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Ahmaud Arbery shooting weighs heavily on black legal professionals – Voice and Viewpoint
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Africa: Harnessing Tech to Employ Last-Mile Tree Planters in a COVID-19 World
The year 2020 started with such optimism and hope for nature-based solutions and environmental social and governance investments were high on the agenda at Davos; the World Economic Forum launched the 1 Trillion Trees campaign, backed by Salesforce; BlackRock's CEO sent an open letter to industry
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Jamaica: Quarantined returnees by air ‘pushed to back of the line’ behind 1,000 cruise ship workers
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Black Belt (U.S. region)
The Black Belt is a region of the Southern United States. The term originally described the prairies and dark fertile soil of central Alabama and northeast Mississippi.[1] Because this area in the 19th century was historically developed for cotton plantations based on enslaved African-American
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A Successful Decision-Making Strategy for Choosing Where to Donate Your Historical Memorabilia
In the article below, Al “Butch” Smith Jr., PhD, and Peter Blecha describe the process by which the family of prominent Seattle photographer Al Smith Sr. chose the institution to permanently house the ten-thousand- image Smith collection. The process they developed and followed could be
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Liberia: Bankers Association Donates to NPHIL
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The reality and pitfalls of being Black in America –
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Sixty-seven Guyanese return from Miami
Yesterday’s Eastern Airlines repatriation flight from Miami saw the return of 67 Guyanese following an approval granted by the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF), the Department of Public Information (DPI) said
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Quarantined flight returnees ‘pushed to back of the line’
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Good riddance to sour history: Congolese on toppling of Leopold II statue
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Africa: The Evolution of the Shoebill in Wetlands of Africa
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(1921) Marcus Garvey “Address to the Second UNIA Convention”
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Africa: Deep Dive - Lockdown Gives Dive Operators Time to Rethink Sustainability
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(1838) James McCune Smith, “The Abolition Of Slavery And The Slave Trade In The French And British Colonies”
James McCune Smith (1813-1865) was a prominent physician and abolitionist. Smith was educated in the African Free School in New York City. When failing to be admitted to any American college, he enrolled in Glasgow University in Scotland in 1832 and earned three degrees including his medical
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Pinnacle Point - Howiesons Poort Cave Site in South Africa
Definition: Pinnacle Point, also known as PP13B, is the name of a sea cave in the coastal cliffs near Mossel Bay, on the southern coast of South Africa. The site includes an extensive Middle Stone Age deposit with multiple occupations, dated between 39,000 and 162,000 years ago, consisting of uncem
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President Bio’s address – thoughts, words and deeds
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(1837) Theodore S. Wright, “Prejudice Against the Colored Man”
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Ahmaud Arbery shooting weighs heavily on black legal professionals | Afro
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