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Musician Joseph Oliver born
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14
1885
Joseph Haynes Rainey
Joseph Haynes Rainey, first African American representative in the U.S. House of Representatives where he will serve five terms, born
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21
1832
[VIDEO]: Money, Greed or Need: Can college football be played without fans? | The Atlanta Voice
Also, a report suggested the NFL and Oakley would place a covering similar to an N95 mask inside of helmets. Would it be dope if the NFL actually made that happen or Nah?
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Disbelief and rumours lead to virus deaths in Haiti
CITÉ SOLEIL, Haiti (AFP) — On paper, Haiti so far has everything it needs to battle the novel coronavirus crisis — unoccupied hospital beds, medical staff, and
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Cuban medics in Guinea-Bissau to bolster COVID-19 combat
A Cuban medical brigade arrived in Guinea-Bissau to assist in the fight against
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Name at birth: Christopher Rios
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Trinidad: Former PNM minister's brother to run for UNC
Trinidad: Former PNM minister’s brother to run for UNC
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Veasey, Marc (1971– )
Veasey is a lifelong resident of Fort Worth, Texas, having been born there on January 3, 1971. His parents, Joseph and Connie Veasey, divorced when he was ten, prompting Marc, his brother Ryan, and his mother to move in with his maternal grandmother. Prior to this move, the family had been
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Source: Black Past
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Jan
3
1971
Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby
Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby removed the mayor and aldermen of Columbia, S.C., and made new appointments, including three Blacks: C.M. Wilder, Joseph franchise Blacks.
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Jun
19
1868
Concerning C.E.O. Officer Lowenfield
Concerning C.E.O. Officer Lowenfield -Would the PPP or the PNC ever
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Congo extends virus lockdown on village near Pointe-Noire
Even as the population in vasts parts of the Republic of Congo warm up to the “new normal” with government lifting of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, for residents of a village in the country’s south, a lockdown remains in
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Tunisia: COVID-19 - 271 Persons Leave Mahdia Mandatory Quarantine Centre
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Joseph Searles admitted NYSEX
The New York Stock Exchange admits its first Black member, Joseph Searles.
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Feb
13
1970
Jagdeo flays COVID-19 Task Force for ‘lack of leadership’
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday slammed the National COVID-19 Task Force for a lack of leadership and for not providing guidance on the reopening of the
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Uganda: Masaka, Arua Hospitals Discharge 5 COVID-19 Patients
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The Black crisis in the midst of the coronavirus crisis
A few days after my call with Rep. Reynolds, I received a call on my cell phone from U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on Wednesday, March
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Joe Louis - Birthday
Joe Louis , byname of Joseph Louis Barrow, also called the Brown Bomber (born May 13, 1914, Lafayette, Alabama, U.
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13
1914
Joseph Lowze named auxillary Bishop of Missippii
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Jan
27
1973
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC - 200,000 People Flee Attacks On Villages and Health Care Centers in Ituri Province
Nearly 200,000 people fled their homes in the last two months as violence escalated in Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières
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From cold symptoms to coronavirus –
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Kenya Airways Flies Into Sh12.98 Billion Loss
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New Orleans being Recognized as Example of Flattening the Curve
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Freeman, Joseph (1953– )
In 1978 Joseph Freeman became the first man of African ancestry to be granted the priesthood after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that any male could be ordained, regardless of race or color.  Freeman was born July 24, 1953, in Vanceboro, North Carolina, to Rose Lee Smith
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Forty-second Congress convened
Forty-second Congress convened (1871-73) with five Black congressmen: Joseph H. Rainey, Robert Carlos Delarge and Robert Brown Elliott,South Carolina; Benjamin S. Turner, Alabama; Josiah T. Walls, Florida. Walls was elected in an at-large election and was the first Black congressman to represent an
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Mar
4
1869
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Khartoum / New Halfa / El Geneina / El Fasher / Um Rawaba / ED Damer — While Covid-19 continues to spread in Sudan, a number of medical staff in Kassala have been quarantined after having been in contact with suspected
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Lang’ata police dog sale set for next week
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