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MANCHESTER , NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA, September 2, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The New Hampshire Mesothelioma Victims Center is urging the wife or adult son-daughter of a Navy Veteran with recently diagnosed mesothelioma in New Hampshire to please call …
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Slater, Rodney (1955- )
Rodney E. Slater, former cabinet member, attorney, and state government official, was born in Marianna, Arkansas, on February 23, 1955.  In 1977, Slater graduated from Eastern Michigan University. He earned his law degree in 1980 from the University of
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23
1955
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Civil Rights Act of 1957, Pub.L. 85–315, 71 Stat. 634, enacted September 9, 1957, primarily a voting rights bill, was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was also Congresss show of
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Edward Thomas Demby
Edward Thomas Demby elected suffragan bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Arkansas.
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Sep
29
1918
Uganda: Tullow Shareholders Approve Uganda Sale
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Arkansas Baptist College [Little Rock] (1884-- )
Arkansas Baptist College (ABC) is a private four-year institution in Little Rock, Arkansas.  The college was founded as the Ministers Institute in August 1884 at the Annual Convention of the Colored Baptists of the State of Arkansas.  It opened three months later at the Mount Zion Baptist Church in
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Washington, Janie Rogella (1908-2000)
Janie Rogella Washington was the wife of James W. Washington, Jr. (1911-2000), an internationally known Northwest artist.  A  Seattle nurse, she shared and inspired the spirituality that shaped his art.  One of 12 children, Janie Rogella Miller was born near Henderson, Texas to Freeman Miller and
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Theodore H. Bunting, Jr.
Theodore H. Bunting, Jr. served as the Group President, Utility Operations of Entergy Corporation, an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, from June 2012 until his retirement in
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John Lewis: Civil Rights Lion Gets into Good Trouble in Dawn Porter Documentary - Black News Channel
By Nsenga K. Burton, NNPA Newswire Culture and Entertainment Editor As long as I have breath in my body, I will do what I can. – Congressman John Lewis Congressman John Lewis is known and revered worldwide for his social justice activism as a young man during the modern Civil Rights movement which
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Ohio US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate Urges the Family of a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in Ohio to Call for Direct Access to Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste to Ensure a Top Compensation Result
COLUMBUS , OHIO, USA, July 8, 2020 ⁨EINPresswire.com⁩ -- The Ohio US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate is urging the wife or the adult son or daughter of a Navy Veteran who has just been diagnosed with mesothelioma anywhere in Ohio to call 800-
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Coronavirus Update: Black Hair Stylists And Barbers Struggle To Survive During Pandemic
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KZN family 'hurt and angry' as mom dies of Covid-19 after first testing negative at hospital | News24
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Arkansas legislature passed anti-Klan law
Arkansas legislature passed anti-Klan law.
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Voices of the Civil War Episode 4: "Resistance to Slavery"
In Episode 4, abolitionists like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass use the Underground Railroad to help the enslaved find freedom in the North, while authors like Theodore Dwight Weld and Harriett Beecher Stowe fight slavery by publishing its horrors worldwide. At the beginning of the Civil
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Lewis, Delano Eugene (1938 - ) - Birthday
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1938
When a president’s words have consequences
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Connecticut US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Urges a Navy Veteran Who Has Lung Cancer and Who had Heavy Exposure to Asbestos to Call the Lawyers at Karst von Oiste to Discuss Compensation-Please!
NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT , USA, June 12, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Connecticut US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate says, "We are urging a Navy Veteran or person in Connecticut who now has lung cancer and who decades ago had significant exposure to asbestos to know that the $30 billion dollar
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Abducted Durban toddler reunited with mother | News24
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The United Construction Workers Association (UCWA) was founded in 1970 by Tyree Scott, an electrician who had become a Seattle civil rights activist.  At the request of the American Friends Service Committee, Tyree Scott left the Central Contractors Association which he had created in 1968, to
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Washington NFL team hires law firm to review culture - Black News Channel
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer/ BNC Contributor  Owner Dan Snyder has hired a District of Columbia law firm to review the Washington NFL team's culture, policies and allegations of workplace misconduct. Beth Wilkinson of Wilkinson Walsh LLP confirmed to The Associated Press on Thursday that the
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July 16: The Honorable Ida B. Wells Was Born Today in 1862
By Jonathan P. Hicks Photo credits: Photo12/UIG/Getty Images Ida B. Wells-Barnett was one of the most outspoken leaders of the civil rights movement at the end of the 19th century and the 20th century. She was a staunch crusader against lynching. She was active in women's rights and the
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University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (1873- )
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was created by the Arkansas Legislative Act of 1873. The University was established for the convenience and well-being of the poorer classes” which meant African Americans in the state.  The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is the oldest
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Florence Price, composer born
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Apr
9
1888
Suspect in 8-year old Secoriea's death will turn himself in - Atlanta Tribune
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1986 Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Haralson, Jeremiah (1846–1916)
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California US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Urges a Navy Veteran with Lung Cancer and Who Had Significant Service-Related Exposure to Asbestos to Call the lawyers at Karst von Oiste About Meaningful Compensation
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