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Woody Strode and Other African-American Athletes Went from Sports to The Silver Screen – Free Press of Jacksonville
While he helped break the NFL’s color line in 1946 with the Los Angeles Rams, Strode is better remembered for his role as Draba, the Ethiopian gladiator, in the 1960 action-packed historical drama
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Orson Welles
Welles was born to a mother, Beatrice Ives, who was a concert pianist and a crack rifle shot and a father, Richard Welles, who was an inventor and a businessman. Welles was a child prodigy, adept at the piano and violin, acting, drawing, painting, and writing verse; he also entertained his friends
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Latest sports news headlines, results, and fixtures: Friday 10 July
Welcome to our daily wrap of the latest sports news headlines, results and fixtures from across the globe and right here in South Africa.
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Niger
Niger nī´jər [key], great river of W Africa, c.2,600 mi (4,180 km) long, rising on the Fouta Djallon plateau, SW Guinea, and flowing NE through Guinea and into Mali. In central Mali the Niger forms its vast inland delta (c.30,000 sq mi/77,700 sq km), a maze of channels and shallow lakes. An
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Guyana under pressure to release election results | New York Carib News
Guyana is coming under increased pressure to release results of the disputed March 2 regional and general elections, based on the results of the national recount.
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Source: The New York Carib News
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James Meredith
James Meredith is a 20th century eminent American Civil Rights Movement figure. He was involved in political advisory committee and also wrote about the social inequality issues. Besides, he was a war veteran and was the first black to be admitted in an all-white
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1933
Renewed coronavirus outbreak in Leicester, city back to lockdown - African Voice Newspaper
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock spoke ion Monday 29 June 2020 at the House of Commons about local measures to deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Leicester. Addressing the Speaker of the House of Commons,Matt Hancock said:with permission, I would like to make a statement
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Source: African Voice Newspaper - African news from a British perspective
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Black Nova Scotians
Black Nova Scotians are Black Canadians whose ancestors fled the Colonial United States as slaves or freemen, and later settled in Nova Scotia, Canada during the 18th and early 19th centuries.[5] As of the 2011 Census of Canada, 20,790 black people live in Nova Scotia,[2] most in Halifax, though
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Latest sports news headlines, results, and fixtures: Monday 13 July
Welcome to our daily wrap of the latest sports news headlines, results and fixtures from across the globe and here in South Africa.
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Coronavirus Update: Layoffs on The Horizon As Covid-19 Continues To Spread
Just as restaurants, bars, hotels and other businesses around the country ended a two-month lock down and reopened their doors to customers, the virus is hitting the nations South and Western states hard and causing elected officials to roll back plans to jump start their economy. This means
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Latest sports news headlines, results and fixtures: Tuesday 30 June
The latest sports news headlines from across the globe includes Aussie Nick Kyrgios calling Boris Becker a doughnut on Twitter.
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Distant Whistles, Muted Flutes: Ada Wright in Glasgow, 1932
In the following account writer Irene Brown recalls through her fathers photo the visit of Ada Wright, mother to Roy and Andy Wright, two of the nine Scottsboro Boys accused of rape in 1931.  Her account appears
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Netflix’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Tells Black Vietnam Veterans’ Stories the Way Only Spike Lee Can – Free Press of Jacksonville
In Netflix’s “Da 5 Bloods,” Spike Lee takes his audience on a journey across the decades, putting a spotlight on the Black veteran experience in a way few filmmakers ever
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
Sunken Place Soldier Candace Owens Forgets Her Hair Is 4C, Calls Black People “Chimpanzees” For Riots
According to published reports, on Thursday (May 28) Candace Owens took to YouTube to live stream and discuss the current events going on across the country involving Black America’s reaction to there continued police brutality that has plagued the country for
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Why Im Ignoring Terry Crews And Others Who Uphold The Myth Of Whiteness
It's clear that he keeps asking for permission from someone other than his community. So let us render him the gift of our silence.
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Seacole, Mary Jane (1805 –1881)
Mary Jane Grant Seacole was an early nurse in the British Empire during the 19th Century. Born in Kingston, Jamaica as Mary Grant, she was the daughter of a Scottish officer and a black mother. Mary’s mother ran a hospital/boarding house in Kingston and she, after a brief period as
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Everton de Courcy Weekes - Stabroek News
Last Wednesday, the life innings of the oldest surviving West Indian Test cricketer, Everton Weekes came to an end. The article Everton de Courcy Weekes appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Africans at Hadrian's Wall
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Viola Davis Calls Out Film Industry for Still Failing to Pay Her What She’s Worth - Houston Forward Times
Viola Davis is one of the most talented actresses working today in Hollywood. Since her The post Viola Davis Calls Out Film Industry for Still Failing to Pay Her What She’s Worth appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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Lack of professional clubs in Scotland holding game back, says Strachan
(Reuters) – The lack of fully professional clubs in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has handcuffed the sport in the country, former Scotland manager Gordon Strachan
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Bamako, Mali (11th Century-- )
Bamako, with a population of 1.8 million, is the largest city in the Republic of Mali. It serves as Mali’s seat of government and the country’s economic and cultural center. The city is located in the southwestern corner of Mali, along the banks of the Niger River.  In the Bambara language Bamako
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Guest Editorial: Trump’s threat to WHO is dangerous and callous
Last month, President Donald Trump followed through on a threat to temporarily cut U.S. funding to the World Health
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Montserrat rejoins Caribbean RADO - Stabroek News
The Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADO) yesterday announced that Montserrat has successfully reapplied and has been accepted to rejoin the regional doping body.  The article Montserrat rejoins Caribbean RADO appeared first on Stabroek News.
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(1838) James McCune Smith, “The Abolition Of Slavery And The Slave Trade In The French And British Colonies”
James McCune Smith (1813-1865) was a prominent physician and abolitionist. Smith was educated in the African Free School in New York City. When failing to be admitted to any American college, he enrolled in Glasgow University in Scotland in 1832 and earned three degrees including his medical
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9
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Newswire: Black Lives Matter protesters tear down statue of the U.K.’s leading slave trader
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Libya
After months of secret talks with the U.S. and Britain, Qaddafi surprised the world in Dec. 2003 by announcing he would give up the pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and submit to full UN weapons inspections. After inspections at four secret sites, the International Atomic Energy Agency
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