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Ralph D. Reid is Vice President, Corporate Responsibility for Sprint, a company that served more than 54 million customers at the end of the third quarter of 2013. Also, Sprint is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G
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Wake Up And Stay Woke: Looking For Answers?
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Frontline Workers, Public Employees Hit Hard By Fraudulent Unemployment Claims
The HR manager then forwarded a letter from the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) indicating that she has filed a claim on March
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South Africa: Police Stations Now Fully Operational
Eastern Cape — The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Eastern Cape, Major General Andries Swart informs the public that the Dimbaza, New Brighton, Willowvale and Whittlesea Police Stations are now fully
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Barber-Scotia College [Concord] (1867-)
Barber-Scotia College is a coed liberal arts school founded by the Presbyterian Church in July 1867 by Reverend Luke Dorland as Scotia Seminary. Reverend Dorland was commissioned by the Presbyterian Church to create an institution to train black women in programs of elementary, secondary and normal
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READ: Former President Barack Obama's 'Graduate Together' speech | The Atlanta Voice
Some of you have had to overcome serious obstacles along the way, whether it was an illness, or a parent losing a job, or living in a neighborhood where people too often count you
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Filmmakers Rally Behind John Boyega's Stirring 'F**k That' Speech Against Racism
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Ghana: COVID-19 Businesses Support Fund Should Spur MSMEs On to Thrive
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday launched a GH¢1 billion COVID-19 Alleviation Business Support Programme to support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) affected by the coronavirus
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Triumph: Wu-Tang Clan Launches “Protect Ya Hands” Sanitizer For Canadian COVID-19 Relief
The legendary group has launched a variety of products that will help hospitals, food banks, and shelters in
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Monday Night Politics
A judge is responsible for overseeing the courtroom and is responsible for making decisions that impact a victim who has unfortunately found themselves in the criminal justice
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Africa: International Partnerships are Key for Africa during COVID-19
As the African Union Chair, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa chaired a virtual meeting of African heads of state and declared: "The challenge of this pandemic has shown how Africa is able to work together to solve its own
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Mayor's Milk Initiative to begin fifth round of milk giveaways | Dallas Weekly
During the first round of distributions, the Mayor’s Milk Initiative handed out 12,595 gallons of milk and approximately 230,000 pounds of food from the North Texas Food
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2020 graduates reflect on lack of traditional commencement
Instead of a momentous occasion, thousands of graduates find themselves staring at a computer screen as they listen to deans and school principals wax lyrical about their achievements over the last four years, while celebrity commencement speakers, including former President Barack Obama, spout
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Wineberry, Jesse Calvin (1955- )
Former Washington State Legislator and current internet business entrepreneur, Jesse Calvin Wineberry was born in 1955 in Sedro Woolley, Washington, and adopted by parents Peter and Mary Wineberry. Wineberry grew up in Seattle’s Central District and attended Queen Anne High School. He earned
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Aman: The voice of calm in covid-19 turbulence
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(1968) Robert F. Kennedy, “On the Death of Martin Luther King, Jr.”
On April 4, 1968, during an Indianapolis, Indiana rally for his presidential campaign, attended by a large number of African Americans, Robert F. Kennedy, despite suggestions he shouldnt appear at all, decided to proceed and announce the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., to a group unaware
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1968
Not afraid of dying
In addition, I have witnessed many people die so I’m comfortable with facing
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Watt, Melvin Luther (1945- )
Carolina in the 20th century, Mel Watts is a current member of the United States House of Representatives. Watts was born on August 26, 1945 in the small community of Steele Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and attended high school in Charlotte. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science
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Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe was a twentieth century famous African American tennis player. He is considered the world’s number one tennis player after he won three Grand Slam titles. He was the first black man to be selected for the United States Davis Cup team and won the singles title at
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1943
Jay-Z Phoned Minnesota Governor About the Death of George Floyd
Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter may be a rapper, businessman, entrepreneur, and producer, but first and foremost he’s a Black man, which is exactly what he told Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz when he called him personally to discuss his feelings about the death of George
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Army Grants Posthumous Promotion To Slain ROTC Student
The Department of Defense is granting a posthumous promotion to Richard Collins III, a ROTC student at Bowie State University who was murdered in 2017, days after being commissioned a second lieutenant in the
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Education CS Magoha cancels KCPE, KCSE as Covid-19 bites
The Covid-19 pandemic has rendered the school calendar lost, Education Secretary says.
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Tanzanian president's son recovers from COVID-19
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A salute to the AKA AKAdemy Class of 2020
Zeta Upsilon Omega Chapter and the men of Eta Rho Chapter of Omega Psi celebrate and congratulate the AKA AKAdemy Class of 2020
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Herndon, Norris Bumstead (1897–1977)
Norris Bumstead Herndon was the second president of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, founded by his father, Alonzo Herndon, in 1905. Herndon was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 15, 1897, the only child of Adrienne Elizabeth McNeil, a graduate and teacher at Atlanta University, and Alonzo
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Jubilee purge: Ruto's supporters anxious
While his name keeps popping up as a possible target, Majority Leader Aden Duale has confounded both friends and foe, forcing analysts to argue that he could survive the purge based on his performance in the
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Attorney Tova Hamilton takes her seat in the Senate
Attorney at law Tova Hamilton on Friday morning took her seat on the Government benches in the Senate after taking her oath of Allegiance in the
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Africans in Germany Lose Their Church Communities
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