Former NIPRO Subsidiary Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing, Money Laundering

(1804) Ohio Black Codes

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio , That from and after the first day of June next. no black or mulatto person shall be permitted to settle or reside in this state, unless he or she shall first produce a fair certificate from some court within the United

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Uganda: NRM Party MPs in Double-Your-Money Bonanza

There are also unconfirmed reports that the MPs in the deal will sooner or later receive another Shs60m each as a token for last week's resolution in which Parliament appreciated Mr Museveni for fighting

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Zambia: After Seven Years, Displaced Villagers Might Get Land

Dozens of residents evicted by one commercial farmer in 2013 lived out in the open for months, then later in tents or shoddy housing on the fringes of a government forest reserve, with inadequate access to water and no source of livelihood or permission to cultivate

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Lesotho: Thabane Resigns as Lesotho's Prime Minister

Cape Town — Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has formally resigned more than a week after his coalition government fell apart, in a move that could help end a long-running political crisis in the southern African

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Ghana: Bishop Obinim Still in Police Custody Over Failure to Meet Bail Bond

Obinim was arrested on Tuesday, May 19 on a warrant issued by the court and thus charged with the offence of publication of false news and forging of documents contrary to sections 208 and 159 of the Criminal and other Offences Act, 1960 (Act

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Ruto allies plan anti-Uhuru rallies

The Nation has learnt that the Jubilee MPs plan to frustrate government business in both the Senate and the National Assembly as a way of getting back at President Kenyatta for removing Majority Leader and Whip Kipchumba Murkomen and Susan Kihika from the leadership

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Death of Eric Garner

On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner died in Staten Island, New York City, after a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer put him in what has been described as a chokehold for about 15 to 19 seconds while arresting him. The New York City Medical Examiners Office attributed Garners death to

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

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2014

Former Florida State Lineman Accused Of Striking Girlfriend

Noel originally denied being struck in both cases, but the investigation was reopened last year after Noel contacted police saying Williams had sent her video of her having sex with another man, Tallahasse police say in the court

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Rwanda: Lawyers Protest Refusal By Ugandan Court to Recognise Rwanda Law Practice Diploma

The Ugandan high court recently ruled that a person who obtains a post graduate diploma in legal practice from Rwanda is not eligible to enroll as an advocate in Uganda, sparking criticism from the Rwanda Law

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Sudan

The International Criminal Court suspended its investigation into the war crimes perpetrated in Darfur in December 2014, saying the UN Security Council had failed to support the inquiry. Given this councils lack of foresight on what should happen in Darfur, I am left with no choice but to hibernate

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(1932) Angelo Herndon Addresses His Jury

Gentlemen of the Jury: I would like to explain in detail the nature of my case and the reason why I was locked up. I recall back about the middle of June 1932, when the Relief Agencies of the City of Atlanta, the County Commission and the city government as a whole, were cutting both Negro and

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16

1933

Rights doctors express dismay over lockdown extension

HUMAN rights doctors have lashed out at government for extending the national lockdown in the absence of evidence for such

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Ferdinand Léopold Oyono

Ferdinand Léopold Oyono , (born September 14, 1929, Ngoulemakong, Cameroon—died June 10, 2010, Yaoundé), African statesman, actor, and comic writer whose two best-known works—Une Vie de boy (1956; Houseboy) and Le Vieux Nègre et la médaille (1956; The Old Man and the Medal), written while he was

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Uganda: Sakwa - Victim's Family Disowns Apology

On Friday, a group of youth armed with placards and claiming to be family members of the deceased, Charles Isanga told journalists that they had forgiven the embattled

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Malawi: Final Witness Testifies Against Chinese in Malawi Wildlife Crime Case

The final state witness, Criminal Investigator Sub Inspector Ikraim Malata on Wednesday testified in the high profile wildlife case involving a Chinese national, Lin Yun

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(1988) Rev. Jesse Jackson, “Keep Hope Alive.”

