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Black People Suffer From Dementia | Afro
By Dr. Lucille Ridgill Special to the AFRO Alzheimer’s disease (the most common type of dementia) is the sixth leading cause of death among White people, but the fourth leading cause of death for Black people like me. The Black population age 65+ is projected to more than double in size in the next
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
FBI says Texas naval base shooting is 'terrorism-related'
A shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead early Thursday was being investigated as “terrorism-related,” the FBI said, but divulged few details as to
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Black Code in Arkansas
A law went into effect in Arkansas which prohibited the emplotyment of free blacks on boats and ships navigating the rivers of that state.
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Jan
1
1860
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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Abducted Durban toddler reunited with mother | News24
A toddler snatched from his mother by a person known to the family has been reunited with her in Hambanathi, Tongaat, north of Durban, police have announced.
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William Grant Still, Dean of African American Classical Composers
What began as a violin lesson from a private teacher and later with endless hours of listening to Red Seal recordings led to William Grant Still (1895–1978) not only becoming the first African American to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the U.S. but a prolific composer of
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Brazil's coronavirus curve may hold the key to a global vaccine - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Brazil, where the number of cases has now surpassed 2 million, is one of a small handful of sites for testing experimental coronavirus vaccines. It offers an unusual and appealing mix for research: a skyrocketing rate of transmission, as well as internationally respected research centers and
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Angola: COVID-19 - Angolans in Brazil Return Today
[ANGOP] Luanda -- At least 250 Angolans stranded in Brazil for almost five months because of covid-19 are returning to the country this Thursday, following an exceptional special flight to be carried out by the national airline - TAAG - for the first time
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Susan L. Johnson
Ms. Johnson works to ensure that Pitney Bowes has the leadership succession pools and diversity strategies required to help the company achieve it’s business
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Fauci addresses White House's 'bizarre' campaign against him - TheGrio
Dr. Anthony Fauci and President Donald Trump have had their share of public disagreements regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The White... View Article The post Fauci addresses White House's 'bizarre' campaign against him appeared first on TheGrio.
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Uganda: In African Villages, Coronavirus Sparks Fears of a Spike in Malaria Deaths
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Gulu/Palabek, Uganda -- Lockdowns have hit distribution of nets and people with malaria symptoms are delaying seeing a doctor for fear of the virus
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Captured Black Soliders
Surrounded by a superior rebel force, First Kansas Colored Volunteers smashed through rebel lines and sustained heavy casualties in an engagement at Poison Spring, Arkansas. Captured Black soldiers were murdered by the Confederate troops.
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Apr
18
1864
Vermont Mesothelioma Victims Center Has Endorsed Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste to Ensure a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in Vermont Receives the Best Possible Compensation-Why Settle for Less
BURLINGTON, VERMONT, USA, July 1, 2020 ⁨EINPresswire.com⁩ -- The Vermont Mesothelioma Victims Center has endorsed, and they recommend attorney Erik Karst the founding partner at the law firm of Karst von Oiste to ensure a Navy Veteran or person
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8 transgender men and women killed in 7 days
NEW YORK — Brayla Stone, a 17-year-old Black trans girl, was murdered in Sherwood, Arkansas near Little Rock on June
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Rebel Troops at Jenkins' Ferry
Regiment captured rebel battery after fighting rearguard action. Six infantry regiments checked rebel troops at Jenkins Ferry, Saline River, Arkansas. The troops were enraged by atrocities committed at Poison Spring two weeks ealier, that the Second Kansas Colored Volunteers went into battle
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Apr
30
1864
Arkansas constitutional convention
Arkansas constitutional convention (eight Blacks, forty-three whites) met in Little Rock.
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Jan
7
1868
Roberto Monsivais joins BancorpSouth, Longview, Texas
BancorpSouth Bank (NYSE: BXS) announced today Roberto Monsivais has been hired as a community development mortgage loan originator, serving the Longview and Marshall, Texas
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Baby Was Infected With Coronavirus in Womb, Study Reports - The New York Beacon
By Pam Belluck Researchers on Tuesday reported strong evidence that the coronavirus can be transmitted from a pregnant woman to a fetus. A baby born in a Paris hospital in March to a mother with Covid-19 tested positive for the virus and developed symptoms of inflammation in
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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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Source: Black Past
Feb
23
1955
Brown, Odessa (1920-1969) - Birthday
Odessa Brown, for whom the Children’s Clinic in Seattle is named, was born April 30, 1920, in Des Arc, Arkansas.
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Source: Black Past
Apr
30
1920
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Gives a Green Light to Predatory Payday Lenders
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There is never a good time to enable predatory loans carrying 400% interest rates,” noted Mike Calhoun, President of the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), “but this is the worst possible time. The pain caused by the CFPB gutting the payday rule will be felt most by those who
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William D. Mackey: Leader in the Fight to Increase Funding for the Indiana Fair Employment Practices Program
William D. Mackey was an attorney and key figure in the fight to increase funding for the Indiana Fair Employment Practices
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Opothleyohola's Exodus to Kansas (Nov. 1861-Jan. 1862)
After a faction of the Creek tribe had negotiated and signed a treaty with the Confederacy in July 1861, a group of Upper Creek chiefs led by Opothleyohola repudiated the treaty and declared their neutrality.  Opothleyohola’s followers and their families gathered together on
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Source: Black Past
Haley, George (1925- )
Ambassador George Williford Boyce Haley served as the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Gambia from 1998 until 2001. Haley was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. He then traveled to Banjul, the capital of Gambia to assume his post as head of the
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Source: Black Past
Aug
28
1925
New Hampshire Mesothelioma Victims Center Appeals to a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in New Hampshire to Call for Direct Access to Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste-Get a Much Better Compensation Result
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA, July 2, 2020 ⁨EINPresswire.com⁩ -- The New Hampshire Mesothelioma Victims Center says, We are appealing to a Navy Veteran or person in New Hampshire who just received news they have mesothelioma to please
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Three California crises spawn a fourth - Black Voice News
In summary California’s year of pandemic, recession and civic unrest also includes angst over the outcome of the 2020 census. The state likely will lose at least one congressional seat and perhaps two. The year is scarcely half over and California is experiencing an unprecedented wave of traumatic
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Georgia Gov Sues to End Cities' Defiance on Mask Rules - Black News Channel
By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER Associated Press/BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is suing Atlanta to block the city from enforcing its mandate to wear a mask in public and other rules related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, in a suit filed
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(1957) Dwight Eisenhower, “Address on Little Rock"
The Little Rock Crisis erupted in September 1957 when Arkansas Governor Orval M. Faubus used state National Guard troops to prevent nine African American students from attending the then all-white Central High School.  On September 20, Federal Judge Ronald Davis ordered Governor Faubus to remove
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Source: Black Past
Sep
24
1957
Bernie Sanders and Andy Slavitt: America's cost effective Covid-19 solution? Masks for All - L.A. Focus Newspaper
That's why we are urgently calling for a simple, common-sense, practical and inexpensive way to protect Americans during the coronavirus pandemic: Masks for All. Our goal must be to make high-quality masks available on an equitable basis to every single person in this country at no cost. Next
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Chadwick Boseman, Eisa Davis co-producing untitled Little Rock Nine limited series - TheGrio
Chadwick Boseman has been pretty low-key lately after a turn in Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods and, of course, a... View Article The post Chadwick Boseman, Eisa Davis co-producing untitled Little Rock Nine limited series appeared first on TheGrio.
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