SCIAC cancels all fall and winter sports for 2020-21 because of COVID-19 concerns

Covid-19: Schools in Kenya to remain closed until 2021 | News24

Kenya has declared that its school year was considered lost because of the coronavirus pandemic, and primary and secondary pupils would return to class next January.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Governor Whitmer Talks Reopening the State, Police Reform and More at Pancakes & Politics Forum II

Forum II returns with a very pointed discussion with Governor Gretchen Whitmer as she grapples with re-opening the state of Michigan while managing and mitigating the impact of COVID-19, race relations, police reform and

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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media

Weinstein reaches tentative $19M deal with accusers : TheGrio

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein and his former studio’s board have reached a nearly $19 million settlement with dozens of his sexual misconduct accusers, New York state’s attorney general and lawyers in a class-action lawsuit said Tuesday. The agreement was announced by New York Attorney General

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Source: theGrio

More than 1,500 Texas troopers sent | Dallas Weekly

More than 1,500 Texas state troopers were sent Saturday to various cities by Gov. Greg Abbott to help control protests over the death of Houston native George Floyd in Minneapolis police

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Source: Dallas Weekly

DeKalb Schools set to present plan for reopening schools in the fall

The DeKalb County School District will continue preparing its road map for bringing students and teachers back to classrooms for the upcoming school year, district officials said after state officials announced guidance for K-12 school

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

Thousands of Grade 8s could be stranded in 2021 due to over-subscribed Cape Town high schools

Thousands of Cape Town parents are battling to get their children into a public high school next

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Privacy Bill: Kobe Bryant’s Death Inspired Moves Forward

By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

WaterTower Theatre Announces Updates to Summer 2020 Programming | Dallas Weekly

WaterTower Theatre announced that it will round out its 2019-20 season with video on demand filmed presentations of I Am My Own Wife this July and a star-studded concert event in

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Back to school plans change: Five things you can expect to happen next

So, the government's 'back to school' operation is temporarily on the scrapheap. Here's what you need to know about returning grades and new approaches.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Perry’s Studio Moves Toward Reopening While Industry Waits | Afro

But while Perry is looking to restart production in July, other studios in Georgia and beyond are anxiously waiting for Hollywood’s green

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

South Africa schools to re-open on June 1

South Africa’s schools will re-open on June 1, even though many are not equipped to do so without high risk of new Covid-19

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Compton Pastor Vows to Reopen Church When Holy Spirit Directs Him

Compton Pastor Ron C. Hill says he’ll be guided by the Holy Spirit on when to reopen his church, not by California’s governor, who ordered churches to close in March as part of the state’s stay-at-home COVID-19

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Inglewood parents rally to save school from closing

INGLEWOOD — Parents are rallying to save Warren Lane Elementary School in Morningside Park, after learning the Inglewood Unified School District’s school board passed a resolution on June 12 to close the school because of declining enrollment and budget

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Churchgoers Practice Digital Faith during COVID-19

“Positivity is key,” said Bishop Darryl S. Brister, the Senior Pastor of the Beacon Light International Baptist Cathedral in

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

Quality and quantity of votes cast on March 2, 2020 have already passed the validity test

It is utterly disgusting to have read the words of caretaker President Granger as per news release, “The incumbent APNU+AFC continues to insist that the elections be decided not just on quantity of votes cast but on the quality of those

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Metro Transit suspends all bus, light rail service through the weekend

Citing safety concerns, Metro Transit has suspended all bus and light rail service through the weekend, with the exception of METRO Blue Line airport shuttle

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Facebook awards Black Press of America publishers $1.3 million in relief grants

Facebook has announced that 15 member publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) will receive $1.288 million in grants through the Facebook Journalism Project’s relief fund for local

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

GG rejects racist emblem

The campaign of the Black Lives Matter movement against racism reverberated in King's House yesterday as Governor General Sir Patrick Allen accepted as “offensive” a racist image on a British badge he is forced to wear on his breast on official

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

School Principal Tells Black Teen She Can't Graduate Because of Her Braids

Gladewater, TX — Kienjanae “KJ” Hooper, an 18-year old high school senior from Texas, says she was heartbroken when the principal at her school told her she was not allowed to march and graduate at the in-person ceremony unless she removes or covers her

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Source: http://www.blacknews.com

Livingstone College [Salisbury] (1879-- )

Livingstone College is a private, four-year coeducational historically black liberal arts university located in Salisbury, North Carolina. The large, urban campus is located about 40 miles northeast of Charlotte, North

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B.L.U.E.-G.R.E.E.N. Academy board of directors votes to relinquish charter - WS Chronicle

Winston-Salem’s newest public charter school, B.L.U.E. – G.R.E.E.N. Academy, announced to current parents on Friday, that it will not reopen in the fall at 3683-B Old Lexington Rd. The school will close and relinquish the charter on June 30, the last day of the fiscal

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Source: https://wschronicle.com

SCCPSS Board and Superintendent To Hold Workshop: The Road Ahead Videoconference

The Board of Education will hold a Special Called Workshop by Videoconference on Thursday, May

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Source: The Savannah Tribune

Why Amy Cooper’s Use of ‘African-American’ Stung

In the video Mr. Cooper recorded, after Ms. Cooper refused to follow park rules and leash her dog, he asked her to keep her

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Source: Unpublished Black History

Man runs 218 miles to virus-stricken grandma

SCRANTON, United States (AP) — Endurance athlete Corey Cappelloni once ran six days through the Sahara Desert in what's considered the most grueling foot race on

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

Black Banks Land $10 Million In Grants From Morgan Stanley

Two black banks—Industrial Bank and Citizens Trust Bank—have each received $5 million in grants from financial services giant Morgan

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Chick-Fil-A to Donate $5 Million To African American Non-Profits

Chick-Fil-A to Donate $5 Million To African American will quadruple the amount it will donate through its True Inspiration Awards with the funds going to African American

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Despite Guv's OK, Stylist Fears Reopening

She’s plenty eager to resume offering her loyal customers hair extensions and her trademark short cuts, the ones that for 25 years have caused New Haveners to remark, “Oh — Samantha cut your

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Source: New Haven Independent - It's Your Town. Read All About It.

Government urged to consider total shutdown of schools

More learners will return to the classroom on Monday, as government continues its phased reopening of schools.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Reality Star Spent $2 Million Coronavirus Loan On Jewelry and Rolls Royce

A reality TV star in Atlanta has spent $85,000 of the $2 million emergency Coronavirus loan issued by the federal government on jewelry, authorities said on

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Source: Your Black World

Kenya: KAA - Passenger Flights Won't Resume Soon at JKIA

The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has denied that it plans to resume passenger flight operations at the Jomo Kenyatta International

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Source: allAfrica.com

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