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A three-year-old youth movement — the Jamaica Youth Motivators (JYM) — has taken on the challenge of seeking public support in keeping hope alive that missing University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, student Jasmine Dean will be
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Black officers seek change in promotion test
City Councilor Andrea Campbell and labor lawyer Shannon Liss-Riordan joined members of the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers (MAMLEO) Tuesday to call for an end to the use of a controversial  exam for Boston Police Department
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Pharrell Supports Virginia Governor In Effort To Make Juneteenth An Official Statewide Holiday
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HART: With Biden, Dems Try To Prove Just Any Idiot Can Beat Trump
promise to quell the angry African-American BLM mobs the way Democrats is making a list of African-American female judges whom he will a big month in helping African-Americans. They got an old lady
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Body Of Black Man Found Hanging From A Tree Near Los Angeles
The Los Angeles-area community is in shock after the body of 24-year-old Robert Fuller was found hanging from a tree close to Palmdale, California’s City Hall on the morning of Friday, June
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Cele and JP Smith exchange war of words over eviction of Bulelani Qolani
Smith said that the City of Cape Town's law enforcement is subject to more rigorous oversight than SAPS following Cele's visit to Cape Town.
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New York City to begin phase 2 of reopening amid virus
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Joe Biden Has A Plan for COVID-19
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In times of trouble, a nation and its people turn to its leader for guidance. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, every nation looked towards its leaders to steer them through it. In America, the response from the White House has often been criticized as slow coming or
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Tyler Perry To Pay For Rayshard Brooks’ Funeral And Four Children's Education
Tyler Perry has reportedly offered to pay for the funeral expenses of Rayshard Brooks, a Black man who was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer on June
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Kenya: Governor Ojaamong Reshuffles Cabinet
Deputy Governor Moses Mulomi is still acting Health Executive, while Ms Phaustine Barasa is acting Finance
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July 7-10 virtual literary ‘outing’ for Women Across Borders - Stabroek News
Better known for her contribution to the local fashion industry over the years, Guyanese businesswoman Sonia Noel, along with women from other countries in the region and the USA, will ‘stage’ a virtual event from Tuesday, July 7 to Sunday July, 10 as part of the launch of two collections of
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How bangles served as slave trade currency and wealth symbol in African societies and the Caribbean - Face2Face Africa
In African homes as well as the Caribbean, they are part of the gift packages presented to a newborn by family members and well-wishers. They can be copper or silver, but gold is much appreciated. For children, they wear the bangles till the wrist outgrows it. The bangles are then preserved for
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COVID-19 Among Protestors: Coronavirus Resurgence? – The Mississippi Link
These big gatherings of protesters in the middle of COVID-19 have many people as well as health officials worried that there will be a huge spike in new cases, especially in those areas with many pre-existing
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Former Atlanta Police Officer Charged With Felony Murder in the Killing of Rayshard Brooks – Your Black World
The Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney’s Office announced during a Wednesday (June 17) press conference that a former Atlanta police officer has been charged with
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Students staging 5-day webinar on COVID-19 solutions
A five-day webinar series aimed at advancing solutions for overcoming the COVID-19 crisis is scheduled to begin today.The series, titled 'Ready Reset Recharge', brings together student body presidents of three major universities and select national youth group leaders who will focus on jobs of the
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De Blasio Makes Juneteenth An Official New York City Holiday
De Blasio Makes Juneteenth An Official New York City Holiday
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Calls For Juneteenth To Become A National Holiday Gain Steam
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed an executive order to make Juneteenth a holiday for New York state employees and has said that he will propose legislation next year to make June 19 a state
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Last Call
“When the phone was answered the phone was just open and that was it,” head of the team, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Orlando Lewis related
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Social Media Criticize Democrats For Wearing Kente Cloth at Press Conference – Your Black World
In the process of announcing a new way to addressing police brutality, Democrats took a moment of silence, while wearing the kente cloth, to honor George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed by
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“Big Baby” Loser - The New York Beacon
Harsh Words From ForrestPhoto: Special to the NY Beacon By Andrew Rosario In baseball, three strikes and youre out. In the case of Jarrell Big Baby Miller it only took two strikes. Miller established himself in the heavyweight class that included Tyson
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Eastside Residents Want Answers About May 31 Police Assault
The Eastside CDC, ACLU and Lowcountry Black Leadership Coalition have joined forces to challenge a May 31 massive police presence that surged through the Charleston Eastside community following protests that began at Marion
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Atlanta Officer Charged In Rayshard Brooks’s Death Turns Himself In
Officer Devin Brosnan, one of two officers involved in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, has turned himself
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Structure in focus during practice matches- Simmons
West Indies head coach, Phil Simmons will be focusing on the team structure when they take to the field today for their first warm up
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Caribbean countries want more than apology for slavery | New York Carib News
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley says Caribbean countries affected by crimes of native genocide and African enslavement are calling for more than an apology from some European states and commercial enterprises for their role in the Atlantic slave trade and the practice of chattel slavery.
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Joe Bidens Puffballs From the Press.
Ed O'Keefe of CBS reminded Biden that he had boasted, "I'll confront Putin" regarding the election-meddling issue and asked Biden, "Can you tell us what you would do to Putin?" There was absolutely zero context about how the Obama-Biden policy toward Russia for eight years compares to Trump's. Did
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Protesters net updated responses from mayor, MPD director - TSDMemphis.com
Mayor Jim Strickland and Memphis Police Department Director Michael Rallings on Tuesday gave fresh accounts of ongoing efforts to meet the demands of a multi-pronged band of local protesters. What emerged, in part, was an announcement about the launch of a new reimagine policing website in response
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Memphis rappers' account of Rayshard Brooks' killing still fresh as funeral approaches
Rayshard Brooks will be buried Tuesday (June 23), 11 days after he was killed by an Atlanta police officer during an encounter witnessed by two Memphis rappers in the ATL to “conquer our dreams not to witness
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Seaweed influx could provide opportunities
Director of the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) at The University of the West Indies (UWI) Dr Patrick McConney says that Caribbean countries must be prepared for an influx of sargassum that is likely to continue...
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Anita Hill is a lawyer, activist and educationist who laid allegations of sexual harassment against a U.S. Supreme Court Justice named Clarence Thomas. She was born on July 30, 1956 in Oklahoma and was the youngest of 13 children born to Albert and Erma Hill. Her family were farmers from Arkansas
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England selection a confidence booster: DaSilva - Stabroek News
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Uncapped wicketkeeper/batsman Joshua DaSilva believes his call-up to the reserves for the tour of England is a boost for his career, and says he will use the experience as a learning
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