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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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Executive Order 11246 (1965)
Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, it is ordered as
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Mississippi Leaders Issue Plea To Honor Medgar Evers With Medal of Freedom
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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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(1995) William Jefferson Clinton, “the Job of Ending Discrimination in This Counrt is Not Over”
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South Africa: Transnet Ramps Up Locomotive Coal Service to Port of Richards Bay
[SAnews.gov.za] Transnet says ramping up the number of locomotives available on its lines is one of the key measures it is implementing to decongest the Port of Richards Bay.
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Townsend, Willard S. (1895-1957)
African American labor leader Willard S. Townsend was born on December 4, 1895, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Willard and Cora Elizabeth Townsend. In 1938 he organized railway workers of several Chicago, Illinois stations to form the International Brotherhood of Redcaps and remained the union’s president
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Sunday Brew — May 31, 2020
If information which surfaced over last weekend that there could have been manipulation of Leon Bailey to openly criticise the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is true, then it would be most
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Ousmane Sembène
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Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures in the late 19th century after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued to be enforced until 1965. They mandated de jure racial
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Not so fast - Barbados Today
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Heavy Slime: Fans React As New Photo of Young Thug Shows He Put On Weight
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American Policing Has Always Been About Enforcing White Supremacy
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Starbucks bows to pressure; allows employees to rep Black Lives Matter | The Atlanta Voice
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REGIONAL: Government, former of LIAT pilots at odds over remuneration - Barbados Today
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Macy's to Remove Diddy's Clothing Brand 'Sean John' from its Stores | EURweb
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Burkina Faso
Slightly larger than Colorado, Burkina Faso, formerly known as Upper Volta, is a landlocked country in West Africa. Its neighbors are Côte dIvoire, Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, and Ghana. The country consists of extensive plains, low hills, high savannas, and a desert area in the
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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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7 Smart Side Dishes for a Healthy Thanksgiving
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United Negro College Fund
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