Death of Henry McNeal Turner (82), first Black

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Guyanese Fr John Persaud appointed Bishop of Mandeville

Guyanese Priest, Father (Fr) John Persaud, was on Friday appointed as the Bishop of

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Did Obama Change Military Funeral Protocol? - Urban Legends

Online rumor alleges that U.S. military funeral protocol has been changed such that when the folded flag is presented to relatives of the deceased, its now done on behalf of the Secretary of Defense instead of on behalf of the

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Source: ThoughtCo

Woman Arrested For Stalking Brandy Norwood, Singer Files For Restraining Order

Sources who claim to have knowledge of the situation have said that the R&B singer does not know the suspect, who has shown up to her Los Angeles home and several other

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Source: MadameNoire

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Provides Scholarships For George Floyd’s Daughter and Granddaughters To Attend HBCUs

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) announced on Friday that the organization is planning on providing scholarships to the daughter and granddaughters of police shooting victim George Floyd to attend an HBCU of their

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Colin Powell

Born: 4/5/937 Harlem, New YorkColin Powell is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under U.S. President George W. Bush from 200 to 2005, the first African American to serve in that position. During

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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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African American Cultural Heritage Fund Awards Grants To Preserve Black History : NPR

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Brent Leggs, executive director of the African American Cultural Heritage Fund, on the awarding of grants to 27 places across the U.S. to preserve Black history.

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Flake, Floyd Harold (1945- )

Floyd Harold Flake was born to Robert Flake, Sr. and Rosie Lee Johnson-Flake on January 30, 1945 in Los Angeles, California. Flake, though born in California, grew up in Houston, Texas and attended public schools there until his move to Ohio to attend Wilberforce University. He graduated from

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Source: Black Past

Harrison, Samuel (1818-1900)

Samuel Harrison, a minister, political activist, and former slave, became one of Berkshire County, Massachusetts’s most ardent abolitionists. Harrison was born enslaved in Philadelphia in 1818 but he and his mother were freed in 1821. Shortly afterwards the widowed mother and her son moved to New

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Source: Black Past

Brother Malcolm’s Message to “Sincere Whites”

Many people, Black and White, are slapping high fives and shouting Hallelujah over the sizeable number of Whites marching to protest the brutal lynching of George Floyd by a White police

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Is This Mary Bowser?: The Use and Misuse of Photographs to Reconstruct History

Lois Leveen occupies an unusual role as both historian and novelist. Leveen is the author of The Secrets of Mary Bowser,which is based on the true story of a black woman who became a Union spy in the Confederate White House during the Civil War. Very few details about the historic Mary Bowser can

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George Floyds Family Speaks Out

George Floyd's six-year-old daughter opens up about her dad.

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Major General Augustus L. Collins (U.S. Army, Ret.)

Augustus L. Collins (Major General, U.S. Army, Ret.) is the CEO of MINACT Inc., a Mississippi-based contractor that supports the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps program in several states throughout the

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Stokes, Louis (1925-2015) - Birthday

Ohio’s first African American Congressman, Louis Stokes was born to Charles and Louis Stokes on February 23, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended its public schools before joining the United States Army in 1943.

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Court nullifies Chief Mvuthu’s nomination

BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Maxwell Takuva has nullified the nomination of Saunders Mlotshwa as substantive Chief Mvuthu of Hwange district, saying it is unlawful, null and

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Africa's top virus deaths: Veteran Congolese photo-journalist 'shutters'

While each death is reported with a sombre mood and with condolences to affected families, some of the casualties have united a country in grief, in other cases united the continent and people beyond

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First Black Episcopal Bishop

The Rev. John M. Burgess of Boston became the first African-American diocesan Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States in 1968.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Cook, Suzan Denise Johnson (1957– )

Suzan Johnson Cook is a religious leader, pastor, motivational speaker, and diplomat who was born on January 28, 1957, in Harlem, New York. Her father, Wilbert Johnson, was a trolley driver and later founder of a successful security company, and her mother Dorothy Johnson, was a public school

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Holly Robinson Peete’s Daughter, Ryan, Comes Out As Gay

Ryan Peete, the daughter of actress Holly Robinson-Peete and former NFL player Rodney Peete, used this Pride Month to come

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President Donald Trump Reschedules Tulsa Campaign Rally ‘Out of Respect’ for Juneteenth

President Donald Trump has decided to reschedule his first rally since the coronavirus emerged from the original date of June 19th to the next day, June 20th, “out of respect” for the Juneteenth holiday according to

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Source: The Black Chronicle

I’m a Black American Vet and a Former Police Officer. I Decided to Speak Up With My Camera

Doug Barrett, 37, is a photographer, Army Veteran and former police officer from Atlanta who moved to Kansas in

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Source: TIME

#TakeBackEssence: Richelieu Dennis Steps Down As CEO Of Essence Communications

The news was confirmed by Black Female Anonymous, the authors of the Medium article, in a tweet just after 9:30 am this morning, which included a statement from Essence released on June

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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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This Day in History — July 1

2004: Saddam Hussein appears in Iraqi court for the first time, scoffing at charges of war crimes and

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Brazilian miner dies after crushed by rock in Region 7 mine - Stabroek News

A Brazilian miner died on Tuesday after a 200-pound-plus rock crushed him to death while he was working at Puruni Mines in Region Seven. The article Brazilian miner dies after crushed by rock in Region 7 mine appeared first on Stabroek News.

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As Numbers Spike, California To Begin “Smart Testing” for COVID-19

By Tanu Henry, California Black Media

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SHOCK & GRIEF

Yesterday, Superintendent Steve Brown, a close colleague of Clunis, said he had been in touch with Clunis throughout the day and was on his way to see him when he received the devastating news of his

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An Episcopal Presidential Lament | Afro

From the streets of Minneapolis, where Mr. George Floyd went limp after a police officer knelt on his neck for nine minutes, to outside the White House gates to the hundreds of protestors who besieged cities like

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As For Me and My Church

On March 13, 2020, I decided to reach out to Bishop E. Anne Henning Byfield and Presiding Elder Uklyn Hendricks about the immediacy of a shift to church gatherings within the Virgin Islands Annual

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