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Cut your hair or else: Trinidad Airports Authority constable claims discrimination
The constable, Joshua Wallace, has hired former attorney general Anand Ramlogan and attorney Jared Jagroo to file a freedom of information request to Hayden Newton, general manager of the Airports Authority (AATT), seeking information on its policy relating to the appearance and attire of estate
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DACA Advocate On Next Steps After Supreme Court Ruling
DACA recipients and advocates are celebrating the Supreme Court ruling to halt President Trump's bid to end the DACA
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(1884) William H. Crogman, “Negro Education: Its Helps and Hindrances”
? William Henry Crogman, a native of the West Indian island of St. Martin, was educated at Pierce Academy in Massachusetts immediately after the Civil War. In 1868 he was named to the English faculty of newly organized Claflin College in South Carolina. By 1870 Crogman returned to college, ente
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16
1884
Show Me The Money
They provided for the confiscation of 400,000 acres along the Atlantic coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida north of the St. John’s River and the dividing of it into parcels of not more than 40 acres on which were to be settled approximately 18,000 freed slave families and other Blacks
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Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Official Video)
Watch the official video for (Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding. The video features video clips and photos of Otis Redding in the prime of his musical career. It was released posthumously on Stax Records Volt label becoming the first posthumous single to top the charts in the
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'Frasier' Director Kelly Park On Bringing The Magic Of Sitcoms Back To Television: 'We Need It' - Blavity
Kelly Park, one of the directors of Paramount+ ‘s revival of Frasier, was a fan of the series first, years before she ever became a director. “I am one of the biggest Frasier fans from day one,” she said to Shadow and Act. “I just loved his journey. And it’s interesting because here I am, this
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Cuba
On October 16, 2012, the government announced that in early 2013 Cubans would no longer be required to have an exit visa when leaving the country. This new policy was promised by President Raúl Castro in 2011 as a way to answer the rising calls for change by
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(2009) Barack Obama, "A New Beginning Between the United States and the Muslim World"
On June 4, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama delivereda major speech addressing the relationship between the United States and theMuslim World at Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt.   The text of the speech appears
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Supreme Court Blocks Trump's Efforts | Dallas Weekly
Today, in a 29-page opinion, after years of federal court litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Trump Administration’s 2017 effort to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, protecting approximately 700,000 DACA recipients from deportation and allowing
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These Arms Of Mine Otis Redding (***Lyrics Included***) .:oldies:.
***Lyrics*** These arms of mine They are lonely, lonely and feeling blue These arms of mine They are yearning, yearning from wanting you And if you would let them hold you Oh, how grateful I will be These arms of mine They are burning, burning from wanting you These arms of mine They are wa
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Carenage mechanic loses lawsuit against the State - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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Court rejects bid to replace Labour Party’s governorship candidate in Imo
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Immigration Corner | Replacing a UK citizenship certificate
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The Yoruba Nation “secessionists” of Ibadan, By Reuben Abati 
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(1897) Mary Church Terrell, “In Union There is Strength,”
Born in Memphis in 1863 and an activist until her death in 1954, Mary Eliza Church Terrell has been called a living link between the era of the Emancipation Proclamation and the modern civil rights movement.  Terrell was particularly active in the Washington, D.C. area.  From 1895 to 1911, for
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1897
Murdered teen’s mother, now jobless, faces funeral expense – HELP ME BURY MY SON - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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(1797) Abraham Johnstone, “Address To The People Of Color”
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Nigeria: #ImoDecides2023 - Election Yet to Commence in Gov Uzodinma's Hometown, Others
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Egypt: reopening of the Imhotep Museum | Africanews
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House Democrats File Bill Nixing Citizenship data-gathering
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New Mexico MainStreet District projects receive $10 million in funding
(The Center Square) - The New Mexico Economic Development Department and New Mexico MainStreet are providing $10 million in Capital Outlay funding to 11 community revitalization projects in affiliated Main Street districts. The NMMS Capital Outlay program funds upgrades for public infrastructure
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The 14th Amendment.
On July 20, 1868, the 14th Amendment, validating citizenship rights for all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., was ratified.
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20
1868
Black Churches’ Census Sunday
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UN secretary-general urges Guyana, Venezuela: ‘Don’t aggravate border controversy’ - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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Saturday school is out as SCS lays out options for school year calendar
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(1951) Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Addresses the NAACP National Convention
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