WTA Tour returns with Palermo Open to mark new normal amid pandemic

Black Entrepreneur Frank Baker And His Wife Launch $1M Scholarship Fund For Spelman College Graduates

A year after billionaire Robert F. Smith vowed to eliminate the student loan debt for Morehouse College’s entire 2019 graduating class, other Black business leaders are following

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Source: NewsOne

Violence, arrests in New York City amid wave of protests

Thousands of activists and protesters took to the streets of New York City on Friday to speak out against police brutality and to show solidarity with George Floyd, the Minneapolis man choked to death earlier this

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

‘We must save lives now!’: Congresswoman leading charge for more COVID-19 testing

HOUSTON – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has always been a hands-on leader for the people of Houston, but these days, she can be seen front and center at community events and press conferences, leading the charge in demanding more testing in the fight against

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Ethiopia Invaded by Italy

Ethiopia, one of the only two independent African nations at the time, was invaded on October 3,1935 by Facist Italy under Benito Mussolini. The Italians, seeking revenge for their prior

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1935

Poor and black, north-east Brazil faces virus 'hurricane'

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil's north-east, a harsh place of arid land, cyclical drought, and crushing poverty, is emerging as the next crisis zone in the novel coronavirus

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

Mpilo Hospital bans visitors

MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo has imposed an indefinite ban on patients’ visits after recording four COVID-19 cases in a single day early this

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

After restocking, sports bar owner learns not allowed to reopen

SOME sports bar owners who have been excluded by the Government in its controlled reopening of bars say they are equipped to follow the established

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

Angola police accused of shooting dead union official

An Angolan trade union on Tuesday accused the police of shooting dead one of their senior officials and his neighbour in front of his home in the

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Source: https://www.news24.com

M3 honors Milwaukee Public Schools seniors graduating with early college credit

The latest class of Milwaukee Public Schools high school seniors to complete the M3 early college program was honored with a virtual ceremony, capping a year of growth for the trailblazing partnership involving Milwaukee’s three largest public education

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Businessman Frank Baker pays off tuition of Spelman College graduates

Frank Baker, the founder and managing partner of Siris, a leading private equity firm in technology and telecommunications that’s raised nearly $6.0 billion in capital, announced he is paying the tuition balances of about 50 seniors who are graduating from

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

Nigeria coronavirus: 10,819 cases; mass infection of health workers

Confirmed cases = 10,819

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

Locust swarm devours crops in Kenya as millions face hunger

A swarm of desert locusts following a poor harvest season has added to fears about a lack of food for millions in Kenya, as the country grapples with the effects of

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Wilt The Stilt

On this day in 1962, Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single basketball game-a professional record that still stands today. He sunk 36 field goals and 28 foul shots. Chamberlain, who played for the Philadelphia Warriors and 76ers and then the Los Angeles Lakers, was the best scorer

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Mar

2

1962

AMHVoices: Escalating Zim water crisis: A call for action

COMMUNITY Water Alliance has been observing and assessing water delivery within local

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Crenshaw Farmers’ Market resumes operation

BALDWIN HILLS — Business was back to normal at the Crenshaw Farmers’ Market May

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Source: Homepage -

United Way, BET donate $1 million to local Black organizations

United Way of Greater Los Angeles has partnered with the NAACP and Black Entertainment Television to grant more than $1 million towards rental assistance, food, health, and student learning support in L.A.’s Black

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US$1m COVID-19 tender scam deepens

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son, Collins, yesterday distanced himself from Delish Nguwaya, whose firm Drax International was recently controversially awarded a US$1 million contract to supply COVID-19 equipment without going to

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Tanzania coronavirus: US embassy issues alert, risk of contraction 'high'

Health Alert: U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam

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

Councilmember Helena Moreno Announces $22M of Direct Entergy Bill Assistance for New Orleanians Facing Job Loss

NEW ORLEANS- On (May 21, 2020) Council Utilities Chair Helena Moreno announced she and her colleagues will be directing Entergy New Orleans to provide $22M of Direct Bill Assistance to residential

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

First phase of drain, gully cleaning starts in two weeks

MINISTER of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says the island's municipal corporations will be rolling out the first phase of their disaster risk mitigation programme in two weeks, for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins on June

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

OP ED: America Should Embrace Prison Returnees to Our Communities | Dallas Weekly

That tension between theory and policy is, sadly, beginning to emerge yet again in Washington, DC, where some community advocates have raised objections to plans for a new residential re-entry center that would provide temporary housing, job and skills training, substance-abuse counseling and other

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Atlanta Students Being Tazed And Dragged Out Of Their Car Is Causing Outrage On The Internet

After protests began in Minneapolis, the city where Floyd was killed, they began happening in other cities that have seen injustice like New York City, Los Angeles, Oakland, Atlanta and

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Source: MadameNoire

Shirley optimistic about Dolla Financial's purpose

It may even seem like a minor job for the elder statesman of finance, former executive director of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission, and top executive of leading Jamaica financial institution, National Commercial Bank for 35 years, yet it is anything but

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

Brett J. Hart Makes History By Becoming United Airlines’ First Black President

For the first time in United Airlines’ 94-year history, an African American will sit at the helm of the

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Caver, Vivian Leona (1928 - )

Vivian Leona Caver is a civil rights activist in Seattle, Washington. She directed the Seattle Human Rights Commission between 1975 and 1981, and served briefly in the Washington State Legislature in 1994. Caver was born Vivian Leona Mead in 1928, in Jackson, Tennessee. Her mother Christine was

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Source: Black Past

Vaz shifted... Removed from land portfolio, given water and housing

In a statement Wednesday afternoon, Jamaica House said Prime Minister Andrew Holness has instead assigned him responsibility for the water and housing

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Astros owner wants fans in Minute Maid Park to make up for revenue loss

Astros owner Jim Crane has an idea of how his season will go and to some it strikes a tone-deaf chord Wednesday when the billionaire told reporters that he will need to allow fans to attend games at Minute Maid Park during this coronavirus pandemic in order to offset revenue losses for the 2020

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Time to demilitarise Zim politics for the good of Jews, Gentiles

Show me a democratic and thriving citizenry and in return I will introduce you to positive functionalities of

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

(1966) Robert F. Kennedy, “Day of Affirmation Address"

On June 7, 1966, New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy became one of the first major American politicians to take a public stand against South African Apartheid when he delivered an address to the National Union of South African Students in New York City. His address appears

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Source: Black Past

Jun

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First round of applications to open for business recovery grants | The Crusader Newspaper Group

$85 million available for small businesses impacted by COVID-19, civil unrest

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

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