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This Day in History — June 16
1977: Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev is named president, becoming the first person to hold both posts
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Wendy Williams Takes a Break from Her Show to Deal with Symptoms from Graves' Disease
Viewers of “The Wendy Williams Show” will have to watch repeats of the show for the foreseeable future, as Williams is taking a hiatus as a result of fatigue caused by
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Richard Brooks
Richard Brooks , (born May 18, 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died March 11, 1992, Beverly Hills, California), American screenwriter and director whose best-known movies were adaptations of literary works, notably Blackboard Jungle (1955), Elmer Gantry (1960), and In Cold Blood
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Mar
11
1992
Terry Crews Addresses Backlash Surrounding His 'Black Supremacy' Tweet
The actor’s message was about how Black people could eliminate white supremacy, and on Sunday, June 7, he wrote, “Defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black
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Hospital guidelines may make blacks less likely to receive COVID-19 testing
LOS ANGELES — Are more African Americans dying under the current COVID-19 triage system of health care
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Barry Lawson Williams
Barry Lawson Williams is the Founder of Williams Pacific Ventures, Inc. Williams has had an extensive career in management consulting and
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'Kenya Is Not Her Real Friend': People Drag Kenya Moore for How She Treated Cynthia Bailey During 'RHOA' Season 12
Kenya Moore of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” came under fire from fans for nearly destroying her friendship with Cynthia Bailey during season
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Civil Rights Advocate Myrlie Evers-Williams On The Change Of Mississippi Flag
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of Medgar Evers who was assassinated in their home state of Mississippi, about the state removing the Confederate insignia from its
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Williams, Franklin Hall (1917-1990)
Longtime civil rights organizer and later U.S. Ambassador, Franklin Hall Williams was born on October 22, 1917, in Flushing, New York. His mother died in 1919. Williams was raised by his maternal grandparents. He graduated from Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1941. After
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22
1990
Naomi Osaka Tops Serena Williams As the Highest-Paid Female Athlete
Naomi Osaka had the biggest win of her career when she beat Serena Williams in the 2018
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'Thank You': 'RHOA' Stars Porsha Williams and Dennis McKinley Help to Bail Out Protesters Standing Against Police Brutality
Atlanta-based couple Porsha Williams and Dennis McKinley of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” are putting their time and money where their mouths
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Porsha Williams Remembers Being Chased By The KKK As A Child
Porsha individually is not really known for her activism, though she is the granddaughter of prominent Civil Rights Leader, Hosea Williams, who closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership
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Williams, Franklin Hall (1917-1990) - Death
Williams died at his home in New York City on May 20, 1990, at the age of 72.
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May
20
1990
Sports Icons And Influencers Come Together To Support The Jesse Owens Foundation
NFL athlete and humanitarian Victor Cruz, New York Giants’ Brandon Marshall and Olympian Herbert P. Douglas Jr. celebrate Serena Williams and posthumously honor Muhammad Ali at the 2017 Jesse Owens Awards Gala
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Corrigan, Mairead
Corrigan, Mairead moi´rə kôr´ĭgən [key], 1944–, Irish social activist, b. Belfast. A volunteer social worker in the Catholic neighborhoods of Belfast, Corrigan saw three of her sisters children killed when a car driven by an Irish Republican Army (IRA) terrorist went out of control after being
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Drinking buddies charged with murdering construction worker
Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after they were charged with the murder of construction worker Andy Williams, whose partially decomposed body was discovered floating in a trench at Met-en-meerzorg, West Coast Demerara (WCD) two weeks
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Venus Williams launches new sunscreen line for women of color
Venus Williams may be a world-renowned athlete but now the legendary tennis player is parlaying her love of skincare into a new business
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Serena Williams Speaks French With Her Two Year Old In This Adorable Video
In case you didn’t know, Serena Williams and her two-year-old daughter Olympia are living their best lives while social
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Three Reasons To Watch New Go-Go Documentary "The Beat Don’t Stop"
As thousands take to the streets to call for an end to the widespread police violence that claims Black lives, music is a constant
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Tivoli justice ‘impossible’ - Botched police probes doom search for truth forever, say watchdogs
Commissioner of INDECOM, Terrence Williams, suggested that the initial investigation was marred by delays in the collection of ballistics and forensic evidence and said this “was not assisted by obstruction and resistance [by the security forces] to getting at the
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'Sis Can't Even Lie: Reginae Carter Shuts Down Rumors That She Is Not Friends with Lori Harvey and Taina Williams, Fans Call BS
Reginae Carter broke her silence about her friendship with Lori Harvey and Taina Williams in a now-deleted Instagram Story on Sunday, May
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'There’s a Lil Boy on the Way?': Dennis McKinley Leaves Fans Shook After He Calls Porsha Williams ‘DJ's’ Mama
Porsha Williams, the mother to 1-year-old Pilar Jhena’ McKinley, hasn’t mentioned anything about being pregnant
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African-American women in computer science
Black women were among early pioneers in computing in the United States. Generally they were hired as mathematicians to do technical computing needed to support aeronautical and other research. They included such women as Katherine G. Johnson, who had a career of decades at NASA.[1] Among her
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West Indian History: Biographies
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McDaniel, Hattie (1895-1952)
Hattie McDaniel is best known as the first black Oscar winner.  She won the award on February 29, 1940, for Best Supporting Actress for her role as “Mammy” in Gone With the Wind. McDaniels career began three decades earlier.  She gave her first public performances as a grade school
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Feb
29
1940
Serena Williams
Born: 9/26/1981 Saginaw, MichiganAmerican professional tennis player who is ranked No. 1 in womens singles tennis. The Womens Tennis Association (WTA) has ranked her world No. 1 in singles on six separate occasions. She became the world No. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002, and achieved this
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PM, JLP officials pay tribute to former May Pen mayor
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness was among Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) officials who paid tribute to former mayor of May Pen Milton Brown, who died peacefully
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‘I Need this Country to Be Better for My Children’: Milwaukee Mothers Rally for Racial Justice
So when protests began to engulf Milwaukee and other cities across the nation after the death of George Floyd, she knew she had to
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50-year prisoner could walk free today
THE ATTORNEY representing George Williams, the man who has been incarcerated without trial for 50 years, said that his client is anxiously awaiting the judge’s decision when his case resumes today at the St Catherine Circuit Court in Spanish
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10 military posts are named for these Confederate commanders. The Army is thinking about changing that | The Atlanta Voice
Who it is named for: Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell (A.P.) Hill
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