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President Cyril Ramaphosa declares official funeral for boxing promoter Mzi Mnguni | News24
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Funeral directors blast Gov’t over decision to ban burials
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President Eisenhower ordered federal troops to Little Rock, Ark., to prevent interference with school integration at Central High School.
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Megan Thee Stallion: Why I Speak Up for Black Women | Atlanta Daily World
'I’m not afraid of criticism, and “Protect Black women” should not be controversial.' Megan Thee Stallion In the weeks leading up to the election, Black women [were] expected once again to deliver victory for Democratic candidates. We have gone from being unable to vote legally to a highly courted
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This Week’s Paper - Thursday, April 15, 2021 - Voice and Viewpoint
SEE THE FRONT PAGE HERE We are San Diego's largest African American newspaper, reporting news from an African American perspective. Established in 1960, Dr. John Warren is the Publisher of the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint, a 56-year-old nationally award winning publication. Dr. Warren and his late
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Teddy Mafia: Police to be deployed to monitor alleged drug lord's funeral | News24
KwaZulu-Natal police officers will be deployed in Shallcross, Durban, to monitor the funeral of alleged gangster and drug lord Yaganthan Pillay.
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This Week’s Paper - December 3, 2020 - Voice and Viewpoint
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Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio Pays Tribute to the Late Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya
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(1896) Hugh M. Browne, “The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South”
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Jazzy Saxophonist Still Jammin’ at 90 | New Pittsburgh Courier
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Thomas P. Johnson: Politician & Served in the Union Army During the Civil War
Thomas P. Johnson arrived in Arkansas as a slave from North Carolina in 1859. He was a bout 38 years old. He became a well-known politician who served in the Union Army during the civil war. After the war, Johnson was elected one of eight Black members of the 1868 Arkansas Constitutional
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African American History and Women - Timeline 1950-1959
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