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Cindy Robinson was 22 years old when she visited the Morant Bay Health Centre, located in St Thomas, for a routine tooth extraction in April 2007. The government-run clinic has disputed her claim of negligence during the procedure, but Robinson...
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U.S. Supreme Court (Guinn v United States) said grandfather clauses in the Oklahoma and Maryland constitutions violated the Fifteenth Amendment.
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21
1915
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Kenneth B. Clark, psychologist and educator, awarded Spingarn Medal for pioneering studies that influenced the Supreme Court decision on school desegregation.
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15
1961
Supplier disappointed with Williams’ tablets statement - Parties head to mediation over schools project
Information technology company GeoTechVision Jamaica has objected to statements made by Technology Minister Fayval Williams in Parliament on Tuesday that the company delivered substandard devices to the Government under the Tablets in Schools...
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How Muhammad Ali Influenced Hip-Hop
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Court: Some Employers Can Refuse to Offer Free Birth Control
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled broadly Wednesday in favor of the religious rights of employers in two cases that could leave more than 70,000 women without free contraception and tens of thousands of people with no way to sue for job discrimination. In both cases the court ruled
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Why Byron Allen’s Comcast Settlement Win Is an “L” for Black America
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The Negro Baseball Leagues were professional leagues in the United States for players of African descent. At its height of popularity--from 1920 through World War II--Negro Baseball Leagues were an integral part of African-American life and culture during the Jim Crow
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The Sacramento Observer » May I Approach? Courts and the Power of Inclusion
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Ruling fuels call for state LGBTQ protections – Florida Courier
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Jaime Harrison Laughs Off Lindsay Graham's Political Ploy
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Supplier disappointed with Williams’ tablets statement - Parties head to mediation over schools project
Stephen Wedderburn, ICT project manager of GeoTechVision, has reacted, saying that he was disheartened by Williams’ “false” statement, adding that it could be prejudicial to a dispute before the courts between GeoTech Vision and the state-owned e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited over the
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Byron Allen: 'I'd love to own CNN. And I will.' - TheGrio
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31
1955
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Chief justice warns against abuse of judges
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Supreme Court permits 16 listed companies to hold virtual AGM
THE Supreme Court has given the green light for 16 companies listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) to hold their annual general meetings (AGMs) virtually, either in full or part.
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Tracey Brame, Civil Rights Expert and Law Professor, Weighs in on Death of George Floyd
Prior to this weekends protests around the United States over the death of Georg Floyd and others persons of color who have died while in custody of police, WMU-Cooley Associate Dean and Professor Tracey Brame, a civil rights expert,  spoke with media outlets in Michigan regarding the use of
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(1964) George C. Wallace, “The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax”
By 1964 George C. Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, had become the national symbol of opposition to the civil rights movement and to federal governmental intervention to protect the rights of African Americans.  In the address below he denounces President Lyndon B. Johnson for signing into law the
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U.S. Supreme Court Protects California’s Dreamers – Voice and Viewpoint
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