Despite Scary Diagnosis, Never Give Cancer the Power

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Despite Scary Diagnosis, Never Give Cancer the Power

Having “conquered” cancer twice rather than being a survivor of cancer speaks to the power of Annetta Grady’s battle with breast cancer, twice. “I used to hate the color pink, now I host ‘Pink Parties’ and raise money for the Faith Fancher Foundation at Kaiser, Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center at Summit and the […]

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Interracial marriages occur more frequently among gay couples than they do among their heterosexual counterparts. Data from the 2010 census reveals that 20.6 percent of same-sex couples are interracial. That’s more than two percentage points higher than the amount of unmarried heterosexual couples

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Betty Wright (1953-2020): World Says Goodbye to the `Clean Up Woman’ | Afro

And that belief was affirmed over the weekend with the death of another music legend, Betty Wright on May

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Doc Green dies

Singer Doc Green of the Drifters dies of cancer. He was 54.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Mar

1989

Brity Yonly speaks on career

CHINESE-BASED Zimbabwean multi-talented Afro-jazz and pop singer, actor and play director Brity Yonly says she initially wanted to become a humanitarian lawyer before she decided to pursue her artistic talent after completing her Advanced Level studies at Lord Malvern High School in Harare. The

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Flip Wilson - Death

Flip Wilson died on November 25, 1998 in Malibu, California due to liver cancer.

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Source: Black History Resources

Nov

1998

Gaines, Irene McCoy (1892-1964) - Death

Irene McCoy Gaines died of cancer on April 7, 1964, in Chicago at the age of 72.

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Source: Black Past

Apr

1964

Race for the Net – Part 1 – The Untold History of When African Americans Controlled the Internet

Internet technology, which has changed the way we communicate, is estimated to generate global economic wealth totaling more than $7 trillion. In an era where the lives, contributions and achievements by African Americans are becoming more recognized and appreciated, we now can be aware that this

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Chants of 'revolution' on streets of Beirut as France's Macron is mobbed by crowds - L.A. Focus Newspaper

"Revolution, revolution!" people chanted, as shock at the devastation in the city gave way to anger on Thursday. New information reveals that Beirut officials had ignored repeated warnings about a stockpile of dangerous chemicals linked to the blast that has killed 137 people and injured

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

NYC Sets Up More COVID Checkpoints Around The City

Best believe New Yorkers who've gotten through the months long quarantine and shutdown that other states refused to initiate are appreciative of these measures being taken by the city.

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Source: The Urban Daily

Cold War Radiation Experiment on Black Cancer Patients (1960-1971)

From 1960 to 1971, Dr. Eugene Saenger, a radiologist at the University of Cincinnati, led an experiment exposing 88 patients with cancer, poor, and black to whole body

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Roberts, Robin René (1960- )

American television broadcaster Robin René Roberts is the anchor of Good Morning America, an ABC morning news show broadcast from its studios in New York, New York. In December 2013, she quietly came out as a lesbian in a Facebook post that acknowledged her long-time girlfriend, Amber

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Source: Black Past

Nov

1960

Johnson & Johnson Halting Sale Of Talcum Baby Powder In The U.S.

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Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Leader: A Biography

Known for her civil rights activism, Fannie Lou Hamer was called the spirit of the civil rights movement. Born a sharecropper, she worked from the age of six as a timekeeper on a cotton plantation. Later, she became involved in the Black Freedom Struggle and eventually moved on to become a field

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Oct

1917

Vanzant, Iyanla (1953- )

Rhonda Eva Harris was born in the back of a taxi to Sarah Jefferson, a railroad car maid. Her father, Horace Harris, a petty criminal, was largely absent from Rhonda’s life. When Sarah Jefferson died from breast cancer in 1957, Rhonda went to live with various paternal relatives, one of whom raped

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Source: Black Past

Spiritually Speaking: Don't Throw Your Own Pity Party and Attend | Dallas Weekly

While I was trying to remember where I heard or read about the concept of letting your hate for someone else control your life, I realized that maybe someone needed to read about it. So here it is. Now I am not talking about just not liking someone. I am talking about not being able to control your

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Source: Dallas Weekly

‘We Are Very Confident’: Bobby Shmurda’s Mother Gives Update on Rapper’s Mid-August Parole Hearing

Bobby Shmurda could come home sooner than expected, according to multiple reports. The Brooklyn native, whose real name is Ackquille Pollard, is set to have […]

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Freemasons donate to Cancer Society, Heart Foundation

Freemasons Association of Jamaica on Wednesday made a donation to the Jamaica Cancer Society and Heart Foundation in the amount of $1 million

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Faith Over Fear: The Healing is a Journey Conference Offers Ways to Heal Traumatic Wounds | Chicago Defender

In this time of increased need for healing, many people are rising up to provide that healing space. Listiner Martinez, an Award-Winning Author, Accountability Coach, entrepreneur, mentor, inspirational speaker, and mother of three, created the “Healing is Journey Conference” series to

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Source: Chicago Defender

Ralph Lauren Donates 1.5M Pieces Of Clothing To COVID Relief & Delivers Coffee To Hospital Workers In Hometown Of NYC

“The clothing donation includes comfortable loungewear and daily items, such as sweatshirts, sweatpants, T-shirts, and sweaters, and will be donated through charity networks as well as many of the Company’s longstanding Pink Pony partners focused on cancer care,” states the press

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One More Reason To Vote - The Seattle Medium

With the 2020 election and the prospect of a new administration in 2021, the health and well-being of Justice Ginsberg looms large. Notably, she is one-fourth of the Liberal Wing of the Supreme Court. She’s reliable in her support for liberal positions of juris prudence. Her decisions have