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Here are some of the quotable quotes of Oliver
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#FIYAH! — 6.6.20 — ONE-ON-ONE with KEITH ELLISON, MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL | BlackPressUSA
MINNESOTA — I just want to let everyone know that were going to bring to bear all the resources necessary to achieve justice in this case, said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. Ellison spoke at the press conference announcing the decision by Gov. Tim Walz to transfer the investigation and
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The killing of George Floyd and the pursuit of a murder conviction - TSDMemphis.com
MINNESOTA — “I just want to let everyone know that we’re going to bring to bear all the resources necessary to achieve justice in this case,” said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. That was Ellison speaking at the press conference announcing the decision by Minn. Gov. Tim Walz to transfer
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(1860) Frederick Douglass, “the Constitution of the United States: Is It Pro-Slavery or Anti-slavery?”
Home Image Ownership: Public Domain Teaching American History.org http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1128
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Eventide memories still raw
THE NO. 43 Jamaica Omnibus Service (JOS) bus that plied the route from Red Hills Road to downtown Kingston was filled with schoolchildren and civil servants on Tuesday, May
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Holness and Trudeau discuss COVID-19 | New York Carib News
Holness and Trudeau discuss COVID-19
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Flag sparks tearful joy for arriving crew member
A RETURNING Jamaican ship worker aboard the Adventure of the Seas was overcome with ­sadness as security personnel moved about at the Falmouth Port on Tuesday
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WATCH: Why distressed pregnant woman on ship was not evacuated
Jamaican health authorities have sought to explain why the requested medical evacuation of a distressed pregnant woman aboard the Adventure of the Seas was not
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
No new COVID cases; five recover
Five more people have recovered from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has revealed. There are no new infections.  This brings the number of persons who are now well to 620 and the percentage of total...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Six additional COVID-19 cases in Jamaica
Jamaica recorded six new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing to 517 the number of confirmed
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Death of Bishop R. C. Lawson
Bishop R. C. Lawson died July 2, 1961 in New York
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#JamaicaTogether Promo | Roxvone Stevens
I encourage everyone to be responsible online and be wary of emails from persons you do not know. Stay alert and stay safe. We’ll get through this, Jamaica, together. – Roxvone Stevens Associate Manager, Installation, FLOW Jamaica
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US moves to cut off Huawei from global chip suppliers
The US commerce department said it was amending an export rule to “strategically target Huawei’s acquisition of semiconductors that are the direct product of certain US software and
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NBA Champ Rasheed Wallace Says He Wouldn't Risk Playing During COVID and Frowns Upon New Player Jerseys - Black Enterprise
Former NBA star Rasheed Wallace opened up about the restart of the NBA season and players wearing social justice messages on their jerseys.
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#JamaicaTogether Promo | Ras Ajai
Jamaica, together is the only way we can fight this COVID-19 problem. Jamaica, together, let us do it.
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Book Addresses Whether or Not the Killing of George Floyd Was a Tipping Point for Racism in America
Nationwide CNN News Host Chris Cuomo made a powerful statement when he said that we must know our history to truly understand why the killing of George Floyd is []
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Paul Bustill Robeson
Paul Bustill Robeson was born in
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7 Cocktails From Around The Globe You Can Make For World Rum Day
As if we needed another reason to celebrate summer with a cocktail in hand, July 11th is World Rum Day — a global celebration of rum and all of its [] The post 7 Cocktails From Around The Globe You Can Make For World Rum Day appeared first on Essence.
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Grenada to reopen borders on July 15 but...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) The Grenada Government says it has had to postpone the planned reopening of the international airport to July 15, because of the heightened risks from the novel coronavirus observed in some major source markets in recent weeks.
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Landmark police reform bill addresses funding, chokeholds and accountability - DefenderNetwork.com
House and Senate Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation Monday to overhaul policing in the U.S., following weeks of national protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who died after a police officer held his knee to Floyds neck for more than eight minutes. Clad in Kente
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Governor-general of Jamaica suspends personal use of 200-year-old insignia due to racism - Face2Face Africa
The governor-general of Jamaica will in the meantime, no longer wear the personal insignia of the Order of St. Michael and St. George that sees a white angel stamping his foot on the head of the devil, depicted as black. On Friday, Governor-General Patrick Allen said the time had come for hitherto
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McKay, Claude (1889-1948)
Harlem Renaissance writer Festus Claudius McKay was born on September 15, 1889, in Sunny Ville, in the Clarendon Hills of Jamaica, to peasant farmers Hannah Ann Elizabeth Edwards  and Thomas Frank McKay. Young Claude was tutored by his elder schoolmaster brother, Uriah Theodore McKay, who
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1948
Geography of Jamaica
Population: 2,847,232 (July 2010
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Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey , in full Marcus Moziah Garvey (born August 17, 1887, St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica—died June 10, 1940, London, England), charismatic black leader who organized the first important American black nationalist movement (1919–26), based in New York
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PM, Clarke copied as Gaming Assn acts on eve of court hearing
Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke are among those copied on a letter written by secretary of the Jamaica Gaming Association Sudu Ramani to executive director of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Vitus Evans seeking to have a study commissioned
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Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie
Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie comes to Kingston Jamaica.
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1966
New COVID pre-testing requirement for some US visitors
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced new COVID pre-testing requirements for visitors to Jamaica from high-risk US states. At a press conference at Jamaica House on Monday, Holness said as of July 10, people visiting Jamaica from Florida, New...
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Campbell, Clive/DJ Kool Herc (1955- )
DJ Kool Herc was the earliest major figure to emerge from the mid-70s Bronx, New York music scene that would eventually come to be known as Hip-Hop. Born Clive Campbell in Kingston, Jamaica, Herc immigrated to New York City and was exposed at an early age to both American and Jamaican musical
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Atlanta City Council approves public safety reform legislation, including use-of-force tactics | The Atlanta Voice
The Atlanta City Council approved several items aimed at reforming public safety during Monday’s remote council meeting that continued into Tuesday. The Council approved legislation to adopt the nationally reviewed “8 Can’t Wait” principles and amend the Atlanta Police Department’s standard
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