Morocco: Covid-19 - Over 13,000 Cases Among Students and Educational Staff

A Holistic Approach to Address COVID-19 Learning Loss | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle

By Andrew Stein With the school year now underway, students, families, and schools continue to navigate the unique challenges brought on by the pandemic, such as the use of new technology, lack of social connections with peers, and the challenges parents face balancing their work demands with

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2016 repeat? Trump revives Clinton playbook to battle Biden

And it kicked into overdrive last week when Trump seized upon revelations that Biden was informed of the investigation of ties between Russia and Michael Flynn, a senior Trump official, as evidence of a plot to undermine a presidency before it

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Poll finds strong support merging Independence, Emancipation day holidays

JUST over 60 per cent of Jamaicans surveyed support a proposal for Emancipation Day and Independence Day holidays to be merged and celebrated on the first Friday in August followed by the Monday, thereby creating a long holiday weekend, a poll commissioned by the Ministry of

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(1898) Alexander Crummell, “The Attitude of the American Mind Toward the Negro Intellect,”

? Alexander Crummells remarkable career spanned much of the 19th Century. Before the Civil War Crummell had established his credentials as an abolitionist, educator and lecturer in England as well as the United States. In the 1850s he was a member of the faculty of Liberia College. After the war

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Dec

28

1897

“We Still Have Your Back” Brings Communities Together – Voice and Viewpoint

By Barbara Smith

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Spingarn Medal: Robert C. Weaver

Robert C. Weaver, economist and government official was awarded Spingarn Medal for his leadership in the movement for open housing.

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Nov

20

1962

Olympic Gold Medalist Ashton Eaton Champions Nike’s Commitment to Preparing Students for Future Success

NIKE, Inc. announces $1.5 million in grants from the Nike School Innovation Fund (NSIF) with the support of two-time Olympic Medalist and Nike athlete Ashton Eaton. Recently retired from sport, Ashton has turned his focus to lending his voice to elevate the efforts of NSIF and champion Oregon

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She Represents: Dr. Candice Dawson | Dallas Weekly

Dr. Candice Dawson and along with the original Prideful Kids, Caylee and Donovan, began an educational toy company in February

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Angola: Minister Warns Against Fake Covid-19 Vaccines

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan Health minister Silvia Lutucuta, Monday warned the population to remain alert against fake Covid-19 vaccines in the country.

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South African English - Definition and Examples

According to the results of the 2011 census . . ., English is the fourth most widely spoken mother tongue [in South Africa] behind isiZulu, isiXhosa and

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McKinney, Louise Jones (1930–2012)

Louise McKinney (née Jones) was an African-American educator, human rights advocate, philanthropist, business woman, community activist, and patron of the arts. She was a long-established galvanizing force of civic life in Seattle and in the State of

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Governor Arlindo da Costa Chilundo, Lichinga, Mozambique

Arlindo da Costa Gonçalo Mazungane Chilundo, born in 1962 in Quissico-Zavala, Inhambane Province, Mozambique, is currently the Governor of Niassa Province, Mozambique. He served as Deputy Minister of Education, responding for Higher Education, in the period between 2010 and

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Black moms like me will not be patient with Pittsburgh Public Schools. We need to demand more.

As a Black mom raising a daughter with a disability, I’ve seen first hand how the inequities in our public school system are a matter of life or

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United Negro College Fund (1944– )

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) was founded on April 25, 1944 by Frederick Patterson, President of the Tuskegee Institute, and Mary McLeod Bethune, an advisor to the Franklin Roosevelt Administration, to provide a steady, consistent stream of funding to 27 financially struggling small

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Apr

25

1944

Ahmed Zewail - Nobel Laureate in Chemistry - 1999

Affiliation at the time of the award: California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA Prize motivation: "for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy" Ahmed Zewail was born in Damanhur, Egypt, and grew up in

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Malawi Govt Bails Out Students Stranded Abroad Due to COVID-19 Lockdown

Government has swiftly come to the rescue of 300 students abroad who were caught in Covid-19 lockdown in various

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Tourism, horticulture drop widens current deficit 6.2pc

FILE PHOTO | NMG

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INTERVIEW: ‘I nip women to perfection’

A mother of a four-year-old daughter, she has a Master's degree in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and founded Allora Medical Practice, a private

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Source: Business Daily

US faces severe economic downturn

The world's biggest economy faces a severe downtown but will not suffer another Great Depression, US Fed chief Jerome Powell said on Sunday, as three hardest-hit countries in Europe reported low death tolls and lockdowns

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Obama criticises leaders over Covid-19 response

Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday criticised the response to the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging America, in what was widely regarded as a rare public rebuke of his successor Donald

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Source: The East African

Nigeria: Report Predicts U.S.$17 Billion Decline in Nigerian Oil Revenue

Nigeria's oil revenue is likely to decline by between 70 per cent and 80 per cent this year, representing between $15 billion and $17 billion, the Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited and a member of President Muhammadu Buhari's Economic Advisory Council, Mr. Bismarck

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Running for President: George Edwin Taylor, 1904

In the article below Bruce Mouser, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, discusses his new book, For Labor, Race, and Liberty: George Edwin Taylor, His Historic Run for the White House, and the Making of Independent Black Politics which describes his efforts to chronicle the

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U.S. Black Population

United States Population: 150,697,361. Black population: 15,042,286 (10 per cent).

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Jan

3

1947

Covid-19 likely to undo HIV/Aids gains

Before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, Ms Atieno, who lives in Nyalenda slums in Kisumu County, could easily access her antiretroviral therapy drugs

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Gripped by COVID-19 US employers cut back on hiring

WASHINGTON (AP) - With the viral pandemic accelerating across the country, America's employers sharply scaled back their hiring last month, adding 245,000 jobs, the fewest since April and the fifth straight monthly slowdown.

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Philander Smith College [Little Rock] (1877-- )

Philander Smith is a private liberal arts college in Little Rock, Arkansas and is known as a Historically black college/university (HBCU). Established originally as Walden Seminary in 1877 by the United Methodist Church, the school was named after the first Freedmen’s society

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Howard University

Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university (HBCU) in Washington, D.C. It is recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with high research activity and is accredited by the Middle States

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Mar

2

1867

Nigeria

The Federal Republic of Nigeria /n aɪ ˈ dʒ ɪər i ə/ ( listen), commonly referred to as Nigeria, is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. It

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Covid-19 could infect more than 200m in Africa

Authors of the research, published Friday in the journal BMJ Global Health, predicted a lower infection rate than in other parts of the world like Europe and the US, with fewer severe cases and

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Texas Southern University (1947- )

Texas Southern University, a state-supported institution of higher learning located just southeast of downtown Houston, was established on March 3, 1947 when the Fiftieth Texas State Legislature passed a bill establishing a Negro University with a law school to be located in Houston. This bill

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