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Brazil
Around three thousand soldiers and police officers moved into Rocinha, one of the largest slums in Rio de Janeiro, on November 13, 2011. It was part of an operation by the government to gain control over troubled areas in the city before the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2014 World Cup. The
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Nov
13
2011
$5-m drug bust in Portland after car crash
Ganja with a street value of more than $5 million was seized by police in Buff Bay, Portland, yesterday morning from a motor car that was involved in a two-vehicle crash.The Jamaica Observer was told that police assigned to the Portland Division Operational Support Team were on patrol on St George
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Donald Goines
Donald Goines (pseudonym: Al C. Clark) (December 15, 1936 – October 21, 1974) was an African-American writer of urban fiction.[1] His novels were deeply influenced by the work of Iceberg
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Oct
21
1974
Nigeria: Lagos Police Prepare to Clamp Down On Protests
[Premium Times] The police are withdrawing mobile police officers and special protection units as aides and escorts of individuals.
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Morial, Ernest Nathan (1929-1989)
Born in New Orleans, Ernest Morial grew up in the city’s Seventh Ward.  His father was a cigar maker and his mother was a seamstress.  Graduating from Xavier University, a historically black Catholic institution, he became the first African American to receive a law degree from Louisiana State
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Kingston teen charged with murder
An 18-year-old eastern Kingston resident has been charged with murder.  The police say Jamarley Palmer otherwise called ‘Ziggy’ of Mountain View Avenue, Kingston 2 has also been charged with conspiracy to murder, and illegal...
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African-American History Timeline: 1980 to 1989
Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. is selected by the California Assembly to become the Speaker of the state legislature. Brown is the first African-American to hold this position. For 15 years, he serves in this capacity until he is elected as mayor of San
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Courthouse shoot-out
Four persons, including the presiding judge, killed in courthouse shoot-out in San Rafael, Marin County, California. Police charged that activist Angela Davis helped provide the weapons used by the convicts and issued a nationwide warrant for her arrest. Davis went into hiding to avoid
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Jun
4
1972
James Earl Ray
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Merriwether, Raymond (1924–2011)
Raymond (Ray) Merriwether, prominent Seattle, Washington African American architect, real estate developer, and newspaper owner, was born in Taylor, Texas on June 19, 1924 to Colie and Annie Merriwether.  After graduating from high school Merriwether attended barber school and served a short time
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23
2011
School girl allegedly raped by sangoma she turned to for help | News24
A 33-year-old Limpopo sangoma was arrested on Sunday for allegedly raping a 20-year-old high school pupil.
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Trayvon Martin
Name at birth: Trayvon Benjamin Martin
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Accra, Ghana (ca. 1500- )
Accra is the political and economic capital of modern Ghana on the Gold Coast. Between 1500 and 1578, a fortress operated by the Portuguese stood at the site of modern Accra. This fort provided the Europeans with an outlet for trade, particularly in slaves, with the Ga people, themselves recent
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Egypt
Confidence in the militarys leadership began to erode in the fall and hit a low in October 2011 in response to the militarys heavy-handed approach to a peaceful protest by Coptic Chrisians, who were demonstrating against religious intolerance and the burning of a church. About 25 Copts were killed
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Eldridge Cleaver
Name at birth: Leroy Eldridge Cleaver
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Suspect in labourer’s murder surrenders to cops - Stabroek News
The suspect in the murder of labourer Keron Williams, 20, who was fatally stabbed on November 1st, at Met-en-meerzorg, has been arrested. The article Suspect in labourer’s murder surrenders to cops appeared first on Stabroek News.
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New York Draft Riots
On the Monday morning of July 13, 1863, the Enrollment
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Jul
13
1863
Sean Bell shooting incident
Sean Bells murder took place in the New York City borough of Queens, New York, United States, on November 25, 2006. Three men were shot a total of 50 times by a team of both plainclothes and undercover NYPD officers. Sean Bell was killed on the morning before his wedding, and two of his
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Brazil
Throughout June 2013, nationwide protests were held over increases in bus fares. The protesters were mainly part of an organization called the Free Fare Movement and included students and political activists from leftist parties. The Free Fare Movement had been pushing for either decreasing public
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Jun
25
2013
South Africa: Swazi Editor Flees to South Africa, Wanted in False News Investigation
In the early morning of February 25, 2020, police in the Manzini region of Swaziland raided the home of Zweli Martin Dlamini, the editor of the privately owned news website Swaziland News, and arrested him, according to media reports and the journalist, who spoke to CPJ via messaging
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Update| Four die in fiery crash in St Ann
Four people have died in a crash along the Discovery Bay main road in St Ann.  The police say the incident happened about 7:50 this morning.  Those dead have not yet been identified. The St Ann Police are investigating.  The Gleaner...
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Snoop Dogg
Name at birth: Cordozar Broadus
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Aussie cops arrest 76-year-old mom for murder of son 50 years ago
Police in Brisbane are using ground-penetrating radar to search for the body of the autistic child they believe died in the late ‘60s.
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Racial Confrontation
One policeman killed and six wounded in racial confrontation between police and Black Panther activists in Philadelphia (8/29-8/31).
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Aug
29
1970
Shoot-Out
One Black killed and two whites injured in shoot-out between activists and police officers in a New Orleans housing project.
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Sep
14
1970
Montgomery, Ala., protest
Montgomery, Ala., police broke up protest demonstration on Alabama State campus and arrested thirty-five students, a teacher and her husband.
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Mar
1
1960
Cops seek three suspects after killing of East R’veldt teen - Stabroek News
The police are on the hunt for three suspects who fatally stabbed an 18-year-old during an argument on Wednesday night at D’Urban Street, Lodge, Georgetown. The article Cops seek three suspects after killing of East R’veldt teen appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Rare Video Footage of Historic Alabama 1965 Civil Rights Marches, MLK's Famous Montgomery Speech
To see much more from the film, King: A Filmed Record, on Democracy Now!, visit http://owl.li/i1B3S. In a Black History Month special, Democracy Now! airs excerpts of the 1970 documentary, King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis, a rarely seen Oscar-nominated feature about Dr. Martin Luther
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Mar
7
1965
Racial Outbreaks
Twenty-three killed in Newark rebellion. The racial uprising spread to ten of the citys twenty-three square miles. More than 1,500 persons were injured and 1,300 were arrested. Police reported 300 fires. The Newark rebellion, the worst outbreak of racial violence since Watts, spread to other New
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Jul
12
1967
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