Mark Wignall shot in gun attack

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Mark Wignall shot in gun attack

Political analyst, columnist and talk show host Mark Wignall was this morning shot in a drive-by gun attack on Red Hills Road, St Andrew. Wignall was involved in a telephone conversation at an area known as ‘Common’ on...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Anthony K. Anderson

Anthony K. Anderson was Vice Chair & Midwest Area Managing Partner for Ernst & Young. Anderson also served as Managing Partner of E&Y’s Pacific Southwest region in the Los Angeles area. Anderson was a member of Ernst & Young’s governing body, the Americas Executive Board. Anderson was

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Bluefield State College (1895-- )

Bluefield State College is one of the firsthistorically black colleges (HCBUs) to become a predominantly whiteinstitution. The college was opened in1895 as the Bluefield Colored Institute after the expansion of the Morrill Actin 1890 to provide funding for African American colleges from the sale

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Six additional COVID-19 cases in Jamaica

Jamaica recorded six new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing to 517 the number of confirmed

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Hunt on for $100, 000

The holder of The Gleaner or THE STAR purchased from August 2 to August 8 with the number 28109743 on the top right-hand corner of the front-page, and the ePaper subscriber who received the serial number 1886880218 by email, are the lucky winners...

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20th-Century Novelist

Dorothy West, born in 1910 and raised in Boston, became a leading novelist, short-story writer, editor, and columnist. Her novelThe Living Is Easy (about growing up Black in Boston) was published in 1948; currently she writes a column for theVineyard Gazette on Martha's Vineyard Island.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Brisby, William H. (1831-1916)

William Henry Brisby was born free in New Kent County, Virginia in 1831 and lived on 32 acres of land that he inherited from his father. He later bought additional land and eventually had a 179 acre farm. Brisby worked mostly as a blacksmith and wheelwright but raised sheep, and engaged in

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Namibia gains independence

The History of NamibiaThe country has ever since that historical day; 21 March 1990 enjoyed peace, stability and progress in many ways. Namibia is also known as the smile of Africa because, of its geographical position and the friendliness and warmth of its citizens. Currently the country has

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2 Area Players Have Shot At Their Dream In The NFL | Florida Sentinel Bulletin

GREG REAVES …Los Angeles Rams Prospect NAPOLEON MAXWELL …Chicago Bears Prospect With the conclusion of the 2020 NFL Draft and the first fully virtual sports event, two NFL hopefuls have found themselves new

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Media mogul Oliver Clarke dies at 75

Oliver Frederick Clarke, the media mogul who stood at the helm of The Gleaner as chairman and managing director for more than four decades, has

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20 Years or More in Journalism

An impressive roster of journalists have 'made news' on the Boston scene for more than 20 years. Among them: Robert (Bob) Jordan, columnist and editorial writer with the Boston Globe and the first African-American elected to head theGlobe's 1,200 member employees' union in 1989; Sarah Ann Shaw and

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Defying Order, Baltimore Pastor Holds Services | Afro

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Fernando Monteiro de Castro Soromenho

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Ghana: Ayawaso East Assembly Fails to Elect PM

The Ayawaso East Municipal Assembly on Thursday failed to elect a Presiding Member (PM) after two consecutive rounds of

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Roston, James A. (1864-1924)

Lieutenant James A. Roston was a key organizer for the African American labor movement in Seattle in the early part of the 20th century. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1864. Roston was commissioned (from the District of Columbia) as a first lieutenant in the 10th U.S. Volunteer Infantry

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East Ruimveldt man gunned down - Stabroek News

A twenty-five-year-old man of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown was last night gunned down at the corner of D’Urban and Chapel

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Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī

Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī , (born c. 1297—died May 24, 1351, Hintato, Mor.), Marīnid sultan of Morocco (reigned 1331–51) who increased the territories of his dynasty and, for a brief time, created a united North African

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Minister Lott Cary left the United States leading a group of freed slaves, most of whom were members of the American Colonization Society, to colonize a small portion of West Africa. This area became known as the Republic of Liberia in 1847.

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3. 5 quake hits St Andrew

The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies is reporting that a minor quake hit sections of the Corporate Area this morning. The unit says the 3.5 quake occurred about 6:08 and the epicentre was located approximately 8 km...

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Is Africa Overpopulated?

Is Africa overpopulated? The answer by most measures is no. As of mid-2015, the continent as a whole had only 40 people per square mile. Asia, by comparison had 142 people per square mile; Northern Europe had 60. Critics also point to the how many less resources Africas population consumes versus

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Oliver Clarke dies - Media giant passes away at home at 75

A central figure in corporate Jamaica, Clarke played a pivotal role in the establishment of the powerful Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) in 1976 and was later immortalised among its esteemed leadership over the years when he was inducted into the organisation’s Hall of Fame in

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Civil War Widows' Pension Digitization Project at the National Archives

The National Archives holds 1.28 million case files of pension applications from family members of deceased Civil War Union soldiers. This Inside the Vaults video short follows a team of more than sixty volunteers, led by National Archives staff, which is digitizing the files and placing them

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South Africa: Quarantine Everyone, Says Limpopo Health MEC After 13 Mineworkers Test Positive for COVID-19

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Odessa Brown Children's Clinic

The Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, which treats children throughout Seattle and King County, was developed cooperatively by the Seattle Model Cities Program, Children’s Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center, and concerned citizens of the Central Area. It opened in 1970, at 2017 East Spruce

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Porto-Novo, Benin (16th Century- )

Porto-Novo, meaning “New Port” in Portuguese, became the official capital of the West African country of Benin in 1960. In 2002 it had an estimated population of 223,552 people. Porto-Novo is located in the southeastern part of the country on an inlet of the Gulf of Guinea. Although it

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Digicel closes Kingston headquarters after employee tests positive for COVID

Digicel has closed its downtown Kingston headquarters after a member of staff tested positive for COVID-19. A company official said the building will be sanitised before staff returns tomorrow. In the meantime, the company said ...

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Ile Ife (Nigeria) History and Archaeology

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Hundley, Walter R. (1929-2002)

Walter R. Hundley, minister, sociologist, civil rights worker, and administrator, served in a number of important offices in Seattle government. Hundley was born in Philadelphia on March 8, 1929, and raised there in a black neighborhood which he recalled as being pretty rough. He graduated from

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5 Tanzanians arrested for sneaking into Uganda

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Total Primary Care has become the first medical provider in Texas to secure and offer a COVID-19 antibody test approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for EUA

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Jackson Street Community Council (1946-1967)

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