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Gordone, Charles (1925- )
Charles Gordone was born Charles Edward Fleming on October 12, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio to parents William and Camille Fleming.  He took his stepfather’s surname of Gordon when his mother remarried when he was five years old.  The family moved to Elkhart, Indiana, his mother’s hometown, when Charles
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Nov
13
1995
THC-Free CBD Oil Gummies Now Available from Trusted Veteran-Owned Company
Patriot Supreme has introduced a tasty new THC-Free CBD product for its veteran and non-veteran customers to
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Africa: How Will Citizens Be Safe From COVID-19 During Elections?
Johannesburg — At least 22 countries in Africa will be organizing polls this year, 13 of which will be for the positions of president or prime
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‘Wendy Seems Depressed’: Wendy Williams’ Discussion About Reginae Carter’s Love Life Derails as Fans Express Concern for Wendy’s Health
Wendy Williams is a prominent voice behind celebrity news and
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Pepco Extends Pandemic Customer Bill and Service Support Programs Through July 1
As individuals, families and communities continue to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pepco has committed to not suspending service disconnections and waiving new late fees and reconnecting customers who were previously
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What kind of mask should you wear? | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The difference between cloth face coverings and hospital masks is that homemade masks are not FDA
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Tanzania: Relief for Traders As Rwanda, Tanzania Solve Freight Trucks Stalemate
The stalemate had affected the flow of goods into the country as trucks destined for Rwanda had been stuck in the Tanzanian border-town of Benako for days after some Tanzanian truck drivers protested the requirements by Rwanda to adopt a relay system handing over their trucks to Rwandan
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Wake Up And Stay Woke: Looking For Answers?
There’re some who’ve used this time to do positive things that carry with them hope and good feelings about what they’ve been able to do for themselves and for
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No dominoes at church!
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Pastor of the King's Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Salem, Charles Brevitt, yesterday warned members of his congregation to “cease and desist” from playing dominoes on the compound, arguing that if the Government is not allowing it to be played in bars, then members
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Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi was born in the desert, so no specific place of birth can be listed; the BBC and other sources say it was near the town of Sirte… His son, Seif al-Islam el-Gaddafi, was widely seen as his successor before the public protests of 2011 ended Gaddafi’s rule… His Arabic name has been
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(1842) Charles Lenox Remond, “The Rights Of Colored Citizens In Traveling”
In 1842 Charles Lenox Remond became one of the first African Americans to give testimony before a state legislature when he addressed a committee of the Massachusetts House of Representatives investigating discrimination in public transportation. Here Remond contrasted the absence of discrimination
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Professional and Business Men's Club
From its founding in 1946 by Black professional and business men of Boston until its closing in 1987, the Professional and Business Men's Club, also called the P&B, was a unique community institution at 542 Massachusetts Avenue. It was 'a place where you could get know ‘something' or
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Coronavirus: stats of Africa's most impacted nation per region
Africa’s last country to record a case was Lesotho on March
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First Slave revolt in America
The first slave revolt in America actually occurred 93 years
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Malawi: 250 Malawians Stranded in South Africa Lockdown Arrive Saturday
At least 250 Malawians stranded in the 50 day Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa are expected to be in the country on
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Angola: COVID-19 - Cuban Doctors Reach Lunda Norte Municipalities
Dundo — The 12 Cuban doctors deployed to Angola?s northeastern Lunda Norte province started their duties in the region?s 10 municipalities today
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Prize Winning Orator
In December 1935 Victor Bynoe won first place (and $50) in the annual public speaking contest at Northeastern University.
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Rahm Emanuel tells Spike Lee he's not happy about Chiraq title
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he met with Spike Lee on Wednesday and expressed his displeasure with the director’s decision to call a movie he’s planning to film “Chiraq,” which Emanuel said Lee told him would be about black-on-black violence in Chicago’s Englewood
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Uganda
Musveni was elected to a fourth term in Feb. 2011 elections, taking 68.4% of the vote. Opposition leader Kizza Besigye garnered 26% and alleged fraud in the election. In late April, protests over rising food and fuel prices and corruption broke out in Kampala. The government responded with
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First Lady Michelle Obama, Former First Ladies Lend Support to First-Ever Healing Garden at Children's National Health System
First Lady Michelle Obama and all five living former First Ladies announced their support for a project to transform a gravel rooftop space at Children’s National Health System into a 7,200-square-foot healing garden. Currently in development, the garden will give patients and their families
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Botswana: Logan Safaris Donates Firewood
The company, which specialises in day trips, game drives, boat cruises, Victoria Falls trips and transporting clients both locally and outside the country, has donated firewood to needy residents of Lesoma, Kazungula and Kasane to prepare for the winter
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COVID-19: Beware the super-spreader
(Trinidad Express) Lurking among gatherings of people, there can be a super-spreader of the Covid-19 virus, who can transmit the virus exponentially to large numbers of the
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Nottingham Riots (1958)
On the 23rd of August 1958, the country’s “forgotten” race riot unfolded on the streets of Nottingham, England. This culmination of simmering tension, sparked finally over opposition to interracial romance, was a pre-cursor to the mass violence that followed a week later in the London
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Tony Dorsett
Anthony “Tony” Drew Dorsett is a retired American Football Running Back who is mostly famous for his performances with the Dallas Cowboys and the Denver
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7
1954
Guinea
Konaté kept his word in the June 2010 race. The first round of the election was inconclusive, and former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo faced opposition leader Alpha Condé in the run-off vote. Condé, a professor and opposition leader who has spent much of his life in exile in France, prevailed
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Cowan, William “Mo” (1969- )
William Cowan, known to most as “Mo” Cowan, served in the United States Senate as a Democrat from February 1t to July 16 in 2013, representing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Governor Deval Patrick, a fellow Democrat, appointed Cowan on January 30th, 2013 to fill the seat vacancy
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4
1969
african independence struggles
May 8 marks the massacre at Setif, Algeria which took place in 1945. The French troops left one of the unforgettable memories of the Algerian peoples struggle, 45,000 dead
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Uganda: Government Should Rescue People From Poverty
Therefore, the question is: What will stimulate demand and eventually boost peoples' decreasing
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A Place All Our Own: The Highland Beach Resort, The First Black Owned Beach Resort Town In The United States
A Place All Our Own: The Highland Beach Resort, The First Black Owned Beach Resort Town In The United States
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Gerrymandering - Congressional Districts on Census Data
Every decade, following the decennial census, the state legislatures of the United States are told how many representatives their state will send to the United States House of Representatives. Representation in the House is based on state population and there are a total of 435 representatives, so
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