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Smith, E. June (1900-1982)
E. June Smith, a prominent leader in Seattle’s civil rights movement, was born in Cairo, Illinois in 1900 and worked as a secretary in St. Louis.  Smith came to Seattle with her husband Roscoe O. Smith, a railroad porter, in 1941.  Soon after her arrival, she worked as an insurance agent and, in
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Kenya: Kisumu Nurses Threaten to Down Tools Over Unpaid Salaries
Unions representing the nurses have complained that the county government has failed to implement the promotion of healthcare workers as ordered by the Labour court in
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Ghana: "I-Don't Care-Ism" Is What Will Destroy Dear Ghana!
The figures of the infected became more and more indicative of the fact that the community at large had now begun to catch the
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Newswire: Trump Administration officials to Black America: ‘Coronavirus Pandemic is your fault’
According to a top official in President Donald Trump’s administration, the poor health of African Americans is the primary reason for the nation’s devastatingly high coronavirus
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Ousmane Sembène
Sembène spent his early years as a fisherman on the Casamance coast. He studied at the School of Ceramics at Marsassoum and then moved to Dakar, where he worked as a bricklayer, plumber, and apprentice mechanic until he was drafted into the French army in 1939. In 1942, during World War II, he
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To axe or not?
Former president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica Howard Mitchell explains that capitalism, globally, and to some extent in Jamaica, is moving towards the point where human capital is considered more important than other inputs, but he stressed that this will always be subject to
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Starbucks bows to pressure; allows employees to rep Black Lives Matter | The Atlanta Voice
As the outcry to “replace Starbucks” regained momentum this week, Starbucks announced on Friday it would allow employees to wear apparel supporting the Black Lives Matter movement after suffering from an intense social media
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Black businesses reopen with caution due to coronavirus –
As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis eases stay-at-home restrictions to reopen the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, local businesses in the area are doing all they can to reopen under those
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Ecuador bets on a return to normal
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Racial integration
Racial integration, or simply integration, includes desegregation (the process of ending systematic racial segregation). In addition to desegregation, integration includes goals such as leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity regardless of race, and the development of a culture
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Locals on Strike in Gafsa Tunisia to Make Authorities Honour Promises | Africanews
Locals go on strike in Gafsa, Tunisia to pressure authorities to honours unkept promises in the central region.
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Sunday Brew — May 31, 2020
If information which surfaced over last weekend that there could have been manipulation of Leon Bailey to openly criticise the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is true, then it would be most
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Zimbabwe: Workers' Miseries to Follow Them Into 2021 - ZCTU
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Zimbabwe: Swiss Labour Union to Offer Zim Mine Workers Capacity Building Skills
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Global trade unions rally behind ZCTU
By Miriam Mangwaya THE International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has set aside tomorrow, September 23, for global mass protests in solidarity with the poorly-paid Zimbabwean workers. In a statement, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary-general Japhet Moyo said affiliates of the
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Squires, Bernard (1904-1947)
Bernard Squires was the president of the Omaha chapter of the Urban League from 1935 to 1939 and the Seattle chapter of the Urban League from 1939 to 1943. Squires was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1904. He graduated from high school in Toledo, and went on to Ohio State University before graduating in
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Nigeria: Petrol Price Cut - Oil Marketers Still Sell At N170 Per Litre - Investigation
[Vanguard] Barely a week after the Federal Government had slashed the price of petrol from N170 to N162.44 per litre, oil marketers continue to sell the product at N170, according to Vanguard investigation.
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Washington State Law Against Employment Discrimination (1949)
Washington State Law Against Employment Discrimination
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Spotlight on police unions puts labor community in a tough spot
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What Is Pan-Africanism and How Has It Been Developed?
P an-Africanism was Initially an anti-slavery and anti-colonial movement amongst black people of Africa and the diaspora in the late 19th century. Its aims have evolved through the ensuing
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McGee, Henry Wadsworth, Sr. (1910-2000)
The first African American Postmaster of a major postal facility, Henry W. McGee, Sr. was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1910, and moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1927.  McGee was the first person to rise from the ranks of letter carriers to achieve the status of Postmaster, a post to which he was
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Harris meets Blakes, Trump goes on attack in Labor Day blitz - Black News Channel
By NOREEN NASIR, ALEXANDRA JAFFE and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris met the family of a Wisconsin man shot by police last month to kick off her Labor Day visit to a critical swing state, while President Donald Trump assailed the
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A. Philip Randolph
Asa Philip Randolph[1] (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, and socialist political
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DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines has banned a man who was kicked off a plane for refusing to wear a face covering, among the first such incidents since airlines promised to step up enforcement of their mask
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Govt outlines measures to prevent, mitigate spread of Covid-19 when ECDs reopen
Although the reopening date has not been announced, the Department of Social Development released a circular this week regarding the preparation and planning for the centres and partial care
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Pay cuts as business slumps in private hospitals
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Jesse Owens
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Unions Rally to Defund Police and Call for OPOA to Embrace Reform Unions Rally to Defund Police and Call for OPOA to Embrace Reform
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Alaska Fair Employment Practices Law (1953)
Relating to and providing far the elimination of certain practice of discrimination because of race, color, religion or national origin; providing
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