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Entire Detroit Traveling Volleyball Team Receives College Scholarships
New Level, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to positioning student-athletes in metro Detroit to receive key opportunities, has assisted nine 2020 high school graduates from the Club Xtreme Volleyball Team in securing athletic scholarships for
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Op-Ed: A Hard ‘No’ to a Soft Opening | Afro
When the governor established a statewide stay-at-home order, this signaled to many that he was making an effort to put people and public health before
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Homegrown: Featuring DeSz
I had always been into music my whole life, singing in church choirs, city choir, and school
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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward
Kenya: Faulu Bank Donates Reusable Masks to More Than 10,000 Boda Boda Riders
Nairobi — Microfinance bank, Faulu, through UAP Old Mutual Faulu Foundation will distribute over 10,000 Masks to its Boda Boda Customers countrywide in a bid to contain the spread of COVID
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Source: allAfrica.com
Zorie, 105, defied COVID-19 and the odds
According to Geneveiva De Mattos, a great-niece of the elderly woman, her great aunt was placed in the care of the then “Alms Home” at a young age, by a now-deceased brother who was unable to care for
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Headline-Making Missteps Put Focus on Newsroom Diversity
Nobody anticipated it would lead to a staff revolt and become a national story, part of an extraordinary week where the news media’s sluggishness in building diverse newsrooms became part of the national
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Nigeria: Mass Terror Trials Test Nigeria's Criminal Justice System
Nigeria is expected to conduct a fourth phase of mass trials for Boko Haram suspects currently in military
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Kenya: Five Suspects Arrested Over Murder of Rai Cement Boss
Detectives on Saturday arrested five suspects linked to the murder of Rai Cement factory General Manager Chetan Vyas following forensic investigations at the crime
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WATCH: What You Need To Know — June 5, 2020: Remembering George Floyd — Slavery Reparations — Drew Bees Apology
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Western Cape police investigating the murder of a man and his 3-year-old daughter
Western Cape police are investigating the murder of a 35-year-old man and his three-year-old daughter in Ravensmead, Cape Town, on Monday
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Source: https://www.news24.com
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Ernest Just
Ernest Just was born on August 14, 1883 in Charleston, South Carolina. His mother worked as a school teacher and his father, a dock worker, died when Ernest was only four years old, forcing him to have to work in the fields after school each day. Because high schools in the South provided such poor
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Khupe goes for broke, grabs Harvest House
ARMED soldiers and police officers on Thursday night assisted the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T in taking over the party headquarters, the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, also known as Harvest House, as the battle for the control of the opposition party
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
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Todman, Terence A. (1926-2014)
Named Career Ambassador, a title equivalent to a four-star general, U.S. ambassador to six different countries, Terence A. Todman was an outstanding diplomat in the service of the United States. He challenged the racial prejudice he encountered at the State Department, paving the way for hiring of
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Registered Venezuelans want more time in Trinidad & Tobago
(Trinidad Guardian) It’s been a little more than a year since Venezuelan migrants were registered allowing them to live and work in Trinidad
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State Approves County’s Plan To Allow Limited Opening Of Businesses
King County Executive Dow Constantine announced today that state public health officials approved the county’s request to allow limited openings of businesses in King
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Cops arrest two for KZN murder, theft of laptop
A KwaZulu-Natal woman and her uncle have been arrested for murder, after a Nseleni man was killed in his home in
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Chairman And CEO Sean Combs Promotes Long-Time Associate Dia Simms To President Of Combs Enterprises
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City of Cleveland to Pay $18 Million to Rickey Jackson, Wiley Bridgeman and Kwame Ajamu for Decades of Wrongful Imprisonment
Earlier this month, the city of Cleveland agreed to pay a combined $18 million to Rickey Jackson, Wiley Bridgeman and his brother Kwame Ajamu, three men who spent decades in prison for a 1975 killing they did not commit, according to
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Congrats All Around! These Celebrity Kids Are Officially Graduates
Celebrities like Ludacris, Kandi Burruss and Eddie Murphy were all smiles as they watched their young ones mature into adults by becoming
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Nigeria: PTCIJ Tackles Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Reporting On Journalists
The webinar had Motunrayo Oyelohunnu, MD Olive Prime Psychological Services; Ayo Ajeigbe, Lead Clinical Psychologist, Olive Prime Psychological Services; Nicholas Ibekwe, Head of Investigations Premium Times and Sharon Ijasan, Broadcast Journalist TVC as
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5 Socially Distant Memorial Day Activities
In a normal year, Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer as millions of people head to beaches, parks and backyards to take part in any of a number of fun
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Uganda: Gang Attacks Two Police Posts, Take Three Guns
A gang of suspected thugs operating in Eastern parts of the country raided two police posts and took three
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DeSoto High School Announces Its Class of 2020 | Dallas Weekly
In lieu of DeSoto High School’s traditional evening graduation at Eagle Stadium, seniors will mark this educational milestone through a hybrid graduation ceremony that will be held over a two-day period in addition to other smaller senior celebrations scheduled with the community and
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Source: Dallas Weekly
Man charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition
Detectives from the May Pen Police Division have charged 30-year-old Robert Johnson, otherwise called ‘Shibby', of Midway Avenue, May Pen, Clarendon, with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition on Thursday, May
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Malawi virus cases and suspects flee isolation sites after repatriation from South Africa
More than 400 repatriated Malawians, including a handful of Covid-19 patients, on Wednesday fled quarantine and isolation sites in the city of Blantyre, a local health official
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A Community in Action: Residents Gather to Clean, Repair, and Rebuild Neighborhoods Hit Hardest by Looters.
The hard-working residents of neighborhoods severely impacted by the looting of businesses over the past few days came out in a beautiful display of community, strength, and
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Despite Global Reopening Push, Some Jobs are Gone for Good | Afro
That’s the harsh truth facing workers laid off around the world, from restaurants in Thailand to car factories in France, whose livelihoods fell victim to a virus-driven recession that’s accelerating decline in struggling industries and upheaval across the global
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Barnes, Emery (1929-1998)
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Philadelphia Inquirer Staffers Launch Protest After Newspaper's 'Buildings Matter, Too' Headline
Some journalists at The Philadelphia Inquirer are refusing to work on Thursday and posting an open letter about systemic racism after the publication ran an offensive headline playing on the phrase Black Lives
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