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Bullitt, Katherine Muller, Seattle, Washington
Katherine Muller (Kay) Bullitt was born and raised in Massachusetts.  She earned her B.A. (with honors) in Government from Radcliff College and taught in Cambridge, Massachusetts before heading west in 1953.  Shepicked Seattle as the place she wanted to
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HBCUs work to help students amid virus
The school of 268 students helped Johnson, and others like her, despite its somewhat shaky financial condition and concerns that COVID-19 could make things
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Ethiopia coronavirus: 306 cases, how about 100 cases hit in a week
May 16: Cases pass 300 mark
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South Africa: Faf Still Has Key Proteas Role to Play After Captaincy
Playing without the captaincy could allow Faf du Plessis to have even more of an influence on young players in the Proteas
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Cameroon: Govt Efforts On Bringing Back Trapped Citizens - Some 139 Cameroonians Return From Dubai
Within the framework of the operation to repatriate Cameroonians blocked abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic, 139 of them got to the Yaounde-Nsimalen International Airport on Saturday, May 9, 2020 on board a special Ethiopian Airlines plane from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, information
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West Africa: Food Insecurity in West Africa Could Leave 43 million at Risk as Coronavirus Hits
During the lean season in June and August, more than 21 million people across West Africa "will struggle to feed themselves", she explained, adding Gambia and Benin to the list of countries in
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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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1.6 million dollars will be allocated towards rental assistance for the Los Angeles areas in the First District.
Thursday, May 14, The Los Angeles Operation Center shared news surrounding the adjustments made in the COVID-19 recovery
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New York Churches Open COVID-19 Testing Sites In Push To Reach Minority Communities
The first day of coronavirus testing at Bethany Baptist Church, a historic Black congregation in Brooklyn, New York, got off to a slow
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IMPORTANT REMINDERS: Baltimore City Telephone Town Hall | Afro
You’re invited to join Mayor Jack Young for a Telephone Town Hall, Tuesday May 12th at
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Africa: COVID-19 in West Africa - Credible Information As A Vaccine Against Misinformation?
As governments struggle to contain COVID19, public service announcements and communication must focus on making citizens accept that the illness is a reality, giving them the knowledge to prevent and treat the infection and debunking myths and fake stories which impact the effectiveness of the
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'I'm borne down': She’s lost more than 30 friends and acquaintances to the coronavirus
For weeks, Marsha Music's Facebook feed has brought a stream of death notices as COVID-19 tears through the black community in her hometown of
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Uganda: Nation Pardons 180 Rwandan Prisoners
"The relationship between Uganda and Rwanda is beyond normal state to state
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Africa: Lessons in Explaining Viruses to the Public - Rely On the Science
One specific challenge with our healthcare system strengthening efforts in Kenya is that many patients preferred to receive care from herbalists and found it convenient to consult
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Kenya: Kamworor Vows to Come Back Stronger
Three-time World Half Marathon Championships title holder Geoffrey Kamworor is optimistic he will come back stronger when competition resumes after the coronavirus
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South Africa: Go Well Goldberg, You Put Up a Brave Fight Against Oppression
Lionel Bernstein, Denis Goldberg, Arthur Goldreich, Bob Hepple, Harold Wolpe and his brother-in-law James Kantor were
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Saluting Houston mothers on the front line
HOUSTON – As the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the globe, many of our bravest souls are out there fighting the good fight trying to help save lives, keep the economy going and flatten the
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Wanda L. Nesbitt (1956-- )
Wanda L. Nesbitt holds the rank of Career Minister in the U.S. Foreign Service.  She joined the United States Foreign Service in 1981. She was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Madagascar by President George W. Bush and served in that capacity from 2001 to 2004.  President Bush appointed her ambassador
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Burundi sacks WHO officials ahead of May 20 polls
Burundi is kicking out the World Health Organization’s top official in the country just days before the presidential election and after the WHO raised concerns about crowded political
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Ghana coronavirus: 5,127 cases; Obuasi becomes latest hotspot
April 12: Cases hit 5,127; gold-rich Obuasi new hotspot
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Rwanda: APR Quartet in Final Talks With Club for New Contracts
Local giants APR have reportedly offered an extension until 2022 to four players who would otherwise be out of contract at the end of the 2019-20 Rwanda Premier League
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Too much of a risk, too soon?
GALVESTON, Texas – If there was ever a fear of the novel coronavirus and spread of COVID-19, that was not made clear last weekend in Galveston, as the island was flooded with bumper-to-bumper traffic on the first day the beaches were
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Despite Guv's OK, Stylist Fears Reopening
She’s plenty eager to resume offering her loyal customers hair extensions and her trademark short cuts, the ones that for 25 years have caused New Haveners to remark, “Oh — Samantha cut your
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Angola: New State of Emergency in Force
Luanda — A new 15-day state of emergency period going until May 25 has taken effect as from 00:00 am on Monday, as part of the measures put in place to contain the expansion of the covid-19 pandemic in the
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Editorial Commentary: Trump Cheers on Governors, Ignores WH Guidelines | Afro
While individual states’ decisions to move more quickly than recommended under the White House guidelines are regularly discussed during coronavirus task force meetings, those decisions are not seen as defiant toward the Trump administration, the official
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COMMENTARY: Old, Sick and Incarcerated
Yet the federal correctional institution that housed Manafort had no coronavirus cases, and Manafort had served fewer than two years of his more than seven-year
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Trump still confident in virus test despite false negatives
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump expressed no concerns Friday about a rapid coronavirus test that the White House has been relying on to ensure his safety, despite new data suggesting the test may return an inordinate share of false
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Rwanda: Banks Comfort Distressed Clients With Special Products
For example, in less than two weeks, Bank of Kigali's (BK), "Turikumwe," a special salary loan product, has recorded more than 2,000 online applications and 150 loan
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Nigeria: There's 'Urgent Need' to Decongest Nigerian Prisons - CJN Tells Judges
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, has written to the chief judges of states on the 'urgent' need to decongest Nigerian prisons due to the coronavirus
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Partin the Waters: Do not give legs to creeping fascism
She arrived in America with her father and family seeking liberty from an authoritarian black hearted oppressive regime that denied individual
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Fire sweeps through crowded Cameroonian prison
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