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Newswire : Aunt Jemima to change name, remove image ‘based on racial stereotype’
After 130 years, Quaker is finally changing the name of their popular pancake brand, Aunt
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Morris, Morris W. / Lewis Morrison (1845-1906)
Lewis Morrison was one of the most prominent stage actors of his time. He was best known worldwide for his portrayal of “Mephistopheles” in Faust. He was also the first black Jewish officer to serve during the Civil
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Southern University [New Orleans] (1956-- )
Southern University is a historically black university with a main campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Originally founded in 1880 in New Orleans as Southern University in New Orleans, it began its mission of providing post-secondary education for African Americans with 12 students and
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Somalia: Amisom Should Provide More Than Security in Somalia
[ISS] The African Union Mission to Somalia's time is drawing to a close. It's scheduled to end in December 2021, after the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) extended the 28 February exit deadline. But instead of making preparations to leave, the growing political and security problems in
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White Doctor Charged with Battery as Black College Student Says He Elbowed Her, Yelled N-Word on Running Trail
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Africa: Some Progress, But Africans Still Live With All Forms of Malnutrition - Global Nutrition Report
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Zaila Avant-garde Has Already Received Several Full-Ride College Scholarship Offers - Blavity
After displaying an incredible spelling prowess at the Scripps National Spelling Bee last week, Zaila Avant-garde has been fielding scholarship offers from several universities, Yahoo reports. The 14-year-old phenomenon has received offers from three academic institutions in her native state of
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Seventh grader becomes health advocate, raises funds for Children's Miracle Network | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Every year, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals chooses a champion to serve as the ambassador for their local hospital. For Baton Rouge, that champion is Chad Barnes Jr, the 2020-2021 CMN Ambassador for Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital. He is the spokesperson for the children’s hospital
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Minneapolis’ ‘long, hot summer’ of ’67 – and parallels to today’s...
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Critics bemoan discipline for Black trooper who leaked Ronald Greene files, ripped State Police
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Apple plans to make iOS detect child abuse photos - report - NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Las Cruces School Board Reviews Classroom Equity Policy - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Gray, William Herbert, III (1941–2013)
William Herbert Gray III was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on August 20, 1941. His mother, Hazel Yates Gray, was a high school teacher. His father, William Herbert Gray Jr. was a Baptist Minister and over his career, the president of two Florida colleges. Upon taking a job as pastor of Bright
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1941
New Law Enforcement Training Guide Claims BLM Is Partially Composed of 'Hard-Core Terrorist Trained Troops,' Urges Police to Treat Activists as Terrorists
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Grambling State University (1901-- )
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Congress Moves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Measure Forward
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Tina Knowles Lawson, Beyoncé launch Houston campaign to fight COVID-19
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Spearman, Leonard H.O. (1929-2008)
Dr. Leonard Hall OConnell Spearman was the U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda and Lesotho. A native of Tallahassee, Florida, Spearman was born July 8, 1929. In 1947 Spearman graduated from Florida A&M College (now Florida A&M University), in Tallahassee, Florida, with a B.S. in biological
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Pressure mounts on Biden to make diverse picks for top posts - DefenderNetwork.com
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History professor discusses George Washington's legacy - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Morehouse cancels fall sports as HBCUs grapple with rapid changes
The news on Morehouse sports came at the same time the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), one of the NCAA’s two Division I conferences composed of all HBCUs, was explaining on a virtual news conference how it would survive a fourth program leaving in three years, with
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