Learner commits suicide after being expelled from school in Lilongwe

Malawi: Election Materials Arrive for Malawi Fresh Elections

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will take delivery of a consignment of indelible link and thumbprint pads ahead of the court-ordered fresh presidential election tentatively set for June

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Senate Passes Baldwin’s Bipartisan Reform to Create Three-Digit Suicide Prevention Hotline

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin’s bipartisan reform to designate a three-digit phone number for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline has passed the full

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860–1935, American feminist and reformer, b. Hartford, Conn. great-granddaughter of Lyman Beecher . Prominent as a lecturer and writer on the labor movement and feminism, she edited the Forerunner, a liberal journal. She wrote many works on social and economic

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Cleopatra

Cleopatra klēəpă´trə, –pā´–, –pä´– [key], 69 BC–30 BC, queen of Egypt, one of the great romantic heroines of all time. Her name was widely used in the Ptolemaic family she was Cleopatra VII. The daughter of Ptolemy XII , she was married at the age of 17 (as was the family custom) to her younger

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Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder , original name Samuel Wilder (born June 22, 1906, Sucha, Austria [now in Poland]—died March 27, 2002, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.), Austrian-born American motion-picture scenarist, director, and producer known for films that humorously treat subjects of controversy and offer

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Source: Brittanica

Mar

27

2002

Ota Benga, African native kept in zoo, kills self

An African native once kept in a Bronx zoo, Ota Benga, commits suicide. In 1906 the crowds thronged the monkey house exhibit at the Bronx Zoo (New York Zoological Park). Here were mans evolutionary ancestors - monkeys, chimpanzees, a gorilla named Dinah, an orangutan named Dohung and a African of

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Mar

20

1916

#MeToo, phase 2: Doc explores heavy burden on women of color

In the early morning darkness of Dec. 13, 2017, former music executive Drew Dixon walks to a coffee shop and buys the New York

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Brother Of Man Hanged In California Presses For Autopsy Report

As suspicion continues to mount over the deaths of at least three Black men who were found hanged -- two in California and one in New York--the family of one of the men is calling for answers more than two weeks after he was found

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Change law that outlaws suicide, say activists

Human rights groups in the Western region want suicide decriminalised as part of efforts to address mental health issues and assist those

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Too many Black children born in shackles –

“I can’t breathe,” pled George Floyd in Minneapolis and Eric Garner in New York City and Javier Ambler in Austin, Texas, before police killed

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Source: Florida Courier

Back to Terror of Lynchings Past?

Author and investigative journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a staunch crusader against lynching at the turn of the last century, would likely have been included among the hundreds of thousands of people calling for a thorough investigation into recent hanging deaths of two Black men in California and

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

‘These Are Not Suicides’: Series Of Suspected Lynchings Come As Nation Protests Racism

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Families of Two California Black Men Found Hanging Incite Demands For Investigations

Dual incidents of hangings of two Black men in separate incidents in California within weeks of one another are drawing outrage and causing skepticism about what really happened to them among many, including state officials who are calling for further investigation by law

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Waka Flocka Flame Dedicates Life to Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness to Honor Late Brother

Juaquin “Waka Flocka Flame” Malphurs and his family are continuing to heal from the 2013 suicide death of Flame’s younger brother Kayo

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Nooses Found Hanging On Trees In Oakland Being Investigated As Hate Crime

Prior to that, 24-year-old Robert Fuller was found hanging from a tree in the Los Angeles suburb of Palmdale, California on June 12 and 38-year-old Malcolm Harsch, another Black man, was found dead in similar circumstances on May

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Oluwatoyin ‘Toyin’ Salau, Missing Black Lives Matter Activist, Reportedly Found Dead

Social media users powered the name of Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau to become a top trending topic Monday morning as thousands of tweets were mourning the life of the young Black Lives Matter activist reportedly found dead in Florida over the

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Source: Black America Web

This is an uprising to save our lives

As people of color, racism affects our daily lives, our health outcomes, and our life

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Cole, Robert "Bob," Jr. (1868-1911)

Entertainer Robert Allen “Bob” Cole, Jr. was born on July 1, 1868 in Athens, Georgia to his parents Robert Allen Cole, Sr. and Isabella Thomas Weldon. The Coles were well known in the Athens community, which boasted a robust African American community at the time. Being from

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Source: Black Past

DR NJENGA: Is poor night sleep sign of menopause?

The age at which women reach menopause is quite variable and can be from as early as 30 years or as late as 60 in some rare

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Source: Business Daily

Partin the Waters: Do not give legs to creeping fascism

She arrived in America with her father and family seeking liberty from an authoritarian black hearted oppressive regime that denied individual

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Authorities Investigate Hanging Death Of Black Man; Second In Region In 2 Weeks

PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in the Southern California city of Palmdale are investigating the death of a 24-year-old black man found hanging from a tree near City Hall, which they originally described as an apparent suicide, prompting outrage in the

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Ancestry of Barack Obama - Fourth Generation

Barack Obama Family Tree, Generations

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Egyptian LGBTQ Activist, Who Dared to Raise the Pride Flag, Takes Her Own Life Aged 30

Sarah Hegazi, a prominent queer Egyptian feminist, committed suicide on Saturday in exile in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Somalia

The U.S. launched airstrikes south of the capital, Mogadishu, in early September 2014, targeting the leader of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab, Ahmed Abdi Godane. Days after the attacks, the U.S. confirmed that Godane had been killed. One of the most wanted men in Africa, Godane was believed

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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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Memorial Day: Why veterans are particularly vulnerable to the...

This work revealed gaps in health care and financial support for veterans, even though they have the best publicly funded benefits in the

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Senator Tim Scott Asking Questions That He Already Knows The Answer To.

The harsh reality is that for the entirety of America’s existence, neither political party has offered Blacks a significant opening to exercise the theoretical equality promoted in a series of Civil Rights and Voting Rights

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Jean-Joseph Rabéarivelo

Jean-Joseph Rabéarivelo , (born March 4, 1901, Tananarive, Madagascar—died June 22, 1937, Tananarive), Malagasy writer, one of the most important of African poets writing in French, considered to be the father of modern literature in his native

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Source: Brittanica

Jun

22

1937

Black Teenager Found Hanged in Texas Elementary School Parking Lot

According to authorities, the latest one has taken place in Harris County, Texas, as the body of a black teenager was found hanging in the parking lot of an elementary school earlier this week according to The New York Daily

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Source: The Black Chronicle

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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