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Smith, E. June (1900-1982)
E. June Smith, a prominent leader in Seattle’s civil rights movement, was born in Cairo, Illinois in 1900 and worked as a secretary in St. Louis.  Smith came to Seattle with her husband Roscoe O. Smith, a railroad porter, in 1941.  Soon after her arrival, she worked as an insurance agent and, in
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‘We’ve Succeeded!’ Florida’s Governor Claims Coronavirus Victory As Second Wave Looms
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Ancestry of Barack Obama - Family Tree and Genealogy
Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Kenyan father and an American mother. According to the U.S. Senate Historical Office, he was the fifth African American Senator in U.S. history and the first African American
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Frank Mrvan is our choice for Congress | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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CVS Health to open 44 new drive-thru test sites in Texas on May 22
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Somalia: Will Farmajo and Khaire Remain United Ahead of Upcoming Polls?
The incumbent administration led by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed 'Farmajo's has taken a bold move to register a new political party that will enable the team to run for
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Seven Locations for Free COVID-19 Testing in Oakland
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Detroit Celebrates Juneteenth With Freedom Rally
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Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft (1902-1985) and the Long Civil Rights Movement in Texas
A small but growing number of black women are slowly being recognized for their contributions to the “long” civil rights movement, the nearly century-long struggle by African Americans against all forms of racial discrimination.  In the account below University of Texas-El Paso
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COVID-19: Voluntary 'baby abandonment' soars in South Africa
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Nigeria: Doctors Call Off Strike, As Governors Broker Truce
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Mayor and Borden Dairy team up for initiative to distribute free milk | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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Distant Whistles, Muted Flutes: Ada Wright in Glasgow, 1932
In the following account writer Irene Brown recalls through her fathers photo the visit of Ada Wright, mother to Roy and Andy Wright, two of the nine Scottsboro Boys accused of rape in 1931.  Her account appears
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Allen, Macon Bolling (1816-1894)
Macon Bolling Allen is believed to be the first black man in the United States who was licensed to practice law. Born Allen Macon Bolling in 1816 in Indiana, he grew up a free man.  Bolling learned to read and write on his on his own and eventually landed his first a job as a schoolteacher where he
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Miller, M.D., Earl V. (1923-2005)
Dr. Earl V. Miller was the first African American board certified urologist in the State of Washington and the first west of the Mississippi.  He was born in Natchez, Mississippi, and received his B.A. degree from Dillard University in New Orleans in 1943.  He joined the Army Specialized Training
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Kenya: Safaricom Makes It Harder for Crooks to Register SIM Cards Using Your ID Number
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Dismayed by the death of Floyd and inspired by the actions of Colin Kaepernick, athletes from around the world have come together during one of the most politically charged periods in modern
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Africa: Why Africa Can't Afford Further Delay On AfCFTA - Afreximbank
The devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Africa's economy has shown that the continent can ill-afford a further delay in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), panelists in a web conference on Africa's economic recovery, post-COVID-19, said on
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Seven black women in Indianopolis, Indiana founded Sigma Gamma Rho sorority based on a desire to raise the standards of teachers in normal and other schools. These individuals included Mary Lou Allison Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae
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