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Senate Confirms First Black Service Chief In Unanimous Vote | The Oklahoma Eagle
The Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Gen. Charles Brown Jr. as chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, making him the first black officer to lead one of the nation’s military
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Africa Must Unmute Its Mic As E-Diplomacy Takes Root
Many leading global decision-making gatherings, from national parliaments to the United Nations (UN) Security Council, are being conducted via the
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Starbucks will now allow employees to wear BLM gear following backlash
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Robert De Niro opens about raising biracial children: 'I take certain things for granted'
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California’s no-bid contracts for pandemic supplies reveal collapsed deals, untested vendors
While normal bidding and vetting procedures have been suspended during the state of emergency, California has entered into roughly $3 billion worth of no-bid contracts for masks, ventilators, call-center workers and other supplies and services to respond to the health crisis,the state’s procurement
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Ivory Coast: 10 soldiers killed, others injured after attack
An attack against a military post on the Ivorian border with Burkina Faso killed 10 people on the night of June
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NASCAR Driver Who’s Won Zero Races Quits Over Confederate Flag
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Africa: 2022 World Cup - Asian Qualifying Tournament to Resume Soon
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) officials have resolved to resume the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifying tournament in
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Donald Trump not 'the right President' to handle current situation in the US, says African American soccer star
(CNN) U.S. Men's National Team midfielder Weston McKennie says he doesn't think President Donald Trump is "... the right president for this time" to address what has unfolded in the wake George
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George Floyd memorial 'thwarted' in Ghana, protest leader arrested
Dozens of anti-racism protesters in Ghana’s capital Accra, held a vigil Saturday following the death of George
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NYC Health + Hospitals announces success of telehealth expansion to address COVID-19 | New York Carib News
“Our priority during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic was to ensure that the City’s public healthcare system continued to provide New Yorkers the care they needed where it was safest – at home,” said NYC Health + Hospitals Senior Vice President for Ambulatory Care Ted Long, MD. “We were
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Activists Demand D.C. ‘Defund’ Police Amid Peaceful Protests after City Renames Street ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’ – Voice and Viewpoint
Just one person was arrested, according to the Washington Metropolitan Police Department.Washington
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Protesters topple Jefferson Davis statue in Virginia capital | The Atlanta Voice
Protesters pulled down a century-old statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the former capital of the Confederacy, adding it to the list of Old South monuments removed or damaged around the U.S. in the wake of George
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49ers CB Richard Sherman calls for more diversity in NFL | The Atlanta Voice
But the San Francisco 49ers’ star cornerback called on the league to do a lot more that just talk in the coming weeks and years to confront a problem that hasn’t gone away despite years of protest by
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NBA’s Russell Westbrook Named Executive Producer of Upcoming Docuseries About Tulsa Race Riots of 1921 – Your Black World
The Westbrook-Blackfin alliance will produce a historically-relevant docuseries titled Terror in Tulsa: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall
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Chief Daniel Hahn Discusses Police Training
As part of its continued coverage, The OBSERVER spoke with Sacramento’s first Black police chief, Daniel Hahn, this week about his response to the protests, his thoughts on George Floyd’s death at the hands of law enforcement and the reform that people in Sacramento and across the country say they
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Tanzania coronavirus: Africa CDC hopeful 'frozen' stats will be updated
June 11: Africa CDC calls on Tanzania to share virus data
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COVID-19 takes a mental toll
Recently repatriated Golden Jaguar International Jeremy Garrett, has declared that the safeguarding of good mental health is essential to the overall wellbeing of everyone during the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, which has swept across the globe in
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I Come From a Long Line of Angry Black Women | Afro
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President Dr. Glenda Glover, president of Tennessee State University, speaks of a “call” resounding in the wake of 46-year-old George Floyd’s killing in Minnesota while in police
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California Mayor Resigns Over Email About Police Killings – Voice and Viewpoint
TEMECULA, Calif. (AP) _ The mayor of a Southern California city resigned following an email in which he stated he didn’t “believe there’s ever been a good person of color killed by a police
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Ethiopia govt exploiting pandemic to stay on 'indefinitely' - Jawar
Main opposition parties in the Oromia region – Abiy’s home region – have kicked against the HoF decision calling it a unilateral and illegal extension of the term of
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SABC to restructure to avoid need for future bailouts
The SABC has launched what it calls a “target operating model”, designed to ensure it is self-sufficient and financially sustainable so it doesn’t again have to go to government, cap in hand, for
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Cameroon: Child Marriage Worries Rise Amid Coronavirus Lockdown in Cameroon
Aid groups warn that forced child marriages could be on the rise globally due to school closures, food insecurity, and economic uncertainty triggered by the COVID-19
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LeBron James And Other Stars Form A Voting Rights Group | The Oklahoma Eagle
Invoking the names of an earlier generation of athletes who called for social justice, Mr. James, a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, said he wanted to be a model for future
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Hispanic Workers Worry About Brexit’s Smallest Land Boundary
But if this has been a politically fraught period for many in Gibraltar, for the approximately 15,000 workers who regularly cross the border with Spain it has been a time of tremendous anxiety and
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