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Nigeria Records 276 New Coronavirus Cases, 16 Deaths
Nigeria, on Tuesday, reported 276 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the new tally of confirmed cases in the country to 8, 344, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has
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Patricia Bath
When Patricia Era Bath was born on November 4, 1942, she could have succumbed to the pressures and stresses associated with growing up in Harlem, New York. With the uncertainty present because of World War II and the challenges for members of Black communities in the 1940′s, one might little expect
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2012
Black Winemaker Launches 'Love-Infused' Wine After Loss Of Wife
Through blood, sweat and tears Long was able to push their dream forward, and fulfill what they started in a garage years ago — with the creation of Longevity Wines — what he likes to call, “a love infused
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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Self-Medication Worsening Our Problems - Patients
Of recent, hospitals and government officials have attributed spike in medical complications among patients and in some instances death to the decision of those with underlying ailments going for self -medication at home instead seeking professional
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Four Black Female Doctors Launch New National Medical Show Addressing Health Concerns and Inequities Affecting Women and the Black Community – The C4PEMD | Afro
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Patterson praises Clarke as patriot
Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has remembered media giant Oliver Clarke as a patriot who wore no political
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Zoom Parties, Missed Proms, Uncertain Futures. High School Seniors Share What It’s Like To Come Of Age During A Pandemic | The Oklahoma Eagle
The young adults graduating from high school this year will be defined by their Zoom educations and viral TikToks, but also by their lost summer jobs and unpredictable
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Assembly member Jose Medina Calls for Councilman Chuck Condor’s Resignation
When Riverside City Council member Chuck Condor retweeted a meme showing three Black men–one a police officer, one dressed in a business suit, possibly meant to depict an attorney, and a young Black man, intimating visually the probability he was a criminal—there was little doubt regarding
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A Testimony of Coping with the Confluence of Cancer, Chemo, and COVID-19
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Bob Marley
Bob Marley , in full Robert Nesta Marley (born February 6, 1945, Nine Miles, St. Ann, Jamaica—died May 11, 1981, Miami, Florida, U.S.), Jamaican singer-songwriter whose thoughtful ongoing distillation of early ska, rock steady, and reggae musical forms blossomed in the 1970s into an electrifying
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10
1947
Douglas Jackson: Kikstart Inc. Founder, Back Home to Serve Those in Need
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Kenya: 117 COVID-19 Cases Reported as 3,043 Samples Screened, Death Toll Rises to 119
Nairobi — The Ministry of Health confirmed 117 new coronavirus cases on Friday bringing the cumulative toll reported in the country since March to 4,374, the death toll having risen to 119 after two more deaths were
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Cuba
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Obesity: The risk lurking in the shadows during the COVID-19 pandemic
Reports from the National Health Service in the United Kingdom suggest that almost two-thirds of coronavirus patients who fall seriously ill have obesity, and more than half of the patients in intensive care in U.K. hospitals due to the virus have overweight — a technical term for specific excess
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Wilson, Lionel (1915-1998)
Lionel Wilson, lawyer, judge, and politician, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 4, 1915 to Jules and Louise Wilson.  In 1918 the family moved to Oakland, California, where his parents believed a smaller and less-noticeable black community would afford them greater freedoms and less
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Africa: A24 Media Launches Yebo VoD Service Focused On History, Biography and African Discovery - Mobile Deals in the Offing
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Jewel Plummer Cobb, cancer research biologist, President of California State University, Fullerton, the first African American to hold such as position in the CSU system, born.
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Central Manchester Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Bunting has suggested that individuals inside the People’s National Party (PNP) who consider themselves “palace guards” and not him should be blamed for the latest round of discord to rock the 81-year-old political
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Gaines, Irene McCoy (1892-1964) - Death
Irene McCoy Gaines died of cancer on April 7, 1964, in Chicago at the age of 72.
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1964
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In her court papers, Dlamini-Zuma controversially argued that the economic damage from the cigarette ban was being partially mitigated by a flourishing illegal market - representing economic
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Covid-19 could cancel 28 million surgeries
During the onset of the coronavirus in the country, elective surgeries across all government hospitals were suspended in March, forcing thousands of Kenyans in need of one or more of these scheduled surgeries to restore their lives to
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Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters dies at 69
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Eternally grateful - GoFundMe campaigns give brilliant teens shot at dream universities
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1996
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Jones, Sissieretta (1869-1933)
Sissieretta Jones was a world-famous soprano who in June 1892, became the first African American to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City, New York. Touring internationally in the late 1800s and early 1900s, she sang both classical opera and performed in musical comedies with her own
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Health Care Leaders Urge Patients to Resume Treatments Delayed by Covid-19
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