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Miller and Sheth are among tens of thousands of voters who didn’t get their requested absentee ballots in recent primaries, including in the battleground states of Georgia and
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Arkansas Pioneers in Flight: African Americans in Aviation from the Natural State, 1932 to 1953.
Pioneering African-American Aviators Featuring the Tuskegee Airmen of Arkansas is a study of little known black women and men who participated in the first four decades of U.S. aviation history.  The book began originally in 2006 as a biography of Milton Pitts Crenchaw, a native of Little
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Ohio US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate Urges the Family of a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in Ohio to Call for Direct Access to Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste to Ensure a Top Compensation Result
COLUMBUS , OHIO, USA, July 8, 2020 ⁨EINPresswire.com⁩ -- The Ohio US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate is urging the wife or the adult son or daughter of a Navy Veteran who has just been diagnosed with mesothelioma anywhere in Ohio to call 800-
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Brown, Gayleatha Beatrice (1947-2013) - Birthday
Brown was born in Matawan, West Virginia on June 20, 1947.
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1947
Henry Louis Gates
Henry Louis Gates Jr. was born in September 16, 1950 in West Virginia and excelled in studies from an early age, regardless of his underprivileged family background. Graduating from high school as valedictorian in 1968, Gates attended a local college before enrolling in Yale University from where
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16
1950
John C. Norman Jr: Cardiovascular Surgeon and Artificial Heart Pioneer
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McGee, Henry Wadsworth, Sr. (1910-2000)
The first African American Postmaster of a major postal facility, Henry W. McGee, Sr. was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1910, and moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1927.  McGee was the first person to rise from the ranks of letter carriers to achieve the status of Postmaster, a post to which he was
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Smith, Ada “Bricktop” (1894-1984) - Birthday
Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith (“Bricktop”), vaudevillian actress, singer, nightclub owner, and international celebrity host, was born August 14, 1894 in Alderson, West Virginia, to Thomas and Hattie Thompson Smith.
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John James and The US Senate Race In Michigan | Viewpoints | The Michigan Chronicle
By Lorren James About a month ago, I wrote my first Op-Ed piece for the Michigan Chronicle in regards to the racial injustice we’re seeing in our country today. I got an overwhelming amount of positive feedback from people of all colors; which encouraged conversations they may not have had
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It is self-evident that the court would consider Mingo’s tabulation to be an act of fraud
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Arkansas Mesothelioma Victims Center Offers a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in Arkansas Direct Access to Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste-Hire Better Lawyers-Get the Best Compensation-It Might Exceed $1,000,000 - African American News Today - EI
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, USA, September 21, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Arkansas Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "We are urging a Navy Veteran with recently diagnosed mesothelioma in Arkansas or their wife, or adult son-daughter to please …
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Taylor, George Edwin (1857-1925)
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Worst Nursing Homes In America | BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
When it comes to the older members of our family like our grandparents or even aging parents, nursing homes are sometimes the option. They are supposed to provide care, activities and enjoyment for those getting up in years. But some nursing homes and assisted living facilities are failing, leaving
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(1957) Dwight Eisenhower, “Address on Little Rock"
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24
1957
Booker T. Washington
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Utah US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate Urges a Navy Veteran in Utah with Mesothelioma to Not Put Off Compensation Because of COVID19-But to Call Attorney Erik Karst of KVO to Begin the Process
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA, May 12, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Utah US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate is appealing to a Navy Veteran in Utah who has just been diagnosed with mesothelioma or their family to not waste time on Internet nonsense about 'free' mesothelioma publications because
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Johnston, Joshua (c.a. 1763 - 1832)
Joshua Johnston, also known as Joshua Johnson, was a portraitist active in Baltimore, Maryland between 1790 and 1825, and the first African American to gain recognition as an artist. Primarily a painter of members of the slave-holding aristocracy, he was rediscovered by Baltimore genealogist and
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1782
President Lincoln signed Emancipation Proclamation
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Jan
1
1863
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7
1868
New Hampshire Mesothelioma Victims Center Urges the Family of a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in New Hampshire to Call Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste to Discuss Compensation and Receiving the Best Results
MANCHESTER , NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA, September 2, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The New Hampshire Mesothelioma Victims Center is urging the wife or adult son-daughter of a Navy Veteran with recently diagnosed mesothelioma in New Hampshire to please call …
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Black school
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