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Seattle Civic Unity Committee
The Seattle Civic Unity Committee was formed by Seattle Mayor William F. Devin in 1944 in response to rising racial tension in the city.  During World War II Seattle, like other west coast cities, received an influx of African Americans raising its black population from 3,789 in 1940 to over 10,000
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Source: Black Past
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Huge potential in scaling payments solutions in Africa
Scaling cross-border payments solutions in Africa is difficult due to complex regulatory frameworks , high fees, and settlement delays. These problems have slowed trade on the continent, panelists said at Moonshot by TechCabal in Lagos. The complexity of cross-border payments is not just
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Source: TechCabal | Leading Africa’s Tech Conversation
Flight Company Qantas Sick Pay Stoush Set For Australian High Court | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
CANBERRA, Australia — A group of unions says a “cynical and callous” decision by Qantas to prevent stood-down workers from accessing their sick leave should be reversed, with the matter set to appear in the High Court. A Federal Court appeals bench in November rejected the unions’ claim, saying
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Ecuador bets on a return to normal | Afro
Ecuador, one of the hardest-hit countries in the region, is starting to reopen after a 40-day country-wide lockdown and transition to social
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Amid Uprisings, Schools Consider Terminating Their Contracts With Police
In Minneapolis, where protests exploded after a police officer killed local resident George Floyd, the school board voted Tuesday evening in favor of a resolution to cut ties with the police
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Keep off Jubilee, Duale tells Atwoli
Leader of Majority in the National Assembly Aden Duale has told Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) Secretary-General Francis Atwoli to keep off Jubilee Party affairs after the trade unionist called for his
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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME
Demonstrations for housing, school and jobs
Civil rights group demonstrated at Harlem construction sites to Protest discrimination in building trades unions. Demonstrations and marches were held in metropolitan areas in June, July and August to dramatize discontent over housing, school and job discrimination.
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Jun
12
1963
Academic staff against proposed amendments to Labour Relations Act
Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (CCASU) has become the latest movement to oppose the controversial amendments to the Labour Relations Act, arguing that the proposed laws are aimed at empowering employees to mute their workers during difficult times. CCASU President Dr Tiyesere Chikapa has
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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters formed
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the trailblazing black labor union, was organized by A. Philip Randolph.
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1925
Props to you, Californians: A preview of what’s on your November ballot
This wouldn’t be a California election without at least a few wildy contentious ballot measures about housing and property
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
Govt outlines measures to prevent, mitigate spread of Covid-19 when ECDs reopen
Although the reopening date has not been announced, the Department of Social Development released a circular this week regarding the preparation and planning for the centres and partial care
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Defiant Roget tells unvaxxed workers: Report for duty - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
PRESIDENT general of the Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) Ancel Roget is calling on vaccinated and unvaccinated workers to report for work as normal even as policies are being worked on to make the public service and all Government offices safe zones where only vaccinated workers will be allowe
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Black Freedom and Social Class in St. Louis, Missouri between the Great Depression and the Great Society
In the article below Clarence Lang, an associate professor of African and African American Studies at the University of Kansas describes his book, Grassroots at the Gateway which explores the changes in 20th Century St. Louiss political, economic, and social landscape and how those changes both
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Source: Black Past
The Gantt Report: Protest Pimps
The people in Black communities that are hurting and mourning are not impressed by protest clowns that come to town to deliver phillipic rants and raves that were choreographed and orchestrated by red necks, hillbillys, conservatives and closet
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Pay cuts as business slumps in private hospitals
The growing costs and shrinking revenues are now forcing hospitals to ask their employees to take a pay
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Mauritius records two new COVID-19 cases since April 26
Mauritius has registered two new cases of Covid-19, the first since 26 April, involving two people recently repatriated from India who had been quarantined on their return, local health authorities announced Sunday evening
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When Unions are the Problem
A second primary reason police officers may not be prosecuted successfully for violent misconduct is police union contracts in cities across the
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From Long Island to the Virgin Islands: Photographer Reflects On Love, Loss and Life on St. John
St. John-based photographer Nancy Borowick's essay commemorates the 10th anniversary of her father's passing and the deeply personal project that shaped her photo career.
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Negro Repertory Company (Seattle) 1936-1939
The Negro Repertory Company (NRC) was established in 1936 by Florence and James Burton, directors of the Seattle Repertory Playhouse (SRP), as the Negro unit of the Federal Theatre Program, a part of the WPA. In its short life it produced ambitious and controversial plays that reached a wide
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Source: Black Past
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27
1936
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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Brazil
In Jan. 2003, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former trade union leader and factory worker widely known by the name Lula, became Brazils first working-class president. As leader of Brazils only Socialist party, the Workers Party, Lula pledged to increase social services and improve the lot of the
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Randolph, Asa Philip
Randolph, Asa Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader, b. Crescent City, Fla., attended the College of the City of New York. As a writer and editor of the black magazine The Messenger, which he helped to found, Randolph became interested in the labor movement. In 1917 he organized a small union of
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Source: Fact Monster - Black History
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Major strike may leave parts of Gauteng 'without water' from WEDNESDAY
People in Gauteng have been warned about the taps 'running dry' on Wednesday, as strike action threatens to disrupt the local water supply.
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Morrison, Davis Whyte against salary cuts for politicians, civil servants
SENIOR trade unionist Vincent Morrison is asserting that salary cuts, both in the private and public sector, is not the solution for economic recovery
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Education Perm Sec riles teachers - NewsDay Zimbabwe
They said the government was mocking them for being broke when it was failing to pay reasonable salaries which have resulted in some of them failing to travel to their respective workplaces. The post Education Perm Sec riles teachers appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Starbucks bows to pressure; allows employees to rep Black Lives Matter | The Atlanta Voice
As the outcry to “replace Starbucks” regained momentum this week, Starbucks announced on Friday it would allow employees to wear apparel supporting the Black Lives Matter movement after suffering from an intense social media
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Nigerian nationalism
Nigerian nationalism asserts that Nigerians are a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Nigerians.[1] [2] Nigerian nationalism is a territorial nationalism, emphasizing a cultural connection of the people to the land — in particular the Niger and Benue rivers.[3] It first emerged in the 1920s
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Jun
24
1923
Guinea
In Dec. 2003 President Conté was reelected to a third term. In April 2004, after two months on the job, Prime Minister Lonseny Fall resigned and went into exile, claiming that the president would not allow him to govern effectively. President Conté is in poor health, and many fear a power struggle
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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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1
1939
Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba , in full Patrice Hemery Lumumba (born July 2, 1925, Onalua, Belgian Congo [now the Democratic Republic of the Congo]—died January 1961, Katanga province), African nationalist leader, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (June–September 1960). Forced
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