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The Crips also known as Original Crip Homies (OCH) are a primarily African-American gang. They were founded in Los Angeles, California in 1969 mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams. What was once a single alliance between two autonomous gangs is now a loosely connected network of
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Man found at Meten-Meer-Zorg was murdered - autopsy
Andy Williams, the construction worker whose partially decomposed body was discovered floating in a trench at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara last Monday, was murdered, an autopsy yesterday
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Sports Icons And Influencers Come Together To Support The Jesse Owens Foundation
NFL athlete and humanitarian Victor Cruz, New York Giants’ Brandon Marshall and Olympian Herbert P. Douglas Jr. celebrate Serena Williams and posthumously honor Muhammad Ali at the 2017 Jesse Owens Awards Gala
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Pharrell Williams Announces Juneteenth Holiday In Virginia
Grammy winning artist and producer, Pharrell Williams, officially helped to declare Juneteenth a holiday in his home state of
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Olivet Baptist Church (OBC) [Chicago] (1850- )
The Olivet Baptist Church (OBC), founded on April 6, 1850, was at one time the largest Protestant church in the world, reaching 20,000 members under the leadership of Pastor Lacey Kirk Williams. It is the second oldest black church in Chicago, Illinois and the oldest African American Baptist church
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'This is What Class Looks Like': Fans Respond to Kenya Moore Throwing Shade at Porsha Williams in Instagram Post
Kenya Moore still had plenty of shade left to throw after after part two of the virtual “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” reunion, taking aim at fellow castmate Porsha Williams in a thinly veiled Instagram
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Jamaica: 71-year-old George Williams a step closer to prison release after 48 years without trial
(Jamaica Gleaner) For the first time in 48 years, George Williams had his day in a court of law
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Virtual Townhall: Erasing the Opportunity Gap Created by COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic and the creation of emergency education has put parents, teachers, administrators, and community advocates in panic mode trying to figure out how to ensure the opportunity gap doesn’t exponentially widen for Black
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Robert Creeley
Robert Creeley , in full Robert White Creeley (born May 21, 1926, Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S.—died March 30, 2005, Odessa, Texas), American poet and founder of the Black Mountain movement of the 1950s (see Black Mountain
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Exclusive: Cash Money Co-Founder Slim and Business Manager Vernon Brown on Partnering with New Orleans Mayor to Pay Rents Amid COVID-19
Co-founders and brothers Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams of Cash Money Records partnered with New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell to cover the cost of rent for the month of June for residents living in low-income
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Farmers use technology to boost sales
It allows farmers to access high-resolution weather forecasts, agronomic tips, information on climate-smart agricultural practices, and compare specific crop prices at three of the major markets in Jamaica — Coronation, May Pen and
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Ruling means Missouri's last abortion clinic stays open
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s only abortion clinic will be able to keep operating after a state government administrator decided Friday that the health department was wrong not to renew the license of the Planned Parenthood facility in
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St. Paul Pastor Honored With Auto Parade
Pastor Dr. Ephraim Williams has led the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Oak Park since
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Forbes Drops Its Highest Paid Athletes List — Here’s Who Made The Cut
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who were no. 1 and no. 2 last year, respectively, came in no. 3 and no. 2 this year, with Messi losing the top spot to Swiss professional tennis player Roger Federer and Ronaldo maintaining his
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Porsha Williams Remembers Being Chased By The KKK As A Child
Porsha individually is not really known for her activism, though she is the granddaughter of prominent Civil Rights Leader, Hosea Williams, who closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership
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Death of George Washington Williams
Death of George Washington Williams (41), Blackpool, England. Williams served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1880 to 1881, during the 64th session of the General Assembly. He was the first African-American to serve in the Ohio Legislature.
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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian resigns from board, urges Black candidate as replacement
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'Feeling the Braids': Porsha Williams' Hair Leaves Fans Crushing
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KSAMC to clean over 100 drains
Detailing the programme, Kingston Mayor Delroy Williams said that the exercise would be undertaken in phases, targeting 51 critical coastal drains in communities across 13
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Flag sparks tearful joy for arriving crew member
A RETURNING Jamaican ship worker aboard the Adventure of the Seas was overcome with ­sadness as security personnel moved about at the Falmouth Port on Tuesday
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Colin Kaepernick is joining Medium's board to write about racism | The Atlanta Voice
In addition to the board seat, Kaepernick Publishing, which Kaepernick unveiled in February, will create stories for Medium about race and civil rights in the United
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Williams, Daniel Hale (1856-1931)
Daniel Hale Williams III was a pioneeringsurgeon best known for performing in 1893 one of the world’s first successfulopen heart surgeries.  Williams was born on January18, 1856, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania toSarah Price Williams and Daniel Hale Williams II .  Following the death of his
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Memphis Police Union Head Responds To Calls For Reform
Officers form a line in front of a police precinct May 27, during a protest over the death of George
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Wendy Williams
Wendy Williams had a catchphrase on radio, “How ya’ doin’?”, that was originally used to insinuate that a celebrity was homosexual; she kept the catchphrase for her television show, but stopped using it in that context… Williams was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2009… Wendy
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'Kenya Is Not Her Real Friend': People Drag Kenya Moore for How She Treated Cynthia Bailey During 'RHOA' Season 12
Kenya Moore of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” came under fire from fans for nearly destroying her friendship with Cynthia Bailey during season
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President Bill Clinton and Foundation Executives Welcome Southern Bancorp's New Leadership
Former President Bill Clinton and leaders from of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation welcomed Darrin Williams, Speaker Pro-Tem of the Arkansas General Assembly, and Dr. Glendell Jones, Jr., President of Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, as the respective
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Black Girl Magic: Twins rack in $1M in scholarships and accepted to 38 colleges
Arielle and Arianna Williams are bound for success and won’t stop until they reach
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The Racial Politics of Miss America
Elwood Watson, a professor of history at East Tennessee State University, is one of the few African American cultural historians to focus his research on the Miss America pageant.  In the article below he examines the success of eight black women in winning the pageant and gaining the coveted crown
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Racist Yearbook: Black Students Targeted With N-Word Slur
The principal of a high school in the Gwinnett County area of Georgia is investigating how a racist picture made it into the school’s 2019-20
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Naomi Osaka Outearns Serena Williams, Becomes History’s Highest-Paid Woman in Athletics
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