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Milwaukee County declares Juneteenth Day an official holiday

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and County Board Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson announced on Monday, June 15, 2020, Executive Order #20-15, which makes Juneteenth Day an official holiday in Milwaukee

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

We Don’t Fully Understand How Deadly the Coronavirus Has Been For Black Americans

While black people make up only about 13% of the United States’ population according to the U.S. Census Bureau, they account for 22% of COVID-19 deaths so far, according to the COVID Tracking Project (white people, who make up 77% of the U.S. population, account for only 47% of

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Source: TIME

Biden: 'More than one African American woman' being considered for VP

Former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenBiden campaign cancels fundraiser with Mueller prosecutor Twitter joins Democrats to boost mail-in voting — here's why The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Facebook - George Floyd's death sparks protests, National Guard activation MORE said Friday that

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Source: The Hill

Juneteenth celebrations in wake of racial awareness

I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the Year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.-Frederick Douglass

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Will Evariste rescue Burundi from economic ruin?

President Evariste Ndayishimiye faces a daunting diplomatic task ahead as he works to mend relations with neighbouring countries and the international community if he is to rescue Burundi’s struggling

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Source: The East African

US wants strict conditions on coronavirus aid for 'countries like Zimbabwe'

The United States has expressed its misgivings about a US$7 million grant the World Bank extended to Zimbabwe to help fight the coronavirus

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Bill Banning Police From Using Deadly “Sleeper Hold” Introduced in California Assembly

Last week, reacting to the violent death of George Floyd, an unarmed African American man in Minnesota, California Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson) introduced a new

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Juneteenth, Not July 4th: Ways to Celebrate it this Year

I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the Year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.-Frederick Douglass

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Source: Chicago Defender

Study Shows COVID-19's Devastating Impact On Black Immigrant Domestic Workers | HuffPost

Black immigrant domestic workers are triply impacted by the coronavirus crisis: the illness itself, the related economic fallout and systemic racism, a new survey

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Rwanda: UN Prosecutor - Intensify Efforts to Locate Genocide Fugitives

The Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) Serge Brammertz has called for an intensification of efforts in locating and arresting fugitives wanted for their participation in the 1994 Genocide against the

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Source: allAfrica.com

America Urgently Needs Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation to Bring Unity, Equity and Racial Healing to Our Nation

Statement by Dr. Gail C. Christopher, Executive Director, National Collaborative for Health Equity

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Source: http://www.blacknews.com

June 1st’s National Day Of Mourning & Lament

[On May 25th], I took part in a Memorial Day Remembrance Service at DeSoto’s Military Memorial at Nance Farm that was organized by our Veterans Affairs

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Source: Serving Northeast Texas

Africa: Diaspora African Forum Demands Justice for George Floyd

The Diaspora African Forum has petitioned the United States of America (USA) government to arrest and prosecute all four police officers who were caught on video manhandling George Floyd at Minneapolis, USA, resulting in his

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Source: allAfrica.com

The World of Sports Respond to the Killing of George Floyd

Just in this short year alone, there have been countless incidents that have proven there is a different way in which black people have been treated this

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Virus 'eminently capable' of spreading through speech

Microdroplets generated by speech can remain suspended in the air in an enclosed space for more than ten minutes, a study published Wednesday showed, underscoring their likely role in spreading

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Milesplit USA gives Aggies class a grade of A-minus

N.C. A&T’s director of track and field programs announced the addition of four high school athletes and three

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Source: http://www.peacemakeronline.com

Trump Doubles Down On Fact-Free Fraud Theory About Mail-In Voting

President Donald Trump on Sunday posted on Twitter alleging that mail-in ballots allow for widespread election fraud, despite widespread evidence to the

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Egyptologist Dr. James Henry Breasted And The Creation Of White Supremacist Ideology

Lewis, the Harvard and Cornell University trained professor, has challenged White supremacist notions about Kemet (Egypt) and Black people in his ground breaking book called-The Falsification and Fabrication of Ancient Egypt 3400 BCE to 500 BCE: A Survey of the

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Source: Your Black World

Africa: Polio Eradication Expertise Backs Africa's COVID-19 Response

So with COVID-19 threatening to overwhelm health systems, the extensive polio response network is once again lending crucial support as countries build up systems to contain COVID-19," said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: Breather for Adesina As AfDB Board Bars Fresh Probe

-Says Ethics Committee performed role in accordance with applicable rules

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Source: allAfrica.com

Covid-19 wrap: Over 372 000 global deaths, while Tanzania opens universities despite virus concerns

There have been 1 674 new infections, taking the total positive cases to 34 357

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Source: https://www.news24.com

How Black history is taught in schools faces new scrutiny

The state’s new standards are going out to schools as a national conversation on racial injustice brings new scrutiny to how African American history is taught

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Keep in dark. Feed with platitudes - NEWS & ANALYSIS | Politicsweb

Take the government’s modelling of COVID’s likely trajectory in South

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Source: https://www.politicsweb.co.za

John R. Thompson

John R. Thompson, Jr. was head coach of the Georgetown University men’s basketball team from 1972 until 1998, winning a national championship in 1984. Additionally, Thompson was

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Source: Savoy Network

Africa: Rethinking the Concept of African Unity - Why Proper Education Is the First Place to Begin?

Many academics that I spoke with had limited faith in the possibility of an "Africa Unity", in fact to many; African Unity is an illusion that may never be

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Source: allAfrica.com

The Fisk Jubilee Singers: Preserving African American Spirituals – Smithsonian Libraries / Unbound

The early history of the group is documented in Gustavus D. Pike’s The Jubilee Singers and their campaign for twenty thousand dollars (1873), held in the library of the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum and that of the National Museum of American History, as well as available in our Digital

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Source: Smithsonian Libraries

Sudan wants PMs to solve Nile dam deadlock

Sudan proposed on Wednesday upgrading negotiations with Egypt and Ethiopia on a Nile mega-dam to prime ministerial level in a bid to break the

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Western envoys: `Important for all stakeholders to uphold integrity of recount process and peacefully accept wishes of Guyanese'

Western envoys: `Important for all stakeholders to uphold integrity of recount process and peacefully accept wishes of

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Nigeria: NCDC Warns Against Self-Medication

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has kicked against self-medication of any kind by COVID-19 patients in the

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Source: allAfrica.com

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