A stamp of Sojourner Truth is issued

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Ethiopia rejects UN Security Council role in dam dispute

Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister, Gedu Andargachew has rejected Egypt’s call to refer the dispute over Addis Ababa’s construction of the giant Nile dam to the United Nations Security

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Young, black Americans bring new energy to Juneteenth - African American News Today - EIN News

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Trump calls virus ‘Kung flu’ and questions case count –

TULSA, Okla. – President Donald Trump called the coronavirus “Kung flu” during a Saturday rally in Oklahoma, employing a slang term that’s been criticized as racist while claiming increased diagnostic testing has driven up U.S. case

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Source: Florida Courier

Microsoft to close Mixer live streaming service

Microsoft is closing down Mixer, its live streaming service for games, and shifting users to Facebook Gaming, the technology giant’s Xbox division said on

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8 ways to celebrate Juneteenth in Houston

Every year, Americans use Juneteenth as a day of reflection and celebration on the abolition of slavery in the United

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African American Women In Their Own Words: Quotes

This collection of quotes from African American women are on quite a variety of topics. Some women speak about their philosophy of life, or about their perspectives on their field -- art, sports, politics. Some quotes are on racial and gender equality. Some are motivational and about

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Birth of Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth born a slave in Hurley, New York.

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Jan

30

1797

NWC responds to report of big bills in Crawle, St Catherine

THE National Water Commission (NWC), in its response to a June 5 Jamaica Observer story titled 'Little Water, Big Bills', said it is important to state that the commission supports the right of every consumer to query his or her

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Two lawyers of color facing 45 years for burning police car

(Credit: U.S. Attorney's office) Two lawyers of color who were arrested in May following the protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death are facing a potential of 45 years in prison. HuffPost reported that Colinford King Mattis and Urooj Rahma were arrested on May 30 in Brooklyn dur

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U.S. National Archives Unearths Original Juneteenth Order

General Order No. 3 doesn't use the exalted language of some other documents central to American

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Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth , legal name Isabella Van Wagener (born c. 1797, Ulster county, N.Y., U.S.—died Nov. 26, 1883, Battle Creek, Mich.), African American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious fervour to the abolitionist and women’s rights

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Kenya: President Kenyatta Nominates OAG Audit Director Nancy Gathungu as Auditor General

Mombasa — President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday nominated Janet Kabui Gathungu for the position of Auditor

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(1899) Lucy Craft Laney, “The Burden of the Educated Colored Woman”

Lucy Craft Laney was born in Macon, Georgia, in 1854, into a family of ten children. Taught to read and write by her mother, a domestic worker, she graduated from Macons Lewis High School and entered Atlanta University at the age of fifteen and graduated in 1873. Laney taught in the Georgia public

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EXPLAINER: Why Black Americans experience disparities in healthcare - African American News Today - EIN News

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England players to honour key workers with names on training shirts

(Reuters) – England players will wear training shirts bearing the names of key workers before the start of the first test against the West Indies next month to honour their service during the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s cricket board said

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Let’s rename Army bases honoring Confederate officers –

As commander of the Army of the Mississippi, Braxton Bragg (Fort Bragg, North Carolina) was outmaneuvered in several campaigns; defeated Union forces at Chickamauga but was then routed by U.S. Grant in the battle of

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Source: Florida Courier

AMHVoices: Police, army cannot deny daylight atrocities

IF denials by the Zimbabwe National Army and the Zimbabwe Republic Police are to be taken for truth, our country has certainly become a dangerous place to live and invest in, where marauding bogus army and police officers can do things at will, cause suffering to the people even in broad daylight

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Business aims to advocate on behalf of personal care assistants

Adding to this list are personal care assistants (PCAs), a group of care providers that provide in-home service to the most vulnerable

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett: United States Ambassador to Haiti in 1869

Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett was an African American who was appointed United States Ambassador to Haiti in

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Timeline 1800-1859: African American History and Women

[Previous] [Next] • Ohio Constitution adopted, outlawing slavery and prohibiting free blacks from voting • James Callendar accused Thomas Jefferson of keeping as his concubine, one of his own slaves -- Sally Hemings. The accusation was first published in the Richmond Recorder. • (February 11) Lydia

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Lake Street, Minnehaha post offices relocate, Mpls loop station opens

USPS has resumed full delivery to customers impacted by the recent events. But due to fire damage, some Minneapolis locations have relocated while others have opened. Source

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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963: One Participant Remembers

In the account below Edith Lee-Payne recalls the day she was photographed as a 12 year old participant in the March on Washington, and the curious history of that photograph through

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Eric Trump Calls Black Lives Matter Protesters 'Animals' At Tulsa Rally

Eric Trump, the son of President Donald Trump, spoke at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Saturday, calling Black Lives Matter protesters

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Fauci hopeful for a vaccine by late 2020, early 2021 | The Atlanta Voice

The government’s top infectious disease expert said Tuesday he is cautiously optimistic that there will be a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year or early 2021, and warned that the next few weeks will be critical to tamping down coronavirus hot spots around the

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VOTERS

In a few days, early voting in the Democratic Runoff Election for U.S. Senate

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Newswire: Trump team attempts to block World Court from investigating possible U. S. war crimes

A new Trump executive order threatening the court’s operations has been condemned by prominent global institutions and individuals as it appears to give cover to human rights abuses committed in the course of U.S. foreign wars while demanding accountability from foreign countries in similar

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Death of Sojourner Truth

Death of abolitionist and orator, Sojourner Truth, Battle Creek, Michigan.

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Nov

26

1883

Survey Shows African Americans Much More Likely To Have Friends, Family Die From Coronavirus - African American News Today - EIN News

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