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Congresswoman Johnson Introduces Bill to Create Housing Solutions During COVID-19 Crises
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30), alongside Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02) and Alcee L. Hastings (FL-20), introduced the COVID- 19 Serving the Homeless by Expanding the List of Tenant Eligible Residences Act of 2020, or COVID-19 SHELTER Act of
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My Memoir of Ruth Ferguson, Editor of North Dallas Gazette (May 22, 1965 – May 18, 2020)
I first met Ruth many years ago as I was recruited to be part of North Dallas Gazette‘s team, where she was the
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Sudan
Just as Sudans civil war seemed to be coming to an end, another war intensified in the northwestern Darfur region. After the government quelled a rebellion in Darfur in Jan. 2004, it allowed pro-government militias called the Janjaweed to carry out massacres against black villagers and rebel groups
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Zimbabwe
In March 2002, Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations. That month Mugabe was reelected president for another six years in a blatantly rigged election whose results were enforced by the presidents militia. In 2003, inflation hit 300%, the country faced severe food shortages, and the
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Wheat, Alan Dupree (1951 - )
Alan Dupree Wheat, the first black Congressman from Kansas City, Missouri, was born in San Antonio, Texas, on October 16, 1951. He attended schools in Wichita, Kansas, and in Seville, Spain, before graduating from Airline High School in Bossier City, Louisiana, in 1968. In 1972 Wheat received
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Denzel Washington Helps Homeless Man Walking In Los Angeles Traffic
The incident, captured on video, shows Washington, who’s wearing a face mask, assisting the man, who wore a light blue hoodie but didn’t have a protective face
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The AFRO Endorses Dixon for Mayor | Afro
Despite some cringe-worthy verbal gaffes and missteps early on, Baltimore Mayor Bernard “Jack” Young has stepped up admirably in the midst of COVID-19 and the other city crises to provide fairly steady
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A Night of Covenant House Stars Monday, May 18
A Night of Covenant House Stars will feature performances and appearances by Jon Bon Jovi, Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Rachel Brosnahan, Stephen Colbert, Morgan Freeman, Martin Short, Dolly Parton, Dionne Warwick, Stephanie J. Block, Tony Shalhoub, Charlie Day, Chris O’Dowd, Zachary Levi, Zack
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Gov. Walz implements temporary nighttime curfew for Twin Cities
Curfew to go into effect across Minneapolis-Saint Paul tonight at 8 pm
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Former pastor gives Atlanta’s homeless a place to wash their hands
So when a homeless man told Lester how difficult it was for people living on the streets to wash their hands to avoid catching or spreading the coronavirus, it was only natural for Lester to spring into
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Area cities resume residential parking tickets
LOS ANGELES — As businesses slowly reopen under special COVID-19 county guidelines, several cities in Southeast Los Angeles County have restored street sweeping parking enforcement, ordered trash placed in plastic bags and opened drive-through coronavirus testing
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Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe , in full Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born February 21, 1924, Kutama, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]), the first prime minister (1980–87) of the reconstituted state of Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia. A black nationalist of Marxist persuasion, he eventually established one-party rule in
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Tanner Chapel AME Church (1887- )
Tanner Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Phoenix is the oldest African American Church in the State of Arizona.  Tanner Chapel was founded by African American settlers who came to Arizona Territory to escape racism, oppression, and violence in the post-Reconstruction South.  They also
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Buffalo City Council Asks AG to Reopen Case of Black Female Officer Fired for Stopping Assault of Handcuffed Suspect
Officials in Buffalo, New York, want the New York Attorney General’s Office to open an investigation into the firing of Cariol Horne, a Black former police officer who was fired because she intervened after a white officer placed a suspect in
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Joey Bada$$ Looking Out For Homeless Students In NYC, Partners With Non-Profit & Donates $25K
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Tim Scott, The Only Black Republican U.S. Senator, Explains The Republicans' Version Of The Justice In Policing Act - Blavity
For years, countless Black Americans have lost their lives to heinous acts of violence at the hands of police
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High School Senior Overcomes Homelessness, Named Valedictorian
According to People, Florida teen Martin Folsom overcame homelessness and was named valedictorian of his high school’s 2020 graduating
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OP-ED: What Does It Mean to Protect Black Women?
What is even more hurtful, is realizing that for a lot of us, the likelihood of Black girls and women being mistreated, abused, raped, and even murdered by those who look like us is
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Jim Jones
Jim Jones , byname of James Warren Jones (born May 13, 1931, Crete, near Lynn, Indiana, U.S.—died November 18, 1978, Jonestown, Guyana), American cult leader who promised his followers a utopia in the jungles of South America after proclaiming himself messiah of the Peoples Temple, a San
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Cops-Cops, Do Your Duty-Intervene.
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ALS Awareness Month – #ALSAwareness (Week 1)
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Africa: Religion as Africa's Trojan Horse
It's impossible to have an honest discussion about Africa's underdevelopment and poor performance in the global stage without recognising the ignominious role played by
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Second inauguration of Barack Obama
The second inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States, marked the commencement of the second term of Barack Obama as President and Joe Biden as Vice President. A private swearing-in ceremony took place on Sunday, January 20, 2013 in the Blue Room of the White House. A public
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‘Trust Jesus’
You either trust God, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, or you
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A Conversation with Consumption: Why I, A Black Man, Gave Up On Air Jordans
Multiply the many delicious things denied to you by the very nature of one’s Blackness, and it becomes impossible to not understand why Black men have a desire for
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Little Richard laid to rest at Alabama alma mater
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Little Richard was remembered not just as a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer but a man of generosity and faith at a memorial service at his alma mater where he was laid to rest
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(1967) Martin Luther King, Jr., “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”
On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King gave his first major public address on the War in Vietnam at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City. In that address he articulated his reasons for his opposition to the
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Trinidad: Cops, soldiers charged with humiliating homeless man
(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment is confirming that two of its soldiers, along with two police officers, have been charged in connection with an incident that happened with the “homeless humiliation” in the first days of the Covid-19 lock
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Aiken, Kimberly (1975- )
Kimberly Clarice Aiken Cockerham, Miss America, 1994, was the fifth black woman to win the  crown. Aiken was born on October 11, 1975 in Columbia, South Carolina to Charles and Valerie Aiken. At the time she won the crown, Aiken was only 18 years old and was the youngest Miss America since Tawny
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