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Ku Klux Klan
KKK redirects here. The Ku Klux Klan (pronounced /ˈ k uː ˈ k l ʌ k s ˈ k l æ n, ˈ k j uː/),[a] commonly called the KKK or simply the Klan, is the name of three distinct movements in the United States that have advocated extremist reactionary positions such as white supremacy, white
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WHOAZONE WATER-BASED FAMILY RECREATION CENTER IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN THIS WEEKEND IN ROSHARON TEXAS
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CLIO, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES, June 2, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- In accordance with guidelines recently announced by the state of Michigan, Cannabis Industrial Marketplace is thrilled to welcome cannabusiness professionals to our expanded …
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‘People Prefer Lies’: Shaun King Fires Back At Accusations That He Stole from Families Impacted by Police Violence with an Apparent Statement from GoFundMe
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‘Black Is Beautiful' Beer Brewer Raises Money for Social Justice Causes % %
Social justice openly combines with beer through Marcus Baskerville's stout recipe as the Black beer brewer decided to ask brewing industry peers to collaborate for equality and inclusion among people of color.
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Michael Jackson - Remember The Time (Official Video)
Michael Jacksons Remember The Time short film was the second short film from the Dangerous album and continued to push the boundaries of the music video medium with a star-studded, nine-minute epic co-starring Eddie Murphy, Iman and Magic Johnson. Directed by John Singleton, this short film was
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Africa: Global Herd Immunity Remains Out of Reach Because of Inequitable Vaccine Distribution - 99 Percent of People in Poor Countries Are Unvaccinated
[IPS] Washington DC -- In the race between infection and injection, injection has lost. Public health experts estimate that approximately 70% of the world's 7.9 billion people must be fully vaccinated to end the COVID-19 pandemic. As of June 21, 2021, 10.04% of the global population had been fully
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'Hitler was innocent' - Pretoria fitness queen charged for her comments against Jewish people
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In November 1968, Republican Richard Nixon won the White House after promising to quell the country’s unrest and restore “law and order” to its sundered
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Blinken urges Central America to help on migrants, flags democracy concerns - Stabroek News
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(1984) Rev. Jesse Jackson, “The Rainbow Coalition”
In 1984 Rev. Jesse Jackson campaigned for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency. Although he entered the Democratic convention at San Francisco with little hope of winning, his appeals on behalf of the dispossessed of America whom he characterized as the Rainbow Coalition, ensured that his
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COVID: Most states require parental consent for Covid-19 shots for ages 12 to 15, but not all | The Atlanta Voice
Nearly all states require some form of parental or guardian consent for vaccine providers to administer Covid-19 shots to people ages 12 to 15, a CNN analysis finds. But there are a few exceptions. Five states - Alabama, Iowa, North Carolina, Oregon and Tennessee - either allow some ages in that
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USF St. Petersburg alumnus devotes career to chronicling history of local Black communities
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Verizon joins growing Facebook advertising boycott - TechCentral
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Rhode Island electorates vote to remove ‘Plantations’ from state’s official name - Face2Face Africa
Besides being on record as the smallest state in size in the United States, Rhode Island, up until the 2020 US election, was also known for having the longest official name – The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. On Tuesday, however, a majority of Rhode Islanders voted in favor of
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California Gov. Newsom Signs Reparations Bill Into Law
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Africa: U.S. Demands Accountability From Countries but Rejects ICC Probe of American Troops
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Accounting for carbon footprint changes view of human progress — UN agency
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Clarence's Hollywood
Katherine Stockett’s excellent novel, The Help, is about the African American maids who worked in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s. Stockett reflects the brutal realties of 20th Century slavery being carried out in pretentious southern white households that continued from
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