Rwanda: Good Friday - No Way of the Cross for Christians

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Rwanda: Good Friday - No Way of the Cross for Christians

[New Times] This year's Easter holidays will not be celebrated as usual in Rwanda, owing to the current need to continue preventing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: allAfrica.com

It was an extra special day that Easter Sunday, April 2, 1972, when a precious newborn baby boy arrived at Mercy Hospital, San Diego. William “Mack” and Lydia Downs couldn’t wait to bring their beautiful son, Terald Christopher, home to begin instilling in him the values that would guide him in

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Ezion-Mount Carmel United Methodist Church [Wilmington, Delaware] (1789- )

Ezion-Mount Carmel United Methodist Church, formerly known as Ezion Methodist Episcopal Church and Mount Carmel Methodist Episcopal Church, has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating black church in the state of Delaware. Ezion Methodist Episcopal Church was created by the

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Source: Black Past

Mrs. M.L.K. and deacon Boykin were killed

A Black man shot and killed Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. and deacon Edward Boykin during church services at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta. The assailant, Marcus Chennault of Dayton, Ohio, was later convicted and sentenced to death.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jun

1974

Housing Authority of Birmingham ends partnership with Church of the Highlands

WVTM 13 The Housing Authority of Birmingham announced Monday it is terminating its partnership with the Church of the Highlands after churchgoers noticed controversial social media activity by the churchs Senior Pastor Chris Hodges. The HABD decided on terminating the two and a half year

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Cameroon hospitals turn to telemedicine

Some health facilities in Cameroon are turning to telemedicine as patients have been keeping away from and fleeing medical facilities for fear of contracting the coronavirus Covid-19, which has so far killed 313 people in the

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Source: The East African

Honda and Historically Black Colleges and Universities Join Together to Combat the Pandemic

At the end of March, nearly 250 students and coaches from 48 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were set to travel to California to compete for the national championship title in the 31st annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), America’s premier academic competition for

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Public Asked for Help in Locating 81-year-old Birmingham Woman

Monday marked one week since Irene Campbell disappeared from her home and her family said she suffers from

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Coronavirus Update: Obesity Linked to More Serious Illness From COVID-19 in Children

A new study about the coronavirus finds that obesity is linked to a higher risk of children getting a more severe illness from the

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Source: Black America Web

As Party Leaders Age, Progressive Black Democrats Take Stage

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yearning for change, a group of progressive Black Democratic congressional hopefuls is rushing toward the national stage, igniting rank-and-file enthusiasm in a party dominated by aging white

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Hit the brakes on reform,Kampala's transport workers say

The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has used the country's coronavirus lockdown to begin a long-awaited redevelopment of the park, including the installation of shelters, lighting and a tarmac

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Source: The East African

Milesplit USA gives Aggies class a grade of A-minus

N.C. A&T’s director of track and field programs announced the addition of four high school athletes and three

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Source: http://www.peacemakeronline.com

LIVE | Proteas v Pakistan, 1st ODI - 2 April 2021

The Proteas take on Pakistan on Good Friday in the first of three ODIs as they make their long-awaited return to 50-over cricket.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

McDonald’s USA Launches $500,000 Scholarship Fund to Help HBCU Students Return to School Amidst COVID-19 Crisis

McDonald’s USA announced June 25 the launch of its $500,000 Black & Positively Golden® Scholarship Fund to help students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) continue their education this fall, despite impacts of

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

House to take final vote on Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic plan | Dallas Weekly

(CNN) - The House of Representatives is slated to take a final vote Wednesday to approve President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan, paving the way for the President to sign his top legislative priority into law later this week and deliver aid to most American households amid the

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Source: Dallas Weekly

South Africa: Collins Khosa - IPID Recommends Disciplinary Steps Against JMPD and Police Officers

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has recommended disciplinary action should be taken against members of the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) and police allegedly involved in the assault of Collins Khosa on Good

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Source: allAfrica.com

Assemblyman Michael Blake makes allegations of voter suppression | New York Carib News

Assemblyman Michael Blake makes allegations of voter suppression

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Source: The New York Carib News

Pope urges hope amid ‘darkness’ of pandemic

ROME (AP): Pope Francis urged his coronavirus-weary flock to not lose hope even through the continued “dark months” of the pandemic as he celebrated a scaled-back Easter vigil service in St Peter’s Basilica on Saturday. Due to social-distancing...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Officials are first to call for Huizar to resign from council

In a statement, Garcetti said, “I’m sickened by the bribery and corruption described in federal indictments, and I support Council President Nury Martinez’s call for Jose Huizar to step down from Los Angeles City

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Source: Homepage -

Easter Service Watch: Good Friday sunrise flowering of the cross

Church, government, civic leaders and health care workers gathered as the sun rose outside Addington Hospital for an Easter Service on Friday.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

CARICOM dismayed at new developments in Guyana | New York Carib News

She added further that Caricom “is concerned at reports that the chief elections officer has submitted a report to the Guyana Elections Commission [GECOM] which is contrary to the directions given by the commission, and which does not reflect the results of the recount process as certified by the

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Source: The New York Carib News

Athol Fugard

Athol Fugard , in full Athol Harold Lannigan Fugard (born June 11, 1932, Middelburg, South Africa), South African dramatist, actor, and director who became internationally known for his penetrating and pessimistic analyses of South African society during the apartheid

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Source: Brittanica

Jun

1932

COGIC drawing on strength, resolve to battle COVID-19

“While we understand that many states are now proceeding with efforts to ease stay-at-home mandates with the reopening of restaurants, malls, movie theaters, churches and other public venues at limited capacity, we must continue to stress that we are not yet in the clear with the coronavirus

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Source: Chicago Defender

Providence St. Mel School Continues to "Find a Way or Make One" with 100 Percent of Graduates Accepted to Colleges and Universities.

— Called “The School That Wouldn’t Die” by Reader’s Digest in January 1994, Providence St. Mel School Founder Paul Adams III led a historic national campaign in 1978 to save the historic inner-city

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Source: Chicago Defender

One Woman Is Baking Pies — And Giving Them Away — For A Grieving Minneapolis

- Roslyn Harmon, daughter of Rose McGee

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

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