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(1789) An Unknown Free Black Author Describes Slavery In 1789
We don’t know the name of one of the earliest orators against slavery. He was a West Indian who apparently was a former slave fortunate enough to be educated. He was also intimately familiar with slavery and the slave trade in that region. The themes and arguments advanced in this oration will be
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Kenya elected to UN Security Council, beating Djibouti
United Nations - Kenya was elected Thursday to the UN Security Council for 2021-2022, defeating Djibouti after first-round voting by the General Assembly failed to choose between the two
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Midville meeting to re-address cell phone tower - The True Citizen
The issue pertaining to the construction of a cell tower in Midville has risen to the forefront again. Applications for Variance/ Special Use, for the purpose of erecting an AT&T communications tower, have been filed with the City of Midville. The request involves property located at 239 Buck
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(1900) Ida B. Wells, “Lynch Law in America”
Beginning in 1892 with the destruction of her newspaper, the Memphis Free Speech, Ida B. Wells for the next forty years was the most prominent opponent of lynching in the United States.  What follows is a speech she made to a Chicago audience on the subject in January
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India's app ban threatens China's rise as global tech power
India’s unprecedented decision to ban 59 of China’s largest apps is a warning to the country’s tech giants, who for years thrived behind a government-imposed Great Firewall that kept out many of America’s best-known Internet
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(1879) John Mercer Langston, “The Exodus: The Causes Which Led The Colored People of the South to Leave Their Homes – The Lesson
? In 1879 an unanticipated migration of nearly seven thousand African Americans from Mississippi and Louisiana to Kansas prompted a debate among national black leaders.  Frederick Douglass thought it unwise that black women and men would leave the South.  John Mercer Langston disagreed.  As in this
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(2007) Senator Barack Obama “Voting Rights March Commemoration Speech”
Here today, I must begin because at the Unity breakfast this morning I was saving for last and the list was so long I left him out after that introduction. So I’m going to start by saying how much I appreciate the friendship and the support and the outstanding work that he does each and every
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Oluwatoyin Salau Deserved So Much Better | HuffPost
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Supreme Court Of India Sends Notice To Twitter And Government – The Wilmington Journal
The Supreme Court of India issued a notice to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government and microblogging website Twitter over a public interest litigation asking for curbs on hate news, fake news, incendiary and seditious [...]
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Deadly cyclone cuts destructive path in India, Bangladesh
NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Wide swaths of coastal India and Bangladesh were flooded and millions were without power Thursday as Cyclone Amphan, the most powerful storm to hit the region in more than a decade, killed over 80 people and cut a path of destruction that is still being
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Pakistan’s Babar wants to emulate Indian skipper Kohli
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan batsman Babar Azam’s sparkling form has earned him comparisons with Virat Kohli but the elegant right-hander says he has a long way to go before he can be considered the Indian
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(1863) Angelina Grimké Weld “Address at the Women’s Loyal National League”
By the time of the Civil War Angelina Grimke Weld had spent three decades fighting the institution of slavery.   The Civil War and especially the Emancipation Proclamation which went into effect on January 1, 1863, seemed inevitably to bring her work to her desired conclusion.  Nonetheless in the
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Wu-Tang Clan Partners With Iconic Artists Group And Rock The Bells
The RZA is ensuring that Wu-Tang is indeed forever. The Abbot has just partnered with Iconic Artists Group and Rock The Bells to help propel the group's legacy. As reported by Variety Magazine, the RZA has a vision for his band's future. This week it was disclosed he struck a deal with Irving
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US Lawmakers Take Up Plight of India’s Farmers in Letter to Pompeo
NEW DELHI - Seven U.S. lawmakers have weighed in on the months-long protests by farmers across India, urging U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to raise the issue of farmers' demands with the Indian government. In their letter to Pompeo on Dec. 23, the lawmakers said that
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India: Modi Loses In Battleground State Amid COVID-19 Surge
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party has failed to win a key state in elections held amid record Covid-19 deaths and cases. The BJP targeted West Bengal heavily during campaigning but it was comfortably held by the incumbent, Mamata Banerjee, a fierce Modi critic. The party held power in
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The compelling case for Green Yoga amid COVID-19
For example in my personal case, my yoga consciousness doesn’t necessarily mean that I am doing asanas, but it translates to maintaining societal hygiene, working towards reducing use of single-use plastics and a passion for trees and
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(1948) Harry S. Truman, “Special Message to the Congress on Civil Rights”
By 1947 the question of black civil rights in the South had become a national issue when a committee President Harry S. Truman appointed to study the issue called for legislation which among other things would to protect voting rights for Southern blacks and provide federal protection against
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Uganda: Banks Record Shs685b in Non-Performing Loans
Commercial banks recorded about Shs685.7b in non-performing loans for the period ended December 31, 2019, according to details compiled from annual performance
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Kenya: Indian Envoy Set for Kenya Visit Aimed at Firming Relations
[Nation] India's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is expected in Nairobi on Saturday for a series of meetings meant to strengthen relations with Kenya.
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Kenya: Top Indian Diplomat Set for Kenya Visit Aimed at Firming Ties
[Nation] India's external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is expected in Nairobi on Saturday for a series of meetings meant to strengthen relations with Kenya.
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Open letter: African writers in solidarity with African Americans
Dozens of writers from across Africa and the diaspora have co-signed a letter of support for the Black Lives Matter movement in the face of growing protests in the United States following the latest death of an unarmed Black man, George Floyd, at the hands of white police
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A. Philip Randolph
Asa Philip Randolph[1] (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, and socialist political
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The Black Presence in Pre-20th Century Europe: A Hidden History
In the In  the following account, Professor Allison Blakely of BostonUniversity describes the presence of blacks in Early Modern Europe. Hisarticle reminds us that persons of African ancestry resided acrossEurope. Their numbers ranged from a few hundred scattered acrossGermany, Scandinavia and
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Anguish In Indian Boat Tragedy: Survivors, Wail Caught On Tape
JORHAT, India — Himanta Biswa Sharma, the Chief Minister of the northeastern Indian state, Assam, on the morning of Sept. 9, reached the Nimati Ghat in Jorhat to oversee the rescue operations after a boat tragedy that led to the death of at least one person. Rescue operations continue in the Jorhat
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Trực tiếp Detroit Pistons vs Milwaukee Bucks lúc 07:00, ngày 07/10 - 90Phutr.tv
Phát sóng trực tiếp trận đấu Detroit Pistons vs Milwaukee Bucks hôm nay, ngày 07/10/2024, NBA miễn phí tại 90Phut TV.
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Indian TV Journalist Arrested for Alleged Role in Abetting Suicide | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
New Delhi - Arnab Goswami, a news anchor and the editor of Republic Media Network, was arrested at his residence on Nov. 4 by Mumbai police for his alleged role in abetting an architect's suicide in 2018. His arrest in the case, which had been closed in 2019, was immediately condemned by Indian
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