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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Westerfield, Samuel Z. (1920-1972)

Westerfield was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 15, 1919 to Dr. Samuel Z.C. Westerfield and Rachael Weddleton Colquitt. His father was the first black student to graduate with a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Nebraska. Westerfield married Helene Bryant in 1945. She was an

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Source: Black Past

Nov

15

1919

Howard University Student Virgil Parker Selected as 2020 Rangel Summer Fellow

The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program has selected Howard University senior journalism student Virgil Parker as one of its 15 fellows following a highly competitive nationwide selection

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Sierra Leone: Freetown Just Implemented a New Tax System That Could Quintuple Revenue

In the next few weeks, residents of Freetown are expecting to receive new property tax bills as part of a revamped and more progressive

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Source: allAfrica.com

New Black-Owned Financial Literacy Board Game That Sold Out in Days is Now Available to Pre-Order

Nationwide — Sense 2 Cents, a financial literacy company for children and young adults, has produced an immersive financial literacy board game to develop children’s financial management and decision-making skills while engaging in leisurely

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Source: http://www.blacknews.com

Angola: Commercial Banks, Oil Companies Join Fxgo Platform

Luanda — A group of 23 national banks and eight oil and gas companies have joined the electronic foreign currency trading platform known as FXGO which will be made available by the Bloomberg company in the national

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Source: allAfrica.com

Ways technology can boost food security, rev up jobs in Kenya

Along with the economic devastation, including widespread job losses for informal sector daily wage earners and MSMEs accounting for 85 percent of Kenya’s total employment), food insecurity is one of the biggest

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Source: Business Daily

Mali Empire Quiz

Mali Empire Quiz | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

The Black Crisis In The Midst Of The Coronavirus Crisis

Dr. Maulana Karenga, chair of the Department of Africana Studies at CSU Long Beach, wants the Black community to make sure that physical distancing during the pandemic does not interfere with relationships or establishing

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

The Trillion Dollar African American Consumer Market: Economic Empowerment or Economic Dependency?

Collective African American net income (spending power) now exceeds $1 trillion dollars annually. Because of this economic reality, a wide variety of contemporary companies continually create marketing campaigns to effectively reach this important segment of the U.S. consumer market. Yet, in the

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Source: Black Past

The Black Crisis in The Midst Of The Coronavirus Crisis | Afro

Dr. Maulana Karenga, chair of the Department of Africana Studies at CSU Long Beach, wants the Black community to make sure that physical distancing during the pandemic does not interfere with relationships or establishing

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Africa

Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most-populous continent (the first being Asia). At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earths total surface area and 20.4% of its total land area.[2] With 1.2 billion[1] people as of 2016, it

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Source: BlackHistory.com

How Martin Luther King Day Became a Federal Holiday

On Nov. 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill making Martin Luther King Day a federal holiday, effective Jan. 20, 1986. As a result of this bill, Americans commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.s birthday on the third Monday in January. Few Americans are aware of the history of Martin Luther

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Source: ThoughtCo

Mangudya likens money changers to coronavirus

RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya yesterday likened parallel market dealers to the coronavirus which is causing havoc to the

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Joe Biden’s Plan for Empowering Black America

In a news release, the campaign noted that Biden “knows we need a comprehensive agenda for African Americans with an ambition that matches the scale of the challenge and with a recognition that race-neutral policies are not a sufficient response to race-based

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

Southern University [Shreveport] (1964 -- )

Southern University is a historically black university with a main campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Originally founded in 1880 in New Orleans as Southern University in New Orleans, it began its mission of providing post-secondary education for African Americans with 12 students and

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Source: Black Past

Nov

16

1972

Malcolm A. Punter - President & CEO, HCCI

Dr. Punter is a member of the Metro New York National Black MBA Association, 100 Black Men of New York, Inc., serves as the Secretary of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr Memorial Committee, Inc., as the Vice President of the Black Agency Executives in NYC as well as served on many boards for other

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Source: Ken Granderson

Cameroon: Panic Grips Faithful After COVID Pastor Dies

Panic has gripped several hundred people after a popular Cameroon pastor and candidate in the central African state’s last presidential election, Frankline Ndifor, died of COVID-19 following his prayers that hundreds of his supporters cured of the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Southern University [New Orleans] (1956-- )

Southern University is a historically black university with a main campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Originally founded in 1880 in New Orleans as Southern University in New Orleans, it began its mission of providing post-secondary education for African Americans with 12 students and

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Source: Black Past

Nov

16

1972

Ethiopia defeats Italy at Battle of Adowa

The Battle of Adwa and the Victory of Adwa Centenary Medal

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Mar

2

1896

Frank Mrvan is our choice for Congress | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The Gary Crusader endorses Frank Mrvan for Congress to represent the First Congressional

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Harriet Tubman on the Twenty Dollar Bill

Harriet Tubman was an amazing woman: she escaped slavery, freed hundreds of others, and even worked as a spy in the Civil War. Now she’s going to grace the front of the twenty dollar bill. But is move progress or

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Source: ThoughtCo

May

12

2015

Civil Rights Act of 1968

The Civil Rights Act of 1968, (Pub.L. 90–284, 82 Stat. 73, enacted April 11, 1968), also known as the Fair Housing Act, is a landmark part of legislation in the United States that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, or national origin and made it a federal crime

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Apr

4

1968

J.C. Watts, Jr.

engagements, alliances and

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Source: Savoy Network

Askia Muhammad Toure

Askia Muhammad Touré (1493-1528), established the Askia dynasty of

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Source: Blackfacts.com

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Zimbabwe: Abducted MP Mamombe, Activists Roughed Up By Makorokoza Lovers - Mutodi

Sacked Information Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi has made startling claims hospitalised MDC MP Joanna Mamombe and two female party activists were roughed up by their lovers who are illegal miners following an argument over payment of their "services" in foreign

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Source: allAfrica.com

Why abduct and torture when you can talk?

The abduction of three MDC Alliance activists, including Member of Parliament Joanah Mamombe, and her colleagues in the party, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova made international headlines and has put the government, the police and other State security agencies in bad

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Professor Arthur Lewis of Princeton. He was the first Black cited in a category other than peace.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

15

1979

Bolen, David Benjamin (1923- )

Outstanding college athlete and diplomat David Benjamin Bolen, the son of a postal worker, was born in the rural hamlet of Heflin, Louisiana on December 23, 1923. As a small child he discovered his superior running ability during an Easter egg hunt. Homeschooled by his mother until his family

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Source: Black Past

Dec

23

1923

Sierra Leone needs $309 million to address COVID-19 impact on the economy – says government

“To alleviate this impact, fund the Quick Action Economic Response Programme, the Health Programme and the Social Impact Programme the Government is seeking: Additional emergency support from the IMF, including one or more of the following

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

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