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'P-Valley' showrunner Katori Hall dishes on season 1
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Farming Lures Back Young People in Africa – Free Press of Jacksonville
Young farmers in Africa are continually striving to achieve food security, but many people in poor communities could starve if investment in agricultural projects is not
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Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Professor Arthur Lewis of Princeton. He was the first Black cited in a category other than peace.
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1979
How The Crisis Is Making Racial Inequality Worse
In good times and bad, the black unemployment rate is typically double the white unemployment rate, says economist Valerie Wilson, who directs the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think
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Meet the Black Republican Woman Trying to Unseat Civil Rights Icon John Lewis – Free Press of Jacksonville
Stanton-King could use a dose of that reality herself, according to Dwight Bullard, political director of New Florida Majority, an organization that supports progressive Democrats and people of
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A Louisiana girl with California wines
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T.I. & Juicy J Call For All People of Color To Participate In “Blackout2020Day” Protest
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Yohannes, Daniel W. (1952– )
Daniel W. Yohannes, a businessman, philanthropist, and diplomat, was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on September 22, 1952. He moved to the United States at age 17 as an exchange student in the 11th grade, attending high school in Los
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1952
Florida A&M University [Tallahassee] (1887- )
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) is a historically black four-year public institution located on a 419 acre campus in Tallahassee, Florida.  The school was founded as the State Normal College for Colored Students, and first opened its doors to 15 students and two instructors on
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Ellison, Keith M. (1963- )
Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison was born on August 4, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan.  He was raised Catholic in a middle class family which included five sons to a father who was a psychiatrist and a mother who was a social worker.  Since childhood Ellison was involved with the civil rights
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Smith, Samuel J. (1922-1995)
Samuel J. Smith, a Washington State Legislator and Seattle City Councilmember was born on July 21, 1922, in Gibsland, Louisiana.  Listening to speeches by Franklin Roosevelt broadcast on radio in the early 1930s persuaded young Smith that he wanted a future in
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Fort Worth, Texas, Where the West and the South Meet: A Brief History of the City's African American Community, 1849-2012
In the article below, Fort Worth historian Richard Selcer introduces us to the African American community which has been a presence in this city since its founding in
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More Lawmakers, Including Republicans, Support A Juneteenth National Holiday
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Meet the black Republican woman trying to unseat civil rights icon John Lewis
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Trump promises a 'generous' second stimulus package
U.S. President Donald Trump the week the House of Representatives passed the latest economic stimulus package that was passed earlier in the week by the U.S. Senate giving roughly 484 billion to restart a small business loan program and give more money for health care providers and virus
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Born two decades before American women won the right to vote, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander overcame obstacles as a female and also as an African American in the elite profession of law. In 1927 she became the first black woman to gain admission to the Pennsylvania Bar, beginning a long career
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The Black crisis in the midst of the coronavirus crisis | Dallas Weekly
Dr. Maulana Karenga, chair of the Department of Africana Studies at CSU Long Beach, wants the Black community to make sure that physical distancing during the pandemic does not interfere with relationships or establishing
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Gary Declaration, National Black Political Convention, 1972
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Spelman College
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Malcolm A. Punter - President & CEO, HCCI
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Meet the black Republican woman trying to unseat civil rights icon John Lewis
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COVID 19 testing at Project H.O.O.D | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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