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Rayshard Brooks Memorialized At Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church  | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Family, friends, dignitaries, elected officials and community leaders gathered today to remember the life of Rayshard Brooks at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. The 27-year-old African-American man was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer on June 12th.  His death sparked national and
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Tourist pretesting back on agenda - Tufton admits island’s COVID-19 response buckling under pressure
WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaican Government is reconsidering the imposition of COVID-19 pretesting of arriving tourists as the coronavirus response architecture at the island’s airports has been overwhelmed by passenger traffic, Minister of Health and...
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Texas Southern University modifies fall academic calendar - DefenderNetwork.com
Texas Southern University will move to a modified 13-week schedule for the upcoming fall semester, which has students completing the term prior to the traditional Thanksgiving break. Due to the novel coronavirus, the modified schedule shortens the semester and adjusts class instruction time
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All In Or Out? How Business Owners Can Deal With COVID’S Cloudy Future - Milwaukee Community Journal
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, small businesses have reopened across the nation but certainty and optimism are a long way from being restored. Spikes in infections in many states, double-digit unemployment, consumer and lender concerns, and steep economic challenges in the wake of a long
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OGUTU: Sickle cell disease not yet fully curable despite a
The designation of the orphan disease status to SCD by regulatory agencies, such as US Food and Drug Administration, spurred interest in product development for therapeutic agents in the treatment of the
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Black Mississippi Mayor Fights Back Tears While Signing Executive Order To Remove Divisive State Flag
The mayor of Laurel, Mississippi, fought back tears as he signed an executive order to remove the state's flag from all city-owned buildings.
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Hundreds continue to flout COVID-19 restrictions - Stabroek News
Hundreds of Guyanese continue to flout the national COVID-19 restrictions on social gatherings despite a rise in the number of local cases being recorded. The article Hundreds continue to flout COVID-19 restrictions appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Beyoncé Receives Humanitarian Award At 2020 BET Awards - The New York Beacon
Beyoncé was honored with the Humanitarian Award at the 20th annual BET Awards Sunday. At the network’s first virtual award show amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Michelle Obama presented the decorated artist with the award, stating that Bey“has been lighting up the stages and gracing the
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Mississippi Black Lawmaker On Taking Down The Flag: A Symbol Of 'Hate And Not Love' : Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice : NPR
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Mississippi State Sen. Derrick Simmons, a Democrat, after lawmakers in that state voted on Sunday to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.
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Is Wearing a Face Mask Bad for Your Immune System? | BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
Right now, wearing a mask has become necessary during the Coronavirus pandemic. Infectious disease experts agree that when The post Is Wearing a Face Mask Bad for Your Immune System? appeared first on BlackDoctor.org.
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Eutaw City Council approves ordinance for wearing face masks in public to reduce spread of coronavirus
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FAMU Among HBCUs To Receive $50,000 In Emergency Funding from Vanguard - Black News Channel
Special from Florida AM University Florida AM University (FAMU) is one of five historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) impacted by the global pandemic to receive $50,000 in direct emergency funding support from Vanguard, the firm announced Friday. Delaware State University, Hampton
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Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove Confederate emblem from flag - DefenderNetwork.com
The Mississippi state legislature on Sunday passed a bill to remove the Confederate emblem from their flag in a historic referendum on the only remaining state flag to feature the Confederate insignia. The bill will now go to Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, who has said he would sign it
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Chavis: 'America should embrace prison returnees to our communities' | The Atlanta Voice
I am pleased to work and live in our nation’s capital. Washington, DC is a city on the move progressively even amidst the continued existence of the COVID-19 pandemic. But there is one emerging issue in the District of Columbia that in my long career in the field of civil and human rights that I am
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Sudan wants PMs to solve Nile dam deadlock
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Mississippi’s State Legislature Passes Bill to Remove Confederate Emblem from Flag - The New York Beacon
TheMississippistate legislature — both House and Senate — passed a bill today to remove the Confederate battle emblem from its state flag. According tocnn.com, the bill will now go to Mississippi Gov.Tate Reeves, who has said he would sign legislation that state lawmakers send
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Windies eager to put absence of key players behind them - Stabroek News
On the eve of their second and final warm up match ahead of their three-Test series against England, some West Indies players are keen to show that they can fill the void left by Darren Bravo, Keemo Paul and Shimron
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(AP) Since Wanda Johnson’s son was shot and killed by a police officer in Oakland, California, 11 years ago, she has watched video after video of similar encounters between Black people and police. Each time, she finds herself reliving the trauma of losing her son, Oscar Grant, who was shot to
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