Two homeless after Haslington fire

(1906) W.E.B. DuBois, “Men of Niagara”

In 1906, one year after the Niagara Movement was founded, it held its second annual meeting at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. W.E.B. Du Bois, a founding member and its titular leader, gave the address below to the assembled civil rights

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Rowan, Carl T. (1925–2000)

Rowan was born August 11, 1925, in the mining town of Ravenscroft, Tennessee. When he was a baby his family moved to McMinnville, Tennessee, because his parents thought its lumberyards offered more opportunity. His father, Thomas, stacked lumber for construction, and his mother, Johnnie, cleaned

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Source: Black Past

Sep

23

2000

Hutchins, Hutchen R. (1903-1990)

Hutchen R. Hutchins, born on June 30, 1903, was part of a small but active cadre of African American Communists operating in the Pacific Northwest during the 1930s. Originally from the East Coast, Hutchins attended the Lenin School in Moscow in the late 1920s. In 1932 he was sent to Seattle by the

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Source: Black Past

Jan

28

1990

Sudan

Sudan, in northeast Africa, measures about one-fourth the size of the United States. Its neighbors are Chad and the Central African Republic on the west, Egypt and Libya on the north, Ethiopia and Eritrea on the east, and South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo on the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Joseph Lee

Joseph Lee was born in 1849 and lived most of his life in Boston, Massachusetts. Lee was very prominent in the food services industry, having begun working as a boy at a bakery. He soon began preparing, cooking and serving food, eventually opening two successful restaurants in the Boston area. In

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(2013) Ben Carson's Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast

On February 7, 2013 prominent neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson became a nationally recognized political figure when he gave a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. that was critical of President Obamas policies and particularly Obamacare when the President and First Lady Michelle

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Feb

7

2013

(1967) Martin Luther King, Jr., “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”

On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King gave his first major public address on the War in Vietnam at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City. In that address he articulated his reasons for his opposition to the

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Source: Black Past

Apr

4

1967

Africa: Powering Health Across Africa Through COVID-19 and a Changing Climate

Many health facilities across sub-Saharan Africa use diesel backup generators or do without power during

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Source: allAfrica.com

Influential Puerto Rican Activist Group the Young Lords

In late July 1969, the group staged their first action in an effort to force the City of New York to increase garbage pick-up in East

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Kenya slum demolition sparks protests amid virus restrictions

Hundreds of protesters in Kenya blocked one of Nairobi’s major highways with burning tires to protest government demolitions of the homes of more than 7,000 people and the closure of an adjacent food

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Failing to Meet State Criteria, Riverside County Seeks Waiver for Rapid Phase 2 Re-Opening | Black Voice News

Riverside County Supervisors acknowledged the need to engage with the state and neighboring counties to develop public health and safety criteria appropriate for large, diverse urban communities—Riverside is the fourth most populous county in the

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

CIOs must embrace opportunities in post-lockdown market

Security systems must always be adapted to reflect the changing business landscape with companies adhering to best

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Source: TechCentral

Kenya: Manufacturers Hard Hit as Earnings Drop

You would expect to find him bubbly and dusting his suit to attend a manufacturing industry sales party, now that the Covid-19 pandemic has taken away the cheap imports nightmare that has hurt the sector for

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Source: allAfrica.com

In Africa schools are closed but learning goes on

Globally, school closures due to COVID-19 have affected 1.29 billion students in 186 countries, which is 73.8 per cent of the world’s student population, according to the UN Education Science and Cultural Organization

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Report: Structural racism — from segregated housing to limited job opportunities — responsible for high rate of COVID-19 deaths among African Americans

Long-established elements of structural racism, from substandard housing to mass incarceration to limited job opportunities, are responsible for the disproportionate toll COVID-19 is taking on African Americans in Chicago and elsewhere, a new paper from the Chicago Urban League argues.The

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Fred Jones

Fred McKinley Jones is certainly one of the most important Black inventors ever based on the sheer number of inventions he formulated as well as their

