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Amazon to buy self-driving start-up Zoox for over $1-billion: report - TechCentral

Amazon.com has agreed to pay over $1-billion to buy self-driving start-up Zoox, according to a report. It would would expand its reach in autonomous vehicle technology.

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Presidents Committee on Civil Rights condemned racial injustices in America in formal report, To Secure These Rights. Texas Southern University established. Spingarn Medal awarded to Dr. Percy L. Julian for his achievements as a scientist.

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One of the driving forces of the Civil Rights Movement in Seattle, Washington was the desire to end unfair employment discrimination in the city. The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was at the forefront of the Seattle struggle to ensure equal employment in the 1960s. In 1961, CORE successfully

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Ida B. Wells and Her Anti-Lynching Campaign

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Radical surgery on National Assembly and Senate committees is in the offing as President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga lay the ground for smooth implementation of the Building Bridges Initiative

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Georgia Man Ahmaud Arbery, Shot and Killed — Jogging While Black

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US Births Fall, And Virus Could Drive Them Down More

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Spike Lee's Trailer for New Film 'Da 5 Bloods' Highlights Black Soldiers In Vietnam, Garners Excitement

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Annan, Kofi Atta

Annan, Kofi Atta kō´fē ä´tä ăn´ən [key] 1938–, Ghanaian diplomat, secretary-general of the United Nations (1997–2006), b. Kumasi. The scion of a family of Fante chieftains, he studied at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn. (grad. 1961), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Actions of Granger and surrogates clearly demonstrate he “don’t give a damn” about preserving democratic values

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Riots Are Getting Bad

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Magic Johnson's Life Insurance Company To Distribute $100 Million in Federal Loans to Minority Businesses

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Kenya: Body of Police Officer Who Drowned in River 10 Days Ago Found

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As states begin to ease up on stay-at-home restrictions, hotels around the country are preparing for travelers amid the coronavirus pandemic as travelers worry about

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Whitney Houston, George Michael - If I Told You That

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The possibility of the government establishing its criminal case against former Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), Milton Weeks, could likely be a reality only if four former executives of the Bank, including former Deputy Governor for Operations, Charles Sirleaf, who saw

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Congo democratic republic

Despite instability, political progress continued. In May 2005, a new constitution was adopted by the national assembly, and overwhelmingly ratified in Jan. 2006. On July 30, 2006, the first democratic election in the country since 1970 took place. President Kabila received 44.8% of the vote, which

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