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Oakland-based organizer and Regional Director of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment for San Francisco and Oakland, Carroll Fife, has dedicated her life’s work to advocating for the rights of marginalized
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Black Fatherhood Advocate Pens Children's Books That Help Parents Discuss Ahmaud Arbery Case
Author CEO Kenneth Braswell wrote these books understanding that cases like Ahmaud Arbery highlight racial trauma for Black parents and
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Lorde & Kanye West Set for Collaboration on New Music?
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(1903) Capt. Charles Young Speaks At Stanford University
Through much of U.S. military history, officers serving in the armed forces have rarely commented publicly on social issues of the day. One exception to this tradition appears below, a speech by Capt. Charles Young, Ninth Cavalry, at Stanford University. In December, 1903 Young was the main speaker
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NeNe Leakes dishes on serious drama in ‘RHOA’ Reunion [video]
NeNe Leakes is ready for round two of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” virtual reunion, airing Sunday on
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The Forsythes’ love defies all odds
Imagine planning a grand wedding that forms the perfect replica of dreams of your big day, having your honeymoon getaway booked, having the man/woman of your dreams by your side, and envisioning everything flowing as you intended
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Drake Apologizes For Calling Kylie Jenner His 'Side Piece' In Unreleased Song
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2020 Election Live Updates: Biden Will Accept Nomination in Delaware, Skipping Milwaukee Convention
… she easily defeated a prominent African-American leader with whom she split … its innermost liberal suburbs, is African-American and considered safely
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In July 2015, Barack Obama visited Kenya for the first time since he became president of the United States. His father, Barack Obama, Sr., was born in Nyangoma Kogelo and returned to Kenya in 1964, after he graduated from Harvard. Obama, Sr. lived in Nairobi at the time of his death in
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“Fight For It” Zonnique Shares The Relationship Advice Her Mother Tiny Has Given Her For Dating Rappers
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DeSoto ISD Approves Paid Mental Health Leave | Dallas Weekly
As the district shifts to staff retention and recruitment for the upcoming year, the focus on wellness continues with the Board’s recent approval of mental health days amongst its new list of paid leave days for
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Madigan: Members violating safety precautions could face removal from session | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The state’s COVID-19 response and operating budget will unsurprisingly be on the top of the agenda for lawmakers when they return for a socially distanced session this week, according to an email distributed to Illinois House members
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Robert Smalls steals Confederate ship
It has just gotten dark on the evening of May 12, 1862. General Roswell Ripley and the other white confederate officers of the
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Kenya: Take Five With Billy Black
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Kenya: Hockey Players Promote Mental Health Awareness
From the well-off people distributing relief food to their less fortunate colleagues and families, to sending coronavirus awareness messages through social and mainstream media, local sportsmen and women have become part of the pandemic
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Black Blogger Becomes Overnight Celebrity After White Woman Becomes Salty Over Her Photo - Blavity
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South Africa: Police Sergeant and Accomplice Appear in Court for House Robbery
The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in North West, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena, welcomed the arrest and appearance of a police Sergeant and his accomplice in the Lichtenburg Magistrates' Court on Friday, 15 May 2020 for house
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SMU Quarterback Shane Buechele Raises $50,000 for Dallas’ COVID-19 Relief Fund
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(1963) Josephine Baker, “Speech at the March on Washington”
Josephine Baker is remembered by most people as the flamboyant African American entertainer who earned fame and fortune in Paris in the 1920s.  Yet through much of her later life, Baker became a vocal opponent of  segregation and discrimination, often initiating one-woman protests against racial
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Rwanda: Kula Project Donates Food Supplies to Gakenke District Resident
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LETTERS: Coronavirus is not a gender-blind disease
The World Health Organisation recognises the need to include women in outbreaks preparedness and response such as the global Covid-19 policy spaces but other than the disaggregation of the disease burden by gender, response measures have not addressed the gendered
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Indian community gives packages to St Mary people
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NFL’s Deandre Baker & Quinton Dunbar Accused Of Sticking Up A Cookout, Allegedly
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