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Burns United Methodist Church (1866- )
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An open letter from a black teen: ‘Do better’
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Nigeria: Midnight Inferno Razes Lagos Market, Destroys Property Worth Billions
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4
1969
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John H Johnson, publisher of "Ebony Magazine" and "Jet" was born, 1918
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Jet’s Pizza helps Roseland and other hospitals | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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Amy Klobuchar declined to prosecute the officer who killed George Floyd
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First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, Nashville, Tennessee (1835- )
First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill lays claim to the designation as the oldest continuously operating African American church in Tennessee because it traces its origin back to First Baptist Colored Mission which first met to hold prayer services in 1835.  Up to that point Nashville’s black
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James Baldwin's influential collection of essays
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'It's Frightening': T.I. Says Having Daughters Is 'Karma' for Past Playboys Like Him
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