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What The Fourth Of July Meant To Those Enslaved In The U.S.
History professor David Blight of Yale University talks with NPR's Noel King about what Independence Day meant to abolitionist Frederick Douglass and America's enslaved population.
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Kenya: Govt to Impose Ban of Imported Milk, Eggs
[Capital FM] Nyandarua -The government is set to invoke the Kenya Trade Remedies Agency Act (KETRA) to the fullest extent of the law, to ban the import of milk and eggs in a bid to benefit dairy and Poultry farmers.
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US extends Android ban on Huawei until 2021
Huawei has been barred from fully using Android for at least another 12 months, after Donald Trump extended his executive order banning US firms from working with companies deemed a national security
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Cash Pours Into Black Organizations And Businesses Amid Protests Against Racism
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Wayne Brady: "Every Year After 45 is a Win for Me" | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
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£10,000 Turner Bursaries awarded to 10 artists - Voice Online
TATE BRITAIN today announced the ten artists who will each receive one-off £10,000 bursaries in... The post £10,000 Turner Bursaries awarded to 10 artists appeared first on Voice Online.
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Sophisticated Settings — Lifestyle — July 3, 2020 | Afro
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Some officers have been Klan-picked – Florida Courier
Once upon a time in America, one White man with a pot belly like Donald Trump wearing a White Colonel Sanders suit could control 15 strong, muscular and athletic Black slaves with a switch. Nowadays, it takes two, three, four or more law enforcers to apprehend, choke or shoot an unarmed African
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WhatsApp gets a raw deal in payments
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Kenya Wildlife Service has set the pace by reducing park entry fees for both locals and foreigners for a year.
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Google Doodle Honors Iconic Trans Activist Marsha P. Johnson As Pride Month Comes To A Close - Blavity
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Commentary/Opinion: Atlas Must Go/ #CancelAtlas | Afro
By Sen. Jill P. Carter As a child, I awoke some mornings to news that police had arrested my father, Walter P. Carter, for sitting in protest in restaurants and apartment buildings that refused to serve and house  Black people. Even after the passage of laws ending legal segregation, a fair number
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Mandatory counselling proposed for harassers, victims
A recommendation has been made for greater focus to be placed on the psychological health of the victims and perpetrators of sexual harassment, with at least one professor calling for mandatory counselling of both. The suggestion was made by acting...
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Google Chrome spyware downloaded by millions of users
A newly discovered spyware effort attacked users through 32 million downloads of extensions to Google’s market-leading Chrome Web browser, researchers at Awake Security said, highlighting the tech industry’s failure to protect browsers as they are used more for e-mail, payroll and other sensitive
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Gartner cancels annual South African IT conference for 2020
Analyst firm Gartner has cancelled the South African leg of its IT Symposium/Xpo event, which was due to take place in Cape Town in October, due to the Covid-19
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Oswald Hanciles (The Guru): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 July 2020: The educational systems in Sierra Leone have been monumental failures. It is obvious. The festering poverty of Sierra Leoneans sitting on top  of some of the wealthiest marketable natural resources in the world is a gnawing pointer
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Its A Vibe: Detroit Native Portia Powell Opens Good Vibes Lounge Promoting Black Ownership | The Michigan Chronicle
Black Excellence continues re-invigorating Detroit, and Black Banker/ Financial Literacy Coach Portia Powell intends to lead by example by opening a fully Black-Owned Bar Good Vibes Lounge on Detroits Eastside. I feel like when we want to go out and have a good time, we have to go downtown or to
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Free 'Do the Right Thing' rental; Spike Lee Talk Offered
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