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Howard University
Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university (HBCU) in Washington, D.C. It is recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with high research activity and is accredited by the Middle States
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Former WWE Star Shad Gaspard Dead at 39, Body Found on California Beach
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Eduard Suess
Eduard Suess , (born Aug. 20, 1831, London, Eng.—died April 26, 1914, Vienna, Austria), Austrian geologist who helped lay the basis for paleogeography and tectonics—i.e., the study of the architecture and evolution of the Earth’s outer rocky
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26
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Dawson, Daisy Lee Tibbs (1924-2013)
When the principal, J.T. Wright and his wife, a white couple who served as mentors to Tibbs, accepted a position at the University of Washington (UW), they convinced her to move to Seattle with them in 1944 to continue her education.  As a student at the University of Washington Tibbs met Akiko
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24
1942
Ruby Bridges Children’s Book Now Labeled ‘Critical Race Theory’ by Parent Groups in Tenn. (Video)
A children’s book about Ruby Bridges integrating a New Orleans school has been labeled “critical race theory” by conservative parents in Tennessee, who claim that its portrayal of an angry white crowd treats white people too harshly and doesn’t show them being redeemed in the end.
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$6 Billion Construction Contract Awarded to Build Akon City in Senegal
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When The World Stays Inside Cleverly Conveys To Kids That There’s Fun To Be Had At Home - Milwaukee Community Journal
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, July 13, 2020 — In March 2020, the whole world retreated indoors, inspiring children’s book author Mikey Woz to create something to help kids everywhere find the silver lining. The result, When the World Stays Inside, is a refreshingly positive, whimsical book
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Kenya: Floods Blamed on Uganda's Policy on Releasing Lake Water
The East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers suggests Uganda may have breached the agreements on how much water to release from Nalubaale dam -- the main outlet of the world's largest freshwater
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Loni Love Keeps It Real in Her New Book
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Did sea farm debacle sink California aquaculture? | Black Voice News
None are harvesting in federal waters, which are more than three miles offshore, and only one mussel farm operates in open sea in California, a well-regarded facility in state waters off Santa
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , also called (until 1971) Lew Alcindor, byname of Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. (born April 16, 1947, New York, New York, U.S.), American collegiate and professional basketball player who, as a 7-foot 2-inch- (2.18-metre-) tall centre, dominated the game throughout the 1970s
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16
1947
Ernest Just
Ernest Just was born on August 14, 1883 in Charleston, South Carolina. His mother worked as a school teacher and his father, a dock worker, died when Ernest was only four years old, forcing him to have to work in the fields after school each day. Because high schools in the South provided such poor
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; c. February 1818 [4] – February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in
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Cyclone kills 22 in India, Bangladesh
At least 22 people died as the fiercest cyclone to hit parts of Bangladesh and eastern India this century sent trees flying and flattened houses, with millions crammed into shelters despite the risk of
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Kenya: In Beach Town's Battle Against Plastic, Echoes of a Global Crisis
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Robert E. Lee Statue Sleeps With The Fishes In Jim Carrey’s New Cartoon
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Earth Today | UNEP partners to reduce freshwater stress
IN A move to reduce the stress on freshwater resources in the Caribbean, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners are to implement a new multimillion-US-dollar project with a focus on wastewater management in the
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Ahmaud Arbery shooting weighs heavily on black legal professionals – Voice and Viewpoint
Like others across the nation, Randolph has been closely following the Ahmaud Arbery shooting
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(1857) Frederick Douglass, “If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress”
On August 3, 1857, Frederick Douglass delivered a “West India Emancipation” speech at Canandaigua, New York, on the twenty-third anniversary of the event. Most of the address was a history of British efforts toward emancipation as well as a reminder of the crucial role of the West
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Sixty-seven Guyanese return from Miami
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Armstrong, Paula
Paula Armstrong is the president of Armstrong Accounting, Inc. She has over 30 years experience in the accounting & bookkeeping field.  Her business has a variety of clients, including non-profit agencies, lawyers, consultants, construction companies, massage therapists, chiropractor, marine
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Ghana: Gma, Navy and Marine Police Combat Illegal Fuel Bunkering
Takoradi — The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) in collaboration with the Navy and Marine Police have started all night security patrols at the Takoradi Anchorage and the western coastline to halt illegal fuel bunkering in the
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Ruby Bridges Book Labeled ‘Critical Race Theory’ by Parent Groups in Tenn. news -The Black Chronicle
Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE A children’s book about Ruby Bridges integrating a New Orleans school has been labeled “critical race theory” by conservative parents in Tennessee, who claim that
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Ciara And Russell Wilson’s New Children’s Book Aims To Help Youth Build Self-Confidence
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The potential impact of the temporary closure of bridge on the KNR Highway in Speightstown, St Peter was examined on Friday during a site tour. Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations, Colin Jordan, joined officials from the Barbados Tourism Investment Inc. (BTI) and key stakeholders
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