TSU Board of Regents Considers Naming New Campus Library After Rudley

Black Businesses Re-Open With Anxiety, Caution And New Health Guidelines

Last week, businesses in King County like beauty shops, barber shops and restaurants were allowed to re-open under certain guidelines issued by the Washington State Department of Health and Gov. Jay Inslee in order to help control the spread of COVID-19 in a hybrid phase of re-opening the

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My God: Pusha T And Virginia Williams Welcome Their First Child

Source: Day Three of Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park, London on Sunday 9th July 2017 (Photos by Ian Bines/WENN) Featuring: pusha t Where: London, United Kingdom When: 09 Jul 2017 Credit: WENN.com Uploaded By Godspeed

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Nigeria coronavirus: 13,464 cases; record 663 new cases; Kaduna 'reopens'

Doctor strike information by BBC Africa LIVE page

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Being black is not a crime

What I learned in my stint as a television news reporter was this: Television news is one of the most racist industries out

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Barbara Jordan

Barbara Jordan (21 Feb 1936 – 17 Jan 1996) was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement and an American politician. She was not just a democrat but the first African-American, man or woman, to be elected post Reconstruction to the Texas Senate. On her death, Jordan became the first African-American

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History of African Americans in Texas

African Americans formed a unique ethnic identity in Texas while facing the problems of societal and institutional discrimination as well as colorism for many years. The first person of African heritage to arrive in Texas was Estevanico, who came to Texas in

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SPLC Announces $30 Million To Help Register Southern Voters Of Color

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

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The African Knee On African Americans, By SKC Ogbonnia

The gruesome murder of George Floyd, an African American, while handcuffed and pinned to the ground by the knee of Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, has provoked deeper implications for the systemic racial injustice in the United States of

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Paige, Roderick Raynor (1933- )

Roderick Raynor Paige, the first African American and the first school superintendent to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Education, was born on June 17, 1933 in Monticello, Mississippi. The eldest of five children, Paige was born to his mother Sophie, a librarian, and father, Raynor

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Shepherd Manson B. Johnson II: Teacher and Community Leader Who Lived His Mantra “Stay on Top” Succumbed to COVID-19

Shepherd Dr. Manson B. Johnson II, the dynamic leader and teacher of Holman Street Baptist Church in Houston’s Third Ward, died on May 31, 2020 from complications of

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Zimbabwean Farmers Get Tech Savvy to Stay in Business – Voice and Viewpoint

HARARE, Zimbabwe—Quickfresh co-founder Rumbidzai Mbambo makes daily runs supplying fresh produce to her growing list of

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AMBOKO: Exploring the trade-off in Kenya’s mining sector

Exploring the trade-off in Kenya’s mining sector

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Munich’s annual Oktoberfest canceled for first time since World War II

Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter would have opened the annual Oktoberfest festivities by tapping the first keg and passing the first glass of beer to Bavarian State Premier Markus Söder, as tradition

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Somalia: Opposition Leaders Warn of Plot to Postpone Elections

Leading opposition figures Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud have warned President Farmajo of dire consequences should he postpone the

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University Of Virginia Changes Athletics Logo Due To Reference To Slavery

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Social Justice

This weekend took me back to December 2015, when my former student, Quintonio LeGrier, was killed on his front porch by a Chicago Police Officer who stated he reacted out of

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Weekly food distribution resumes at Power Center in SW Houston

HOUSTON – Beginning Thursday, June l8, The Food Bank, in partnership with The Windsor Church Family and the City of Houston, will resume distribution of fresh produce and dry goods to families facing challenges due to the ongoing COVID-19

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History of Juneteenth, African American struggle addressed by Charleston cultural groups

It is unclear what caused the delay in getting the news to Texas, but it is widely thought that members of this large group were the last to be granted their freedom after the Civil War, hence the commemoration of June 19 as a milestone and day of jubilation called

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Source: postandcourier.com | Post and Courier | Charleston, SC. Local News, Sports and Weather

Twin Cities Area Police Forces Loaded Up On War Surplus Under President Trump

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Baquet, Charles R., III (1941- )

Ambassador Charles R. Baquet III was born December 24, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended public schools in the city and in 1963 he earned his B.A. in history from Xavier University in New Orleans. In 1975, he earned his M.A. in public administration from the Maxwell School of Government

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President Bio receives 2018 public procurement assessment report

Yesterday, Chief Executive Officer of the National Public Procurement Authority (NPPA) – Ibrahim Brima Swaray, presented his 2018 Public Procurement Assessment Report to President Dr Julius Maada Bio, which outlines details of procurement spending by government departments and agencies under the

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Initial Findings Disputed In Probes Into California Hanging Deaths

When two black men were found dead hanging from trees in California, authorities first called them

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Source: Stories About Black History

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950)

Appellant, a Negro citizen of Oklahoma possessing a masters degree, was admitted to the Graduate School of the state-supported University of Oklahoma as a candidate for a doctorate in education and was permitted to use the same classroom, library and cafeteria as white students. Pursuant to

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Thousands Protest For Black Trans Lives Amid Continued Fights For LGBTQ Rights

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‘Cobra’ released after serving sentence for 2010 pharmacy killing

Tyrone Rowe called ‘Cobra’ was yesterday released from prison after completing his sentence for the 2010 killing of Troy Collymore, who he shot after a robbery at a Plaisance, East Coast

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Somalia: Mogadishu Is Biggest Challenge to Our Recognition - Somaliland Leader

Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi says authorities in Mogadishu pose the biggest challenge for the autonomous region’s fight for recognition as an independent state, 29 years after the region broke away from Somalia after the overthrow of military ruler Siad

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Botswana coronavirus: Gaborone lockdown lifted, schools to reopen

Total confirmed cases = 60

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Telfair Museums Announces Reopening Plan

Telfair Museums in downtown Savannah will be reopening its three sites—the Telfair Academy, the Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters, and the Jepson Center for the Arts— beginning Friday, June

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Source: The Savannah Tribune

Somalia: Will Farmajo and Khaire Remain United Ahead of Upcoming Polls?

The incumbent administration led by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed 'Farmajo's has taken a bold move to register a new political party that will enable the team to run for

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