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Nairobi — Three police officers based at the Kamukunji Police Station in Nairobi were Thursday charged in for facilitating the escape of a suspect charged with an offense of kidnapping a police officer with an intention to
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Shooting of Oscar Grant
Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot in the early morning hours of New Years Day 2009 by BART Police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, United States. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San
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African-American Civil Rights Movement (1865–1896)
The African-American Civil Rights Movement (1865–1896) refers to the post-Civil War reform movements in the United States aimed at eliminating racial discrimination against African Americans, improving educational and employment opportunities, and establishing electoral power. This period between
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Berry Lawson Case (1938)
On March 26, 1938, Berry Lawson, a twenty-seven-year-old African American waiter staying at the Mt. Fuji Hotel located on Yesler Way in downtown Seattle, Washington, was reportedly asleep in a chair in the hotel lobby. He was spotted by three Seattle Police Department officers, who approached
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Nigeria: Monarch, Prince, One Other Remanded for Defiling 14-Year-Old Girl
A royal father, David Ogungbemi, 62;his son, Gbenga 21, and one Sarafa Olayiwola were, yesterday, remanded in police custody for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl in Ilare-Ijesha, Osun
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Analysis | The playbook is familiar as first-time candidate with military record gives GOP a shot at House seat
“Career politician Christy Smith did nothing,” the narrator says in one ad for the Garcia campaign, accusing her of doing little while in the state
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(1932) Angelo Herndon Addresses His Jury
Gentlemen of the Jury: I would like to explain in detail the nature of my case and the reason why I was locked up. I recall back about the middle of June 1932, when the Relief Agencies of the City of Atlanta, the County Commission and the city government as a whole, were cutting both Negro and
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16
1933
Till, Emmett Louis (1941-1955)
Emmett Till was a fourteen year-old African American boy who was tortured and killed in Money, Mississippi in 1955 after allegedly insulting a white woman.  Born in Chicago, Illinois, Till lived with his mother, Mamie Till. His father, Louis Till, died while serving in the U.S. Army in Italy in
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South Africa: Hawks Arrest Thohoyandou Prosecutor for Alleged Corruption
The Hawks' Serious Corruption Investigation team has arrested a 48 year-old prosecutor for alleged corruption in
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Uganda: Jubilee Insurance Records 9.9 Percent Growth Amid COVID
Jubilee Holdings Limited, East Africa's largest insurance group, has reported a 9.9 per cent growth in the Financial Year
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Brazil
Brazil covers nearly half of South America and is the continents largest nation. It extends 2,965 mi (4,772 km) north-south, 2,691 mi (4,331 km) east-west, and borders every nation on the continent except Chile and Ecuador. Brazil may be divided into the Brazilian Highlands, or plateau, in the
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Central Life Insurance Company, the last surviving African American owned insura
Central Life Insurance Company, the last surviving African American owned insurance company in the state of Florida is ordered liquidated by a Florida circuit court judge.
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Sam Langford: History’s Forgotten Boxer
Sports historian Clay Moyle describes Canadian-born Sam Langford as one of the most successful and yet little known boxers of the 20th Century.  In the excerpt below, drawn from his recently publisher book titled Sam Langford: Boxing’s Greatest Uncrowned Champion, Moyle makes his case for that
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OP-ED: Leaders must work together to address the disparities that impact health and wellness amid the COVID-19 pandemic
While the harm of COVID-19 is tragic and impacts everyone, we, as business and community leaders, must do more to reduce the social conditions that contribute to these troubling and unacceptable inequities that have become magnified during this health
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Cooper, J. Gary (1936– )
J. Gary Cooper, military, government, and business leader, was appointed United States Ambassador to Jamaica by President Bill Clinton in 1994. He was the first African American to occupy the position. Prior to his appointment, he had a distinguished military
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Executive Order 11246 (1965)
Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, it is ordered as
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Documentary About Modern Day Slavery | Afro
EDWIN FREEMAN’S FILM “MODERN DAY SLAVERY” SHOWS HOW THE U.S. JUSTICE SYSTEM PERPETUATES SLAVERY
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Tanzania: Immediate Measures to Protect the Rights of Prison Detainees
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Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia (1847- )
Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church is the oldest African American church in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. Like Wheat Street, First Congregational, and the King’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, Bethel A.M.E. has been a religious, social, economic, and cultural pillar of the African
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(1923) Bishop Randall Albert Carter, “Whence and Whither”
By the standards of African American history, Bishop Randall Albert Carter is a little known figure. Born in Fort Valley, Georgia on January 1, 1867, he was educated at Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina and Paine College in Augusta, Georgia. An active pastor in the Colored (later
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ESPN's Jay Williams Is Building a Business Empire Behind the Scenes
Jay Williams is one of the most recognizable faces on ESPN, with roles as both a college basketball and NBA analyst and as host of a sports business show that airs on
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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Granted Early Release
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who is currently serving a 28-year sentence has been granted an early release from
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Pay cuts as business slumps in private hospitals
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Spingarn Medal Awarded: Anthony Overton
Spingarn Medal awarded to Anthony Overton, publisher, insurance executive and cosmetics manufacturer, for his achievements as
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Nigeria: OPL 245 - How Italian Prosecutors Hid Vital Information From Judge
In the transcripts of the hearing with Criminal Proceeding No. 54772/13 RGNR, the prosecution witness, Ferri Alessandro, had told the court that Adoke owned the property at No. 271, Cadastral Zone A06 Maitama, Abuja, for which he had collected a mortgage of N300 million from Unity Bank in
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Los Angeles men refusing to wear masks at Target allegedly break employee's arm
(Credit: screenshot) Earlier this month two men in Los Angeles were arrested for assaulting a Target security guard after they were asked to leave the store for refusing to wear face masks. (credit: sceenshot) READ MORE: White woman slap
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Treasury pushes health workers’ demand for fat perks to counties
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Racial discrimination
Racial discrimination refers to discrimination against individuals on the basis of their race. Policies of racial segregation may formalize it, but it is also often exerted without being
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Loughlin, Husband To Serve Prison Time For College Scam
BOSTON (AP) — Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to charges in the college admissions bribery case and serve prison time, according to court papers filed
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