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NASA To Rename D.C. Headquarters After First Black Woman Engineer Mary W. Jackson
NASA will rename their Washington D.C. headquarters building after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black woman engineer at the association and the subject of the film Hidden
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‘A New Low’: Elijah McClain’s Family Reacts To Photos Of Cops ‘Re-enacting’ Chokehold Death
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Hundreds of elephants have mysteriously died in Botswana over the last two months in what officials have described as an unprecedented happening. Botswana, home to a third of Africas elephant population, says it does not know why the animals are dying. The BBC reports that the results of laboratory
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‘A New Low’: Elijah McClain’s Family Reacts To Photos Of Cops ‘Re-enacting’ Chokehold Death
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Tanzania Miner Strikes Rich With Huge Tanzanite Gemstones
[DW] The government of Tanzania paid Saniniu Laizer nearly 2.9 million euros for the precious tanzanite gemstones, which will be kept in the country's national museum.
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Deals tie users to 15 more years of expensive power
A listing of the active diesel-run power generators shows that the longest power purchase agreement runs till 2035, leaving consumers with a longer wait before the expensive energy sources
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Thousands gather in Denver to protest Elijah McClain's death | Dallas Weekly
DENVER (AP) – Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside a suburban Denver police building Saturday to call for justice in the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man put into a chokehold by police last
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Top High School Basketball Star Commits to Howard University - Los Angeles Sentinel
Five-star high school basketball player Makur Maker has committed to play for Howard University. He chose Howard to encourage other top basketball prospects to commit to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). He turned down the likes of UCLA, Kentucky, and
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Oprah to Speak With 100 Black Fathers About Racial Injustice in America
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Vasbert Drakes says the pace of former sprinter Chemar Holder can make a fierce West Indies attack even more potent in the Test series against England. The article Drakes says former sprinter Chemar Holder has the pace to torment England appeared first on Stabroek News.
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