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Marjorie Stewart Joyner was born in Monterey, Virginia on October 24, 1896, the granddaughter of a slave and a slave-owner. In 1912, an eager Marjorie moved to Chicago, Illinois to pursue a career in cosmetology. She enrolled in the A.B. Molar Beauty School and in 1916 became the first Black women
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Nigeria: There's 'Urgent Need' to Decongest Nigerian Prisons - CJN Tells Judges
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Africa: I Beat COVID-19, You Too Can-Says WHO Staff
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Prominent coronavirus deaths: Somali ambassador to Egypt dies in Kuwait
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Africa's Health Dilemma - Protecting People From COVID-19 While Four Times As Many Could Die of Malaria
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