In 1988, Rev. Jesse Jackson made a second unsuccessful run for the Democratic Nomination for President, losing out to Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Jackson, however, gave another major address at the Democratic National Convention which met in Atlanta, Georgia. The address, delivered on

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LSK cancels senior counsel honour for Kalonzo, Karua

The drastic decision by the new LSK council comes almost a year after the Committee on Senior Counsel chaired by Supreme Court judge Justice Mohamed Ibrahim completed the process of identifying the

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State Supreme Court Delivers Key Ruling for Black Jurors in Capital Cases

Never before in North Carolina judicial history have trial judges taken accusations of racial discrimination against Black jurors seriously, if a White prosecutor had a Black juror struck from a prospective jury primarily on the basis of race through preemptory challenge – which is illegal – the

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(1963) John Lewis, “We Must Free Ourselves”

John Lewis, then the 23-year-old Chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was asked to speak at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. When A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders saw the draft of his speech which was critical of both the

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Aug

28

1963

Zimbabwe: High Court Reserves Judgment On MDC-A Challenge to Stop MPs' Recall

The High Court Wednesday reserved judgment in an urgent chamber application filed by the MDC Alliance seeking to bar recently reinstated secretary general, Douglas Mwonzora from recalling its legislators from

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How Colin Kaepernick's Critics Missed the Mark

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sparked controversy after he was spotted sitting as the national anthem played during a preseason game Aug. 26. Asked why he chose to sit during the “Star-Spangled Banner,” the athlete said the move was a political statement against

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Cleaver, Eldridge (1935-1998)

Eldridge Cleaver, author and civil rights activist, was born on August 31, 1935 in Wabbaseka, Arkansas. Cleaver, a child of six, lived in a household where his father abused his mother. The Cleavers moved to Phoenix, Arizona and finally settled in Los Angeles, California where Cleaver spent much

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Source: Black Past

Aug

31

1935

Tanzania: Immediate Measures to Protect the Rights of Prison Detainees

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Zimbabwe: Mutodi and the Tragicomedy That Mnangagwa's Admin Is

After the bizarre remarks by Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri that the Covid-19 pandemic, which has cost hundreds of thousands of lives globally, was divine punishment for countries that imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, it seemed the dross emanating from the corridors of power could not get

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Triston scandal: welcome home, Yagnesh Devani

Devani, a man with a deceitful persona, was in a class of his own and when he pulled the Triton scam, he not only left the country reeling with an oil shortage but left so many unanswered

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The conspiracy to defraud brought to light

The $400-million Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud trial ended on Friday, May 15, 2020 with the conviction of main accused 35-year-old Sanja Elliott, the corporation's former deputy superintendent of road and works; his wife, Tashagaye Elliott Goulbourne; two former employees of the

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DPP hails ruling in historic fraud case

THE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn has hailed the verdict in the Manchester Municipal Corporation (MMC) multimillion-dollar fraud case as a victory for public interest and

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Nigeria: OPL 245 - How Italian Prosecutors Hid Vital Information From Judge

In the transcripts of the hearing with Criminal Proceeding No. 54772/13 RGNR, the prosecution witness, Ferri Alessandro, had told the court that Adoke owned the property at No. 271, Cadastral Zone A06 Maitama, Abuja, for which he had collected a mortgage of N300 million from Unity Bank in

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Liberia: Weeks Left Hanging

Former Central Bank Executive Governor Milton Weeks has been left hanging at the Supreme awaiting a separate hearing, while Liberian prosecutors on Friday May 15, filed a nolle prosequi (drop charges against) former President Ellen Johnson - Sirleaf's son Charles E. Sirleaf "with prejudice," and

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Kenya: 3 Police Officers Charged With Facilitating Escape of a Kidnapping Suspect

Nairobi — Three police officers based at the Kamukunji Police Station in Nairobi were Thursday charged in for facilitating the escape of a suspect charged with an offense of kidnapping a police officer with an intention to

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