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7
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Psoriasis is characterized by thick, scaly, itchy, and occasionally painful lesions that grow on the skin's surface. Also known as psoriasis plaques, these lesions can range from mild to severe. They most typically affect the scalp, face, elbows, buttocks, and knees, but they can form anywhere on
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Guerre en Ukraine : Kiev tente d’ouvrir un nouveau front le long du Dniepr - Haiti24
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Florida leads the nation in having the MOST homeschooled children of any US state as Gov. Ron DeSantis enacts 'Don't Say Gay' law, bans books, and outlaws African American history courses
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13-Year-Old Black Teen Solves 34 Math Problems in 172 Seconds, Earns Full Scholarship
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Screenwriter With a Black Animation Screenplay That Rivals the Movie "Sing" is Seeking Representation
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Clarence's Hollywood
Katherine Stockett’s excellent novel, The Help, is about the African American maids who worked in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s. Stockett reflects the brutal realties of 20th Century slavery being carried out in pretentious southern white households that continued from
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Tamar Braxton Claimed Chrisean Rock ‘Assaulted’ James Wright Chanel Backstage During LA Tour Stop
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Booker Washington in Seattle, 1913
An unusual incidence of interracial solidarity between blacks and Asian Americans occurred during Booker T. Washington’s visit to Seattle. In March 1913, Washington embarked on a national speaking tour in order to raise money for Tuskegee Institute, the chronically underfunded “Normal and
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Ryan Shazier’s Wife Accuses Former NFL Star Of Being “Liar And A Cheater” With Screenshots Of Explicit Texts With Another Woman
Ryan Shazier isn't just a retired NFL player, he's also a 'liar and a cheater' if you let his wife tell it. Michelle Shazier recently took to Instagram to air out her husband for allegedly cheating on her. In the since-deleted Instagram post, it wasn't just hearsay, as her damning evidence comes in
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White Americans have far more wealth than Black Americans. Here’s how big the gap is | CNN
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Josephine Baker
Born: 6/3/1906 St. Louis, MissouriDied: 4/12/1975 Paris, FranceJosephine Baker was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress who came to be known in various circles as the Black Pearl, Bronze Venus and even the Creole Goddess. Born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri,Baker was
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South Africa: Constitutional Court Accused of Taking Too Long to Rule On Crucial Election Case
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Fred Jones
Fred McKinley Jones is certainly one of the most important Black inventors ever based on the sheer number of inventions he formulated as well as their
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Isaacs, Cheryl Boone (1949---)
Veteran publicist Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the first African American to serve as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, followed the path of her pioneering sibling as a top-tier executive in the Hollywood motion picture industry.  Ashley A. Boone Jr. (1939-1994),her brother, had
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Long, Nate (1930-2002)
Nate Long was a filmmaker, television producer, director, stuntman, actor and teacher who worked both in Hollywood and the Pacific Northwest. Long was born in Philadelphia in 1930.  He joined the Air Force, became a military policeman and completed his service at Paine Field near
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The Harlem Renaissance in the American West
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The Trillion Dollar African American Consumer Market: Economic Empowerment or Economic Dependency?
Collective African American net income (spending power) now exceeds $1 trillion dollars annually. Because of this economic reality, a wide variety of contemporary companies continually create marketing campaigns to effectively reach this important segment of the U.S. consumer market. Yet, in the
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Gordon Parks
Belonging to Fort Scott, Kansas, Gordon Parks was born on November 30, 1912 to a family whose head was a vegetable farmer. Being black, Parks faced extreme forms of discrimination as a child and was forced to attend a segregated elementary school. His race also prohibited him from active
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