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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was a former slave who became one of the great American anti-slavery leaders of the 1800s. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland but in 1838, at age 20, he escaped to freedom in New York. A few years later he went to work for abolitionist William Lloyd

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Nation's streets calmest in days, protests largely peaceful

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protests were largely peaceful and the nation’s streets were calmer than they have been in days since the killing of George Floyd set off sometimes violent demonstrations over police brutality and injustice against African

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South Africa coronavirus: Eased lockdown splits opposition, over 11K recoveries

Key statistics as at May 24, data from National Institute For Communicable Diseases, NICD

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Obama criticizes virus response in online graduation speech | The Atlanta Voice

Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized some officials overseeing the coronavirus response, telling college graduates in an online commencement address that the pandemic shows many officials “aren’t even pretending to be in

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Some Say If Retail Stores Are Open, Churches Should Be Too. Here's Why It's Not So Simple.

Last week, President Donald Trump called on governors to reopen houses of worship, calling it an “injustice” that that “liquor stores and abortion clinics” were open when churches were

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Obama Emerges as Central Figure in 2020 Presidential Race

In recent days, Trump and his allies have aggressively pushed conspiracy theories about Obama designed to fire up the president’s conservative base, taint Biden by association and distract from the glut of grim health and economic news from the coronavirus

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Trump Justice Department Killed Police Reform Programs That Could Have Helped Minneapolis

Federal authorities, like a lot of law enforcement leaders across the country, have expressed shock at the disturbing video of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck until he

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Obama steps out as nation confronts confluence of crises

Aides said Obama will call for turning the protests over Floyd’s death into policy change and will urge specific reforms to ensure safer policing and increased trust between communities and law

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Evers outlines $1.17B plan to combat spread of coronavirus

Evers said the money will be used for coronavirus testing, contact tracking, emergency operations, buying medical supplies and for local

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A defining moment: SpaceX will this week launch humans into space

You’ve turned over the keys to the private sector for low-earth orbit, which frees up Nasa to do other things

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Violent protests rock Minneapolis for 2nd straight night

A man poses for a photo in the parking lot of an AutoZone store in flames, while protesters hold a rally for George Floyd in Minneapolis on Wednesday, May

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Blacks see Trump as greatest threat

With a national sample size of only 604 African Americans, the African American Research Collaborative was able to determine the impact of COVID-19 on black voters across the nation, with a margin of error of only

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Biden says he was too 'cavalier' about black Trump backers

ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Biden declared he “should not have been so cavalier” on Friday when he told a prominent black radio host that African Americans who back President Donald Trump

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Compton Pastor Vows to Reopen Church When Holy Spirit Directs Him

Compton Pastor Ron C. Hill says he’ll be guided by the Holy Spirit on when to reopen his church, not by California’s governor, who ordered churches to close in March as part of the state’s stay-at-home COVID-19

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Mail-in voting could turn Election Day into Election Week | The Atlanta Voice

A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of November’s presidential race on election night, a scenario that is fueling worries about whether President Donald Trump will use the delay to sow doubts about the

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Nation’s Streets Calmest in Days, Protests Largely Peaceful

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protests were largely peaceful and the nation’s streets were calmer than they have been in days since the killing of George Floyd set off sometimes violent demonstrations over police brutality and injustice against African

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National Afro-American Council

National Afro-American Council founded in Rochester, New York. Bishop Alexander Walters of the AME Zion Church was elected president. The organization proposed a program of assertion and protest.

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Minneapolis cop who knelt on man’s neck charged with murder

Minneapolis cop who knelt on man’s neck charged with murder

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Joe Biden’s Plan for Empowering Black America

In a news release, the campaign noted that Biden “knows we need a comprehensive agenda for African Americans with an ambition that matches the scale of the challenge and with a recognition that race-neutral policies are not a sufficient response to race-based

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House Democrats to Unveil Plan to Distribute $1,200 Stimulus Checks in New $3 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Fund – Free Press of Jacksonville

Unfortunately, there are millions of Americans who have yet to receive relief funds and it has been reported that some who have, already need additional

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Trump escalates war on Twitter, social media protections with exec order

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media on May 28, 2020 in

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Rumors Of Kwame Kilpatrick’s Early Release From Prison Turn Out To Be Fool’s Gold

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COVID-19 not covered under business interruption policies, says IAJ

Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) President Vernon James says while industry players empathise with businesses that have been impacted by the current health crisis, business interruption insurance policies do not cover losses due to viruses such as

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Most US states fall short of recommended testing levels | Dallas Weekly

As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of states still fall short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns and avoid another deadly wave of outbreaks, according to an Associated Press

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The Racist Origins Of Trump’s ‘When The Looting Starts, The Shooting Starts’ Quote

As protests intensified in Minneapolis following the death of a Black man pinned down by a white police officer, President Donald Trump issued a naked threat in a pair of

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Nigeria: Coronavirus - Who Calls for Funding Amidst New U.S. Threat

The World Health Organization on Monday urged countries to continue funding the agency, saying it will initiate an independent review into its handling of the coronavirus pandemic "at the earliest appropriate

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Will It Be A Comeback? Kwame Kilpatrick To Be Released

Recent reports state that former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is expected to be released from prison as early as June 10 after serving seven years of a 28-year sentence—a sentence that many felt was

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Donald Trump threatens social media after Twitter fact-checks him | The Atlanta Voice

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulations or even shuttering after Twitter added fact checks to two of his

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Will It Be A Comeback? Kwame Kilpatrick To Be Released

–Kwame Kilpatrick

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Obama Emerges As Central Figure In 2020 Presidential Race

In recent days, Trump and his allies have aggressively pushed conspiracy theories about Obama designed to fire up the president’s conservative base, taint Biden by association and distract from the glut of grim health and economic news from the coronavirus

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