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Jimmy Johns Workers Make Noose Out of Dough, Stage Mock Lynching

Yep, they got fired. "We have zero tolerance for racism or discrimination in any form," the sandwich chain said.

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Having already donated more than 1,000 pizzas to charitable organizations in April and looking to pay it forward to essential workers throughout Chicago during Illinois’ elongated stay-at-home order through May 31, Jet’s Pizza is extending its new “Buy A Pizza, Give A Pizza” initiative for guests

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Pop Smoke Murder Investigation Stalled Due To Coronavirus

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1964 After 12 days of debate and voting on 125 amendments, the U.S. House of

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Feb

1964

Ahmaud Arbery’s Mother Wants Death Penalty for Travis and George McMichael: ‘My Son Died, So They Should Die as Well’

Ahmaud Arbery’s mother wants Travis and George McMichael to pay the ultimate price for her son’s shooting

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Scott, Tyree (1940-2003)

Tyree Scott was a Seattle civil rights and labor leader who opened the door to women and minority workers in the construction industry. Scott was born in Hearne (Wharton County), Texas and before moving to Seattle in 1966, he served in the U. S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. His father was

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Zimbabwe: Panic At Bakers Inn As 22 Suspected COVID-19 Cases Observed

Fear gripped Bakers Inn employees and management last week after 22 cases of suspected Covid-19 cases were observed when workers went through the now mandatory Covid-19

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(1932) Angelo Herndon Addresses His Jury

Gentlemen of the Jury: I would like to explain in detail the nature of my case and the reason why I was locked up. I recall back about the middle of June 1932, when the Relief Agencies of the City of Atlanta, the County Commission and the city government as a whole, were cutting both Negro and

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Jan

1933

House committee bats for workers who missed deadline for COVID grants

Chairman of the Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) Dr Wykeham McNeill indicated Wednesday that the committee intends to push for an appeals process for workers who have missed out on the supporting employees with transfer (SET) cash grant offered by the Government under its

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The "Back Punch": Dangerous Medical Procedure Required Of Black Workers To Receive Their Pensions

Of the many practices carried out by the Panama Canal Zone administration in regards to the men of the Silver Roll probably one of the most questionable and the least investigated is the notorious “Back

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Ralph Lauren Donates 1.5M Pieces Of Clothing To COVID Relief & Delivers Coffee To Hospital Workers In Hometown Of NYC

“The clothing donation includes comfortable loungewear and daily items, such as sweatshirts, sweatpants, T-shirts, and sweaters, and will be donated through charity networks as well as many of the Company’s longstanding Pink Pony partners focused on cancer care,” states the press

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Uganda: Museveni Rejects Move to Split NSSF

President Museveni has rejected a proposal to split oversight over the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), saying it should be placed wholly under the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic

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Holness to provide timeline for return of Jamaicans at sea

(JIS): Leader of Government Business in the Upper House, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, says the government will be providing a time line for the return of all Jamaicans on board cruise

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Legal battle looms as Frere Hospital in EC is shut down - report

A legal battle is looming after health and safety inspectors from the labour department shut down Frere Hospital in East London amid concerns that its measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 are inadequate, according to a report in

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African Blood Brotherhood (1919-1924)

The African Blood Brotherhood for African Liberation and Redemption (ABB) was a militant black liberation group founded in 1919 by West Indian journalist Cyril Briggs. The ABB advocated armed defense against racist assaults and the creation of an independent black socialist commonwealth. It sought

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Marches for the right to vote

James Meredith wounded by white sniper as he walked along U.S. Highway 51 near Hernando, Mississippi, on second day of 220-mile voter registration march from Memphis to Jackson. March was continued on June 7 by Martin Luther King Jr., Floyd McKissick, Stokely Carmichael and other civil rights

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Jun

1966

Uganda: COVID-19 Frontline Workers At Jinja Hospital Strike Over Allowance

Jinja — The discharge of the first COVID-19 patient from Jinja Hospital on Thursday was marred by a strike that was staged by 40 health workers who are demanding their unpaid daily

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Providing care amid the pandemic

A child alone with an alcoholic parent, a ‘little old lady’ who just wanted something to eat and pensioner who wanted assistance in accessing her diabetes medication were among the over 200 calls received by the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) for the month of

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Varsity staff up in arms over pay cuts

Public university lecturers and other workers are headed for a clash with their employers over pay

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The Great Migration

The Great Migration began. Approximately two million Southern Blacks moved to Northern industrial centers in the following

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Dec

1915

Salute to First Responders and Healthcare Workers to be held May 14-28 in Greene County

Greene County had 74

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Ethiopia

In April 2015, members of the Islamic State killed about 20 migrant workers in Libya. The victims, believed to be Ethiopian Christians, were either shot or

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Workers push back against COVID job risks

Frontline and essential workers’ concerns over safety and working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic have been steadily boiling over into organized protests across the

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WATCH: Why distressed pregnant woman on ship was not evacuated

Jamaican health authorities have sought to explain why the requested medical evacuation of a distressed pregnant woman aboard the Adventure of the Seas was not

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COVID-19 layoffs in US nearly 39 million

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits in the two months since the coronavirus took hold in the US has swelled to nearly 39 million, the Government reported yesterday, even as states from coast to coast gradually reopen their economies and

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Rwanda: Govt Deploys Robots in COVID-19 Fight

Launched on Tuesday, May 19 at the Kanyinya COVID-19 Treatment Centre by the Ministry of Health with support from the United Nations Development Programme, the five high-tech robots can perform a number of tasks related to COVID-19 management, including mass temperature screening, delivering food

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Riot at Mobile, Ala., shipyard over the upgrading

Riot at Mobile, Ala., shipyard over the upgrading of twelve Black workers.

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May

1943

Salt, Sir Titus

Salt, Sir Titus, 1803–76, English textile manufacturer and inventor. He invented a machine for making worsted from coarse wool and a process for spinning and weaving alpaca. In 1851 he started to build, on the Aire River, extensive textile works and a model manufacturing town, called Saltaire, in

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Georgia Law Officials Are Looking For Answers After Two Sisters Found Dead Under Bridge

Georgia law enforcement officials are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspects involved in the tragic death of two stepsisters, Truvenia Campbell, 31, and Vanita

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Organized Labor in the 21st Century: The Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226

In February 2008, the Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226 emerged on the national political scene with their high profile endorsement of presidential candidate Barack Obama. The union itself has a much older history that goes back to the late 1940s and is tied to the aspirations of

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African Americans and the Manhattan Project, Richland, WA (1942-1945)

Between the years of 1942 and 1944 around fifteen thousand blacks and fifty thousand whites were recruited to the Manhattan/ Hanford Project in Richland, Washington. The federal government required government contractor, DuPont, to keep the number of black construction workers on the project

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