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Good Times
Good Times is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series primary executive producer. Good Times was a spin-off of Maude, which was itself a spin-off of All in the
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Former President Obama Slams Trump's COVID-19 Response As An "Absolute Chaotic Disaster"
“Former President Barack Obama harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an “absolute chaotic disaster “during a conversation with ex-members of his
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week | The Atlanta Voice
In reality, the House bill would give $100 billion to local organizations, such as community health centers or nonprofits, to help with testing and contact tracing by funding door-to-door outreach, the purchase of testing supplies and the hiring and training of people to run mobile testing
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Lagos coronavirus: 2,278 cases; patient delivers at treatment center
Total confirmed cases = 2278
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What kind of mask should you wear? | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The difference between cloth face coverings and hospital masks is that homemade masks are not FDA
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Editorial Commentary: Trump Cheers on Governors, Ignores WH Guidelines | Afro
While individual states’ decisions to move more quickly than recommended under the White House guidelines are regularly discussed during coronavirus task force meetings, those decisions are not seen as defiant toward the Trump administration, the official
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Senator Brian A. Benjamin
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Wyclef + Haitian musicians unite for Haiti's COVID-19 response | New York Carib News
Amid cancellations of many in-person events because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, some of Haiti’s best musicians are coming together for a good cause; that is via a computer screen near
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Source: The New York Carib News
Digicel's 'Shake to Win' boosts MoBay charities
The Blossom Gardens Child Care Facility (BGCCF) and the Montego Bay Animal Haven have received donations of $200,000 each from telecommunications
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Somali mayor casts doubts on virus deaths
The Mayor of Somalia’s capital has warned of hundreds of deaths that he suspects have been caused by the new coronavirus, suggesting that actual death toll may be 10 times higher than official
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Brown, Lee P. (1937- )
Lee Patrick Brown, known as “The Father of Community Policing,” became the first African American Mayor of Houston, Texas in
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Source: Black Past
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1997
Plymouth Hospital - 2nd Picture
Pictures: Operating room at Plymouth Hospital Dr. Cornelius Garlandctx_20th_Plymouth_Hosp_2 Nursing graduates of Plymouth Hospitalctx_20th_Plymouth_Hosp_3 Plymouth Hospital and Nurses' Training School, founded and operated by Dr. Cornelius Garland, a Black doctor, from 1908 to 1928, contributed to
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
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Nigeria: Decline in Non-COVID-19 Ailment Consultation in Hospitals Worries Govt
The federal government also said wearing face masks in public places is compulsory, going by the COVID-19 regulations signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, pursuant to Quarantine
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Common, Angela Davis, Pete Rock, Ilyasah Shabazz to honor Malcolm X
Portrait of American political activist and radical civil rights leader Malcolm X (1925 - 1965) as he holds an 8mm movie camera in London Airport, London, England, July
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Jena Six
The Jena Six were six black teenagers in Jena, Louisiana, convicted in the 2006 beating of Justin Barker, a white student at the local Jena High School, which they also attended. Barker was injured on December 4, 2006, by the members of the Jena Six, and received treatment at an emergency
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4
2006
Guinea
An outbreak of Ebola hit Guinea in March 2014 and spread to Sierra Leone and Liberia. By September, is estimated to have killed about 430 people in Guinea, and there were nearly 650 suspected and confirmed cases of it in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control. In late August, the
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Influential Puerto Rican Activist Group the Young Lords
In late July 1969, the group staged their first action in an effort to force the City of New York to increase garbage pick-up in East
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Don Siegel
Siegel studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, and at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After a brief stint as an actor, he joined Warner Brothers studios near Hollywood as an assistant film librarian. He later worked as an editor before joining the studio’s montage department, where he
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Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (1816- )
Emanuel A.M.E. Church is the oldest black A.M.E. Church in the South and contains the oldest black congregation south of Baltimore, Maryland.  The church’s early roots emerged out of slavery in a shared legacy with Charleston (South Carolina) Methodist Episcopal Church in 1791. Due to disputes over
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Source: Black Past
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Obama emerges as central figure in 2020 presidential race
In recent days, Trump and his allies have aggressively pushed conspiracy theories about Obama designed to fire up the president’s conservative base, taint Biden by association and distract from the glut of grim health and economic news from the coronavirus
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Gabourey Sidibe
Sidibe’s nickname is Gabby… She was born in Brooklyn but raised in Harlem, according to the film’s official site, which also notes that while Sidibe never studied theater, “she has spent time on stage, participating in plays put on by the theater department at Lehman College in the
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Eritrea: COVID-19 - Eritrea Flattens Curve in Less Than Two Months
Eritrea on Friday claimed that it had brought the number of coronavirus infections down to zero, becoming the first East African country to win the battle against the deadly disease, at least for
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Farley, James Conway (1854- 1910?)
James Conway Farley, the first African American to achieve prominence in the photography industry, was born on August 10, 1854 to slave parents in Prince Edwards County, Virginia. After his father died, he and his mother moved to Richmond in 1861. The sources are unclear as to whether Farley and
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Source: Black Past
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1876
Adebayor hunted for alleged incitment of violence in Sierra Leone
How low a depth of despair and despondency the SLPP/APC rivalry has sunk is clearly illustrated by a video that has gone viral on Facebook, depicting two Sierra Leoneans, apparently on a manhunt in the streets of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, for the real or fictitious
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Nigeria receives Madagascar's COVID-Organics, efficacy tests ordered
May 16: Nigeria receives COVID-Organics, scientific tests ordered
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Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft (1902-1985) and the Long Civil Rights Movement in Texas
A small but growing number of black women are slowly being recognized for their contributions to the “long” civil rights movement, the nearly century-long struggle by African Americans against all forms of racial discrimination.  In the account below University of Texas-El Paso
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2013
Angola: COVID-19 - No New Infection in Last 72 Hours
Luanda — Angola is three days now without a new positive case of covid-19, remaining with 48 confirmed infections, 17 recoveries, two deaths and 29 active patients in stable
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Seacole, Mary Jane (1805 –1881)
Mary Jane Grant Seacole was an early nurse in the British Empire during the 19th Century. Born in Kingston, Jamaica as Mary Grant, she was the daughter of a Scottish officer and a black mother. Mary’s mother ran a hospital/boarding house in Kingston and she, after a brief period as
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Young Buck Filing For Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Could Be A Shot At 50 Cent
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