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(ThyBlackMan.com) The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has once again shown their liberal bias and lack of
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Dixon, Charles Dean (1915-1976)
Charles Dean Dixon, conductor, was born January 10, 1915 in New York, New York to West Indian parents Henry Charles Dixon and McClara Rolston Dixon. Dixon’s parents exposed him to classical music at an early age and his mother taught him to play the violin, along with a number of other
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Kenya: Kitui Family Recounts How Kin Was Killed By Gunmen Linked to Felicien Kabuga
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Biden Urged To Pick Black VP, Not Klobuchar As Minneapolis Killing Stokes Racial Tensions
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This Day in History — June 4
1994: Five Iraqis and a Kuwaiti are sentenced to death in Kuwait for plotting to kill former US President George H W Bush with a car bomb during his visit to Kuwait in
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Yaxxa Western Cape: One provider, multiple solutions
Yaxxa launched in the Western Cape in April 2020, offering a variety of voice and data solutions, from voice-over-IP and hosted cloud solutions to MPLS/SDWAN network services, as well as a range of solutions to assist customers during the Covid-19
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Digicel's 'Shake to Win' boosts MoBay charities
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Rwanda: Genocide Suspect Appears Before Paris Court
The United Nations has hailed the arrest of a wanted Rwandan genocide suspect, Felicien Kabuga, who appeared before a Paris court under heavy police protection on
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Indian govt to decide fate of IPL, not cricket board - minister
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s sports minister today said any decision to allow the Indian Premier League to go ahead this year would be taken by the government, not the Indian cricket board, and would be based on how well the country has contained the novel
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At 25, Chaymeriyia Moncrief has launched the first black woman-owned smartphone brand
Chaymeriyia Moncrief, a tech entrepreneur from Alabama and founder and CEO of the prepaid wireless carrier, Tesix Wireless™ Network, has launched the “first black woman-owned smartphone
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Biden Says 'We Must Not Allow This Pain To Destroy Us' of Violence in U.S. Cities
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Somalia: Killing of Seven Health Workers, Shop Owner Shocks Somalia
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Fury hopes to ‘give fans what they want’ with Joshua showdown
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Flag raising goes virtual
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Time for new competition in telecoms market, says Opposition
THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) believes the time may be ripe for new competition in the telecommunications market, with inefficiencies in service and the increasing demand for data over voice having been brought even more sharply into focus during this COVID-19
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US moves to cut off Huawei from global chip suppliers
The US commerce department said it was amending an export rule to “strategically target Huawei’s acquisition of semiconductors that are the direct product of certain US software and
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A massive bitcoin rally is coming - just not immediately, investors say
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China's Covid crackdown offers glimpse into the surveillance state
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Rwanda Genocide Suspect Felicien Kabuga Appears in Court
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Trump To Sign Sweeping Order To Expedite Energy, Infrastructure Projects
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