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ROY MIZELL & KURTZ FUNERAL HOME Clarence Smith, 88, died December 20. Service will be held 10am Wednesday, December 30, at Mizell & Kurtz Worship ...

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Trinidad: Religious organisations not rushing to reopen

(Trinidad Guardian) Religious organisations will now be allowed to open the doors of their worship centres for Corpus Christi on Thursday after Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday announced Government was moving up the previously-announced opening date by one

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California After COVID – Recovery is Not Good Enough – Voice and Viewpoint

The coronavirus crisis is testing most households and businesses in California, pushing some to the very brink of what they can bear before falling off

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President Bio takes to the red carpet in style to launch national tree planting

Launching the country’s national tree planting, afforestation, and reforestation project at Mortomeh in Bathurst, Freetown two days ago, 5th June 2020, this is what president

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Former Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Hospitalized With the COVID After Attending Trump Rally in Tulsa - Black Enterprise

Former Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain has been hospitalized after contracting the deadly coronavirus earlier this week,

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Rev. Andrew J. Brown: Founder of the Indiana Black Expo and Helped Start Operation Breadbasket

As a young, black pastor in segregated Indianapolis in the 1950s and 60s, Rev. Andrew J. Brown marched for civil rights. In 1963, Brown organized Indianapolis blacks to show voting strength, and in 1965 he marched with his friend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Ala. A native of

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How Martin Luther King Day Became a Federal Holiday

On Nov. 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill making Martin Luther King Day a federal holiday, effective Jan. 20, 1986. As a result of this bill, Americans commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.s birthday on the third Monday in January. Few Americans are aware of the history of Martin Luther

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John Hope honored by NAACP

John Hope, now president of Atlanta University, was honored in New York City by the NAACP for his achievements as an educational and civil rights leader.

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1936

Remembering Wes Unseld by CP Time’s Chris Paul

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Malcolm X was a civil rights leader, spokesman for black nationalism and leader of the Nation of Islam, and had a major influence on the political and social thinking of African Americans. His birth name was Malcolm Little and he was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska to Louise and Earl

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Celebs Respond to George Floyd Murder, Ice Cube Cancels ‘GMA’

Rapper turned actor/producer and entrepreneur Ice Cube canceled a scheduled appearance on Good Morning America stating that mood the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police put him in made it impossible for him to pretend everything was

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Hutchins, Hutchen R. (1903-1990)

Hutchen R. Hutchins, born on June 30, 1903, was part of a small but active cadre of African American Communists operating in the Pacific Northwest during the 1930s. Originally from the East Coast, Hutchins attended the Lenin School in Moscow in the late 1920s. In 1932 he was sent to Seattle by the

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(1993) Clarence Thomas, “The New Intolerance - Law Day Address”

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Usain Bolt shows first pics and reveals name of new baby girl - TheGrio

Olympic gold medalist and one-time worlds fastest man Usain Bolt took no chances when naming his newborn daughter. Along with... View Article The post Usain Bolt shows first pics and reveals name of new baby girl appeared first on TheGrio.

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Lewis, John R. (1940- )

John Lewis was born in Troy, Alabama on February 21, 1940. In 1961 he received a B.A. from American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1967 he received an additional B.A. from Fisk University located in

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1940

Stabroek Sports’ Boxing’s Hall of Fame

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Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Receives NNPA 2020 National Leadership Award - Los Angeles Sentinel

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Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King was the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. The couple met in Boston, where Coretta Scott was studying voice at the New England Conservatory of Music; they were married on 18 June 1953. The family moved to Montgomery, Alabama and then to Atlanta as Dr. King

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Windies to stand with BLM in fight for racial justice | New York Carib News

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Captain Jason Holder said West Indies were committed to the global fight for racial justice, and will stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the upcoming series against

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Jonathan Irons Walks Out of Prison a Free Man, Thanks to Support from WNBA Star Maya Moore Who Put Career on Hold to Help

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Rep. Terri Sewell Supports Renaming Edmund Pettus Bridge

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"Smoking Joe" Frazier born

Former heavyweight boxing champion Joseph Smoking Joe Frazier was born in Beaufort, South Carolina. Frazier was a 1964 Olympic gold medalist who won the heavyweight championship in 1968.

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1944

A Wounded Nation: Why We Can’t Give Up in the Fight for Justice

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Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker is an acclaimed American actor, producer and director. He was born on July 15, 1961 in Longview, Texas to an insurance salesman named Forest Steven Jr. and a special education teacher named Laura Francis. The family moved to California when Whitaker was four years old. He attended

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History of African Americans in Boston

Until 1950, African Americans were a small but historically important minority in Boston, where the population was overwhelmingly white. Since then, Bostons demographics have changed due to factors such as immigration, white flight, and gentrification. According to census information for

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Ice Cube Cites George Floyd Killing As Reason He Canceled 'GMA' Appearance

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Bilateral Amputee Tutors Tribal Children for Free | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

'Good morning, teacher,' a loud and clear chorus rings out as Pratibha Hilim, enters the verandah of her home in Maharashtra's Karhe village, in Palghar district, where an open-air class is underway. Hilim, a bilateral amputee, is a Zila Parishad (district body) school teacher, who has taken on the

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(1867) Frederick Douglass, “Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage”

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