7de Laan: what is happening Monday, 29 June 2020

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Source: theGrio

John Cheatham: One of Minneapolis’ First African-American Firefighters

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Source: Black Then

Statements from Atlanta City Council Members on the passing of John Sweet

ATLANTA — Several members of the Atlanta City Council have issued statements following the passing of John

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

GCHS gets military-grade medical tent for COVID-19 patients

“Service you can always depend on,” New /Used Tires * Oil Changes * Tire Repair * Balance /Rotation 207 Boligee Street- Eutaw, Al 372-5444 Hours

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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper

10 Denver Rappers You Need to Know

Unlike anything else in the Denver scene, the BLKHRTS make dark, raw hip-hop inspired by goth, punk and industrial rock. But it’s far from any type of rock rap. It’s too street for that label. The trio, consisting of Denver emcees Yonnas, King FOE and Karma tha Voice, have been consistently pushing

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Source: ThoughtCo

Never forgotten | The True Citizen

Though the community was not able to observe Memorial Day with the usual ceremony due to the current coronavirus pandemic, traditions still held strong here in Burke County. Members of the American Legion Post 120 were up early Friday morning planting white crosses along Liberty Street to honor

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Source: The True Citizen

Amid pain, Coke loyalty lingers

The ear-splitting sounds of mortars and the haunting memories of blood-soaked bodies are fresh in the mind of long-time Tivoli Gardens resident Jacqueline

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

GWYNN

Wake will be held: Saturday, June 6, 2020; 10:00 a.m. @ Taylor Funeral Home Ltd.,63 E. 79th Street, Chicago, IL.; Interment: Washington Memorial Gardens; Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th. Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome.com.

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Source: Chicago Defender

BLACK NAMED CHIEF SWEEPER

COLUMBUS, OHIO,--a BLACK MAN, Mr. Everette Spurlock, has been named superintendent of this citys street cleaning department. The negroe community is overjoyed that the city has finally recognized the dependability of its colored

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Mar

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1910

Arrests in DC as activists take to the streets to support Minneapolis protesters

Multiple arrests occurred as hundreds of activists marched throughout Washington D.C. for George Floyd and his supporters Friday

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

The Church of St. Mark, Brooklyn, New York (1838- )

The Church of St. Mark in Brooklyn, New York was originally established by a group of black Episcopalians in 1838. The next year, Dr. Samuel M. Haskins was asked to be rector (pastor), the role he would maintain for 60 years. By April 1841 the congregation completed a Gothic style edifice in

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Source: Black Past

Four, including teen, charged with murder

The police, last week, charged at least four males, including a teenager, with murder in relation to separate

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Street Sweeper invented

C.B. Brook invented the street sweeper.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

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1896

Young, Cecil (c. 1920-c. 1975)

Pianist Cecil Youngs quartet exploded onto the Seattle jazz scene in 1950, introducing the rhythmic fire of bebop to an eager new audience. His quartets debut record was immediately successful, and Young, known for his devilish sense of humor as well as his immense musical talents, rose to great

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Source: Black Past

Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth

Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth, 1917–2000, American poet, b. Topeka, Kans. She grew up in the slums of Chicago and lived in that city until her death. Brookss poems, technically accomplished and written in a variety of forms including quatrains, free verse, ballads, and sonnets, deal with the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Zimbabwe: Mutare City Embarks On Road Rehabilitation Program

Mutare City Council, which has embarked on a road rehabilitation exercise, completes refurbishment of a kilometer stretch of First Street for a whooping

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Source: allAfrica.com

William E. Kennard

William E. Kennard served as United States Ambassador to the European Union from 2009 to 2013. In this role, Kennard worked to promote transatlantic trade and investment and to eliminate regulatory barriers to commerce. Currently, Kennard is Chairman and Co-Founder of Velocitas Partners, LLC, an

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Source: Savoy Network

Famous Restaurants

Small lunchrooms and restaurants were plentiful during the early 1900s in Boston's Black neighborhoods. One was the Southern Dining Room operated by Thomas E. Lucas, who advertised his place as 'cool, clean and commodious. . . . . Good food and prompt attentive service have made this a most

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Fire Station 30, Los Angeles Fire Department (1924-1955)

Fire station #30, the first fire station manned by African Americans in the West, was established in 1924. Although the station was created in 1924, African Americans had been serving as firefighters in Los Angeles, California for decades, with Sam Haskins becoming the first Los Angeles fireman of

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Source: Black Past

Black Panther Leaders Killed

Two Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark - killed in Chicago police raid. Civil rights leaders said the two men were murdered in their

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

4

1969

Baldwin, James

Baldwin, James, 1924–87, American author, b. New York City. He spent an impoverished boyhood in Harlem, became a Pentecostal preacher at 14, and left the church three years later. He moved to Paris in 1947 and his first two novels, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), reflecting his experience as

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Volkswagen Admits Car Ad Racist, Apologizes

Volkswagen Admits Car Ad Racist, (Reuters) – Volkswagen withdrew on Wednesday an advert posted on its official Instagram page for its Golf cars that it admitted was racist and insulting, saying it would investigate how it came about and draw

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Investor or worker? America's unequal reality

The ugly truth, however, is that unless you’re part of the wealthy elite who benefits from the success of the markets, this rally will have little to no bearing on the day-to-day economic reality for you – and the media would do well to remember

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Old Footage Of White Cops Harassing Ahmaud Arbery Surfaces

Source: Sean Rayford / Getty

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Source: Black America Web

Wheat Street Baptist Church [Atlanta] (1869- )

Along with its neighbors Ebenezer Baptist and Big Bethel AME, Wheat Street Baptist Church has been a major contributor to the social, economic, and cultural fabric of Atlanta, Georgia, particularly within its African American

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Source: Black Past

L.A. Police Face More Mass Demonstrations After Friday's Violence

Police were out in force across Los Angeles today, trying to hold the peace amid multiple protests tied to the police killing

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Inquest over Negro Killing

An inquest was held by Justice of the Peace T.M. Richards on September 24, 1928 over the killing of :Coote Simpsons, Negro, Twenty-second street, who was killed by the rifle of a Florida National Guardsman on special detail duty at noon on September 23, 1928 for refusing to leave his bicycle and go

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

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1999

Baldwin, James (1924-1987)

James Arthur Baldwin, fiction writer, essayist, dramatist, and poet, was born on August 2, 1924 in Harlem, New York during the Harlem Renaissance. After graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx in 1942, he began his formal career as a writer. Baldwin was inspired by Richard

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Source: Black Past

Aug

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1924

Denzel Washington Helps Homeless Man Walking In Los Angeles Traffic

The incident, captured on video, shows Washington, who’s wearing a face mask, assisting the man, who wore a light blue hoodie but didn’t have a protective face

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

Robert Edward Chambliss, a former KKK member is convicted of first degree murder

Robert Edward Chambliss, a former KKK member is convicted of first degree murder in connection with the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., that killed four African teenage women.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

18

1977

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