Water, jobs big-ticket items in North Central Clarendon

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Jesse Jackson Jr. is a former African-American Democratic Congressman. From 1995 to 2012, he represented Illinois’s 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Moreover, his father was an eminent political figure who was a former presidential

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Source: Black History Resources

Mar

11

1965

St Kitts Opposition party files election petitions

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) Five defeated candidates of the main Opposition St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) have filed petitions in the High Court challenging the results of the June 5, 2020 General Election in the twin-island federation.

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

South Sudan rebel leader and VP tests positive for COVID-19: office

South Sudan’s first vice president, and former rebel leader Riek Machar, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said

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

Veasey, Marc (1971– )

Veasey is a lifelong resident of Fort Worth, Texas, having been born there on January 3, 1971. His parents, Joseph and Connie Veasey, divorced when he was ten, prompting Marc, his brother Ryan, and his mother to move in with his maternal grandmother. Prior to this move, the family had been

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Source: Black Past

Jan

3

1971

Guinn v. United States (1915): The Grandfather Clause

OPINION IN GUINN v. UNITED STATES

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Source: Black Past

Scott, Timothy (1965- )

U.S. Senator from South Carolina, Timothy Eugene Scott is the first black Republican elected to the Senate from the South since Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce served in that body representing Mississippi from 1876 to 1881. He is also the first Republican Senator elected since Edward Brooke represented

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Source: Black Past

Dec

17

2012

Mayne is the man ... but hold off on election

Pointing to the resurfaced main road passing through the small community of St D’Acre in St Ann South West, a cookshop vendor and her customers say Member of Parliament Zavia Mayne is deserving of a second term. But they are advising Prime...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Birmingham Mayor Woodfin joins ‘HBCU Students for Biden’ Town Hall

On Thursday, Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin joined the national Co-Chairs of “HBCU Students for Biden” to discuss Vice President Biden’s policies and to answer

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Tucker, Walter R., III (1957- )

Walter Rayford Tucker III is best known for his brief periodas a Southern California Congressman. Tucker was born in Compton,California on May 28, 1957 to awell established political family. Hisfather, Walter Tucker II, worked as a dentist and then entered politics in Compton in 1967 when hewas

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Source: Black Past

Opposition still unhappy with PM's response to Holywell issue

LEADER of the Opposition Dr Peter Phillips said yesterday that the People's National Party (PNP) of which he is president, is not satisfied with the Government's response to the issue involving the bid to lease land close to the Holywell Park in St Andrew to Cabinet minister Daryl

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

Burundi at 58: Bujumbura hosts first post-Nkurunziza celebrations | Africanews

Burundi on Wednesday (July 1) marked its 58th independence anniversary. The official ceremony in the capital Bujumbura featured colorful parades by security personnel and

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

GECOM Chair opts out of CCJ hearing | New York Carib News

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jun 29, CMC – The chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh has said she will not ‘actively participate” in the appeal filed by the two senior members of the main opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) in relation to

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Source: The New York Carib News

Mel King

In 1983 Mel King changed Boston's political history when he became the first Black mayoral candidate in the city's history to win a preliminary election and run in the general election for control of Boston City Hall. While defeated in the runoff by Ray Flynn, he gathered 30 percent of the general

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Chris Hollins Sworn in as Newly Appointed Harris County Clerk - Houston Forward Times

Chris Hollins was sworn in this past Monday, June 1st, as the newly appointed Harris The post Chris Hollins Sworn in as Newly Appointed Harris County Clerk appeared first on Houston Forward Times.

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Bio of South African Leader Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd

National Party Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination on 6 September 1966, Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd was the chief architect of Grand Apartheid, which called for the separation of races in South

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Source: ThoughtCo

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island in the West Indies, 90 mi (145 km) south of Cuba and 100 mi (161 km) west of Haiti. It is a little smaller than Connecticut. The island is made up of coastal lowlands, a limestone plateau, and the Blue Mountains, a group of volcanic hills, in the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Guyana's gov't blasts Bruce Golding's statement on election process | New York Carib News

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Guyana government has described as “exceptionally partisan” statements made by the former Jamaica prime minister, Bruce Golding, who led an Organisation of American States (OAS) observer team to the March 2 regional and general

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Source: The New York Carib News

Small farmers in St Thomas to access some 400 acres of former sugar lands

More than 400 acres of former sugar cane lands in St Thomas will be made available to small farmers in the parish for the growing of cash crops. “We are looking to move certain lands from sugar cane into crash crops. The small farmers...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Shirley Chisholm

Name at birth: Shirley Anita St. Hill

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Trinidad PM invites international observers to August 10 election - Stabroek News

(Trinidad Guardian) The Opposition has welcomed Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s move to invite both Caricom and the Commonwealth to send election observers to Trinidad and Tobago for the August 10 General

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

(1932) Angelo Herndon Addresses His Jury

Gentlemen of the Jury: I would like to explain in detail the nature of my case and the reason why I was locked up. I recall back about the middle of June 1932, when the Relief Agencies of the City of Atlanta, the County Commission and the city government as a whole, were cutting both Negro and

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Source: Black Past

Jan

16

1933

Goode, Wilson (1938- )

Best known as the first African American Mayor of Philadelphia, Woodrow Wilson Goode was born in 1938 into a family of tenant farmers near the town of Seaboard, North Carolina. Goode moved to Philadelphia with his family in

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Source: Black Past

Andrew Young

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a close confidant to

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Evans, Annie/Evanti, Lillian (1891-1967)

Lillian (Evans) Evanti, one of the first African American women to become an internationally prominent opera performer, was born in Washington D.C. in 1891. Evanti was born into a prominent Washington, D.C. family. Her father, Wilson Evans, was a medical doctor and teacher in the city. He was

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Source: Black Past

Dec

6

1967

States Reverse Openings, Require Masks Amid Virus Resurgence

By TAMARA LUSH and EMILY SCHMALL, Associated Press

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Nkrumah, Kwame

Nkrumah, Kwame kwä´mā nkro͞o´mä [key], 1909–72, African political leader, prime minister (1957–60) and president (1960–66) of Ghana. The son of a goldsmith, he was educated at mission schools in the Gold Coast (now Ghana) and became a teacher. A brilliant student, he studied (1935–45) in the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Kenya: Boundaries Delimitation to Be Concluded Post-2022 - IEBC

Nairobi — Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson Wafula Chebukati Tuesday said scheduled boundaries delimitation will begin in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Vaz stripped of land, enviro portfolio

Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ decision to strip Portland West Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz of the land, environment, and climate-change portfolio has been lauded by a leading environmentalist and public commentator. But Peter Espeut does not...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

California’s Vote-by-Mail Election Push is Both Praised and Put Down | Post News Group

If you’re a registered voter in California, expect to receive a ballot from your county elections officials in the mail for the

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Source: Post News Group | PNG

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