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NCAA to lift moratorium on football, basketball workouts
The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to lift a moratorium on voluntary workouts by football and basketball players effective June 1 as a growing number of college leaders expressed confidence that fall sports will be possible in some form despite concerns about the coronavirus
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Notable Early African-American Physcians
James Derham never received a medical degree, but he is considered the first African-American physician in the United
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Rainey, Gertrude “Ma” (1886-1939)
Businesswoman and entertainer Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, known as the Mother of Blues, was the most popular blues singer/songwriter of the 1920s. She is considered to be the first woman to introduce blues into her performances. As a single woman, she established her own entertainment company
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Missouri Officer Accused of Striking Man with SUV is Charged
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A white suburban St. Louis police detective who was captured on video apparently hitting a black suspect with a police SUV then kicking and punching the man was charged Wednesday with two counts of assault and armed criminal
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LaQuan Smith throws a fashion party at Empire State Building | The Atlanta Voice
Where the party girls at? On Thursday night, some were on top of the Empire State Building walking LaQuan Smith’s New York Fashion Week runway in slinky blue and white sequin minis, barely there one pieces and shiny body hugging pants. In his first see now, buy now show, the designer hosted about
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Assault Charges For Missouri Detective Accused Of Hitting Protester With SUV
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A white suburban St. Louis police detective who was captured on video apparently hitting a black suspect with a police SUV then kicking and punching the man was charged Wednesday with two counts of assault and armed criminal
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Homegoing ceremony for Winston Boogie Smith filled with laughter reflection, tears
Winston Boogie Smith was laid to rest in North Minneapolis after a moving funeral service. Source
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Count Basie
William James Basie was one of the most notable jazz musicians of the 20th century. He was born on August 21, 1904 to Harvey Lee and Lillian Basie in Red Bank, New Jersey. Both his parents were musicians, which influenced Basie from an early age. His father played the mellophone, and his mother
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Jean Kennedy Smith dies at 92; last surviving sibling of JFK
Jean Kennedy Smith, who was the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and who as a U.S. ambassador played a key role in the peace process in Northern Ireland, has died, relatives said
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2012
Will Smith Generates Oscar Buzz For Role Portraying Venus And Serena's Dad
The actor received wide praise for his work in "King Richard" after the film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado.
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Powerful Reactions To Trump’s Executive Order On Police Reform
Amid continued protests and outrage around police killings of Black people, President Donald Trump on Tuesday met with several families at the White House who’ve lost loved ones at the hands of law
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Former Jamaican model Nicola Vassell opens gallery in New York, making history - Face2Face Africa
Jamaican-born art connoisseur and former model Nicola Vassell has made history with her new art gallery located in the heart of Chelsea, New York. Vassell’s brick-and-mortar gallery is the first Black woman-owned art gallery in New York's Chelsea. Her initiative to champion Black art and art, in
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Judge orders 10-day delay after Virginia governor says Confederate monument to Robert E. Lee must come down
A Virginia judge has ordered a 10-day halt to Governor Ralph Northam’s plan to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond’s historic Monument
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How artist Emma Amos challenged racism and sexism through anonymous groups
Art museum director, Sharon Patton, summarizes her works thus: “Amos’s sequence of paintings is anecdotal, but the objective of each is the same: to argue constructively against norms in the field of art as well as
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Gerald B. Smith
Gerald B. Smith is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Smith, Graham & Co. Investment Advisors, L.P. In this role, Smith leads an independent employee-owned investment advisory firm that specializes in providing fixed income and equity portfolio strategies to institutional clients. Prior to
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Smith, Ada “Bricktop” (1894-1984)
Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith (“Bricktop”), vaudevillian actress, singer, nightclub owner, and international celebrity host, was born August 14, 1894 in Alderson, West Virginia, to Thomas and Hattie Thompson Smith. Her father passed away in 1898 and Mrs. Smith moved
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1984
Hair weaves made from Chinese prison camp detainees seized
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Bridgeforth, Ruffin (1923–1997)
Bridgeforth moved from Louisiana to Utah in 1944. He worked for the US Army and later became a conductor with the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1946 he married his first wife, Helena Marie Romero. Nine years after his migration to Utah, Bridgeforth converted to the Mormon faith in 1953. At the
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Resurfaced News Clip From 2016 About Police Brutality Goes Viral Because…RELEVANT
The viral video that has been posted on various celebrities pages including Diddy and Shaun King is actually footage from an interview given by Sedan Smith in 2016 after his older brother Sylville Smith was murdered by Milwaukee
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Can Photography Be Decolonial?
Art historian Shawn Michelle Smith—in her new book Photographic Returns: Racial Justice and the Time of Photography—examines the famous photograph of Emmett
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Louisiana Woman Stabbed Multiple Times, Boyfriend Charged with Second-Degree Murder: ‘She Wanted to be His Safe Harbor’
Kinnedy Smith died on June 6 after she was stabbed multiple times in her Baton Rouge
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Sit this one out
In Michigan armed African Americans gathered in Lansing and escorted Rep. Sarah Anthony to work at the capitol
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Will Smith almost not cast in 'Independence Day' because he was Black: report
This July 4th weekend will not only mark the 245th birthday of the United States, but also the 25th anniversary... View Article The post Will Smith almost not cast in 'Independence Day' because he was Black: report appeared first on TheGrio.
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California and Wisconsin Special Elections: What to Watch For
LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, voters in California’s 25th Congressional District will choose the successor to former Representative Katie Hill, and Wisconsin voters in the state’s Seventh District will look to fill the seat left by former Representative Sean
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Jada Pinkett Smith's Representative Speaks Out Against August Alsina's Romance Allegations
R&B singer-songwriter August Alsina is opening up about his past alleged relationship with Jada Pinkett
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Gangs deliver food in poor Cape Town area amid lockdown
While protecting him from the coronavirus, it would normally also put him in danger in Manenberg, one of a number of violent and poor neighborhoods on the outskirts of Cape Town known as the Cape
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Police brutality protests move across the city
The #BlackoutNC protest was organized by Greensboro Rising, a collective of local organizers helping to mobilize the community around issues of killing, brutalization, harassment and degradation of Black people by the
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Bell Smith, Leopoldine Emma Doualla (1939– )
Leopoldine Emma Doualla-Bell Smith is the world’s first black flight attendant. Smith was born in Cameroon which, at the time, France controlled. Smith was a princess of the royal Douala family of Cameroon. She was offered a rare after-school employment opportunity in her hometown of Douala, then
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