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AiR's Latest e-book 'FEAR - False Expectations Appearing Real' Addresses the Current Crisis and Shows the way Forward

BANGALORE, KARNATAKA, INDIA, May 10, 2020 / EINPresswire.com / -- Atman in Ravi's e-book titled 'FEAR' has captured the essence of the current crisis of

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Kenya: Between the Lines

The story was about Kelvin' Ochieng', a young man who had ended up homeless on the rough streets of Nairobi after graduating with a first-class honours in actuarial

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Source: allAfrica.com

Structured Academic Debate: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois

The speeches, writings and accomplishments of Booker T. Washington’s and W.E.B. Du Bois encapsulated two very different approaches to racial advancement, race relations and education. Within their arguments are controversies that continue today: Economic Prosperity vs. Political Rights, Vocational

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Source: Black Past

Africa: The Nile That Unites Should Not Divide

Sudan on Tuesday refused to sign agreements that will enable Ethiopia to start filling the waters of its $4.6 billion Renaissance Dam from

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Source: allAfrica.com

Lewis Latimer - African American Inventor Biography

Lewis Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1848. He was the son of George and Rebecca Latimer, both of whom were escaped slaves from

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Source: ThoughtCo

Dec

10

1873

Dambudzo Marechera

Dambudzo Marechera , (born 1952, Rusape, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]—died Aug. 18, 1987, Harare, Zimbabwe), Zimbabwean novelist who won critical acclaim for his collection of stories entitled The House of Hunger (1978), a powerful account of life in his country under white

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(1855) William C. Nell, “The Triumph Of Equal School Rights In Boston”

In September 1855, the Supreme Court of Massachusetts ruled in Boston v. Roberts that a separate school could not be maintained at taxpayer expense by the city of Boston. This decision marked the first significant victory in what would be a 99 year struggle to end de jure segregation culminating in

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Granville Woods

The magnitude of an inventors work can often be defined by the esteem in which he is held by fellow inventors. If this is the case, then Granville Woods was certainly a respected inventor as he was often referred to as the “Black Thomas

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Source: Black History Resources

May

23

2013

(1857) Abraham Lincoln, “The Dred Scott Decision and Slavery,"

? The Dred Scott Decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857 was supposed to end the decades-long debate about slavery in the United States. It did just the opposite, inflaming passions particularly in the North. In the follow speech, Abraham Lincoln, then a private citizen, p

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Zimbabwe: Relief in Maphisa As Electricity Is Restored After 10-Month Blackout

This was after the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) had reported the theft of 42 spans (seven kilometres) of copper cables, plunging residents into nearly a year of total

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Family-friendly ways to rethink favorite recipes –

Add crunch to this Chinese Chicken Salad with Pecans by swapping out croutons, use chopped pecans as a flavorful and nutrient-dense coating for Pecan Chicken Meatballs and bake this Pecan Banana Bread as a nutritious and kid-friendly breakfast or snack to fill your home with a delicious

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Zimbabwe: Musarara Urges Govt to Maintain Health Centres As He Donates PPE Worth Zw$500 000

The Covid-19 pandemic is a warning to the government that public health institutions must be maintained and resourced at all times, businessman Tafadzwa Musarara has

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Collins, Barbara-Rose (1939- )

U.S. Congresswoman Barbara-Rose Collins was born in Detroit, Michigan on April 13, 1939 to Lunar N. and Vera (Jones) Richardson. Collins attended Wayne State University in Detroit. Her career began at Wayne State University where she served as business manager, worked in the Physics department, and

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Source: Black Past

Apr

13

1939

Jeter, Howard Franklin (1947- )

Howard Jeter, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana and later to Nigeria, was born in Maple Ridge, Union County, South Carolina on March 6, 1947 to James Walter Jeter, Jr. and Emma Mattocks Jeter. Howard Jeter first attended school in a one-room schoolhouse in Maple Ridge. The school had no

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Mar

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1947

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