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Corrigan, Mairead
Corrigan, Mairead moi´rə kôr´ĭgən [key], 1944–, Irish social activist, b. Belfast. A volunteer social worker in the Catholic neighborhoods of Belfast, Corrigan saw three of her sisters children killed when a car driven by an Irish Republican Army (IRA) terrorist went out of control after being
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Olivet Baptist Church (OBC) [Chicago] (1850- )
The Olivet Baptist Church (OBC), founded on April 6, 1850, was at one time the largest Protestant church in the world, reaching 20,000 members under the leadership of Pastor Lacey Kirk Williams. It is the second oldest black church in Chicago, Illinois and the oldest African American Baptist church
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Birdman's Cash Money Records Donates Over $225,000 to Cover Rent for New Orleans Residents During Pandemic
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A Wrongfully Convicted Man Freed After 36 years is now an 'AGT' Favorite
Archie Williams spent 36 years in a Louisiana prison for a rape he
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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian resigns from board, urges Black candidate as replacement
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Naomi Osaka makes history as world's highest-paid female athlete
Osaka’s name will now go down in history because her earnings has set a record for a female athletes’ earnings in
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AG says Data Protection Act will need constant review
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Raymond A. Pearson v. Donald G. Murray (1936)
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1936
Libya: Has Haftar's 'Ponzi Scheme' Imploded?
Turkey's dramatic military intervention into Libya's civil-cum-proxy war on the side of the Tripoli government has changed the narrative from 'Haftar tightening the noose around Tripoli' to his 'entire Western operation being in disarray,' as one analyst puts
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Venus Williams launches new sunscreen line for women of color
Venus Williams may be a world-renowned athlete but now the legendary tennis player is parlaying her love of skincare into a new business
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Forbes Drops Its Highest Paid Athletes List — Here’s Who Made The Cut
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who were no. 1 and no. 2 last year, respectively, came in no. 3 and no. 2 this year, with Messi losing the top spot to Swiss professional tennis player Roger Federer and Ronaldo maintaining his
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'My Heart Is Heavy': Porsha Wiliams Gets Caught In Tear Gas Release While Protesting and Fans Pour in with Concerns
Porsha Williams has been standing on the front lines in support of the Black Lives Matter movement by peacefully protesting in her hometown of
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Wendy Williams Takes a Break from Her Show to Deal with Symptoms from Graves' Disease
Viewers of “The Wendy Williams Show” will have to watch repeats of the show for the foreseeable future, as Williams is taking a hiatus as a result of fatigue caused by
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Police Were Called on Black Citizens in Georgia Who Waited Past Midnight to Vote in Primary – Your Black World
As they waited patiently for hours after sunset to cast their ballots in an election primary on Tuesday (June 9), black voters in South Fulton County, Georgia were forced by police to leave their polling
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birthday, Dr Chancellor Williams
Historian and author of Destruction of Black Civilization, Dr Chancellor Williams was born
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Dec
22
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KSAMC to clean over 100 drains
Detailing the programme, Kingston Mayor Delroy Williams said that the exercise would be undertaken in phases, targeting 51 critical coastal drains in communities across 13
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Aggrey, Orison Rudolph (1926- )
U.S. Ambassador Orison Rudolph Aggrey was born in Salisbury, North Carolina, the son of James Emman Kwegyir, an African immigrant who became an American college professor, and Rose Rudolph (Douglass) Aggrey, an African American woman. He earned a B.S. degree from Hampton Institute, where he
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2016
Silk Celebrates the Power of Plants with Venus Williams and DJ Khaled
Silk launches its new “Do Plants” Initiative, which celebrates the good things that can happen when people make plants part of their everyday
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Venus Williams On Quarantine, Her New Beauty Venture And The SPF That Won’t Make You Look Ashy
Time at home has allowed Williams to get organized and indulge in her self-care products, which include a relaxing body oil infused with rose petals, a fancy skin toning device that was given to her by a friend, and a mineral sunscreen that won’t make her look
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BPD Chief: More than a dozen Birmingham police officers terminated since 2018
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Jamaica: 71-year-old George Williams a step closer to prison release after 48 years without trial
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Deputy justice minister Nkosi Phathekile Holomisa tests positive for Covid-19
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West Indian History: Biographies
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Serena Williams
Born: 9/26/1981 Saginaw, MichiganAmerican professional tennis player who is ranked No. 1 in womens singles tennis. The Womens Tennis Association (WTA) has ranked her world No. 1 in singles on six separate occasions. She became the world No. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002, and achieved this
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How Some Mississippi Teens Are Saving Their Town From Climate Change
Their tiny, rural town of just over 1,000 people suffers from severe flooding, made worse by climate
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Williams, Sidney (1942- )
Former professional football player, businessman, and diplomat, Sidney Williams was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on March 24, 1942. Raised in Houston, Texas, he attended the city’s Phillis Wheatley High School and upon graduation in 1959 enrolled at Southern University in Baton
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Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas (1875- )
Following emancipation in 1865, former slaves across the South detached themselves from white-controlled congregations and established independent churches. In Fort Worth, Texas, historic Mt. Gilead Baptist Church was one of those new congregations. Over time it would serve the spiritual and
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Anthony A. Williams
Anthony A. Williams is Chief Executive Officer of Federal City Council, an organization which serves as a catalyst for progress in the Nation’s Capital by focusing on major problems and
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Jeneil Williams: Pregnant in a pandemic - Supermodel shares her story with ‘Vogue’
Pulse star and multiple Vogue cover girl, Jeneil Williams, is expecting a baby this summer and, true to form, the supermodel has been the focus of major magazines as they chronicle her journey to
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Phylicia Rashad
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