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The defense is striking people who tell the court they already have strong feelings about Derek Chauvin’s guilt.
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What can a positive word do for you and me?
By Brian K. Brown, St. Mark M.B. Church Scripture: Acts 3:1-10 The scripture centers around a man lame from birth who was carried daily to the gate of the temple called Beautiful to ask alms of those who entered.  Peter and John were on their way to the temple when they encountered him, and he
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Would-be robber nabbed while hiding in ceiling
A man who was caught after allegedly breaking into a business establishment with intent to steal cash has been charged by the St Andrew Central Police. He is 26-year-old Canfield Dias of Mahoe Road, Kingston 11. It is reported that about 1:15 a.m...
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Cape Town man falls on to fence spike while trimming palm tree | News24
The spike, which had pierced his chest and broken off, had been removed and the man required advanced life support interventions.
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(1856) Sara G. Stanley Addresses The Convention Of Disfranchised Citizens Of Ohio
In January 1856, Sara G. Stanley, representing the Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society of Delaware, Ohio, addressed the all-male Convention of Disfranchised Citizens of Ohio who met at the Columbus City Hall. She called upon the forty delegates who included among their ranks John Mercer Langston, Peter
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Source: Black Past
(1851) Sojourner Truth “Ar'nt I a Woman?”
Sojourner Truth (c. 1797-1883) was arguably the most famous of the 19th Century black women orators. Born into slavery in New York and freed in 1827 under the state’s gradual emancipation law, she dedicated her life to abolition and equal rights for women and men. Two versions of her most noted
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Illegal gun seized in Majesty Gardens, man arrested
A man was taken into custody following the seizure of a firearm with ammunition by the police in Majesty Gardens, St Andrew on Tuesday. The police say in recent weeks, there has been a flare-up of gang conflicts in the community, which has resulted...
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Mom and Daughter Make History, Open Black-Owned Shell Gas Station in Florida – Free Press of Jacksonville
by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors - Meet 51-year old Lashawn Flowers and her 35-year old daughter, Shanita Vickers, the new owners of the only Black-owned gas station in Hollywood, Florida, and possibly the only Black-owned gas station [...]
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Getaway driver in Trelawny church murder to plead guilty
The man who allegedly drove the getaway car in the shooting death of 51-year-old Andrea Lowe-Garwood, is expected to plead guilty when he returns to the Home Circuit Court on February 18.  Leon Hines, who appeared before the court this...
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Murder suspect fatally shot by police
The police are reporting that a man was fatally shot during a confrontation with cops in Kingston on Monday. They report that he was a suspect in a fatal shooting committed earlier in the day. According to the police, about 10:20 a.m., 31-year-old...
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$20K reward offered in West Pullman gas station shooting; 11-year-old girl shot in face, critically injured | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Ny'Andrea Dyer could be paralyzed for life if she survives, doctors say  By Jessica D'Onofrio, Cate Cauguiran and Alexis McAdams An 11-year-old girl is fighting for her life after she was shot Monday night while sitting in a car at a gas station on Chicago's Far South Side. Family identified the
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WATCH | Law enforcement officer saves man dangling from bridge above N2 in Cape Town | News24
A man hanging off the R300 bridge, which spans the N2 in Cape Town, has been saved by a quick-thinking law enforcement officer.
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Dwight Fletcher | Growing up Jesus
At Christmas, we are accustomed to the usual accounts of Jesus’ life: the manger, the virgin birth, the escape to Egypt, and so on. However, there were other incidents and circumstances that occupied Jesus’ life. This Christmas, we are going to...
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Man arrested after assaulting policeman
A man caught on video in a tussle with a policeman has been arrested. It happened in May Pen, Clarendon this morning. The circumstances surrounding the incident could not be immediately ascertained. However, the police say the man is to be...
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Lone Success squatter takes up shelter at Graham’s Hall school - Stabroek News
One person has taken up temporary shelter at the Graham’s Hall Primary School, which the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has prepared to house squatters that authorities have been trying to get to vacate lands at
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(BPRW) OWN Sets New Series From Will Packer & Carlos King, Expands Unscripted Programming Block To Two Nights – The Black Chronicle
(Black PR Wire) OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has lined up two new unscripted series for fall — Put A Ring On It, from Ready For Love producers Will Packer and Lighthearted Entertainment, and Behind Every Man,&nb Source link
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Emmett Till
Emmett Till was an African American boy, who was murdered by two white men at the age of 14. His murder was one of the driving forces of the Civil Rights Movement. Till was born on July 25, 1941 to Mamie and Louis Till in Chicago, Illinois. He was nicknamed “Bobo” as a child and was
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Man in custody after ammo found in roof
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Dead man aboard cocaine plane identified as Brazilian - Stabroek News
The man, whose body was found on board one of the two aircraft which were discovered on Monday in Region Seven was yesterday identified as Brazilian national,  Alessandro Eduardo Petravieius,  49. The article Dead man aboard cocaine plane identified as Brazilian appeared first on Stabroek News.
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(1923) Marcus Garvey, “A Last Word Before Incarceration”
In 1923 Marcus Garvey was convicted on federal charges of mail fraud in connection with the sale of stock in the Universal Negro Improvement Associations Black Star Line.  Sentenced to prison, Garvey delivered his last address before a crowd at Liberty Hall in New York City on June 17, 1923.  That
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin is one of the most successful female recording artists of all time. She was born on March 25, 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee to C. L. and Barbara Franklin. C.L. was a famous Baptist preacher who later founded his own church and Barbara was an accomplished pianist and singer. Aretha was
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Crowd rushes Sparendaam station during protest of police killing - Stabroek News
Family members of Sherwin Fileen, a man who was shot dead by the police after he allegedly attacked ranks during an attempt to arrest him, staged a protest on Wednesday outside of the Sparendaam Police
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Police hunt for injured suspect after he escapes through window of Mpumalanga hospital | News24
Mpumalanga police are looking for a man who escaped through a window while under police guard at a local hospital.
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Man Charged With Beating Convenience Store Employee | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
MANDEL BAKER   A 35-year-old man             was arrested last week and has been charged with felony battery with great bodily harm. The victim was an employee at a convenience store. According to the Lakeland Police Department, last Friday, shortly after 5:30 p.m., police were called to the Food
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(1893) Frances E.W. Harper, "Woman's Political Future"
On May 20, 1893, women’s activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper gave this speech before the World’s Congress of Representative Women, meeting in their conference in
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1893
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(1837) Theodore S. Wright, “Prejudice Against the Colored Man”
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Fort Lawton (Seattle) “Riot” and POW Lynching, 1944
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