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AT A time when many entrepreneurs are feeling the financial pinch from the fallout of business, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, certified make-up artist Teeah Anderson has decided to re-strategise her business model in order to continue to earn
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Immigration Corner | Should my mother file for her children, or should I?
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Ohio US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Urges the Family of a Navy Veteran or Person with Lung Cancer in Ohio Who Had Significant Exposure to Asbestos to Call the Lawyers at Karst von Oiste To Discuss Compensation
CLEVELAND, OHIO, USA, June 3, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Ohio US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate says, "We are urging the family of a Navy Veteran or person in Ohio with lung cancer to call us anytime at 800-714-0303-if their loved one also had significant exposure to asbestos prior to
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Mississippi US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Has Endorsed the Lawyers at Karst von Oiste to Ensure a Navy Veteran in Mississippi Who Had Heavy Exposure to Asbestos Gets Compensation That Might Exceed $100, 000
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, USA, July 16, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Mississippi US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate has endorsed the lawyers at the law firm of Karst von Oiste to a make certain a Navy Veteran or person with lung cancer in …
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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News
Reed-Rowe, Helen (1949- )
Ambassador Helen Reed-Rowe was a career diplomat with the U.S. Foreign Service.  Reed-Rowe was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1949 to Gladys and John W. Reed, Sr.  She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and her Master of Arts degree in National Security
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Washington State Patrol To Initiate New Investigation Into The Death Of Manuel Ellis
Today, Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee ordered the Washington State Patrol (WSP) to begin a new investigation into the death of Manuel Ellis while in custody of the Tacoma Police
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African American Captures British General
African American Captures British General Prescott: African Americans continued to serve in the colonial militias, and some, like Prince, an African American man in Lieutenant Colonel Bartons Rhode island army, showed great daring and bravery. Early in August 1777, Colonel Barton conceived a plan
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Ohio Lawmaker Implies That Hygiene May Be Reason Black Americans Have Higher Covid-19 Rates, Here Is The Backlash
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AARON WALTON: Blazing Diverse Trails In Advertising And Fashion With Integrity And Innovation
“I’m amazing today, and you?” says the receptionist. How many times have you walked into an office where you have felt trans- formed just by the greeting? The atmosphere at Walton Isaacson, under the leadership of Co-Founders Aaron Walton, Cory Isaac- son, and the“Angelic
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Timeline 1800-1859: African American History and Women
[Previous] [Next] • Ohio Constitution adopted, outlawing slavery and prohibiting free blacks from voting • James Callendar accused Thomas Jefferson of keeping as his concubine, one of his own slaves -- Sally Hemings. The accusation was first published in the Richmond Recorder. • (February 11) Lydia
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McKinney, Louise Jones (1930–2012)
Louise McKinney (née Jones) was an African-American educator, human rights advocate, philanthropist, business woman, community activist, and patron of the arts.  She was a long-established galvanizing force of civic life in Seattle and in the State of
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‘Murder emergency’ as gangs spread wings - SOEs blanket Kingston as Gov’t vows to protect highway project from extortionists
The entire capital is now blanketed under SOEs as the Government moved to include Kingston Western and Central, pushing to 10 the total number of police divisions under emergency
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
McKinney, Samuel Berry (1926- )
Born on December 28, 1926 to Reverend Wade Hampton McKinney and Ruth Berry McKinney in Flint, Michigan, Samuel Berry McKinney would become a Baptist minister, author, and civil rights advocate in Seattle, Washington. He served as pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest
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EDITORIAL: Beware, Be Smart, Be Safe — COVID-19 Has Not Left the Building
Based on an ominous forecast just released by the University of Washington, if our habits remain the same and we insist upon the rush back to "normal," we can expect the U.S. to exceed 200,000 deaths from COVID-19 by
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Tennessee officials want mail voting appeal fast-tracked
NASHVILLE — Tennessee officials are seeking a fast-tracked decision by the state Supreme Court to block the absentee-voting-for-all option that a judge has ordered during the coronavirus
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Illegal cigarette sales booming in South Africa
A ban on the sale of cigarettes in South Africa since the country’s COVID-19-induced lockdown began in March has cost the economy millions of rands daily in the form of tax revenue lost to illicit sales of smokes, a variety of industry officials
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MWRD Vice President Barbara McGowan recognizes contributions of Dr. Conrad Worrill | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Dr. Conrad Worrill spoke at a 2018 Black History Month event held at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
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Inslee Announces Cancellation Of Some State Employee Raises And Need For Furloughs
With the state facing a severe downturn in revenue collections, Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee has directed state agencies under his authority to cancel a scheduled 3% general wage increase for many of the state’s highest-paid general government employees and to begin furloughs for most state
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Summer may decide fate of leading shots in vaccine race | The Atlanta Voice
People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if any shot really works — and maybe offer a reality
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African-American History Timeline: 1850 to 1859
The 1850s were a turbulent time in American history. For African-Americans—freed and enslaved— the decade was marked by great achievements as well as setbacks. For instance, several states established personal liberty laws to counter the negative impact of the Fugitive Slave Law of
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Oklahoma Mesothelioma Victims Center Has Endorsed Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste to Make Certain the Best Compensation Results Happen for a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma Anywhere in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, USA, September 11, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Oklahoma Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "We have endorsed attorney Erik Karst of the law firm of Karst von Oiste to make certain a Navy Veteran with mesothelioma …
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Rhode Island moves toward changing its official name over slavery connotations | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Rhode Island is moving toward changing its official name — “The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations” — due to its slavery
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NY, NJ and CT expand quarantine advisories for travelers from 8 more states with high coronavirus rates | The Atlanta Voice
Governors in the northeast, once considered the US epicenter of the coronavirus, are tightening restrictions in their states for travelers from areas of the country now seeing upward trends in positive coronavirus cases and
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Simmons, Ruth (1945- )
Ruth Simmons is the first African American to be named President of an Ivy League university.  She is also the first African American woman to lead any major university in the United States. Simmons was sworn in as the 18th President of Brown University in autumn 2001 and the University’s first
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Michigan US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate Urges the Family of a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in Michigan to Call for Direct Access to Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste-For Much Better Compensation Results
DETROIT , MICHIGAN , USA, July 7, 2020 ⁨EINPresswire.com⁩ -- The Michigan US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate says, If your loved one-Navy Veteran in Michigan has just been diagnosed with mesothelioma after initially being diagnosed with
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Served General Washington
Barzillai Lew of Cambridge, who had been a member of the Massachusetts fighting unit during the French and Indian War of 1760, was one of the full seven-year veterans of the American Revolution. He directly served General George Washington and later headed an all-Black unit in Rhode Island during
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PNP hunts votes one-on-one - COVID-19 dooms mass meetings; Phillips demands no vote under SOE
People’s National Party (PNP) Campaign Director Phillip Paulwell believes that COVID-19 restrictions will transform political and canvassing strategy in Jamaica as the country prepares for a general election constitutionally due by February
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Aggrey, Orison Rudolph (1926- )
U.S. Ambassador Orison Rudolph Aggrey was born in Salisbury, North Carolina, the son of James Emman Kwegyir, an African immigrant who became an American college professor, and Rose Rudolph (Douglass) Aggrey, an African American woman. He earned a B.S. degree from Hampton Institute, where he
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