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Norris v. Alabama (1935)
February 15, 18, 1935, Argued
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President Trump's Wish To Paint His Border Wall Black Will Cost $1.2 Million Per Mile
President Trump’s Wish To Paint His Border Wall Black Will Cost $1.2 Million Per Donald Trump has pushed for his border wall to be painted black to make the barrier scarier and  hotter to the
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Questlove talks preparation, discovering surprises for his documentary 'Summer of Soul'
The new music documentary Summer of Soul (…or when the revolution would not be televised) has only been available to... View Article The post Questlove talks preparation, discovering surprises for his documentary 'Summer of Soul' appeared first on TheGrio.
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McMillian, Marco (1979-2013)
Marco McMillian was known primarily as the first openly-gay African American male to seek mayoral office as a Democrat in his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi. On February 26, 2013, McMillian was found dead the age of 34, having been beaten, dragged, and
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In Houston 60,000 join in peaceful March for George Floyd
Tens of thousands marched in downtown Houston Tuesday during a rally with George Floyd’s family organized by rappers Trae tha Truth and Bun B, to protest police violence after Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis law
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Miami Mother Admits To Lying About Two Black Men Drowning Her Autistic Son | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
Patricia Ripley confessed she herself killed her
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Newswire : The killing of George Floyd sparks continued protests, outrage across the nation
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Minneapolis Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin relaxed as he was suffocating George
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Witter: Sugar industry requires overhaul
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Franklyn Witter, says the sugar industry requires an overhaul that must be rooted in a complete modernisation strategy. Witter was delivering the main address at the 86th...
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Makinde presents Oyo's 2024 budget to lawmakers
Presenting the budget tagged: “Budget of Economic Recovery”, the Oyo governor said the capital expenditure is 2.4 per cent higher than the recurrent expenditure. The post Makinde presents Oyo's 2024 budget to lawmakers appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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A second-degree knee!
Last Monday, on Memorial Day, at 38th and Chicago in Minneapolis, four White police officers murdered George Floyd, a Black
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How Building Their Personal Brand Can Bring Women Back To The Workforce - Milwaukee Community Journal
  The COVID-19 pandemic drove millions of women out of the workforce. A report by McKinsey & Company showed that women comprised nearly 56% of U.S. workforce exits since the crisis began, with many leaving their jobs to take care of their children when schools and daycare facilities were
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Nigeria's president approves spending millions on a presidential yacht and SUVs for lawmakers | Africanews
Tinubu on Wednesday signed into law the budget that allocates $38 million for the presidential air fleet and other renovations. With the senate's approval, lawmakers assigned some $6.1 million budgeted earlier for the yacht to "student loans" — with the senate's approval.
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#JamaicaTogether | Former principal launches storytelling YouTube channel for children
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Cop claims he wasn't promoted to police chief because he's white
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Report looks at 'policy concerns' facing Atlanta’s Buckhead community
(The Center Square) — The upscale Atlanta community of Buckhead garners headlines, whether it's a discussion about crime or the failed cityhood movement. Now, a new Georgia Public Policy Foundation report explores the key issues facing the community: Public safety, zoning, taxation and infrastru
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Thompson, Klay Alexander (1990- )
Klay Alexander Thompson is a professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays for the Golden State Warriors. Thompson was born February 8, 1990 in Los Angeles, California to Mychal Thompson, a former NBA player, and Julie Leslie Thompson, a former volleyball
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Former JDF soldiers offer solution to parking woes
Thompson and his partners — Major Winston Dwyer and Lt Colonel Richard Sadler — are the principals of Abacus Safe Park, which, the trio explained, has secured exclusive distributorship rights from an overseas manufacturer for vertical rotary parking systems in the Caribbean and North
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Lowering health care costs for Black Americans - Indianapolis Recorder
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Land Settlement Agency gives out keys for 66 starter homes - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Sixty-six people have been given keys to their newly built or renovated houses under the Land Settlement Agency’s (LSA) Housing and Village Improvement Programme (HVIP). They received the keys at a ceremony at the Government Campus Plaza Auditorium on Wednesday. The programme aims to improve
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Snoop Dogg Thought His Criminal Record Kept Him from Voting But Learned He Was Wrong
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Earth Today | ‘Fossil fuel age is out of gas’
GOVERNMENTS PLAN to produce some 110 per cent more fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting the warming of the planet to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and a reported 69 per cent more than would be consistent with two degrees Celsius. This...
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Questlove’s 'Summer of Soul' is Bigger than Black Woodstock
A moment in Black music history might have been lost forever, had the musician, historian and now documentarian Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson not stepped in. Footage from 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival
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High Point Music Instructor Tackles Music Desegregation - Carolina Peacemaker
Just a few years ago, Trinity, North Carolina-based musician Chris Thompson was having a hard time finding his passion. Attending N.C. A&T State University, his grades began to slip, and he wasn’t on track to graduate. But then, a mentor stepped in and showed him the power of having a vision. The
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Elections ordered for constitutional conventions
Elections were ordered for constitutional conventions and freedmen were enfranchised. Commanders in some states changed the status of Blacks by military orders. In March Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby opened the jury box to Blacks were named policemen in Mobile, Alabama.
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Jamaica- March for Palestine in Downtown Kingston
Hundreds of Jamaicans recentlyprotested the bloodshed that continues between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East, a conflict that has claimed hundreds of Palestinian lives and forced millions more to flee their homes. Several Jamaicans demonstrated against Israel's continuous bombardment of Gaza
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Nigeria: Electricity - Policy Flip-Flop Threatens U.S.$155 Million Smart Metres Project
[Vanguard] Lagos -- Inconsistent government policies, high annual turnover and cash flow requirements are currently threatening execution of the $155 million Phase 2 of Nigeria's National Mass Metering Programme, NMMP.
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896) was a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court decided in 1896. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of separate but equal.[1] The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1 with the majority opinion
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Source Says Khloe Kardashian Is “Ignoring” News Of Tristan Thompson Paternity Suit
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‘It was thirst that killed him’ - Family cries foul over alleged neglect of cancer patient at Cornwall Regional Hospital
Martin, who lived in Cornwall Courts at the time of his death, had gone to the hospital for cancer treatment, only to die after reportedly being neglected by the medical staff over several days, his family is
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