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Ohio US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate Urges the Family of a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in Ohio to Call for Direct Access to Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste to Ensure a Top Compensation Result
COLUMBUS , OHIO, USA, July 8, 2020 ⁨EINPresswire.com⁩ -- The Ohio US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate is urging the wife or the adult son or daughter of a Navy Veteran who has just been diagnosed with mesothelioma anywhere in Ohio to call 800-
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La Tribune de la Nouvelle-Orléans (1864-1868)
The New Orleans Tribune was the first African American daily newspaper in the United States. Started in 1864 by Charles Louise Roudanez the Tribune was notable in that it was bilingual. Articles were written in both French, for the majority of African Americans in Louisiana, and English, in order
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Shipyard workers to begin voting this week on labor pact - Black News Channel
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — Shipyard workers who have maintained pickets for nearly two months during a global pandemic will have the final say on a proposed labor pact at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works. The tentative agreement that's the subject of a vote starting Friday
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Huey P. Newton
Huey Percy Newton was an African American leader and co-founder of the Black Panther Party. He was the youngest of seven children born to Armelia Johnson and Walter Newton on February 17, 1942 in Monroe, Louisiana and named after the former Governor of Louisiana, Huey Long. His family was not very
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22
1989
California US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Urges a Navy Veteran with Lung Cancer and Who Had Significant Service-Related Exposure to Asbestos to Call the lawyers at Karst von Oiste About Meaningful Compensation
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA, June 30, 2020 ⁨EINPresswire.com⁩ -- The California US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate says, We are urging a Navy Veteran with lung cancer anywhere in California, who also had significant exposure to asbestos
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Fax, Elton (1909-1993)
Elton Clay Fax, a prolific African-American cartoonist, author, and illustrator, was born on October 9, 1909, in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Mark Oakland Fax, a clerk, and Willie Estelle Fax, a seamstress. Elton’s younger brother, Mark, was a music prodigy who worked as a composer later
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13
1993
Miller, Heather
Heather earned a PhD in comparative women’s history, Latin American history, and the history of sexuality at the Ohio State University in 2002, where she completed her dissertation, “The Teeming Brothel: Sex Acts, Desires, and Sexual Identities in the United States, 1870–1990.” She has
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Jimmy Cobb, Drummer On Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' Album, Dead At 91
Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ 1959 “Kind of Blue” groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died
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US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate Urges the Family of a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in Oregon to Not Roll the Dice on Compensation and to Call Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste For Serious Results
SALEM, OREGON, USA, October 19, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Oregon US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate says, "We are urging the wife, or adult son-daughter of a Navy Veteran with mesothelioma in Oregon to not roll the dice on financial …
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Nevada US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Strongly Recommends the Lawyers at Karst von Oiste for a Navy Veteran with Lung Cancer in Nevada-To Ensure He Gets Compensated If He Had Asbestos Exposure in the Navy
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA, October 23, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Nevada US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate says, "If you are a Navy Veteran with lung cancer anywhere in Nevada and you had significant exposure to asbestos in the navy on …
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Williams v. Mississippi (1898)
? Submitted March 18, 1898. Decided April 25, 1898. At June term 1896 of the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, the plaintiff in error was indicted by a grand jury composed entirely of white men for the crime of murder. On the 15th day of June he made a motion to quash the indic
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Young, Coleman A. (1918-1997)
Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Coleman Young arrived in Detroit, Michigan with his family when he was five.  The Colemans settled in the working class neighborhood of Black Bottom (East Detroit), where his father operated a dry cleaning business and his mother was a schoolteacher.  Early in his life
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Nell, William C. (1816-1874)
William C. Nell was an African American civic activist, abolitionist, and historian. Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Nell was the son of William Guion Nell, a prominent tailor and black activist. William C. Nell was introduced to racial inequality and black activism from birth. In the
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Oberlin College (1833- )
Oberlin College which was named Oberlin Collegiate Institute until 1850, is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio.   In 1833, Presbyterian ministers John Jay Sipherd and Philo P. Stewart founded the institution as a college preparatory institute to promote Christian values.  Oberlins
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Taylor, Ruth Carol (1931- )
Journalist and nurse Ruth Carol Taylor became the first African American airline flight attendant in the United States when she joined Mohawk Airlines in 1958. While she is most commonly known for her achievement in the airline industry, she spent much of her career as an activist for minority and
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11
1958
Mbabane, Swaziland (1887- )
Mbabane is the capital of Swaziland and is located on the Mbabane River and its tributary the Polinjane River in the Mdimba Mountains. It is the second largest city in the country. The city’s name comes from an African Chief, Mbabane Kunene, who lived in the region when British settlers arrived in
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Hillary, Barbara (1931- )
Barbara Hillary is the first African American woman on record to reach both the North and South Poles. Born in New York City, New York on June 12, 1931 to Viola Jones Hillary and raised in Harlem, Hillary attended the New School University in New York, N.Y. where she earned both her Bachelor of
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Abbott, Anderson Ruffin (1837-1913)
Anderson Ruffin Abbott, Canada’s first black doctor, was born April 7, 1837 in Toronto, Ontario.  He was the son of free black property owners William Ruffin Abbott and his wife Ellen (Toyer) Abbott who left Alabama after their store had been destroyed.  They settled briefly in New York until
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1913
Barrow, Dean Oliver (1951- )
On February 7, 2008, Belize elected Dean Barrow as its first black Prime Minister. Born March 2, 1951, in Belize City, Barrow earned his LL.M. from the University of Miami in the United States and became partner at a Belizean law firm in 1977.  Two years later he established his own
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Minnesota US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate Has Endorsed Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste to Ensure a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in Minnesota Receives the Best Compensation-It Might Exceed $1,000,000
MINNEAPOLIS , MINNESOTA , USA, October 5, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Minnesota US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate says, "We want a Navy Veteran with mesothelioma in Minnesota to get the best possible financial compensation results- …
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(1957) Dwight Eisenhower, “Address on Little Rock"
The Little Rock Crisis erupted in September 1957 when Arkansas Governor Orval M. Faubus used state National Guard troops to prevent nine African American students from attending the then all-white Central High School.  On September 20, Federal Judge Ronald Davis ordered Governor Faubus to remove
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24
1957
Wilberforce University (1856- )
Wilberforce University was established near Xenia, Ohio in 1856 as a joint venture between the Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Named after 18th century abolitionist William Wilberforce, it was the first private, historically black university in the United
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Walker, Darren (1959– )
Philanthropist Darren Walker is the tenth president of the seventy-seven-year-old Ford Foundation, the second largest philanthropy in the world. Walker was born August 28, 1959, at a charity hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana, to a single mother and was raised in East Texas. He received two degrees
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Donald, Arnold (1954- )
Arnold Donald is an American businessman and CEO of Carnival Corporation headquartered in Miami, Florida. He has held the position since 2013. Prior to this position, he was a senior executive at Monsanto in
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Vermont Mesothelioma Victims Center Appeals to the Family of a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in Vermont to Take Compensation Seriously and to Call Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste for Serious Results
BURLINGTON , VERMONT, USA, October 21, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Vermont Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "We are appealing to the family of a Navy Veteran with mesothelioma in Vermont to take compensation seriously and to call …
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Hotel Robinson (1897-1921)
The Hotel Robinson, built in 1897, was one of the first businesses in San Diego County, California to be owned and operated by an African American, and the oldest continuously operated hotel in Southern California. The hotel is now a part of the National Register of Historic Places and is a Point
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