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Psoriasis is characterized by thick, scaly, itchy, and occasionally painful lesions that grow on the skin's surface. Also known as psoriasis plaques, these lesions can range from mild to severe. They most typically affect the scalp, face, elbows, buttocks, and knees, but they can form anywhere on
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Crockett, George William, Jr. (1909-1997)
George William Crockett Jr. was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 10, 1909 to George William Crockett Sr., and Minnie Amelia Jenkins.  His father was a Baptist minister and railroad carpenter and his mother was a Sunday School teacher and poet.  Crockett grew up in Jacksonville, attending
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Owen, Robert
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African Americans in Davenport, Iowa
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When Unions are the Problem
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Boos for back-to-work order - PM urged not to prejudice task force plan
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Teejay and Davido Link Up In Nigeria For “Drift” Remix, Films Video
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Biden aims to move left without abandoning centrist roots | The Atlanta Voice
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Nigeria: Naira - Tinubu'll Shock Currency Speculators - Presidency
[Vanguard] Lagos -- The Presidency yesterday disclosed that President Bola Tinubu's administration is working on policies that will strengthen the Naira.
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7 Smart Side Dishes for a Healthy Thanksgiving
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Demonstrations for housing, school and jobs
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Garveyism Looks Toward the Pacific: The UNIA and Black Workers in the American West
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United Negro College Fund
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Brazil
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Executive Order 11246 (1965)
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Robert Mugabe
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Seattle to ban tear gas use for next 30 days
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Patrice Lumumba
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights in the United States
This year the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People celebrates its 100th anniversary.  In the article below historian Susan Bragg provides a brief introduction to the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the oldest continually
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Squires, Bernard (1904-1947)
Bernard Squires was the president of the Omaha chapter of the Urban League from 1935 to 1939 and the Seattle chapter of the Urban League from 1939 to 1943. Squires was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1904. He graduated from high school in Toledo, and went on to Ohio State University before graduating in
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Black Freedom and Social Class in St. Louis, Missouri between the Great Depression and the Great Society
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Townsend, Willard S. (1895-1957)
African American labor leader Willard S. Townsend was born on December 4, 1895, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Willard and Cora Elizabeth Townsend. In 1938 he organized railway workers of several Chicago, Illinois stations to form the International Brotherhood of Redcaps and remained the union’s president
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1957
Roston, James A. (1864-1924)
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