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With the worldwide uproar over the racial prejudices that have been taking place for centuries, British insurance market Lloyd’s of London has come forward to apologize for its role in the slave market and share a few of its initiatives going forward according to a written statement by the
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Bill Cosby granted appeal in Pennsylvania sex assault case
Actor and comedian Bill Cosby returns to the courtroom after a break with his spokesman Andrew Wyatt at the Montgomery County Courthouse, during his sexual assault trial sentencing in Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S. September
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Jonson was born two months after his father died. His stepfather was a bricklayer, but by good fortune the boy was able to attend Westminster School. His formal education, however, ended early, and he at first followed his stepfather’s trade, then fought with some success with the English forces in
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Manuel Ellis: Tacoma Man Died In Police Custody, Saying He 'Can't Breathe'
Matthew Ellis speaks at a vigil at the intersection where his brother, Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old black man, died in police custody in
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Rwanda: Finance Ministry PS, Top Officials Charged With Abuse of Public Funds
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896) was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court decided in 1896. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of separate but equal.[1] The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1 with the majority opinion
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Rwandans in France Want Genocidaire Kabuga's Accomplices Identified, Brought to Book
Rwandans living in France on Friday, May 22, presented a case before a Prosecutor in France demanding that individuals and institutions there who, for long, helped Genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga evade capture be identified and brought to
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Kabuga denounces charges as 'lies'
Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, arrested this month after more than two decades on the run, told a French court on Wednesday that the international charges against him were
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Sudan: Transfer of Sudan War Crimes Suspect to the Hague 'A Milestone' - ICC Prosecutor Bensouda
The Hague — The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, has hailed the surrender and transfer of former Darfur janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb, indicted by the court for crimes against humanity, as "a milestone in the Darfur, Sudan
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Fugitive Félicien Kabuga arrested
Felicien Kabuga, once one of Rwanda's richest men, was living under a false identity in the Paris suburbs, the public prosecutor's office and police said in a joint
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6 Atlanta Officers Charged After Students Pulled From Car
ATLANTA (AP) — Six Atlanta police officers have been charged after a dramatic video showed authorities pulling two young people from a car during protests over the death of George Floyd, a prosecutor said
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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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Rwandan Genocide Fugitive, Felicien Kabuga, Arrested After 25 Years On the Run
French police arrested one of the last key suspects sought over the Rwandan genocide on Saturday, prosecutors and police
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Nigeria: Electricity - Policy Flip-Flop Threatens U.S.$155 Million Smart Metres Project
[Vanguard] Lagos -- Inconsistent government policies, high annual turnover and cash flow requirements are currently threatening execution of the $155 million Phase 2 of Nigeria's National Mass Metering Programme, NMMP.
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Kabuga likely to be tried in Tanzania
Felicien Kabuga, 84, one of the last key fugitives wanted over the genocide, was arrested at his home outside Paris on Saturday after living for years under a false
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The Creative Coast Hosts SHE HUSTLES Final Event for 2023 - The Savannah Tribune
SHE HUSTLES is a CreativeCoast tri-annual event, during which Savannah’s women entrepreneurs and leaders connect, learn, and inspire. The Creative Coast is excited to again partner with Savannah SCORE for the SHE HUSTLES event, which took place on Thursday, November 9th, at The Clyde Venue Media
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'Love & Marriage: Huntsville': Destiny Payton Recently Cried Over Melody Rodgers Friendship Ending - Blavity
Love and Marriage Huntsville stars Destiny Payton and Melody Rodgers were good friends at one time. Unfortunately, the two are at odds, and the root of the fallout is murky, even to viewers. Payton seems to be confused as well, but according to Rodgers, she began to distance herself from Payton
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ICC prosecutor appeals Gbagbo, Ble Goude acquittal
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Lee Daniels Sits Down With Mo’Nique For Dinner And Reflects On Friendship After Fiery Feud
Iconic film producer and director Lee Daniels sat down with 'The Parkers' actress Mo'Nique to celebrate their long-standing friendship ahead of their most recent film release.
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(1900) Ida B. Wells, “Lynch Law in America”
Beginning in 1892 with the destruction of her newspaper, the Memphis Free Speech, Ida B. Wells for the next forty years was the most prominent opponent of lynching in the United States.  What follows is a speech she made to a Chicago audience on the subject in January
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Atlanta Cops Who Murdered Rayshard Brooks Turn Themselves in
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Cosby Granted Appeal in Pennsylvania Sex Assault Case
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Prosecutors in DR Congo have requested a 20 year prison sentence for Vital Kamerhe, a key ally of President Felix Tshisekedi, over his alleged role in the embezzlement of more than 50 million dollars of public
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