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Africa: Covid-19 Vaccine - Wealthy Countries Must Not Hoard Supplies
Press Release - Deals already signed suggest people in low-income countries will be excluded from Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
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Changing the narrative: Leanne Pero on ensuring black people with cancer are seen and heard - Voice Online
BREAST CANCER Now has reported that almost 50 per cent of women still do not... The post Changing the narrative: Leanne Pero on ensuring black people with cancer are seen and heard appeared first on Voice Online.
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Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C. J. Walker was born on December 23, 1867 in Delta, Louisiana, the daughter of Owen and Minerva Breedlove. Her parents were former slaves working as sharecroppers and both died when Sarah was a child. As a result, Sarah was forced to move from one household to another. At age seven, she
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King County Colored Republican Club (1915-1945)
At the beginning of the 20th Century most African American voters in Seattle were Republican. Despite their loyalty to the GOP, many of these black Republicans claimed the Party would not address the needs of African-Americans. The King County Colored Republican Club (KCCRC) was founded in 1915 to
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Feds Say Future COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Available at No Charge
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said it’s taking steps to ensure all U.S. citizens, including the nation’s seniors, have access to a COVID-19 vaccine at no cost when it becomes available.
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a former slave and human rights activist, as well as the first African American to hold a high ranking U.S. government position. He was born into slavery; the exact date of his birth is not known but it is estimated to be around 1818. He was raised by his maternal
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Meet the Land King, a multi-million pound property mogul - Voice Online
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Max Robinson
The first Black network anchor, Max Robinson, who joined ABCs World News Tonight died on this day of complication from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), in Washington, DC.
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Will the Black Community Get Shut out From COVID Vaccination? - Black News Channel
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The first wave of coronavirus vaccines should reach the public this week, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommending that all adults receive the vaccination in 2021. While the CDC said there
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2nd virus vaccine shows overwhelming success in U.S. tests - Black News Channel
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Moderna said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine is proving to be highly effective in a major trial, a second dash of hope in the global race for a shot to tame a resurgent virus that is now killing more than 8,000 people a day worldwide. The company said its vaccine
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Here are the five most influential Black people in the UK right now - Face2Face Africa
Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has been named as the most influential Black person in Britain by The Powerlist 2021, the annual list of the most powerful people of African, African Caribbean and African American heritage in the UK. The 35-year-old made history last weekend
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Obama, Bush, Clinton Say They're Willing To Get Coronavirus Vaccine On Camera - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Coronavirus live updates: US surgeon general urges Americans to get flu shot
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Giving Tuesday: Contrary To Popular Belief, Black Folks Have Been Philanthropists ‘Since The Beginning Of Time’
African Americans are the most generous philanthropists, statistics show.
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Toronto Cop Gets Light Prison Sentence After He And Brother Assault Black Man, Leave Him Partially Blind - Blavity
Dafonte Miller is not blind in one eye after officer Michael Theriault attacked him in 2016.
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Merriwether, Raymond (1924–2011)
Raymond (Ray) Merriwether, prominent Seattle, Washington African American architect, real estate developer, and newspaper owner, was born in Taylor, Texas on June 19, 1924 to Colie and Annie Merriwether.  After graduating from high school Merriwether attended barber school and served a short time
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2011
COVID-19 trials protect human rights -
It is critical to the success of the study to have Black participants involved to ensure the effectiveness and relevance of the vaccine to our community. Source
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Mobo founder introduces innovative platform for black talent - Voice Online
THE FOUNDER of the MOBO Awards Kanya King CBE has today introduced a new platform... The post Mobo founder introduces innovative platform for black talent appeared first on Voice Online.
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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System
In the following article Professor Malik Simba, an historian at California State University, Fresno describes his professional and personal odyssey that led to the writing of his book, Black Marxism and American Constitutionalism: From the Colonial Background through the Ascendancy of Barack Obama
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Somalia: President Farmaajo Holds Telephone Talk With Qatari Amir
[Dalsan Radio] Somalia's president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Farmaajo) held a telephone conversation with Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Sunday evening.
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Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar (1823-1915)
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 17, 1823, Mifflin Wistar Gibbs apprenticed as a carpenter. By his early 20s he was an activist in the abolition movement, sharing platforms with Frederick Douglass and helping in the Underground Railroad. Black intellectual ferment of the era gave him
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1823
Health Professionals Hope to Gain African Americans' Trust Concerning COVID-19 Vaccine - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… a recent study many African Americans are wary about signing … 19 vaccine however, one African American man has decided to join … a major reason why African Americans lack trust in the … has exceeded its number of African American and Hispanic participants for …
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Chicago mayor says there's 'reluctance' about vaccine in Black community : TheGrio
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has acknowledged the reluctance within the Black community to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Speaking to MSNBC's... View Article The post Chicago mayor says there's 'reluctance' about vaccine in Black community appeared first on TheGrio.
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Earl Whaley Band
Earl Whaley was an alto-saxophone player and bandleader from the San Francisco Bay Area. He moved to Seattle and led one of the first swing bands on the West Coast, The Red Hot Syncopators, who started performing successfully around Seattle at the Broadway and Finnish Halls in 1932. The band never
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SA did not 'miss Covid-19 vaccine payment deadline', Mboweni confirms
Tito Mboweni dismissed claims that SA missed the payment deadline to the COVAX facility for a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Hemphill, Essex (1957-1995)
Brash, bold, provocative, and edgy. These are just some of the many words that were used to describe the poet and performer Essex Hemphill who was known for his outspoken, direct, and often confrontational poems and articles. Hemphill was also unapologetic about his open homosexuality. The oldest
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1995
Beatty Elected Congressional Black Caucus Chair | The Savannah Tribune
U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) was elected the 27th Chair of the powerful Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) today. Immediately following the vote, she said: “It is the honor of a lifetime to be voted by my peers to lead the Congressional Black Caucus in the 117th Congress. Right now, our
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State’s Top Doc Burke-Harris to Lead Advisory Team as African Americans Raise COVID-19 Vaccine Concerns - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… and echoed by skeptical African Americans across the country. … vaccines and verified that African Americans are included in … pandemic in California’s African American communities. Asked whether the … as being messengers to African American physicians who then …
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Health care workers, elderly first in line to receive vaccine - Dr Anthony - Stabroek News
Preparatory steps are underway to ensure Guyana is ready for a COVID-19 vaccine and authorities are looking at giving older persons and those with co-morbidities priority when vaccines for the virus arrive in the
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Pugh, Mary E. (1959- )
Mary E. Pugh, founder of Pugh Capital Management, a successful investment firm in Seattle, was the first black woman and youngest person to be named Senior Vice President at Washington Mutual Savings Bank. Born to a Boeing engineer father and real estate agent mother, Pugh’s family lived
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