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Brazil registered its 50,000th death from the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, underlining Latin America's desperate struggle to contain the disease, as Europe's gradual emergence from lockdown was marked by Spain reopening its
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Opinion: Too Many African American Children Are Born in Shackles
Police serve as an occupying force in poor communities of color because those communities exist — often created by red-lining — worsened by savage inequality of schools and health care and job
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The Impact of COVID-19 in Our Community: Lets Not Put Our Health at Risk | Dallas Weekly
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cite several possible reasons that Black Americans are more affected. One is that many of us live in more highly populated areas where it’s more difficult to practice physical distancing from one another. Many of us also live in
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Bessie Coleman, African American Woman Pilot
Known for: pioneer in aviation; first African American woman with a pilots license, first African American woman to fly a plane; first American with an international pilots
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1892
Mayor's Milk Initiative to begin distributions | Dallas Weekly
Mayor Eric Johnson on Friday announced the planned sites and dates for the distribution of thousands of gallons of free milk through the Mayor’s Milk Initiative, a partnership with Borden Dairy, Dallas ISD, and local faith
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Too many African American children are born in shackles
Police serve as an occupying force in poor communities of color because those communities exist – often created by red-lining – worsened by savage inequality of schools and health care and job
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Stockpiling?
WASHINGTON–At least 22 states, including Oklahoma, have obtained a total of more than 10 million doses of malaria drugs to treat COVID-19 patients despite warnings from doctors that more tests are
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#Election2020 – The South is red. It's also Black | The Atlanta Voice
His rally is a stick in the eye not only of people concerned about coronavirus, but also to Oklahoma’s Black
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Coronavirus, Tulsa COVID-19 Update – June 24 | The Oklahoma Eagle
For additional guidance and information, the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development presented the final recommendations of the Mayor’s Economic Recovery Advisory Committee to the Tulsa City
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Bruner to Represent Ward 7
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Brice, Carol (1918-1985)
Contralto singer Carol Brice was born in Sedalia, North Carolina on April 16, 1918 into a musical family.  Eventually she became one of the first African American classical singers with an extensive recording repertoire.  Brice trained at Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia and then enrolled in
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14
1985
This Newspaper Has Never Forgotten The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — And Its Fight Continues | The Oklahoma Eagle
Walk through the Greenwood neighborhood, Goodwin says, and you can’t miss the metal plaques on sidewalks commemorating the hundreds of black-owned businesses set ablaze during the 1921 Tulsa Race
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U.S. coronavirus death toll exceeds 120,000 Americans
Medical workers in personal protective equipment (PPE) test for COViD-19 at Abyssinian Baptist Church, one of 11 churches across the city as well as Nassau County and Westchester that has begun testing for the virus on May 13, 2020 in New York
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Coleman, Bessie (1892–1926)
In 1921, Bessie Coleman became the first black woman to gain an international permit to fly. After learning French, she attended the famous flight school Ecole d’Aviation des Frères Caudron in Northern France. No schools in America would train a black person. She was inspired to fly by the stories
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A look back at Tesla's extraordinary decade
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Equal Protection Clause
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Trump Threatens Protesters On Juneteenth
Ahead of a campaign rally in a city where a racist massacre took place, President Donald Trump threatened violence against protesters, as people in cities around the country are set to participate in peaceful anti-racism marches to mark Juneteenth, the anniversary of the end of slavery in the
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Community Elders Share Valuable Insight In Black Wall Street History Class | The Oklahoma Eagle
The class is open to credit-seeking students and non-credit-seeking community members who are interested in discovering more about Tulsa’s historic Greenwood district from 1850 to present, including the massacre on May 31-June
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Segregation Movements
Tennessee started modern segregation movement with Jim Crow railroad car and was followed by Florida (1887), Mississippi (1888), Texas (1889), Louisiana (1890), Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas and Georgia (1891), South Carolina (1898), North Carolina (1899), Virginia (1900), Maryland (1904), Oklahoma
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Some City Fireworks Shows Still On Track For Independence Day | The Oklahoma Eagle
In Tulsa, The Folds of Honor Freedom Fest has been postponed to Labor Day Weekend but some Tulsa area fireworks shows are still going on as planned. Related Story: Oklahoma Firework Vendors See Increased Sales For Personal Use Due To Less Events
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After Weeks Of Anticipation, Trump Rally Crowd Underwhelms
President Donald Trump addressed an enthusiastic — though smaller than expected — crowd of supporters at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night as some protesters gathered outside to call for an end to systemic racism and police
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Trump entrenched in failed strategy as virus surges and polling drops | The Atlanta Voice
Consumed with what he views as unfair coverage of his administration, Trump hasn’t articulated a new plan to contain the spreading virus and last spoke to his top public health advisers weeks ago, those advisers said this
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Eric Dickerson
Born in a small town of Sealy, Texas, in 1960, Eric Dickerson was raised by his uncle and aunt after his mother decided not to marry his father at the young age of 17. Even though he did not grow up with his father, Dickerson inherited athletic abilities from the former running back of Prairie View
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D.C. protesters try to tear down Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park
Protestors attempt to pull down the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square near the White House on June 22, 2020 in
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Nation’s Oldest Rodeo Still On In Okmulgee: Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo Marks 65th Year | The Oklahoma Eagle
Okmulgee, Okla. – The 65th annual Okmulgee Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo, the nation’s oldest all-black professional rodeo event, has announced plans to proceed with staging this year’s program in August as it considers different scenarios related to the global coronavirus
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Congress Sends Juneteenth Legislation to Trump | Dallas Weekly
June 19, 1863 Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society enforce the Emancipation order
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State To Begin Next Reopening Phase Despite Testing Issues | The Oklahoma Eagle
The state remains on track to begin the next phase of business reopenings later this week even as hospitalization numbers spiked Wednesday and health officials worked to resolve testing accessibility
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Fauci Warns: More Death, Econ Damage If US Reopens Too Fast | Afro
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Coronavirus Update: FDA Warns Nine Hand Sanitizers Sold in the U.S. Are Toxic
Methanol can cause skin irritation, and if ingested, cause headache, dizziness, blurred vision, kidney failure, coma and death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
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Half Of Oklahoma’s Reported Coronavirus Deaths Come From Care Facilities Such As Nursing Homes | The Oklahoma Eagle
In a recent one-week period, Oklahoma reported 18 deaths and 114 new cases of COVID-19 at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, bringing the total number of residents and staff who have died to 155 as of May
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