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St Catherine man drowns after vehicle runs off road near Flat Bridge
A motorist perished in the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine on Sunday after the vehicle he was driving plunged into the Rio Cobre. The deceased  has been identified as Glenford Henclewood, 72 year old, of Cumberland in Portmore, St...
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Black Lives Matter goes mainstream after Floyd's death
For much of its seven-year existence, the Black Lives Matter movement has been seen by many Americans as a divisive, even radical
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Stabroek Sports’ Boxing’s Hall of Fame
Terrence Alli can be described as the greatest Guyanese boxer never to win a world
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Nigeria: Key Points From Buhari's Democracy Speech
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PayPal Announces $530 Million Commitment to Support Black Businesses, Strengthen Minority Communities and Fight Economic Inequality
Funds will provide immediate financial relief, sustained support and long-term investment to expand economic opportunity for Black and underrepresented minority businesses and communities
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Civil Rights Movement Timeline From 1965 to 1969
This civil rights movement timeline focuses on the struggles final years, when some activists embraced black power, and leaders no longer appealed to the federal government to end segregation, thanks to the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Although the
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Everything To Know About The Mass Poor People’s Assembly And Online March On Washington
Only this protest — The Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington for a Digital Justice Gathering — will be held online, inviting people to log on to the internet and digitally demand justice for low-income and otherwise disenfranchised people in
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The Cuban government freed U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross, who had been in captivity for five years, on Dec. 17, 2014. Gross had been sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2011 after his effort to create a way to communicate outside of the Cuban governments control. The government cited humanitarian
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PayPal Announces $530 Million Commitment to Support Black Businesses, Strengthen Minority Communities and Fight Economic Inequality – Free Press of Jacksonville
By PRNewswire-  PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced a $530 million commitment to support Black and minority-owned businesses and communities in the U.S., especially those hardest hit by the pandemic, to help address economic
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
Activists Are Pushing For Consumers To Support Black Businesses. Is It Sustainable?
So the idea was that if Black people spent their money at Black businesses and divested from white institutions, it would help generate Black
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Nigeria: We'll Be Aggressive in Project Implementation - Environment Minister
[Vanguard] The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal has assured Nigerians of prompt and determined implementation of environmental projects.
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🔴 En direct : Israël autorise une hausse "minimale" des livraisons de carburant à Gaza - Haiti24
Israël va autoriser un "supplément minimal de carburant" qu'il juge "nécessaire pour éviter un effondrement humanitaire" à Gaza, a annoncé mercredi le bureau du Premier ministre. Cette annonce intervient dans un contexte de pression internationale accrue au moment où les combats s'intensifient dans
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NBA YoungBoy Says He Talks To Lil Durk Every 2-3 Nights, Durk Respond
The content originally appeared on: Urban Islandz YoungBoy Never Broke Again says he and Lil Durk have been talking in recent days as he hinted that the beef between the artists is over. NBA YoungBoy and Lil Durk have been beefing for many years, and the beef also extended to their respective
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Africa: Families Are Major Source of Abuse for Gay Women, Trans People, Report Says
Lesbians, bi women and trans people more likely to face violence from family members than strangers in some countries
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Congo launches month-Long electoral campaign amidst political uncertainty | Africanews
Some 44 million registered voters, out of a population of nearly 100 million, will elect a president on December 20, amid a tense political climate and fighting in the east of the country.
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NDEMO: Economics of race in Kenya’s tech sector
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#Juneteenth: The History Of Juneteenth & The Continued Quest For Freedom
Known as Freedom Day, Liberation Day, and also Emancipation Day, June 19 marks when Union Army forces from the north arrived in Galveston, Texas to finally deliver federal orders that slavery was officially
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(1995) William Jefferson Clinton, “the Job of Ending Discrimination in This Counrt is Not Over”
In July 1995, President Bill Clinton delivered a major speech at the White House  in defense of Affirmative Action programs across the nation at a time when many critics were calling for their repeal.  He argued that such programs were still needed in a talk he officially titled, The Job of Ending
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Kofi Atta Annan, born on 8 April 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana, served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) between 1997 and 2007.  As a young man, Annan finished his undergraduate studies in economics at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1961.  He then completed his
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Scrutinized Northern Virginia school board up for reelection
(The Center Square) — Tuesday's Virginia General Assembly general election will be in the national spotlight as interested parties watch to see if Gov. Glenn Youngkin has been able to keep – and enhance – his support in the purple state. Voters will have to decide, not just on their state repres
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Has coronavirus reshaped democratic rights?
There are already signs that some governments are using the crisis to grant themselves more expansive powers than warranted by the health crisis, with insufficient oversight mechanisms, and using their expanded authority to crack down on opposition and tighten their grip on
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Scrubbing California Landmarks of Racist Symbols — and the Word ‘Negro’
In northern California, a movement to study and correct local symbols deemed racist is brewing around one of the Bar is an area located within the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area near
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Scrubbing California Landmarks of Racist Symbols — and the Word “Negro”
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No Evidence of Link Between U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Increase and COVID-19 Vaccines - Dallas Examiner
SciCheck Digest A recent federal report shows a 3% increase in the U.S. infant mortality rate between 2021 and 2022, which is the first statistically significant rise in 20 years. […] The post No Evidence of Link Between U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Increase and COVID-19 Vaccines
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Nigeria: NDLEA Intercepts Shipment of USA, UK-Bound Opioids in Lady's Synthetic Hair
[Vanguard] Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, have intercepted five different parcels containing illicit drugs concealed in ladies' clothes and synthetic hair going to the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Nigeria: Police Foil Terrorist Attack in Katsina As Troops Kill Three Terrorists in Kaduna
[Premium Times] The suspected terrorists were killed during a clearance operation of the 1 Division in Kaduna
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America's most deadly war is being fought right now
In fighting the systemic virus of racism, they are risking their lives and the lives and health of others as they have ignored all social distancing rules designed to keep the physical virus from infecting
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Alabama Civil Rights Museum Movement sponsors activities in Greene County to honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday
The Alabama Civil Rights Museum Movement, Inc., (ACRMM) is sponsoring a series of programs commemorating the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to Greene County, the State of Alabama, and this nation. Mr. Spiver Gordon, ACRMM
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