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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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Source: Black Past
Bosley, Freeman Roberson, Jr. (1954- )
Freeman Roberson Bosley, Jr., is the first African American Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri.  Bosley was born in St. Louis on July 20, 1954, the son of Freeman Roberson and Marjorie Bosley.  His father, a long-time alderman in St. Louis, unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 1985.  Bosley received
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Blackwell, Lucien E. (1931- )
Lucien E. Blackwell, U.S. Congressman and labor official, was born in Whitset, Pennsylvania.  He attended West Philadelphia High School, but left before obtaining his diploma.  Blackwell also served in the United States Armed Forces during the Korean War, and received the National Defense Service
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Mayor Eric Garcetti Channels 100-Million Dollars into Renter’s Assistance
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Systemic racism exist even during a pandemic
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Former pastor gives Atlanta’s homeless a place to wash their hands
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L.A. City Mayor Looking to Combat Potential Waves of Homelessness Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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$3 Trillion HEROES Act Promises More COVID-19 Relief for Consumers and Businesses
Introduced on May 12 by New York Congresswoman Nita Lowey, the HEROES Act had 11 co-sponsors representing the additional states of Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia and provides a broad assortment of new and renewed assistance targeted to essential workers, first
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How LEAP Innovations is Making Remote Learning Easier for Educators, Parents, and Students
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Human Rights Watch Calls For Tulsa Race Massacre Reparations A Century After Violence | The Oklahoma Eagle
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In Letter to Congress: Black Wealth 2020 Sends Plea for Unity in Pandemic Relief Black-owned businesses got little relief under PPP
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Point Foundation (Point), the nation’s largest scholarship granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students, announced June 24 its 2020 scholarship
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McKenzie, Vashti Murphy (1947- )
On July 11, 2000, journalist and clergywoman Vashti Murphy McKenzie became the first female bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. In 2005 she became the denomination’s first woman to serve as Titular Head. Her commitment to community development is evident in her work with urban
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2000
Investments Into Labor Force Change Lives | Afro
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An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
This Tony Scott thriller starring Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington as a Captain and his second in command at odds with each other over different interpretations of an interrupted order to file nuclear missiles during the outbreak of World War III, is a taut and intense thriller.  The submarine
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Mourners Pay Respect To David McAtee In Louisville
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Jacksonville Teen Becomes Class Valedictorian Despite Experiencing Homelessness
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Buffalo City Council Asks AG to Reopen Case of Black Female Officer Fired for Stopping Assault of Handcuffed Suspect
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Let prisoners go during COVID-19 pandemic
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Trump, Hailing Law Enforcement, Signs Executive Order Calling For Police Reform
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Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is a celebrated American actress, comedian and human rights advocate. She was born as Caryn Elaine Johnson on November 13, 1955, in New York City and was raised by a single mother in a housing project of Manhattan. Her father abandoned the family and her mother struggled to raise
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1955
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