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Africa: Retail and Online Sales Survey for Mobile Handsets and Tablets in 6 African Countries Shows How Sales Will Be Hit and Looks At the Bounce Back After Lockdown Ends

London — This week I have been given access to a retail and online sales survey of six Sub-Saharan African countries' mobile handset and tablet

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Source: allAfrica.com

100 Greatest Rap Songs: 100-91

The best hip-hop songs of all time are those songs that touch our soul. They make us smile, laugh, cry, think, move and shake what our mama (or papa) gave

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Source: ThoughtCo

Moore's Ford Lynching

During the late afternoon of the 25th of July 1946 four African-Americans were shot dead by a lynch mob at Moores Ford, Walton county, Georgia, about eight miles from the town of Monroe. The grotesquely sprawled bodies of the victims--the Coroner said at least sixty bullets were pumped into

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

25

1946

St Mary residents thankful as quarantine ends

RESIDENTS of Dover and Enfield — two of the St Mary communities recently placed under lockdown to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) — expressed joy at yesterday's end of the two-week

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Republican National Convention, meeting in

Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated U.S. Grant for the presidency. Convention marked the national debut of Black politicians. P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana and James J. Harris were delegates to the convention. Harris was named to the committee which informed Grant of his

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Source: Blackfacts.com

May

20

1868

Black Lives Matter: The Growth of a New Social Justice Movement

In the article below, Syracuse University historian Herbert Ruffin explores the rapid rise of the Black Lives Matter Movement as the most recent development in the ongoing struggle for racial and social justice in the United

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Source: Black Past

US Autoworkers Return, While Possible Vaccine Shows Promise

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to restart American industry, while an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results in a small and

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Source: Black America Web

Karl Malone

Karl Malone was born on July 24, 1963 in Summerfield, Louisiana. He was the son of Shirley and Shedrick and was the youngest of nine siblings. Karl was raised by his mother on a farm since his father was married to another woman and lived with her. He committed suicide when Karl was only 14. Karl

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Source: Black History Resources

Jul

24

1963

Former Atlanta mayor's daughter takes the stage at the Jazz Festival

When her father created the Atlanta Jazz Festival some 36 years ago, vocalist Alexandra Jackson was waiting to be

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Source: Savoy Network

Africa: COVID-19 - Tabichi Calls for Long Term Education Plan for Africa

The 2019 Global Teacher Award winner Peter Tabichi has joined African top tutors to address education among the poor during the Covid-19

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Source: allAfrica.com

Albert, Octavia Victoria Rogers (1853-1890)

Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert, a 19th century author and religious leader, was born in December 25, 1853 in Oglethorpe, Georgia into slavery. She draws inspiration from that experience for her book The House of Bondage which was published after her death by her husband and daughter in 1890. In

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Source: Black Past

Dec

25

1853

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. (1908-1972)

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., preacher, civil rights activist, and national politician, was born to Mattie and Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. in New Haven, Connecticut, on November 29, 1908. Young Powell grew up in New York City, New York since his father, a Baptist preacher, became pastor of the historic

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Source: Black Past

Zhou Enlai's African "Safari" (1963-1964)

Zhou Enlai’s first tour of Africa, popularly known as Zhou’s “Safari,” was a series of state visits to ten independent African countries, undertaken between December 1963 and February 1964 by the Chinese Premier. These visits, which occurred during a period when many countries were

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Source: Black Past

Chicago Public Library Enlists The Obamas and Oprah Winfrey to Read to Children ‘Live from the Library’

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the Chicago Public Library (CPL), and the CPL Foundation have partnered to bring “Live from the Library” to the children of

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Source: The Black Chronicle

One-Man Show of Art

One-Man Show of Art by Negro, First of Kind Here, Opens Today, read the headline of a front-page article in The New York Times on this day. The article announced the opening of Archibald J. Motley, Jrs show at the New Gallery on Madison Avenue. This was the first time in History that an artist had

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Feb

25

1928

Biden Hires Karine Jean-Pierre As Senior Adviser Amid Push To Engage Black Voters

Biden has already had an advantage with Black voters in the primary elections, especially over his former opponent Bernie

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Source: NewsOne

Spike Lee talks drafting story for ‘NBA 2K16′ video game

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “NBA 2K16″ will be a Spike Lee

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Source: Savoy Network

Kenya Barris Calls Off His Divorce To Dr. Raina Edwards-Barris

Baby, Kenya Barris and his wife Dr. Raina “Rainbow” Barris are on a love

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Source: MadameNoire

Black school

Black schools originated under legal segregation in the southern United States after the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, in southern states public policy to keep races separated and maintain white supremacy. In the United States white opposition to African-American success resulted in

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Source: ThoughtCo

Small Business Series: Three Black-Owned Beauty and Wellness Brands Everyone Should Know

Black people have found and will continue to find ways to contribute to the expansion of the beauty and wellness industry, through the creation of their own

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Source: Chicago Defender

Biden hires Karine Jean-Pierre as senior adviser to engage Black voters

As the general elections draw closer, Joe Biden is continuing to build his campaign team and now political strategist Karine Jean-Pierre has been selected as a senior

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Robinson, Sugar Ray

Robinson, Sugar Ray, 1920–89, American boxer, b. Detroit as Walker Smith, Jr. He began boxing after three years of high school in New York City. Having won all his amateur fights (about 90), including the Golden Gloves featherweight title, Robinson turned professional in 1940. He won the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Ghana: BoG Secures $1bn to Boost Dollar Liquidity ... Maintains Policy Rate At 14.5 Per Cent

The Governor of the BoG, Dr Ernest Addison, who said this in Accra yesterday during the 94th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) news conference to announce a new policy rate, said the bank had concluded negotiations with the U.S Federal Reserve to that

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nearly 39 Million Have Sought US Jobless Aid Since Virus Hit

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 2.4 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week in the latest wave of layoffs from the viral outbreak that triggered widespread business shutdowns two months ago and sent the economy into a deep

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Source: Black America Web

Kenya: Senate Mulls Standing Orders Review to Adopt Virtual Sittings

Nairobi — The Senate Business Committee will in the next two weeks submit proposed amendments to the Standing Orders which will allow the Senate to sit virtually for the first

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Source: allAfrica.com

Sierra leone

The trial of Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president, on charges of crimes against humanity began at a UN criminal court at The Hague in 2007. He was charged with abetting the violent rebel group in Sierra Leones civil war that was responsible for atrocities, which included hacking off the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

(1928) Beatrice Morrow Cannady Speaks to the NAACP

When in June 1928, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chose to hold its 19th annual conference in Los Angeles, California, it was the first time the Association’s meeting was held in the West. W.E.B. DuBois was the major speaker. He was followed by a then

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Source: Black Past

Jun

28

1928

The forgotten story of how 13 Black men broke the Navy’s toughest color barrier

Officer positions in the U.S. Navy had previously been off limits to black men, and these 16 enlistees had been summoned from training schools and shore installations across the United States to break that color

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Dymally, Mervyn (1923- )

Mervyn Malcolm Dymally, an African American politician from Los Angeles, California who has served in the California Assembly, the State Senate and as a U.S. Congressman. He is also the first African American Lt. Governor of California. Dymally is now once again in the California

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Source: Black Past

May

12

1923

“Fight For It” Zonnique Shares The Relationship Advice Her Mother Tiny Has Given Her For Dating Rappers

And I don’t know about your house but in mine, my mother, grandmother, and aunties had quite a bit to say when it came to love, dating, and relationships with

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Source: MadameNoire

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