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Black Developer's Micro-Home Community In Atlanta Faces Quality Criticism

Five South Park Cottage homeowners claim that their units "have poor insulation, inadequate heating in the winter, (and) insufficient air conditioning in summer," among other concerns.

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Activist William Trotter born

Wiliam Monroe Trotter, crusader for full equality, publisher of The Boston Guardian, co-founder of the Niagra Movement and close friend of W.E.B. Dubois, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Trotter led a protest against the showing of the racist film Birth of a Nation and was in opposition to Booker

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Chingalire Homestay to display in London

Chingalire Homestay, which is led by veteran musician Ben Michael Mankhamba, who is also Village Head Chingalire, will for the first time exhibit outside the country at World Travel Market (WTM) London Trade Fair in the United Kingdom. The fair starts on November 6 and ends on November

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Former Sen. Maxine Horner Remembered As ‘Extraordinary Public Servant’ (Due to the high risk of COVID, the family will not have a public tribute) | The Oklahoma Eagle

www.nondoc.com By Tres Savage Former Sen. Maxine Horner, who was one of the first two Black women to serve in the Oklahoma State Senate, died Sunday at age 88. Horner represented State Senate District 11 in Tulsa from 1987 until 2005, championing education causes and issues of equity. Even after

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Ben Crump Heralded as Black Americas Attorney General

Crump is widely known as the go-to attorney when police violate the rights of Black men and women. And, sadly, those cases abound.

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Source: The Washington Informer

Who Are the Notable African-American Architects?

Harvey B. Gantt (born January 14, 1943 in Charleston, South Carolina) fused a love of urban planning with the policy decisions of an elected official. Beginning his career, Gantt was forced to take legal action in order to study architecture in the state of his birth. In 1963, Gantt won the lawsuit

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DuBois, William Edward Burghardt (1868–1963)

Educator, essayist, journalist, scholar, social critic, and activist W.E.B. DuBois, was born to Mary Sylvina Burghardt and Alfred Dubois on February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He excelled in the public schools of Great Barrington, graduating valedictorian from his high school in

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Institutions of Higher Learning Established

Booker T. Washington established Tuskegee Institute. Also founded in 1881 were Spelman College, Morris Brown College, and Bishop College.

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Activists Are Pushing For Consumers To Support Black Businesses. Is It Sustainable?

So the idea was that if Black people spent their money at Black businesses and divested from white institutions, it would help generate Black

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Booker Taliaferro Washington (Booker T. Washington)was born on this day.

Booker Taliaferro Washington (Booker T. Washington)was born on this day in Hales Ford, Virginia.

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1856

Op-ed Submission: America is My Home | Afro

Today, they stand as beacons of light, shining example to the next generation of what we can accomplish with our God-given talents, the freedoms we enjoy, the opportunities available in our nation and, yes, a whole lot of

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Hampton Students Call For Resignation of Athletic Director

Students at Hampton University have called for the dismissal of the Universities Athletic Director Eugene Marshall

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#SuperBowl: Quality of the fan experience remains high | The Atlanta Voice

TAMPA, Fla. - One thing that the NFL is not taking lightly during Super Bowl LV is the overall fan experience. The fan experience this year looks different than last year’s Super Bowl in Miami because of the pandemic. 'It's a unique year that we're all working through with all of the protocols

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

National Geographic Set To Air Documentary On The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Watch BET UK on Sky 173, Virgin 184 Freesat 140

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Legendary artists need to be accorded national recognition; As tributes pour in for late Eric Mabedi

As tributes pour in for late Eric Mabedi, one of Malawi’s legendary drama actors, kind thoughts have been shared on social media that Malawian legendary artists need to be accorded ‘deserved’ national recognition. Mabedi — whose stage name was Jacobo in a duet performances with late John

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Morgan State Family and Consumer Sciences Program Nationally Accredited by AAFCS | Afro

American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Accreditation Marks First for Program in its History

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(1916) Robert R. Moton, “A Life of Achievement”

