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South Sudan: Reducing Preventable Maternal and Child Deaths in Lakes State of South Sudan
On a cold Tuesday night, at about 12:00 am, in Malek village, Ms Rebecca Akeer, 26 years old gave birth to a bouncing baby boy in her house in the absence of a skilled birth attendant in February
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The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) - Diversity Fuels Us
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) was founded on the belief more than 50 years ago that the best answers for clients came through diversity of thought. Our founder Bruce Henderson encouraged all consultants—even the most junior members on a team—to engage in vigorous debate and
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Tennessee Voices, Episode 32: Steven Lewis, curator, National Museum of African American Music
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Unrest spread throughout the Middle East in January 2011. First, Tunisias president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali stepped down amid widespread protests against corruption, unemployment, and the repressive police state. Demonstrations followed in Yemen and Algeria. In Egypt, opposition groups and
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Countries in Africa Considered Never Colonized
Liberia was a colony for just over 17 years before partial independence was achieved through the declaration of a commonwealth (4 April 1839). True independence was declared eight years later on 26 July
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Libya: Conflict and the COVID-19 Pandemic Present a Significant Threat to Life in Libya
In March 2020, humanitarian partners reported a total of 851 access constraints on movement of humanitarian personnel and humanitarian items within and into
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Ms. Smith is responsible for identifying and qualifying new business opportunities and ensuring strategic alignment with the business portfolio and financial objectives – from pursuit, to bid opportunity, to contract signing, through building and maintaining customer relationships. She consistently
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Ghana: Police Ladies FC to Get Astro-Turf
The Ghana Police Service will soon begin the construction of an artificial turf at the Police Training and Academy School at
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Congresswoman Johnson Applauds The Heroes Act | Dallas Weekly
Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson applauded support for The Heroes Act, House Democrats’ latest legislation to address the continued public health crisis and provide desperately needed support for struggling families and essential workers, with funds for testing and tracing measures, key
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Kenya: Five Al Shabaab Militants Killed in Foiled Attack On Sna At Bilis Qooqani
Nairobi — Kenyan soldiers under the African Union Mission to Somalia Saturday quelled a planned attack on Somalia National Army by Al Shabaab militants at Bilis Qoo-qani, a town in the Afmadow district of the Lower Juba region of southern
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(1844) Charles Lenox Remond, “For the Dissolution of the Union”
In a speech before the New England Anti-Slavery Society at its convention on May 7, 1844, Charles Lenox Remond adopted a theme increasingly popular among many anti-slavery activists, arguing that Northern states such as Massachusetts should secede from the Union then dominated by
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Rwanda: Inside Rwanda's Rwf186bn Economic Recovery Fund
The fund will support businesses through loan restructuring for the tourism sector specifically hotels, providing working capital for businesses most affected by COVID-19 to keep them operational and avoid lay-offs as well as loan guarantee for SMEs and
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Caribbean Resort Starts Relief Fund For Staff | Dallas Weekly
Bay Gardens Resorts in St. Lucia is offering resort credits on future stays to travelers who donate to a relief fund created to support its staff members during the Coronavirus Disease
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The following foundations and corporations have or are currently providing funding for BlackPast.org.  We appreciate their support because it plays a crucial role in helping keep the website free and available to the general public.
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King, Martin Luther, Jr.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929–68, American clergyman and civil-rights leader, b. Atlanta, Ga., grad. Morehouse College (B.A., 1948), Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D., 1951), Boston Univ. (Ph.D., 1955). The son of the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, King became (1954) minister
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Adams, Henry [Louisiana] (1843 - ?)
Henry Adams was a Louisiana leader who advocated the emigration of southern freed blacks to Liberia after emancipation. Born a slave in Newton County, Georgia on March 16, 1843, Henry Adams was originally born as Henry Houston but changed his name at the age of seven.  His enslaved family was
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Liberia: Grand Cape Mount COVID-19 Preparedness Committee Launch
Monrovia — Grand Cape Mount County has launched its COVID-19 preparedness team despite no case has been reported in the
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Algeria
The fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front (Front Islamique du Salut; FIS) won the largest number of votes in the countrys first-ever parliamentary elections in Dec. 1991. To thwart the electoral results, the army canceled the general election, which plunged the country into a bloody civil war. An
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(1879) Ferdinand L. Barnett, “Race Unity”
Today Ferdinand L. Barnett is best known as the husband of anti-lynching crusader, Ida Wells Barnett. However by 1879, Barnett, a graduate of Chicago’s College of Law and editor the Chicago Conservator, the city’s first black newspaper, which he founded in 1878, was one of a rising number of
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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announces Emergency Grants to a Grouping of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic | Black Voice News
NEW YORK, May 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation today announced $1.76 million in emergency grants distributed to 16 Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights of 1964 was the most far-reaching and comprehensive law in support of racial equality ever enacted by Congress.It gave the attorney general additional power to protect citizens against discrimination and segregation in voting, education, and use of public facilities.
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Jimmy Carter Elected President
Jimmy Carter, former governor of Georgia, elected president with strong support from Black voters.
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Senators impeach Kithure Kindiki
Out of the total 67 senators, 54 voted to kick out the deputy speaker who they accused of party disloyalty and disrespect to the party
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Haitian emigration
Haitian emigration was a movement to describe the emigration of free blacks from the United States to settle in Haiti in the early 19th
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Mallory, Mark (1962-- )
On December 1, 2005, Mark Mallory was sworn in as the first black mayor elected by popular vote in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Three other black mayors preceded him but were chosen by the City Council.  Born on April 2, 1962, and raised on the West End of Cincinnati, Mallory attended high school at the
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Angola: China's Support Policies for Businesses Under COVID-19 - a Comprehensive List
To cushion the economic hit caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, China's central and local governments have been rolling out a series of supporting policies to shore up the confidence of businesses and ease some of their compliance burdens, besides ensuring steady medical supplies and daily
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Michael Sam
Michael Sam is an American footballer who plays for the Dallas Cowboys. He is also one of the few openly gay players in the National Football League (NFL). He was born Michael Alan Sam Jr. to Jo Ann and Michael Sam, the seventh of eight children in the family. He attended Hitchcock High School in
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(1860) Frederick Douglass, “the Constitution of the United States: Is It Pro-Slavery or Anti-slavery?”
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