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While Sitati embraced Mormonism, the Kenyan government, wary of Western religions, did not recognize the LDS Church as an approved faith. The government also limited assembly of all non-recognized religions to nine people. Sitati maneuvered around the assembly law by organizing nine-person groups
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Source: Black Past
COMMENTARY: COVID-19 — My Personal Battle from a Positive to a Negative Result
A few days after my call with Rep. Reynolds, I received a call on my cell phone from U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Wednesday, March
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(1963) George Wallace, “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever”
By 1963 Alabama Governor George Corley Wallace had emerged as the leading opponent to the growing civil rights movement.  Six months later he gained international notoriety for his stand in the door of the University of Alabama to block the entrance of two black students, Vivian Malone and James
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Source: Black Past
Jan
14
1963
NNPA Exclusive: Iconic Entertainer and Entrepreneur, Ice Cube, Speaks to the Black Press of America
A few days after my call with Rep. Reynolds, I received a call on my cell phone from U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Wednesday, March
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Africa: We Must Protect Women From Sexual Violence During Coronavirus Lockdown and Beyond
Collectively, we need to provide extra support to protect those experiencing domestic violence through specializing training of first responders, additional emergency shelters for survivors, immediate removal of abusers, and increased support for
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Uhuru's Sh54bn jobs plan
The government will hire 200,000 youths to clean towns, 10,000 teachers and 5,000 health workers as part of a stimulus package unveiled
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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME
Gov. Walz partners with faith leaders to reopen places of worship...
A day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance allowing for reopening places of worship, Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan today announced they have partnered with Minnesota faith leaders on a plan for places of worship who decide to open to do so as
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The faithful may gather as govt opens up places of worship, with Level 3 restrictions in place
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) has decided that places of worship may resume services, but under strict
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(1905) Roscoe Conkling Bruce, “Freedom Through Education”
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How Muslims marked Idd-ul- Fitr
Normally, there would be gatherings in mosques for Idd-ul-Fitr prayer services and meeting friends and families for
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Nigeria: Congregational Prayers Remain Suspended - Bauchi Govt
Bauchi — Bauchi State Government has declared that the order for the suspension of Jumaat prayer and Sunday services remains
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The tale of a father with substance abuse
“My younger years saw my very ambitious father working an extremely good job and providing for his
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Church in Faneuil Hall
While Black people in Boston attended white churches after the American Revolution, increasing incidents of racial discrimination moved them to request the use of Fanueil Hall for religious meetings. Permission was granted in 1789 and the non-denominational prayer services led to the establishment
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
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Ghana's COVID-19 Recovery Rises to 1,745 ... Case Counts Stand At 5,735
Per the GHS situation update, 3,906 of the 5,735 cases were from enhanced contact tracing, 1,714 from general surveillance, and 115 from mandatory quarantine cases at Tamale and
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Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church (1835- )
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee is one of three churches that evolved out of Nashville’s historic First Colored Baptist Church (1865-1891).  It traces its origins back to black members of First Baptist Church who first met to hold prayer services in 1835.  Up to that
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(1797) Abraham Johnstone, “Address To The People Of Color”
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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Muslims to Celebrate an 'Unusual' Eid UL Fitri
The Mufti of Rwanda, Sheikh Saleh Hitimana, has said that in a bid to continue fighting the spread of COVID-19, Muslims will this year conduct the Eid ul Fitri prayers to mark the end of Ramadan in the confines of their
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Prominent coronavirus deaths: Somali ambassador to Egypt dies in Kuwait
From top politicians – former presidents, prime ministers and lawmakers, to entertainment icons and top sportsmen, the virus has left in its wake prominent casualties who could hardly get the send-off they would have been accorded in “normal
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African American History in the West Bibliography Authors & Editors
Abajian, James de T. Blacks and Their Contributions to the American West: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings Through 1970 Yes
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How sharks sold Sh500m ‘air’ to Kenya Re
Archival records indicate when this Joreth land was surveyed in 1975 by a Mr James Kamwere, and Kenyatta was shown the 100-acre land he was to buy, he realised that the deed plan and title had included the Karura Forest
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Eid greetings from the UK Archbishop of Canterbury to all Muslims
I wish a blessed and joyful Eid al-Fitr to all our Muslim friends and neighbours as you mark the end of this Ramadan, this month of fasting and
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Overview of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
The African Methodist Episcopal Church was born of racial discrimination following the American Revolution when African Americans struggled to establish their own houses of worship. Today the African Methodist Episcopal Church has congregations on four continents. The church was organized in
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(1839) Andrew Harris, “Slavery Presses Down Upon the Free People of Color”
Andrew Harris, (1810-1841), graduated from the University of Vermont in 1838. One year later in an address delivered to nearly five thousand abolitionists at New York City’s Broadway Tabernacle on May 7, 1839, young Harris argued that slavery in the South influenced racism in the North. He was
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7
1839
Tunisia: Detention Order Against Businessman and Senior Civil Servant
Tunis/Tunisia — The examining magistrate at the economic and financial judicial pole issued, on Wednesday, a Detention order against a businessman operating in the tourism sector and a high-ranking civil servant official, after their hearing, in the presence of their lawyers, Deputy Public
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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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Religion in Black America
Religion in Black America refers to the religious and spiritual practices of blacks and people of African descent in the United States. Historians generally agree that the religious life of Black Americans forms the foundation of their community life.[1] Before 1775 there was scattered evidence of
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Never Put Off Tomorrow What’s Due Today: Don’t Procrastinate!
There are many possible definitions of procrastination, but, in essence, procrastination is the practice of doing less urgent or unimportant tasks instead of more urgent ones, or doing more pleasurable activities instead of less pleasurable
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COVID-19 — My Personal Battle from a Positive to a Negative Result – Free Press of Jacksonville
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On that Friday, March 27th, things took a drastic turn for the worse, as it relates to my
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SOS National Day of Prayer Caravan holds prayer at Governor’s Mansion
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Charles Mitchell, Slavery, and Washington Territory in 1860
Few people connect Washington Territory with slavery.  However one incident in 1860 was a reminder that the peculiar institution reached the pre-Civil War Pacific Northwest.  In the account below, historian Lorraine McConaghy describes the saga of Charles Mitchell whose attempted escape from
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