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MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (AP): Several hospitality companies in one of South Carolina’s most popular beach towns are accused of scamming dozens of foreign workers on work visas, including Jamaicans, about their pay and living conditions,...
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Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, setting him up for a bruising challenge to President Donald Trump that will play out against the unprecedented backdrop of a pandemic, economic collapse and civil
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DHS Confirms COVID-19 Positive Case, Closes Knud Hansen Complex
The V.I. Department of Human Services today confirmed that it is immediately closing the Knud Hansen Complex in St. Thomas as a staff member has tested positive for COVID-19.
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Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority Closes St. Thomas Office May 10-14.
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Former Resident Sentenced for Mailing Firearms to St. Thomas
A former Virgin Islands resident was sentenced Thursday to 45 months and 17 days in prison for mailing firearms to St. Thomas, U.S. Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands Gretchen C.F. Shappert reported.
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(1871) Congressman Joseph H. Rainey, “Speech Made in Reply to An Attack Upon the Colored State Legislators of South Carolina..."
Joseph H. Rainey, “Speech Made in Reply to An Attack Upon the Colored State Legislators of South Carolina by Representative Cox on New York,” 1871
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Jamal Sutherland died by homicide; death certificate changed, attorneys say
The family of Jamal Sutherland is relieved a team of forensic pathologists in South Carolina agrees that the subdual process... View Article The post Jamal Sutherland died by homicide; death certificate changed, attorneys say appeared first on TheGrio.
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George Murray
George Murray was, without a doubt, one of the most remarkable citizens of his time. A teacher, farmer, land developer and federal customs inspector, the former slave would go on to become a United States Congressman and a noted
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2012
Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe , byname of William Smith Monroe (born Sept. 13, 1911, Rosine, Ky., U.S.—died Sept. 9, 1996, Springfield, near Nashville, Tenn.), American singer, songwriter, and mandolin player who invented the bluegrass style of country
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‘I Can Hardly Think Of Him Without Crying’: Pastor Clementa Pinckney Remembered Five Years After Tragic Charleston Church Shooting
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Nix, Robert Nelson Cornelius, Sr. (1898-1987)
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix, Sr. was born on August 9, 1905 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, where his father, Nelson, was dean of South Carolina State College. Nix graduated from Townsend Harris High School in New York City, and then from Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania in
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Modern day 'Bonnie and Clyde' accused of multiple murders in two states - TheGrio
A South Carolina man wanted for murder is still at large. Read More: South Carolina teen found shot dead after... View Article The post Modern day 'Bonnie and Clyde' accused of multiple murders in two states appeared first on TheGrio.
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Fauci: US 'Going In Wrong Direction' In Coronavirus Outbreak
The U.S. is “going in the wrong direction” with the coronavirus surging badly enough that Dr. Anthony Fauci told senators Tuesday some regions are putting the entire country at risk — just as schools and colleges are wrestling with how to safely
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Etched in clay: the 'poem vessels' of enslaved potter David Drake
Crafted in 1858 by the enslaved African American potter and poet David Drake during a time when it was illegal for slaves to read or write, the handsome jar, glazed in brown alkaline, is signed and dated by Drake, known as “Dave the
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(1923) James Weldon Johnson, “Our Democracy and the Ballot”
Poet, novelist and U.S. diplomat, James Weldon Johnson is probably best known to millions as the author of the lyrics to “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the black national anthem. Johnson was also a civil rights activist and was Executive Secretary of the National Association of Colored
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10
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US virus cases continue to rise at near-record rate
NEW YORK, United States (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases per day in the US stood near an all-time high yesterday, hovering close to the peak reached in late April during some of the darkest and deadliest days of the
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Coronavirus Update: Impact of Lack of Data on the Pandemic and Minority Communities May Be Felt For A Generation
The damage of the coronavirus on African Americans and other minorities may never be fully known due to an ongoing delay in gathering data on race and ethnicity by the Trump
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Brown v. Board of Education, II (1955)
These cases were decided on May 17, 1954. The opinions of that date, n1 declaring the fundamental principle that racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional, are incorporated herein by reference. All provisions of federal, state, or local law requiring or permitting such
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The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington
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Enslavement: 1619 to 1696
Historian Frances Latimer argues that enslavement happened one law at a time, one person at a time. As the American colonies grew throughout the 17th Century, human bondage transformed from indentured servitude to a life of
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Researchers to Study COVID-19 Impact on S.C. Restaurants
Researchers from the College of Charleston’s School of Business and Lander University’s College of Business are currently studying the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on restaurant owners and operators in South
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இனப்படுகொலை பற்றிய சர்வதேச விசாரணை, பாதுகாப்பான மற்றும் பாதுகாக்கப்பட்ட தாயகம், நீதி, குற்றச்சாட்டு வாக்கெடுப்பு ஆகியவற்றைக் கொண்டுவருவதும் TNPF குறிக்கோள். NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA, August 1, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- அமெரிக்க தமிழ் அமைப்புகள் …
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Black History Month Special Feature, 2012 - Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project
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Joseph Hayne Rainey
Joseph Hayne Rainey was the first Black elected to Congress to represent South Carolina. He was sworn in on this day to fill an unexpired term.
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12
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James Brown Top 20 Career Highlights
When James Brown passed away on December 25, 2006 at the age of 73 from congestive heart failure resulting from complications of pneumonia, elaborate public memorial services were held at The Apollo Theater in New York City and the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia. They were officiated by his
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Man Intended To ‘Spray The Place Up’ After Woman At Myrtle Beach Hotel Declined Conversation
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Harve B. Gantt, the first African American student to enroll at Clemson University in Charleston, South Carolina. Gantt became mayor pro tem of Charleston in 1983 and later served as mayor of Charlotte from 1983 to 1987.
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Apple Begins To Reclose Stores As Coronavirus Cases Spike
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Forty-seventh Congress (1881-83) convened. Two Black congressmen, Robert Smalls, South Carolina; John R. Lynch, Mississippi.
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Docuseries 'High on the Hog' Is a Transcendent Map of Black Foodways and Culinary Truths
… to the cradle of where Black American cooking began. The docuseries opens … marketplace, revealing that many staple African American dishes—including candied yams, okra … food connections between Africans and Black Americans. Through the course of four …
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