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African-American History Timeline: 1950 to 1959
Federal troops are sent to Little Rock, Ark by Dwight Eisenhower to enforce the desegregation of Central High School. The troops are also instructed to protect nine African-American students who are enrolled in the school and remain for the entire academic year.
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Rwanda: What Will It Take to Do Away With Toxic Beverages?
[New Times] A banned poisonous local brew again got into the public limelight, early this week, when a local journalist met one of its victims at the Rwanda Charity Eye Hospital (RCEH), in Kamonyi District.
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Thomas P. Johnson: Politician & Served in the Union Army During the Civil War
Thomas P. Johnson arrived in Arkansas as a slave from North Carolina in 1859. He was a bout 38 years old. He became a well-known politician who served in the Union Army during the civil war. After the war, Johnson was elected one of eight Black members of the 1868 Arkansas Constitutional
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A.J. Hayne killed
A.J. Hayne, Black captain of the Arkansas militia, assassinated in Marion, Arkansas.
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Jul
15
1869
87 Breonna Taylor Protesters Arrested During Sit-In Outside Kentucky AG's Home
The demonstrators face felony charges for trying to "intimidate" the prosecutor, police said.
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Florida Tech to Offer African American Studies Programming - African American News Today - EIN News
… university’s inaugural minor in African American studies. The course, offered by … courses including Black Intellectual Thought, African American Humanities, and The Evolution of … and true story of the Black American experience to Florida Tech students …
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Mayor's Milk Initiative to begin fourth round | Dallas Weekly
The Mayor’s Milk Initiative will resume Thursday with a fourth round of sites scheduled for
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FILM REVIEW: Fatal Affair
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ellie (Nia Long), a corporate attorney, is going through a transition. She’s leaving her San Francisco firm and preparing to start her own practice. She’s just moved out of the city to a quieter small town and a plush beachside property. Her husband Marcus (Stephen
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Mayor's Milk Initiative to begin fifth round of milk giveaways | Dallas Weekly
During the first round of distributions, the Mayor’s Milk Initiative handed out 12,595 gallons of milk and approximately 230,000 pounds of food from the North Texas Food
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Arkansas legislature passed anti-Klan law
Arkansas legislature passed anti-Klan law.
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Mar
13
1869
Alabama US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate Has Endorsed Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste To Make Certain a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in Alabama Receives the Best Compensation that might exceed $1,000,000
MONTGOMERY , ALABAMA, USA, August 4, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Alabama US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate says, "We have endorsed, and we recommend attorney Erik Karst of the law firm of Karst von Oiste if you are a Navy Veteran …
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Scipio Africanus Jones: Prominent Attorney Best-Known for Defense of the “Elaine 12”
Scipio Africanus Jones was a prominent Little Rock attorney and businessman. He was chief counsel to the Arkansas NAACP and his private clients included the Prince Hall Masons, Knights of Pythias, and other black fraternal organizations. He is best known for his defense of the 'Elaine 12,' who
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Perry, June Carter (1943- ) - Birthday
Ambassador June Carter Perry was born November 13, 1943 in Texarkana, Arkansas.
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Nov
13
1943
Poet
Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1928. She grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. She is an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist.
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Apr
4
1928
Holding Back The Hate
President Eisenhower ordered federal troops to Little Rock, Ark., to prevent interference with school integration at Central High School.
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Sep
24
1957
Scottie Pippen
Scottie Pippen is a retired American basketball player who played along with Michael Jordan on the team Chicago Bulls. He was born on September 25, 1965, in Hamburg, Arkansas to Ethel and Preston Pippen. His mother and father stood at 6 feet and 6 feet 1 inch respectively, and Pippen was the
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Sep
25
1965
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
Opinion: This camera could let us see the climate crisis in a new way - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Eliminate fossil fuel pollution by 2050. Cut emissions in half by 2030. Expect sea level rise perhaps a meter or so by 2100 (or more than that in worst-case
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Rev. Dr. Jim Holley hosts new weekday morning drive-time radio program on 910 AM Superstation
Since his installment as senior pastor of the Historic Little Rock Baptist Church in Detroit on June 9, 1972, Rev. Dr. Jim Holley has built an on-going reputation as one of the top pastors in
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Mayor Eric Johnson, Borden Dairy, Dallas ISD team up | Dallas Weekly
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on Tuesday announced the launch of the Mayor’s Milk Initiative, a partnership with Borden Dairy to distribute thousands of gallons of milk to Dallas residents in need during the COVID-19
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Davis, Danny K. (1941- )
Danny K. Davis was born in Parkdale, Arkansas on September 6, 1941, the son of a sharecropper. He received a B.A. in history from Arkansas A.M. & N. College in 1961 and then moved to Chicago.  In 1968 he earned an M.A. from Chicago State University and a Ph.D. degree from the Union Institute
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Source: Black Past
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Sep
6
1941
Ten thousand students, led by Jackie Robinson,
Ten thousand students, led by Jackie Robinson, Harry Belfonte and A. Phillip Randolph, participated in the Youth March for Integrated Schools in Washington. Daisy Bates, head of the Arkansas chapter of the NAACP, and the nine students who integrated Little Rockss Central High School were awarded
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Oct
25
1958
Segregation Movements
Tennessee started modern segregation movement with Jim Crow railroad car and was followed by Florida (1887), Mississippi (1888), Texas (1889), Louisiana (1890), Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas and Georgia (1891), South Carolina (1898), North Carolina (1899), Virginia (1900), Maryland (1904), Oklahoma
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Dec
24
1881
SA coronavirus: over 300,000 cases; 8th biggest caseload globally | Africanews
South Africa has become a COVID-19 model for the continent in many ways since it confirmed its index case on 5th March, 2020. From the area of testing through to record number of recoveries, South Africa has been praised for pro-activeness in combating the
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People ventured out to beaches over the weekend without masks and failed to keep their distance
Crowds packed beaches in Florida, Maryland, Georgia, Virginia and Indiana over the weekend — many venturing out without masks and others failing to keep their distance even as officials have tirelessly highlighted the importance of both in order to prevent another surge of
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Taylor, George Edwin (1857-1925)
Born in the pre-Civil War South to a mother who was free and a father who was enslaved, George Edwin Taylor would become the first African American selected by a political party to be its candidate for the presidency of the United
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Source: Black Past
Nov
20
1904
Kenya: Governor Mutua Takes Back His Words on Alarming Cases of COVID-19 in Machakos
[Nairobi News] Just hours after confirming that out of the 97 new Covid-19 cases that were recorded in Machakos County on Wednesday, 68 of them were from a single factory in Mavoko Sub-county, Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua now claims they are from a neighbouring county.
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McFerrin, Robert Keith, Sr. (1921–2006)
In 1953 baritone Robert McFerrin Sr. made history as the first African American to win the Metropolitan Opera House’s Auditions of the Air radio contest.  On January 27, 1955, in the role of Ethiopian King Amonasro in Verdi’s Aida, McFerrin made history again by becoming the first African American
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New Hampshire Mesothelioma Victims Center Urges the Family of a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in New Hampshire to Call Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste to Discuss Compensation and Receiving the Best Results
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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KZN family 'hurt and angry' as mom dies of Covid-19 after first testing negative at hospital | News24
A KwaZulu-Natal family is reeling after their 75-year-old matriarch went into hospital for a kidney-related issue, only to contract Covid-19, allegedly after admission, and died.
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