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Billionaire Robert Smith Calls On Corporations To Adopt His 2% ‘Reparative’ Plan For Black People
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Bridgeforth, Ruffin (1923–1997)
Bridgeforth moved from Louisiana to Utah in 1944. He worked for the US Army and later became a conductor with the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1946 he married his first wife, Helena Marie Romero. Nine years after his migration to Utah, Bridgeforth converted to the Mormon faith in 1953. At the
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Assault Charges For Missouri Detective Accused Of Hitting Protester With SUV
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A white suburban St. Louis police detective who was captured on video apparently hitting a black suspect with a police SUV then kicking and punching the man was charged Wednesday with two counts of assault and armed criminal
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Smith, Joshua Bowen (1813-1879)
Joshua Bowen Smith, caterer, abolitionist, and state senator, was born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania in 1813.  Details regarding his childhood remain obscure.  However, it is known that he was educated in the public school system of Pennsylvania with the assistance of a wealthy
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Can Photography Be Decolonial?
Art historian Shawn Michelle Smith—in her new book Photographic Returns: Racial Justice and the Time of Photography—examines the famous photograph of Emmett
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Will Smith (born Willard Carroll Smith, Jr.) is a Hollywood actor, producer and musician. He was born and raised in Philadelphia in a Baptist household. His father owned a refrigeration company and his mother was a Philadelphia school board administrator. He attended Overbrook High School where his
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Businessman Frank Baker Pays Off Tuition of Spelman College Graduates
Frank Baker, the founder and managing partner of Siris, a leading private equity firm in technology and telecommunications that’s raised nearly $6.0 billion in capital, announced he is paying the tuition balances of about 50 seniors who are graduating from
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A movement once famous for its values and Rodneyite principles is now deeply involved in attempt to rig 2020 elections
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Six Public Safety Employees on Leave After Michigan Woman Was Found Dead In Cell Less Than 12 Hours After Arrest
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Pamela Smith Served Her Time for Check and Credit Card Fraud - The Washington Informer
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Will Smith tries to remember how to use gym in laugh-out-loud clip
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Powerful Reactions To Trump’s Executive Order On Police Reform
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