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Penn’s ‘long tradition’ as a center for the study of African American history | Penn Today
… legible the lenses that African American studies and African American history and Africana studies … on training graduate cohorts studying African American history.  “Penn has an … aspect of the centrality of Black Americans in the worldwide African diaspora …
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Former Disney Star Kyle Massey Charged With Immoral Communication With Teen
The incident, which took place in December 2019 and January 2019, came up again after a 2019 lawsuit said that the girl first met Massey when she was just 4 years of age.
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Wesley Cook established his status as a political activist while still a teenager. At age 14, he took part in a protest against a rally for presidential candidate George Wallace and was subsequently arrested by Philadelphia police. The arrest did not deter him from further political activism, and
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Le Premier ministre Garry Conille promet de la "transparence" aux Haïtiens - Haiti24
Le nouveau Premier ministre haïtien Garry Conille a promis mardi de la "transparence" à une population traumatisée par les gangs. Un deuxième contingent de la mission multinationale devrait arriver "très vite", "dans les prochaines semaines", a-t-il
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How Black Americans Kept Reconstruction Alive
… eradicated the pestilence of slavery. Black Americans who believed in multiracial democracy … repression journeyed along parallel paths. Black Americans preserved a vision of a … key to unlocking freedom for Black Americans: The Haitian Revolution, she …
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Protests Continue Nationwide Over George Floyd Killing In Minneapolis
Nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd — the Black man who died Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck — continued Friday evening as Americans demanded that those involved face
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Army Vet And Father of 2 Overcomes Odds to Earn UAB Accounting Degree
By Adam Pope www.uab.edu Before senior accounting major Demarcus Davis began his college journey at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, life had other plans for him. After two months into his college experience at another institution, he received news that would change the course of his life
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Appiah, Kwame Anthony and Henry Louis Gates Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience Yes
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Short Film "Passage" Uses Local Actors and St. Croix Landscape to Highlight Untold Stories of the Middle Passage
On the day to celebrate America’s Independence, the short film "Passage" screened at Caribbean Cinemas on St. Thomas, highlighting the slave trade that occurred in 1600 West Africa.
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3,000 barrels of crude oil spilt in Nigerian waters – NOSDRA
“The spill has not hit the coastline because of the effectiveness of the spills contingency plan we deployed.” The post 3,000 barrels of crude oil spilt in Nigerian waters – NOSDRA appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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“‘We Must Do Better” Detroit’s Top Law Firms Stand Against Racial Injustice
Detroit’s leading law firms spoke out against racial injustice as the appalling deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, among many others, have sparked protests
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"France is in no way being driven out of Africa" says Foreign trade Minister | Africanews
France is in no way being driven out of Africa, declared French Foreign Trade Minister Olivier Becht on Wednesday ahead of a trip to Nigeria, calling on French companies to continue and step up their investments on the continent.
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Miami Mother Admits To Lying About Two Black Men Drowning Her Autistic Son | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
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1998: US President Bill Clinton opens a State visit to China in Tiananmen Square, where a protest movement for democracy was brutally suppressed nine years
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Malcolm X born in Omaha, Nebraska
Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louis Norton Little, was a homemaker occupied with the familys eight children. His father, Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Earls civil
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Benzino Denies He Is Jealous Of Daughter Coi Leray’s Career
There is still an obvious strain between Benzino and Coi Leray. He has denied that he is jealous of his daughter's success she alleged he is envious of her. As spotted on HipHopDX the emerging Rap talent recently paid a visit to the Angie Martinez IRL podcast. While Coi discussed a variety of
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Report looks at 'policy concerns' facing Atlanta’s Buckhead community
(The Center Square) — The upscale Atlanta community of Buckhead garners headlines, whether it's a discussion about crime or the failed cityhood movement. Now, a new Georgia Public Policy Foundation report explores the key issues facing the community: Public safety, zoning, taxation and infrastru
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Pandemic linked to rise in first-time speech delay diagnoses - Dallas Examiner
After the pandemic, there was a significant increase in the rate of children under the age of 5 being diagnosed with first-time speech delays, with the 2- to 3-year-old age group having the highest rate of first-time diagnoses. The post Study finds significant increase in speech
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Meet Michele Roberts; first woman and person of color to join board of Marijuana firm Cresco Labs
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Family Autopsy: Floyd Asphyxiated By Sustained Pressure
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An autopsy commissioned for George Floyd’s family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes and ignored his cries of distress, the family’s attorneys said
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Newswire : The killing of George Floyd sparks continued protests, outrage across the nation
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin relaxed as he was suffocating George
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Makinde presents Oyo's 2024 budget to lawmakers
Presenting the budget tagged: “Budget of Economic Recovery”, the Oyo governor said the capital expenditure is 2.4 per cent higher than the recurrent expenditure. The post Makinde presents Oyo's 2024 budget to lawmakers appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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IDT rules in favour of BOJ in vacation leave dispute
The Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) has sided with the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) in a long-standing dispute with the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) over a change in the bank’s vacation leave policy, over which the union has expressed strong
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Jennifer Hudson’s home for sale | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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Jamaica- March for Palestine in Downtown Kingston
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Attorney General Hill given 30-day suspension | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Attorney General Curtis Hill, who made history as the state’s first African-American Attorney General following his election in 2016, had been facing allegations of inappropriately touching multiple women at a party celebrating the end of the legislative session in March
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Overhaul Needed: Tackling Youth Incarceration and Racial Disparities - Atlanta Tribune
Although Black males comprise just 13% of the total population, they represent an astounding 35% of those incarcerated. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In its report, “System Reforms to Reduce Youth Incarceration: Why We Must Explore Every Option
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Lawsuit: HCC Targeted Black Top-Level Officials for Demotion and Termination
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POLICE Complaints Authority (PCA) director David West said for this year, a total of 713 complaints against police officers have been made to the authority. West added this is reflective of a trend of increasing complaints against police officers that began in 2014. He made the comments during
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