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Coronavirus first spread in the United States as a mostly coastal and big-city scourge, sparing many rural areas, small towns and even small cities. Translated into U.S. political geography: The virus hit Democratic areas first. No more. An Associated Press analysis of coronavirus case data shows
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Google honors Black cartoonist and activist Jackie Ormes with new Doodle - DefenderNetwork.com
Google's search website has been updated in honor of Jackie Ormes, a Black cartoonist and activist who challenged the disparaging portrayals of Black characters in media in the 1940s. If you go to Google.com on Tuesday, you'll see an interactive cartoon in place of Google's traditional logo above
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Mexico tops 35, 000 deaths, fourth highest toll
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican officials say the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths has passed 35,000, making it the country with the fourth highest total. A count by Johns Hopkins University has only the United States, Brazil and Britain with more...
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10 Black Scholarship Programs That Are Still Moving Forward Despite COVID-19
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US slaps visa restrictions on Guyana officials
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No health minister in Brazil as coronavirus infection spreads | Afro
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VIDEO: Donald Trump Jr. set his sights on big tech months before his father’s feud with Twitter
Months before President Donald Trump signed his May 28 executive order targeting social media platforms, the White House and members of the Trump family were debating how to battle the tech
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1994: Five Iraqis and a Kuwaiti are sentenced to death in Kuwait for plotting to kill former US President George H W Bush with a car bomb during his visit to Kuwait in
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African American Michigan: The Reconstruction Era | News, Sports, Jobs - The Mining Gazette
With slavery completely out of the question in Michigan, African Americans had to fight for these other inalienable rights white people
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George William Crockett Jr. was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 10, 1909 to George William Crockett Sr., and Minnie Amelia Jenkins.  His father was a Baptist minister and railroad carpenter and his mother was a Sunday School teacher and poet.  Crockett grew up in Jacksonville, attending
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Roston, James A. (1864-1924)
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Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., NASA’s first permanent black administrator, was born to Charles Frank and Ethel Bolden, both teachers, on August 19th, 1946 in Columbia, South Carolina.  He rose to the rank of Major General in the United States Marine Corps and was a National Aeronautics and Space
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Clarence Acox, Jr. is an award-winning American jazz drummer and band director. Born in October 1947, he is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana.  Since his arrival in Seattle in 1971 he has become one of the most influential musical directors in the Pacific Northwest and one of the most successful
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Win for Reparations: California Assembly Committee Votes Yes on Bill
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