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(1955) Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., "Speech on Civil Rights"
On February 2, 1955, New York Representative Adam Clayton Powell, then one of only three African Americans in the U.S. Congress, rose to argue that his colleagues should support two pending civil rights bills then before the House of Representatives.  His speech appears
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Source: Black Past
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2
1955
Zimbabwe: Chamisa Takes Dig At Kirsty Coventry Over Farm Grab
[New Zimbabwe] Celebrated sports minister Kirsty Coventry, who recently seized a farm from late president Robert Mugabe's nephew, Robert Zhuwao has, according to MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, badly tarnished her reputable international sports persona.
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Ernest Just
Ernest Just was born on August 14, 1883 in Charleston, South Carolina. His mother worked as a school teacher and his father, a dock worker, died when Ernest was only four years old, forcing him to have to work in the fields after school each day. Because high schools in the South provided such poor
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Source: Black History Resources
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26
2012
Tunisia Takes Delivery of Medical Aid From Turkey
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Teyana Taylor Hires Erykah Badu To Help With The At Home Delivery Of Her 2nd Child
Teyana Taylor already has her birthing plan for her second child with her husband, Iman
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Serena Williams is Sports Illustrated’s 2015 Sportsperson of the Year
Sports Illustrated names Serena Williams the 2015 Sportsperson of the Year. The tennis superstar dominated the sport by winning three major titles and completing her second “Serena Slam” – she won four consecutive Grand Slam titles dating back to the 2014 U.S. Open. Williams won 53 of
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(2015) President Barack Obama's Eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney
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2020 graduates reflect on lack of traditional commencement
Instead of a momentous occasion, thousands of graduates find themselves staring at a computer screen as they listen to deans and school principals wax lyrical about their achievements over the last four years, while celebrity commencement speakers, including former President Barack Obama, spout
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Ghana: The Ghana Education Service and Culture Education Delivery At the Pre-University Level - a Critical Appraisal
The continued existence of thisall importance unit of the Ghana Education Service must be critically reappraised now; and given proper attention that it deserves asfar as the promotion and development of the Ghanaian culture are concerned; or else it ceases to exist to save the tax
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Source: allAfrica.com
Nicomedes Santa Cruz: A Black Public Intellectual in Twentieth-Century Peru
In the following article University of Oregon historian Carlos Aguirre describes the self-taught poet, writer, and folklorist Nicomedes Santa Cruz, one of the understudied black intellectual leaders in Peru and Latin
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5
1992
Zimbabwe: Police Shoot, Seriously Injure Chitungwiza Vendor
[New Zimbabwe] Police Sunday shot and seriously injured a street vendor selling wares at a busy market in Unit L, Chitungwiza.
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(1898) Booker T. Washington, “The Madison Square Garden Address”
After his 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech, Booker T. Washingtons popularity grew rapidly among Northern whites.  In this instance he gives an address at Madison Square Garden in New York City on February 12, 1898, the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.  Not surprisingly he promotes industrial education
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12
1898
Oakland Youth Lead Exhibit of Art by Attitudinal Healing Connection
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“We Still Have Your Back” Brings Communities Together – Voice and Viewpoint
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Zimbabwe: Call for Independent Probe On Extractive Sector Relations
[New Zimbabwe] The government should set up an independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate relations between extractive industries, their employees and host communities, an environmental rights watchdog said.
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Reggie Bush
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‘You have to forgive a lot [and] you have to love a lot’
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Zimbabwe: Namibian Govt Says Moyo Lied About COVID-19 Test Kits Donation to Zim
[New Zimbabwe] Embattled Health Minister Obadiah Moyo is back in the limelight for all the wrong reasons after Namibian authorities have dismissed recent claims by the government official the neighbouring country donated 4 449 rapid result test kits to Zimbabwe.
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Black Student Accepted into Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Launches Company to End Gun Violence – Free Press of Jacksonville
Nationwide — RuQuan “Ru” Brown, a 17-year old high school senior from Seattle who has excelled in his classes and sports, has been recently accepted into 24 colleges including Harvard, Yale, and
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
Kenya: Mombasa Clerics Urge Resumption of Congregational Worship Amid Virus Uncertainty
[Capital FM] Mombasa -Pastors at the Coast on Friday urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to open the churches and allow Kenyans to converge at the places of worship.
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(1963) George Wallace, “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever”
By 1963 Alabama Governor George Corley Wallace had emerged as the leading opponent to the growing civil rights movement.  Six months later he gained international notoriety for his stand in the door of the University of Alabama to block the entrance of two black students, Vivian Malone and James
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Source: Black Past
Jan
14
1963
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TSD Flash! - Back to Business Phase II; free tax help; a plan-ahead event; music vibe: Fugees' 'Ready or Not'
Memphis and Shelby County now has shifted into Phase II of the Back to Business plan, according to the Memphis/Shelby County COVID-19 Task
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Somalia: Puntland President Unveils New Cabinet
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Puma Honors Former NBA Player God Shammgod and His Legendary 'Shammgod' Crossover With Signature Sneaker
More than 20 years after God Shammgod created an iconic ankle-breaking crossover, the former NBA player-turned-coach now has his own custom
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Zimbabwe: Thousands Fail to Travel to Access COVID-19 Allowances in Mat North
[New Zimbabwe] Thousands of vulnerable people in Matabeleland North are reportedly failing to access their Covid-19 monthly allocation in the form of cash transfers from the government because of lockdown travel restrictions.
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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa an Archbishop of Criminals - Biti
[New Zimbabwe] MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti has labelled President Emmerson Mnangagwa a syndicate archbishop presiding over high-level criminal activities being committed in government.
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Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C. J. Walker was born on December 23, 1867 in Delta, Louisiana, the daughter of Owen and Minerva Breedlove. Her parents were former slaves working as sharecroppers and both died when Sarah was a child. As a result, Sarah was forced to move from one household to another. At age seven, she
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Zimbabwe: PRAZ No Longer Involved in Awarding of Public Tenders - CEO
[New Zimbabwe] The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) is no longer involved in the awarding of public tenders and the process will now be done by permanent secretaries and other accounting officers in government ministries and parastatals.
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