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Africa: Do African Lives Really Matter?
Chido Nwangwu, Founder and Publisher of USAfrica highlights the lessons from the horrendous genocide in Rwanda over two decades ago
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Bean, Maurice Darrow (1928-2009)
In 1977, career diplomat Maurice D. Bean was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Burma (in 1989 the military government changed the name of the country to Myanmar). Bean was born on September 9, 1928, in Gary, Indiana. His father Everett worked as a laborer for the
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Source: Black Past
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30
2009
Non Pariel accident victim identified - Stabroek News
Police have identified the cyclist who died last Thursday afternoon after colliding with a Route 44 minibus on the Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara Public Road. The article Non Pariel accident victim identified appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Taylor, Ruth Carol (1931- )
Journalist and nurse Ruth Carol Taylor became the first African American airline flight attendant in the United States when she joined Mohawk Airlines in 1958. While she is most commonly known for her achievement in the airline industry, she spent much of her career as an activist for minority and
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Source: Black Past
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11
1958
I have vultures in my govt — ED
Faced with runaway inflation and persistent rumours to topple him, Mnangagwa yesterday said there were enemies of progress in his government and warned that “their days were
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
SBPD Announces Newly Promoted Lieutenant and Captain - Black Voice News
San Bernardino Police Department promoted two tenured officers to lieutenant and captain on June 25. Lieutenant Nelson Carrington and Captain Francisco Hernandez were considered for advancement after undergoing multiple investigative, supervisory and management courses to determine their ability to
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
RIP ‘The Shepherd’: Honoring Rev. Manson Johnson
Pastor Manson B. Johnson lived in the black belt community of Starkville, Mississippi as
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General Lloyd W. Newton
Lloyd W. Newton is a former Commander of the U.S. Air Force. General Newton led a stellar 34-year military career in the U.S. Air Force. General Newton was Commander of the Air Education and Training Command with the responsibility for recruiting, training and educating Air Force personnel. His
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Executive Order 9981, Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)
WHEREAS it is essential that there be maintained in the armed services of the United States the highest standards of democracy, with equality of treatment and opportunity for all those who serve in our countrys
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Hanging Death of Black Man in California Park Ruled Suicide | Afro
By Stefanie Dazio and Christopher Weber The Associated Press The death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in a Southern California city park last month was ruled a suicide July 9 following a police investigation prompted by outrage from the family who said authorities initially were too quick
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Power company says suffered shutdown - Stabroek News
The Guyana Power and Light this morning said that the Demerara Berbice Interconnected System experienced a shutdown. The article Power company says suffered shutdown appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Somalia: SNA and AMISOM Troops Flushes Alshabaab Out of Luqa Jelow
Somali national army (SNA) has flushed Alshabab militants out of Luqa Jelow in the region of Hiran on Wednesday in a joint operation with Djiboutian troops who are under
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Six charged over APNU+AFC Berbice protest
Six charged over APNU+AFC Berbice protest -three fined after pleading guilty to breaching COVID-19 restrictions
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
US faces Memorial Day like no other
ATLANTA, United States (AP) — Americans marked a Memorial Day like no other yesterday as the coronavirus pandemic upended traditional commemorations and forced communities to honour the nation's military dead with smaller, more subdued ceremonies like car convoys and online tributes instead of
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Nigeria: Major Shake-Up As Navy Redeploys 33 Rear Admirals, 77 Commodores
The statement said Surgeon Rear Admiral Lawan Adams is now the new Director of Medical Services of the Nigerian Navy, while Rear Admiral Abraham Adaji who was the Director of Training, Naval Headquarters, resumes as Group Managing Director of Nigerian Navy Holdings
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Acute water shortage at Pademba Road prisons as number of covid-19 cases rises
Reporters from over ten of Sierra Leone’s leading registered newspapers have confirmed that even as corona virus is spreading inside the Freetown prisons among prisoners, the authorities in Sierra Leone have left the prisoners without adequate water supply for the past ten
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Executive Order 9346 Establishing a Committee on Fair Employment Practice
May 27, 1943
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Nigeria coronavirus: 5,959 cases, Task Force briefs Buhari
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NY National Guardsman Henry Johnson, Fought For His Life With A Knife On May 15, 1918
And on the night of May 15, 1918, Pvt. Henry Johnson, a member of the all-black 369th Infantry Regiment, found himself fighting for his life against 20 German Soldiers out in front of his
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Sobhraj Foundation donates 1,000 COVID-19 hampers
One thousand hampers have been donated to several organisations and communities in Guyana by the Jay and Silvia Sobhraj Foundation in an effort to provide relief to persons affected by the coronavirus disease
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
“Women Who Inspire” to highlight Dr. Berdie Cowser
“Women Who Inspire,” a program of the Committee to Celebrate the Centennial Anniversary of Wisconsin’s Ratification of the 19th Amendment, will highlight Dr. Berdie Cowser, director of the Bureau of Housing at the Center for Veterans Issues Ltd., First Lady Kathy Evers announced on Thursday, July
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The likes of Everton Weekes will not be seen again - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, Sir Everton Weekes, the last of the three famous W’s passed away quietly last Tuesday some four and a half years short of a century of life.  The article The likes of Everton Weekes will not be seen again appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Pinn, Robert Alexander (1843-1911) - Death
Pinn was the first African American Commander of Hart Post 134 of the Grand Army of the Republic and remained active in the GAR, until his death on January 1, 1911.
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Wright, Jonathan J. (1840-1885)
Jonathan Jasper Wright, the first African American to serve on a state Supreme Court, was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and grew up in nearby Susquehanna County in the northeastern corner of the state.  In 1858, Wright traveled to Ithaca, New York where he enrolled in the Lancasterian
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Incredible U set to execute charitable projects in East Berbice, Bartica
Non-profit organization Incredible U spearheaded by Mrs India Guyana 2019 Kristal Inshan is on a mission to improve the lives of impoverished
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‘Plot afoot to oust President’
He named former Zanu PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, top government and security officials, and MDC Alliance vice-chairman Job Sikhala, among others, as those involved in the alleged plot to oust
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Cameroon: Bali-Widikum - Task Force Operation Recovers Ammunitions
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Jane Datcher: First African-American woman to get an advanced degree at Cornell handwrote her thesis - Face2Face Africa
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'I can't describe the fear I experienced that night' – Black nurse 'racially profiled' by UK police
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Gang stones two Canefield Settlement homes with children inside following altercation - Stabroek News
A festering feud between two sets of men in Canefield Settlement, East Canje Berbice, yesterday led to one side stoning two houses in the area breaking windows, doors and damaging other items in the
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