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(1864) Frederick Douglass On “The Mission Of The War”
On January 13, 1864, Frederick Douglass was invited to deliver a speech before the Women’s Loyal League at the Cooper Institute in New York City. He used the occasion to add his voice to the ongoing debate about the mission and meaning of the Civil War. In this address he reminded his audience that
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Namibia: Bosses Fight Job Cut Ban
Two organisations representing Namibian employers have launched a High Court case against the president, the government and trade unions to have the suspension of parts of the Labour Act during Namibia's Covid-19 state of emergency declared
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Lesotho: Don't be Swayed by Popular Opinion, Mosito Implores Judges
The Court of Appeal's first session for 2020 began on Tuesday with the apex court president, Justice Kananelo Mosito, imploring judges not to be swayed by public
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Lockdown: Here's how members of the public can now report allegations of wrongdoing by cops
In line with the Collins Khosa judgment handed down by the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has added extra capacity its National Service Complaints Centre to enable the public to report allegations of wrongdoing by police officers during the
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Ross, Michael K. (1941-2007)
Michael K. Ross was a Washington State legislator, civil rights activist, and contractor who, although he worked from within established political channels, was not afraid to go against the grain to affect social
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Carter, Rubin "The Hurricane" (1937-2014)
Rubin Carter was an American middleweight boxer, who is best known not because of his sports career but because of his murder conviction in 1967 and exoneration in 1985. Carter, born in Clifton, New Jersey on May 6, 1937, the fourth of seven children. Shortly after his fourteenth birthday, he was
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Nigeria: Finally, Court Sentences Ese Oruru's Abductor to 26 Years
Yenagoa — A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, Thursday convicted Mr. Yunusa Dahiru for the abduction, raping and impregnating a teenager, Miss Ese Oruru, in
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LeBron James
LeBron James is an American basketball superstar who currently plays for the National Basketball Association (NBA) team “Cleveland Cavaliers”. He is six feet, eight inches tall and weighs 250 pounds. He was born to a 16 year old single mother named Gloria Marie James on December
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DeFunis v. Odegaard (1974)
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Cannabis Entrepreneur Sabrina Peterson is Turning A Drug Indictment Into Drug Profits
Placing her focus on introducing marginalized women across the country to the burgeoning hemp industry, she is redefining cannabis culture through female-centric products and
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Lagos coronavirus: 3,093 cases; planned chloroquine trials
Total cases = 3,093
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Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Anthony is an American basketball player who currently plays for the New York Knicks NBA team. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on May 29, 1984 to Carmelo and Mary Iriarte. His father was Puerto Rican whereas his mother was African American. He had a difficult childhood growing up in
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29
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Black Voters Who Support Trump 'Ain't Black,' Joe Biden Tells Charlamagne Tha God (UPDATE: Biden Apologizes)
Joe Biden sought to defend his Washington record on a wide range of issues in an interview Friday with New York radio host Charlamagne tha God before joking at the end: “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you
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Zimbabwe: High Court Reserves Judgment On MDC-A Challenge to Stop MPs' Recall
The High Court Wednesday reserved judgment in an urgent chamber application filed by the MDC Alliance seeking to bar recently reinstated secretary general, Douglas Mwonzora from recalling its legislators from
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Zimbabwe: Business Sector Studies High Court Ruling
The business sector has said it is still looking into the implications of the recent High Court ruling, which declared unconstitutional a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) exchange control directive 'mutating' money held in foreign currency accounts into Zimbabwe dollar-denominated
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Charles Mitchell, Slavery, and Washington Territory in 1860
Few people connect Washington Territory with slavery.  However one incident in 1860 was a reminder that the peculiar institution reached the pre-Civil War Pacific Northwest.  In the account below, historian Lorraine McConaghy describes the saga of Charles Mitchell whose attempted escape from
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South Africa: Collins Khosa - Right to Human Dignity Cannot Be Compromised and Limited During Lockdown, Court Rules
On Friday, Judge Hans Fabricius handed down judgment in favour of the family of Collins Khosa who had launched an urgent application after he was beaten to death allegedly by members of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) in Alexandra, Johannesburg, in
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Griggs v. Duke Power Co. (1971)
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Uganda: NRM Party MPs in Double-Your-Money Bonanza
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Facebook to pay $52M to employees with PTSD from moderating rape, murder and suicide videos
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President Grant suspended the writ of habeas
President Grant suspended the writ of habeas corpus and declared martial law in nine South Carolina counties affected by Klan disturbances.
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Exxon gas could have been put to good use – Mangal
ExxonMobil’s flaring of over nine billion  cubic feet of natural gas could have been avoided had a proposed  gas-to-shore pipeline project been implemented but it was stalled because a plan to determine the best location was rejected by government officials as some wanted to handpick a site, former
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Namibia: Trial of Sodomy Accused Ex-Hostel Caretaker Deferred
The 49-year-old Mervin Nguyapeua is on trial in the Windhoek High Court on 32 charges of rape and 27 alternative charges of committing sexual acts involving 10 boys younger than 16 from 2013 to
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Eight surprises in House Democrats' $3T coronavirus relief bill
House Democrats on Tuesday released their latest proposal for coronavirus relief — a massive package designed largely to press reluctant GOP leaders in the Senate and White House to get moving on another infusion of emergency
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Lagos coronavirus: 2,755 cases; patient delivers twins
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(1987) Thurgood Marshall, “A Colorblind Society Remains an Aspiration”
On August 15, 1987 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall spoke to a gathering of federal judges.  Reflecting on his two decades on the Court and particularly on recent affirmative action rulings by the High Court, Justice Marshall reminded his audience that the United States had not yet
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