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Cleaner seas in Kingston, MoBay
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EDITOR’S COLUMN: We Need a New Movement — Black Dads Matter
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Johnson, James Weldon (1871-1938)
James Weldon Johnson, composer, diplomat, social critic, and civil rights activist, was born of Bahamian immigrant parents in Jacksonville, Florida on June 17, 1871.   Instilled with the value of education by his father, James, a waiter, and teacher-mother, Helen, Johnson excelled at the Stanton
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Matt James Named First Black Lead Of 'The Bachelor'
“The Bachelor” franchise has cast just one Black lead in 18 years, but ABC announced Friday that will be changing in 2021: Matt James, best known as the BFF of Tyler Cameron from “Bachelorette” Season 15, will be the next male
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Juanita Millender-McDonald (1938-2007)
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