Robert Russa Moton is best known as the successor to Booker T. Washington as president of Tuskegee Institute. He assumed the presidency of the institution shortly after Washington’s death in 1915. Moton’s life reflects striking parallels to his predecessor. Like Washington, he was born on

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1916

Trotter, William Monroe (1872-1934)

WilliamMonroe Trotter was a major early twentieth century civil rights activist knownprimarily for launching the first major challenge to the political dominance ofTuskegee Institute founder Booker T. Washington and as an inspiration for the formation of theNational Association for the Advancement

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1934

Booker T. Washington opens Tuskegee Institute in Alabama

Booker T. Washington opens Tuskegee Institute in Alabama

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1881

The South African is an English-language South African online news publication and a leading source for news, sport, lifestyle, finance, opinion content in South Africa.

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Jackson State Coach Deion Sanders Blasts NFL For Overlooking HBCU Players In 2021 Draft: ‘Our Kids Are Being Neglected And Rejected’ - Blavity

Sports icon Deion Sanders is not very thrilled after the 2021 NFL draft picks did not feature a single HBCU player.

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Payne, Donald Milford (1934-2012)

Donald Payne, a Democrat, was the first African American elected to Congress from the State of New Jersey. Payne was born in Newark, New Jersey on July 16, 1934. He earned a B.A. degree in social studies from Seton Hall University in 1957 and also has honorary doctorates from Chicago State

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Split air-conditioning more worrisome than central cooling - Barbados Today

Health officials have zeroed in on air quality in air-conditioned buildings as the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 presents fresh challenges for combating the pandemic. Head of the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit and Acting Chief Environmental Officer, Ronald Chapman, revealed the

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He Was Laid Off by Elon Musk. Within hours, He Had a Plan to Outdo Twitter - The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Just over a year ago, Alphonzo Terrell received an email letting him know he’d been laid off from Twitter. Terrell – who’d spent three years heading the platform’s social and editorial teams – was among the roughly 3,700 employees let go from the company on

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Where Black Americans Will Travel Farther than Whites for COVID-19 Vaccination

Similar to the idea of "food deserts," many urban Black neighborhoods lack pharmacies, clinics, hospitals or health centers that can administer COVID-19 vaccine

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Ben Crump Heralded as Black America’s Attorney General

And Ben Crump who has been called the African American family emergency plan received yet another call from an African American family who was devastated unexpectedly by an unjustifiable killing at the hands of the

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Locals Make Bold Changes To Create Healthy Holiday Homes - Milwaukee Community Journal

More local families are staying home for the holidays, and they’re making critical changes to keep their homes as healthy as possible. Local home repair pros are sharing proper ventilation tips so everyone inside can breathe easily! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the

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Lawmakers push for national holiday

AFRO - In Texas, the day has been observed as a state holiday for 40 years but it is not recognized or celebrated on a national level. With this

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Biography of W.E.B. Du Bois

Throughout his career as a sociologist, historian, educator, and sociopolitical activist, William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois argued for immediate racial equality for African-Americans. His emergence as an African-American leader paralleled the rise of Jim Crow laws of the South and the

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Sam Reed, Olympia, Washington

Sam Reed had a 45-year career serving the citizens of Washington State. Most recently, Sam served as Washington’s Secretary of State from 2001-2013. His accomplishments in this role include advocating and implementing the top two primary system, increasing voter participation, creating the

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Community rallies to restore historical Lake County school built for African Americans

OKAHUMPKA, Fla. – A community is coming together to restore a piece of history some may have forgotten. The Okahumpka Rosenwald school is now over 90 years old and in need of desperate repair. “All we are trying to do is preserve history, and when you …

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‘Karen’ Interrupts Comedian Affion Crockett’s ‘Offensive’ Set, Gets Booed By Audience

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Rice University Appoints Its First Black and First Foreign-Born President

Sean Kingston Accused Of Assaulting And Pulling Pistol On Music Video Director Over Dead Cellphone

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Amended Lawsuit Alleges An Officer In Andrew Brown Police Shooting Told Investigators He ‘Altered’ His Gun

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