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Highway project resumes after extortion threat
Work on the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) resumed yesterday after a five-day suspension triggered by an extortion threat made last Friday. The threat, which was made anonymously via a handwritten note, called for biweekly...
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White mob prevented enrollment of students
White mob prevented enrollment of students at Mansfield High School, Mansfield, Texas.
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Aug
30
1956
African American Poet Amanda Gorman Says She Was 'Tailed' by Security Guard
African American poet Amanda Gorman said in a Twitter post that she was “tailed” by a security guard Friday night as she walked to her home in the city of Los Angeles with the guard saying “you look
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Source: Voice of America - English
Judge throws out $120m lawsuit brought by Larry Singh against State over bond - Stabroek News
High Court Judge Nareshwar Harnanan in a recent ruling threw out a lawsuit for $120m brought by businessman Larry Singh, which he claimed was owed by the Ministry of Health for rental of his controversial Sussex Street property which was used as a drug
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Harvey B. Gantt born
Harve B. Gantt, the first African American student to enroll at Clemson University in Charleston, South Carolina. Gantt became mayor pro tem of Charleston in 1983 and later served as mayor of Charlotte from 1983 to 1987.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Jan
14
1943
Massachusetts free blacks initiate a school for free blacks assisted by white
Massachusetts free blacks initiate a school for free blacks assisted by white philanthropic and state appropriations.
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Jan
0
1789
Julian Bond, communications director of the
Julian Bond, communications director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, denied seat in Georgia House of Representatives because of his opposition to Vietnam War.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Jan
10
1966
Mary Eliza Mahoney
Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first African American to graduate from a nursing school, graduates from the nursing program at the New England Hospital for Women and Children
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Source: Blackfacts.com
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Aug
1
1879
The Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical
The Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School (later Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science) is chartered in Los Angeles. It is the only African American focused medical school west of the Mississippi
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Aug
2
1966
William Ellisworth Artist is born
William Ellisworth Artist is born in Washington,N.C. Educated at Syracuse University and a student of Augusta Savage. His works will be exhibited at Atlanta University, the Whitney Museum, the Two Centuries of Black American Art exhibit and collected by Fisk University, Hampton University, the
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Feb
2
1914
Cornel West leaves Harvard University after tenure position controversy
By: Teddy Grant Activist and philosopher Cornel West announced on Monday that he would be leaving his position at Harvard University’s Divinity School after being denied a tenure position at the institution.    West will be leaving the prestigious university to work for Union Theological Seminary
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Classical Conductor Dean Dixon born.
Classical Conductor Dean Dixon is born in 1915 in Harlem, NY. Fluent in Swedish, French and German, Dixon became one of Europes best known conductors after leaving the US in 1949. He conducted the Goteborg (Sweden) Symphony for 10 years before being named conductor for the Hessian Radio Symphony in
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Jan
10
1915
New York Manumission Society opens a school forblacks in New York City, the Af
New York Manumission Society opens a school for blacks in New York City, the African Free School (schools are eventually transferred to city authorities).
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Jan
0
1787
Samuel L. Jackson
Actor Samuel Jackson was born on this day in Washington, DC. Jackson will begin his acting career as a student at Morehouse College. He will star in over 40 movies including box office hits The Long Kiss Goodnight, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and A Time to Kill.
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Dec
21
1941
Malawi: Hope From the Pulpit - the Church Easing Transport Woes for Malawi's Riverine Pregnant Women
[Nigeria Health Watch] "I thought I was going to die, I nearly gave birth on a ship," Lucy Chirambo said somberly.
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The first African American nursing school
The first African American nursing school opens at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga.
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Aug
13
1881
Hundreds of appeals in limbo - Outstanding judges’ notes, court transcripts hobble process
Nearly 400 appeals filed in the last four years challenging rulings handed down by Jamaica’s high and parish courts have stalled because of the absence of transcripts. Between 2016 and February 22 this year, a total of 311 transcripts and 67 judges...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, found
Pioneer in surgery, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, founds Provident Hospital in Chicago, IL . At the same time, he founded Provident Hospital School of Nursing because Emma Reynolds, African America, had been denied admission to every school of nursing in Chicago
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Jan
23
1891
National Guard mobilized to restore order in
National Guard mobilized to restore order in Boston school busing crisis.
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Oct
15
1974
Why Should Students Consider Outsourcing Their Assignments? | PensacolaVoice Magazine 2021
Every student has to deal with a lot of trouble while studying and managing different subjects. Of course, for some students managing things is easy, but others tend to suffer from poor time management and difficulty understanding the subject. More so, some students also have a part-time job, love
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Source: PensacolaVoice.com
Medical School at Howard University opens with eight students, 1868
Medical School at Howard University opens with eight students, 1868
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Nov
9
1868
COVID-19 update: SA records 1 210 new cases and 219 deaths
South Africa currently has a cumulative COVID-19 caseload of 1 494 119 along with 48 313 deaths and 1 494 119 recoveries.
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JPS defends Portmore office closure amid protests
Despite the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) winding down operations at its Portmore Mall store due to low usage by customers, residents of the municipality are urging the light and power company to reconsider as the closure will be a major...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Nine Black students started Little Rock high school, 1957
Nine Black students started Little Rock high school, 1957
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Sep
24
1957
U.S. Rep. Floyd Flake born
U.S. Rep. Floyd Flake, D-New York, was born in Los Angeles, California. A businessman and minister, Flake established the Allen Christian School and Allen Home Care Agency.
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Jan
30
1945
Jamaicans urged to heighten COVID vigilance amid highest number of new cases
Jamaicans are being urged to redouble their vigilance against COVID-19 as the country has recorded its highest number of cases in a 24-hour period, with 263 infections being confirmed from 1,785 samples tested. This has seen the country’s...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Mississippi Barred Meredith For The Third Time
Mississippi barred Meredith for the third time. Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson and a blockade of state patrolmen turned back Meredith and federal marshals about four hundred yards from the gate of the school.
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Sep
26
1962
Hundreds of appeals in limbo
Nearly 400 appeals filed in the last four years challenging rulings handed down by Jamaica’s high and parish courts have stalled because of the absence of transcripts. Between 2016 and February 22 this year, a total of 311 transcripts and 67 judges...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Brazil minister says Amazon coronavirus variant three times more contagious - Stabroek News
BRASILIA,  (Reuters) - A coronavirus variant identified in the Brazilian Amazon may be three times more contagious but early analysis suggests vaccines are still effective against it, the country’s health minister said yesterday, without providing evidence for the
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H. Rap Brown replaced Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
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May
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