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WHMM-TV in Washington, DC becomes the first African American broadcasting tele
WHMM-TV in Washington, DC becomes the first African American broadcasting television station
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Nov
17
1980
Kenyans Asked to Submit Views on This Year's Budget Estimates
Nairobi — Members of the public have been urged to submit their views for the budget estimates for the financial year 2020/2021 ahead of next month's tabling in Parliament by Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukuru
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How Steven Odzer Built Multiple Companies in His 30 Year Career in the Distribution Industry
HENDERSON, NV, UNITED STATES, May 24, 2020 / EINPresswire.com / -- Steven Odzer is a successful distribution industry entrepreneur who belongs to the Economic Club, Supporter of the Republican Party, Member of the Republican Jewish Coalition, and
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Feds release guidelines on nursing home visitation –
In the guidelines, which have no legal weight, the Trump administration recommended that nursing homes don’t reopen for visitation until they have no new reported COVID-19 for at least 28 days; have adequate personal protective equipment for staff members; and have adequate access to COVID-19
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Garrett, Thomas
Garrett, Thomas, 1789–1871, American abolitionist, b. Upper Darby, Pa. A Quaker, he joined the Pennsylvania Abolition Society in 1818. At Wilmington, Del., where he became a hardware merchant and toolmaker, he made his home a station on the Underground Railroad , helping numerous slaves to
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Source: Fact Monster - Black History
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Gauteng health MEC welcomes Cuban medical experts to fight Covid-19
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku welcomed 28 Cuban Medical Brigade doctors to the province on Saturday, saying he hopes South Africa can learn from the experiences of the Cuban
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Preserved By Purpose – A Mighty Fortress Revisited | Dallas Weekly
What I didn’t anticipate was how revisiting some of the same places that I toured previously would provide me with a new lesson about
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Imagining Breonna; Say her name...
You go to bed in the comforts of your home and in the protection and warmth of your
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COVID & mental health
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Opinion: Local Agencies Work to Abate Oakland Sex Trafficking Epidemic Through Empowerment | Post News Group
Sex trade survivors, frontline service providers, humanitarians, abolitionists, human rights activists, and women’s rights advocates are advocating to end sex trafficking and the sexual exploitation of women, boys and girls in Oakland and Alameda
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10 Things Every High School Senior Should Know
VIDEO   The class of 2020 is headed out into the world at what seems to be the worst of times. Here are some tips for seniors for surviving post graduation. Don’t Miss Out! Follow The D.L. Hughley Show on Twitter and Instagram  Keep Up On Facebook Too! Sign up for our newsletter:
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Fire Station 30, Los Angeles Fire Department (1924-1955)
Fire station #30, the first fire station manned by African Americans in the West, was established in 1924. Although the station was created in 1924, African Americans had been serving as firefighters in Los Angeles, California for decades, with Sam Haskins becoming the first Los Angeles fireman of
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(1841) Frederick Douglass, “The Church and Prejudice"
Frederick Douglass would eventually become one of the most skilled and powerful orators of his day.  In 1841, three years after he escaped slavery and settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 34-year-old Douglass gave a brief speech on a situation he had not anticipated, racial prejudice in Northern
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Cameroon: Yaounde 1 Council - Pedagogic Proximity Campaign to Curb COVID-19
The mayor of the municipality has created a committee which carries out a door-to- door campaign to educate the population on the deadly
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Barbados
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John H. Johnson, Editor and Publisher of JET
1918 : John H. Johnson, Editor and Publisher of JET and Ebony magazines, founder of Johnson Publishing Company, the most successful African American publishing company in the U.S., owner of Fashion Fair cosmetics, and the first African American owned radio station in Chicago, born
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Jun
19
1918
Guyanese boy missing in Barbados
He is Joshua Dexter Nurse, a native of Guyana, who lives at #6 Buttals Tenantry, St George and is a Fifth Form student of the St George Secondary
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Battle of Rourkes Drift - The Battle of Rourke's Drift Zulu War
The Battle of Rourkes Drift was fought during the Anglo-Zulu War
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Stull and Lee, Inc.
The architectural and planning firm of Stull and Lee, Inc., established by Donald L. Stull in 1966, has made a profound impact on the physical environment and landscape of Boston. With co-partner David Less and a staff of 40 design professionals - architects, planners, and urban designers - Stull
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Meeting place of National Civil War Centennial
Meeting place of National Civil War Centennial Commission shifted from Charleston to Charleston Naval Station after a national controversy cover segregation hotels in Charleston.
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Mar
2
1961
Africa: Coronavirus Cuts Different Paths Across Africa
Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization's regional director for Africa, said the organization is training more than 10,000 health workers in an attempt to decentralize their response to deal with these different
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Black History Month - African American Inventors
Patent Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for insuring that a motor vehicle is being operated by an authorized operator. The apparatus includes an electronic control unit (ECU), an engine immobilizer unit, and a shared encryption key. The ECU generates a challenge by combining the output
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1991
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AMHVoices: UN should intervene without delay
SO, a whole Home Affairs Cabinet minister and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga organised a Press conference to deny arresting the MDC youth
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Liar-In-Chief Donald Trump BIG MAD After Twitter Fact Checks His Fugazi Tweets
Twitter slapped two tweets from Donald Trump, alerting users that the information that he is sharing is “possibly misleading” because, honestly, it
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Being Intentional When Creating a Culture of Inclusion
The well-regarded educator and author Peter Drucker is famously known for his quote: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” That concept is particularly true when it comes to inclusion and diversity where an organization’s way of thinking, behaving and working is paramount in creating
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Keller, Helen Adams
Keller, Helen Adams, 1880–1968, American author and lecturer, blind and deaf from an undiagnosed illness at the age of two, b. Tuscumbia, Ala. In 1887 she was put under the charge of Anne Sullivan (see Macy, Anne Sullivan ), who was her teacher and companion until Sullivans death in 1936. As
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Bert Williams--a Leading Comedian
At the turn of the century Bert Williams was one of Americas top comedians. Comedian Eddie Cantor called him a comic genius, W.C. Fields, a comic genius himself, once described Williams as the funniest man I ever
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Mar
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1922
WGPR-TV (1975–1995)
WGPR-TV (Where God’s Presence Radiates) was the first television station in the United States owned and operated by African Americans. The station, located in Detroit, Michigan, was founded by William Venoid Banks. WGPR-TV marketed toward the urban audience in Detroit, Michigan, which in that
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