while sitting
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Normality returns to Annotto Bay as St Mary quarantine expires
As residents of the northeast town of Annotto Bay emerged from their homes at the end of a 14-day quarantine, there are calls for caution amid the new-found
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Uganda: Bobi Wine Tasks Govt to Account for COVID-19 Money, Relief Food
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Maynard, Robert C. (1937-1993)
Robert C. Maynard, the first African American editor and owner of a major daily newspaper in the United States, was known as a trailblazing journalist who led efforts to desegregate newsrooms and educate minority students to pursue careers in
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Murphy, John Henry, Sr. (1840-1922)
Born on December 25, 1840, in Baltimore, Maryland, John Henry Murphy grew up as a slave and freed by the Emancipation Act of 1863. He enlisted in the military at age 24, during the Civil War and quickly progressed to the rank of Sergeant by the end of the conflict.  When he returned home to
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No dominoes at church!
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Pastor of the King's Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Salem, Charles Brevitt, yesterday warned members of his congregation to “cease and desist” from playing dominoes on the compound, arguing that if the Government is not allowing it to be played in bars, then members
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Telling Carl Maxey’s Story: Understanding the Fighter in the Ring and the Courtroom
In the account below, Jim Kershner, author, historian, and longtime journalist for the Spokesman-Review, Spokane’s major daily newspaper, discusses what led him to the story of Carl Maxey, one of Washington States key 20th century civil rights figures, and the challenges he encountered while
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