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James Weldon Johnson
Trained in music and other subjects by his mother, a schoolteacher, Johnson graduated from Atlanta University with A.B. (1894) and M.A. (1904) degrees and later studied at Columbia University. For several years he was principal of the black high school in Jacksonville, Fla. He read law at the same
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'Y'all Deserve the World': Ciara and Russell Wilson Celebrate Future Zahir's Sixth Birthday with Quarantine-Friendly Bash
Ciara and Nayvadius “Future” Wilburn‘s son, Future Zahir Wilburn, may have ushered in his sixth birthday in the midst of a global pandemic, but his mom and stepdad Russell Wilson weren’t going to let that be a reason not to
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Former President Obama Slams Trump's COVID-19 Response As An "Absolute Chaotic Disaster"
“Former President Barack Obama harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an “absolute chaotic disaster “during a conversation with ex-members of his
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Clip Leaks Of Master P, Romeo Beefing With ‘Growing Up Hip Hop’ Producers
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COVID-19 — My Personal Battle from a Positive to a Negative Result – Free Press of Jacksonville
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On that Friday, March 27th, things took a drastic turn for the worse, as it relates to my
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#JamaicaTogether Promo | Craig Hendrickson
This virus has shown us that the digital future is now. As we prioritise our health and safety, I ask every Jamaican to embrace using digital platforms – banking, shopping, and education – as much as possible.
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Etta James Profile - Songs, Biography, and History
One of the R&B and blues worlds greatest divas, Etta James gave the genre a boost into the mainstream and helped develop the rock craze in the process with her 1965 hit The Wallflower (aka Roll With Me, Henry). Her signature song, 1961s At Last, is one of the most popular wedding soundtracks of
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Pandemic Power: Black women mayors shine during COVID-19 Crisis
“As the mayor of Georgia’s largest city, I expressed opposition to Gov. Brian Kemp’s recent order allowing certain businesses—dine-in restaurants, gyms, hair and nail salons, barbershops, tattoo parlors and bowling alleys—to reopen before health experts say doing so is
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Alicia Keys Shares Emotional Letter She Wrote to Her Absent Father at Age 13
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Justice For Jacob: Petition Demands Arrest Of Girl Who Filmed Teen Get Beaten
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Dertigers
The supreme event in Afrikaans literature was the appearance of a group of talented poets, the Dertigers (“Poets of the ’30s”), begun by W.E.G. Louw with Die ryke dwaas (1934; “The Rich Fool”). This sensitive poet, with his searing conflicts between God and
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Uganda: COVID-19 Cases in Uganda Jump to 260
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AME Church History Is a Story of Perseverance
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Facebook shares surge to record high despite pandemic
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India, Bangladesh cyclone death toll hits 95
India and Bangladesh began a massive clean-up Thursday after the fiercest cyclone since 1999 killed at least 95 people, leaving a trail of destruction in its
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Carl Crawford Speaks Out About Drowning Of Woman And 5-Year-Old Boy At His Home: ‘My Heart’s Heavy’
A small social gathering turned tragic last weekend at Carl Crawford’s Houston home when a 25-year-old woman and five-year-old boy drowned in his outdoor
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Former ‘X Factor’ Contestant Simone Battle Passes Apparently by Suicide
X Factor alumni Simone Battle was found deceased in the bedroom of her Los Angeles home this past Friday
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Shooting of Walter Scott
The shooting of Walter Scott occurred on April 4, 2015, in North Charleston, South Carolina, following a daytime traffic stop for a non-functioning brake light. Scott, an unarmed black man, was fatally shot by Michael Slager, a white North Charleston police officer. The race difference led many to
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US nears 100,000 pandemic deaths: Does Trump feel your pain? | The Atlanta Voice
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(1855) William C. Nell, “The Triumph Of Equal School Rights In Boston”
In September 1855, the Supreme Court of Massachusetts ruled in Boston v. Roberts that a separate school could not be maintained at taxpayer expense by the city of Boston. This decision marked the first significant victory in what would be a 99 year struggle to end de jure segregation culminating in
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'So Proud': Fans Applaud Kandi Burruss for Making History as the First Female Winner of 'The Masked Singer'
Kandi Burruss recently made history as the first female artist to win “The Masked Singer” on Wednesday, May
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Venda Anderson hopes for a brighter day
WHEN PAIN riddles your body and a reality of lack stares you in the face, it is easy for hope to be lost and faith to wane, but 59-year-old Venda Anderson says that is all she has left as she contends with impaired vision, stage five kidney failure, hypertension, and
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Opposition demands protocol for reopening economy
The Opposition has blasted the government for what it calls the ongoing failure to establish and make public the protocol to guide the re-opening of the economy, warning that this could lead to
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New York Knicks’ Legend Patrick Ewing Reveals He Has Tested Positive For COVID-19
Friday (May.22), the sports world was shocked to learn that New York Knicks’ legend and currently Georgetown men’s basketball coach, Patrick Ewing tested positive for  COVID-19, the university
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‘She’s Morphing into Neek': 'Black Ink Crew: Chicago' Star Charmaine Walker's Daughter Makes for a Twin with Walker’s Husband
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How Pittsburgh’s Black business owners are coping amid the pandemic
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