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In 2011, Adrienne S. O’Neal, career Foreign Service officer with the rank of Minister Counselor, was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as ambassador to the Republic of Cabo Verde (or Cape Verde). O’Neal was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1954 to Samuel and Vernese Boulware ONeal. Her
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'Come Through Six Pack': Fans Fall In Love with Tanya Sam's Figure
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'Selma' director Ava DuVernay among three Freedom Award recipients
The slave narratives of Frederick Douglass, the “I Have a Dream” speech of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the “Black Lives Matter” meme of today’s protesters all testify to the power of words in the struggle for social justice in
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Jackson, Alphonso R. (1946- )
Alphonso R. Jackson cultivated a three-decade career in public service that included an appointment as head of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the administration of his long-time friend, President George W. Bush.  Born in Marshall, Texas, in 1946, Jackson grew up in
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week | The Atlanta Voice
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Black Panthers
Black Panthers, U.S. African-American militant party, founded (1966) in Oakland, Calif., by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Originally aimed at armed self-defense against the local police, the party grew to espouse violent revolution as the only means of achieving black liberation. The Black
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Mob attacked Freedom Riders in Montgomery
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1961
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'You Sound Exactly Like Her': Fans Cry From Laughter After Tamar Braxton Gives Babyface a Few Pointers on How to Sing Like Toni Braxton
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Black Delivery Drivers Fired For Posting Confrontation with Customer
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The Role of the Black Church During a Pandemic
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Ethiopia: City Struggles to Stay Vigilant As COVID-19 Cases Rise
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Ghana coronavirus: 5,735 cases, prez fact-checked on testing ‘record’
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Uganda: Sakwa - Victim's Family Disowns Apology
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Ghana coronavirus: 5,127 cases; Obuasi becomes latest hotspot
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1974
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Black Blogger Becomes Overnight Celebrity After White Woman Becomes Salty Over Her Photo - Blavity
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Keyes, Alan L. (1950- )
A controversial and conservative Republican, Alan Lee Keyes has perhaps one of the most extensive resumes to date in public and political
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'Star Wars' and diversity could draw more Oscar viewers, film academy president says
Every year, the producers of the Oscar telecast have to please two distinct audiences: the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sitting inside the Dolby Theatre and the nearly 40 million regular moviegoers tuning into the show at
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Shooter killed, 1 sailor hurt at Texas naval station
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Uganda: Is Uganda's Real Estate Ready for Digital Transformation?
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Ali, Ayaan Hirsi (1969- )
Writer and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Mogadishu, Somaliaon November 13, 1969.  Her father, Hirsi Magan Isse, was a prominent Somali intellectual andrevolutionary leader.  As a child, Alihad to move with her family to Saudi Arabia,Ethiopia, and Kenya, due topolitical turmoil in her own
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13
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