Angola: Government Offers 1,600 Post-Graduate Scholarships

Gwen McDonald

Ms. McDonald is responsible for leading a global human resources organization that focuses on worldwide workforce planning, talent management, total rewards, training and organizational development. Gwen also is a key steward of NetApp’s unique cultural values and principles, which have enabled the

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Liberia: A Call Coming a Bit Too Late - COVID-19 Voluntary Testing Should Have Started Started With the President, Long Ago

On Sunday, May 17, the Minister of Health, Dr. Wilhemina Jallah flunked by the Chief Medical Officer Dr. Francis Kateh, followed by the WHO Representative to Liberia Peter Clement, Dr. Desmond William head of US Center for Disease Control (CDC) in West Africa and Liberia and USAID Resident

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Source: allAfrica.com

Angola: Commercial Banks, Oil Companies Join Fxgo Platform

Luanda — A group of 23 national banks and eight oil and gas companies have joined the electronic foreign currency trading platform known as FXGO which will be made available by the Bloomberg company in the national

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Source: allAfrica.com

Shumpert Leads JHU’s Office Of Institutional Equity | Afro

By Jacob DeNobel

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Guinea Bissau: President Calls for Amendment of the Constitution

Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has called for the amendment of the country's constitution, and set up a committee to come up with

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Source: allAfrica.com

Ethiopia coronavirus: 306 cases, how about 100 cases hit in a week

May 16: Cases pass 300 mark

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

(1903) W.E.B. Du Bois, “Training Negroes for Social Power”

In this 1903 speech, W.E.B. Du Bois describes his educational philosophy and in the process, contrasts his views with those of the Tuskegee educator Booker T. Washington who was then at the height of his

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Source: Black Past

America’s Black Ambassadors: A Historical Snapshot

America’s Black Ambassadors: A HistoricalSnapshot

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Source: Black Past

Oct

29

1845

Allen University [South Carolina] (1870 - )

Allen University, a Christian liberal arts institution located on a 20-acre campus in Columbia, South Carolina, is the oldest historically black college in the state. The school was founded in 1870 by the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church of South Carolina, and was originally located in

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Source: Black Past

Southern University Law Center [New Orleans] (1947-- )

Southern University is a historically black university with a main campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Originally founded in 1880 in New Orleans as Southern University in New Orleans, it began its mission of providing post-secondary education for African Americans with 12 students and

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Source: Black Past

Nov

16

1972

Oscar Robertson

Oscar Palmer Robertson is a retired professional basketball player. He was born on November 24, 1938 in Charlotte, Tennessee. He lived in a segregated housing project and attended a segregated high school called Crispus Attucks High School. He learned to play basketball at a very young age. His

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Source: Black History Resources

Nov

24

1938

Richard Allen (bishop)

Richard Allen (February 14, 1760 – March 26, 1831)[1] was a minister, educator, writer, and one of Americas most active and influential black leaders. In 1794 he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent black denomination in the United States. He opened his first

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Cuba

A Soviet attempt to install medium-range missiles in Cuba—capable of striking targets in the United States with nuclear warheads—provoked a crisis in 1962. Denouncing the Soviets for “deliberate deception,” President Kennedy promised a U.S. blockade of Cuba to stop the missile

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Gov't accuses Opposition of mischief in Senate

LEADER of Government Business in the Senate Kamina Johnson Smith yesterday accused the Opposition of mischief-making regarding the condition of Jamaicans who returned home on the Royal Caribbean cruise vessel Adventure of the Seas earlier this

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Owen Josephus Roberts

Owen Josephus Roberts , (born May 2, 1875, Germantown, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died May 17, 1955, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

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Source: Brittanica

Bill Perkins - NYC Councilman

Bill Perkins, Democrat—Working Families, was re-elected to the New York City Council in a Special Election on February

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Source: New York City Council

High Point U to host 2020 Virtual Commencement

HIGH POINT – High Point University will honor its Class of 2020 seniors during a virtual Commencement ceremony that will take place on Saturday, May 9, at 9 a.m. and can be accessed at are experiencing unprecedented times, but that cannot stop us from honoring our seniors for their hard work and

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Source: http://www.peacemakeronline.com

John Stephens Durham

John Stephens Durham, assistant editor of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, named minister to Haiti.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Sep

3

1891

Liberia: Lonestar Cell MTN Announces 2020 Edition of Y'ello Scholars Program

Lonestar Cell MTN has announced the launch of its scholar program, the Y'ello Scholars Internship and Graduate Trainee program for

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Source: allAfrica.com

Angola Highlights Actions for Children

Stressing the importance of the date, the provincial director of the National Child Institute (INAC) in southern Cunene province, Hélder dos Santos, referred to

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria coronavirus: 8,915 cases, WHO trials, Trump's ventilators

Total confirmed cases = 8,915 (new cases

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Simmons, Denise E. ( – )

E. Denise Simmons made history in 2008 by becoming the first openly lesbian African American mayor in the United States. She was selected by fellow city councilors in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to serve as mayor of the city for a two-year term from 2008 to

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Source: Black Past

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Pushing for One-Party State - Coltart

The former Education minister in the 2009-2013 Government of National Unity believes President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling party is seeking to weaken and crush the once vibrant movement -- a development he says lays the groundwork for the Zanu PF leader to establish a one-party

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Source: allAfrica.com

Johnson C. Smith University [Charlotte] (1867- )

Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU), founded on April 7, 1867, is one of the oldest predominantly African American universities in North Carolina. The university was founded by three Presbyterian ministers, Rev. Samuel C. Alexander, Rev. Sidney S. Murkland, and Rev. Willis L. Miller and established

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Source: Black Past

(1970) Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, “I Am For the Equal Rights Amendment.”

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm became in 1968 the first African American woman elected to Congress. Four years later in 1972, she launched a bid to become the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, another first for an African American woman. Throughout her career in Congress

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Source: Black Past

Aug

10

1970

Somalia

Somalia, situated in the Horn of Africa, lies along the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. It is bounded by Djibouti in the northwest, Ethiopia in the west, and Kenya in the southwest. In area it is slightly smaller than Texas. Generally arid and barren, Somalia has two chief rivers, the Shebelle

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Peers hail Dabengwa’s humility

Habakkuk Trust chief executive officer Dumisani Nkomo said the first time he had a close engagement with Dabengwa was when he was Home Affairs minister in the

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

MPLA begins armed struggle in Angola

MPLA begins armed struggle against Portugal in Angola.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Feb

4

1969

A Biography of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. was in Miami when he had a meeting with film producer Abby Mann, who was contemplating a movie biography about King. Mann asked the 37-year-old minister how the movie should end. King replied, It ends with me getting

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Source: ThoughtCo

Nigeria: Alarm Bells As COVID-19 Cripples Poultry, Fish Farming Biz

Farmers lament losses, experts warn of food shortage

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Source: allAfrica.com

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