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Munro anger - Administrators blamed for COVID-19 cluster

WESTERN BUREAU: Administrators at the all-boy Munro College in St Elizabeth came under fire on Monday for reported lax coronavirus protocols and a culture of complacency that caused an outbreak of infections that has shuttered the school. Munro’s...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Student Afro-American Society seized the Columbia College admissions office and demanded a special admissions board and staff.

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1969

COMMENTARY: Did Publix Make Dispensing the Covid-19 Vaccine Political? | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Why did Publix neglect the counties with the most COVID-19 cases and deaths in the entire state? What executive made the decision on which stores would dispense the vaccine? What data did they use? Who thinks it is logical to omit sending vaccines to a county with more than 350,000

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COVID-19-hit school closes

GOVERNMENT has announced that it will move swiftly to close any school that records COVID-19 cases as part of measures to curb the spread of the virulent pandemic amid reports that the country was under a second wave of the highly infectious disease. BY BLESSED MHLANGA This came as John

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Lewis, Arthur W. (1926- )

Arthur W. Lewis was a career foreign officer who served in diplomatic missions in Eastern Europe and Africa before retiring in 1987. He also played a significant role in expanding opportunities for racial and ethnic minorities in the American diplomatic

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Source: Black Past

Mkhize disbands Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19 'out of the blue' | News24

Members of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19 were caught by surprise after a letter advised them their term was over.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Mason, Dawn (1945- )

Dr. Dawn Mason is a former Washington State Representative for the 37th District, an adjunct professor and former member of the Board of Visitors at Antioch University Seattle, and Vision and Planning Team Member for Cultural Reconnection (USA and Kenya). Mason was born in Jersey City, New Jersey

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Source: Black Past

Jul

2

1945

The Wyoming Black Fourteen (1969)

The Wyoming Black Fourteen were African American members of the 1969 University of Wyoming (UW) football team who protested playing a game with Brigham Young University (BYU) because of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’s ban on black males holding the priesthood in the church and

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Source: Black Past

Oct

15

1969

COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rapidly Rising As County Waits for Vaccine - Voice and Viewpoint

José A. Álvarez | County of San Diego Communications Office Due to the increasing number of cases and hospitalizations, County health officials continue to urge San Diegans to follow the recommended guidance to prevent getting and spreading the novel coronavirus. Over the past seven days, the

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Covid-19: Signs of a resurgence in the Eastern Cape should be a wake-up call to all of us - Ramaphosa | News24

President Cyril Ramaphosa says signs of a resurgence in Covid-19 cases in the Eastern Cape should serve as a warning to citizens to remain vigilant.

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US reports over 60,590 COVID-19 cases in 1 day, 929 new deaths

COVID-19 cases are rising as the third wave of the coronavirus surges across the nation. On Tuesday alone, 60,598 new... View Article The post US reports over 60,590 COVID-19 cases in 1 day, 929 new deaths appeared first on TheGrio.

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SEE IT: White Starbucks customer shouts, ‘F--- Black Lives Matter!’ at African-American barista - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

An African-American Starbucks barista kept her cool while a white customer shouted, "F--- Black Lives Matter!"

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Rwanda: How Technology Has Boosted Rwanda's Response to Covid-19

[New Times] Three months after the Covid-19 outbreak was announced in China, Rwanda reported her first case of the pandemic.

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Schools reopen amid fresh COVID-19 fears

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SA records 772 more Covid-19 cases and 54 deaths | News24

South Africa's Covid-19 recovery rate is 90%.

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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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Feb

2

1914

Tunisia: Coronavirus - 35 Deaths and 1422 More Infections Recorded On January 1

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The number of coronavirus-related deaths rose to 4765 after 35 more fatalities were recorded on January 1, 2021 until 11 pm, the Ministry of Health said in its daily report on the epidemic situation in the country.

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University of Limpopo student stabbed in fight between organisations | News24

A student has been stabbed after fight broke out between two organisations at the University of Limpopo on Thursday.

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Police use tear gas to break up student protest

Police used tear gas to break up student protest demonstration at Tallahassee, Florida.

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Mar

1

1960

Cornwall Courts taxi men want more COVID support

WESTERN BUREAU: Taxi operators in the Cornwall Courts community of St James, which is under a special curfew due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, are calling for greater support in combatting the virus, including assistance for persons who have to...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

H. Rap Brown replaced Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

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May

12

1967

‘They’re not qualified’ - CEO-in-waiting of mining investors bashes environmentalists

A former deputy commissioner of the Government’s Mines and Geology Division tapped for a leadership role in the controversy-plagued Jamaica World LLC has warned that much of the criticism of the Puerto Bueno Mountains quarrying plan is misplaced...

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(1966) Stokely Carmichael, “Definitions of Black Power”

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Source: Black Past

Jul

31

1966

Angola: Covid-19 - Number of Angolans Infected in Portugal Rises to 93

[ANGOP] Lisbon -- The number of Angolans infected with Covid-19 in Portugal rose last Wednesday to 93, after the recent two new cases, who happen to be non-resident citizens in this European country.

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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

#Election2020: Trump's failure to work with Biden is becoming more urgent as Covid spreads | The Atlanta Voice

President Donald Trump is facing a barrage of calls to permit potentially life-saving transition talks between his health officials and incoming President-elect Joe Biden's aides on a fast-worsening pandemic he is continuing to ignore in his obsessive effort to discredit an election that he clearly

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Free at-home, in-person COVID-19 saliva tests -

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Deborrah Kaye Allen, better known as Debbie Allen, is an American choreographer and dancer from Houston, Texas. She was born on January 16, 1950 to Arthur Allen and Vivian Ayers. Her mother was a strong role model in her life, who took care of Debbie and her siblings when her parents got

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Jan

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1950

Dawson, Daisy Lee Tibbs (1924-2013)

When the principal, J.T. Wright and his wife, a white couple who served as mentors to Tibbs, accepted a position at the University of Washington (UW), they convinced her to move to Seattle with them in 1944 to continue her education. As a student at the University of Washington Tibbs met Akiko

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Apr

24

1942

Uptick of COVID-19 cases in Clarendon concerns health officer

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