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Harris, Sherry D. (1957- )
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1957
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African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the
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‘Do Not Come’: Kamala Harris Hit On Both Sides After Deterring Potential Migrants From Crossing Southern Border
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Beloved surfer, skater, Duane Harris, 37, dies - Barbados Today
A wave of shock and sorrow has gripped the surfing community at home and overseas as news surfaced that beloved surfing and skating fixture Duane Harris died suddenly on Wednesday morning. Harris, 37, a roofer by profession of Bagatelle Terrace, appeared to have taken his own life, according to
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Hear Kwame Kilpatrick Preach This Sunday | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has a new lease on life after being released from prison in January courtesy of President Donald Trump before he left his office. Kilpatrick's post-prison plans include a fresh start with his faith and family, Fox 2 reported. The former mayor told the news station
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Analysis | The Daily 202: D.C. surpasses 500 coronavirus deaths; nearly 3 in 4 have been African American
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‘Morale Is Low’: Cops Wallow In Self-Pity As The Country Demands Better Policing That’s Not Racist
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Ex-cop charged in Brooks case involved in earlier shooting –
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Andrea Harris, Black Economic Development Leader, Dies
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Veteran St Kitts-Nevis politician, diplomat returns to Opposition
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Senator Ossoff supports Criminal Justice Reform bill that expunges records for nonviolent federal juvenile offenses | The Atlanta Voice
Today, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff got behind a bill that would give Georgians who were convicted of nonviolent federal offenses as children the chance for a fresh start without a criminal record. “A nonviolent juvenile offender shouldn’t be marked for life by a mistake they made or a bad situation
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