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St. Lucia
One of the Windward Islands of the eastern Caribbean, St. Lucia lies just south of Martinique. It is of volcanic origin. A chain of wooded mountains runs from north to south and from them flow many streams into fertile
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Touissant L'Ouverture, born
Birthday of Haitian revolutionary Pierre-Dominique Touissant LOverture. There had been slave revolts before: in the Caribbean, in South America, and in
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HOT 97, WBLS, and Food Bank for New York City Fundraiser Donates Over 225,000 Meals to Those in Need
As a result, the number of people turning to the Food Bank For New York City’s emergency food network has increased by
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Crowne wins defamation case against fellow law professor
In a judgment handed down in the High Court in Trinidad and Tobago last Monday, Professor Julie McFarlane was ordered to pay Dr Emir Crowne TT$450,000 (J$9.68 million) at the end of a defamation suit filed in his home
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Timeline of African-American history
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3 Ways to Protect Your Mental Health During Lockdown
As the number of cases of COVID-19 starts to rise, your mental health may start to decline.  Being secluded to only one place can feel taxing not only to your body but also your mind.  With there being very little balance between work and play these days, here are some ways to protect your mental
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Kimora Lee Simmons
Kimora Lee Simmons is a designer, former fashion model and businesswoman. She was born on May 4, 1975 in St. Louis, Missouri. Her mother is of Japanese and Korean descent but was adopted by an American family during the Korean War so she grew up in America. Her father is of African American
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Caribbean islands will need to be treated differently after COVID-19 | New York Carib News
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The Church of St. Mark, Brooklyn, New York (1838- )
The Church of St. Mark in Brooklyn, New York was originally established by a group of black Episcopalians in 1838.  The next year, Dr. Samuel M. Haskins was asked to be rector (pastor), the role he would maintain for 60 years.  By April 1841 the congregation completed a Gothic style edifice in
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Paul Cuffe
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Tia Mowry Expands Her Anser Wellness Supplement Line
Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE Tia Mowry-Hardrict has always been that girl. From being a role model to Black girls and women everywhere through her roles on Sister Sister,…
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Caribbean Sea
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Youth councillors create exam study website
The Junior Council of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation has engineered a website that has already begun providing high-school students with study material in the lead-up to external
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Black Canadians
Black Canadians is a designation used for people of Black African descent, who are citizens or permanent residents of Canada.[2] [3] The majority of Black Canadians are of Caribbean origin, though the population also consists of African American immigrants and their descendants (including Black
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Eastern Coachella Valley residents urge the state for action on the Salton Sea - Black Voice News
In summary We continue to see no action or purposeful decision-making to prioritize the needs and public health of communities around the Salton Sea. By Sandra Ramirez Sandra Ramirez is a community advocate from Coachella, sandra113075@gmail.com. Christian Mendez, Special to CalMatters Christian
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African Heritage
All Caribbean stories are known as Ananse stories even if Ananse does not appear in them. Ananse is the god of joke and trickery from the Ashanti peoples of Ghana. He was the unseen passenger on the slave ships and played a very important function in keeping the dispossed Africans connected to the
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Fitness critical as Simmons eyes England tour
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has identified fitness as a key component during the ongoing lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and is hopeful the Test squad will be at an acceptable standard of readiness if the proposed tour of England goes
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Gary natives and business owners develop unique collaboration with “Your Brand, Your Body” | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Gary natives and business owners Chelsea Whittington of C WHITT PR and Tiffany Blakemore of Vitamin T Fitness have developed a unique collaboration in “Your Brand, Your Body.” This newly created program invites business owners, aspiring entrepreneurs and budding leaders to learn key techniques of
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Guyana unfazed by COVID-19–driven global food crisis concerns
Even as several reputable international organizations including the United Nations (UN) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) assert that the ongoing coronavirus ‘plague’ could precipitate a global food crisis, Guyana, up until now, continues to flaunt its reputation as the ‘bread basket’ of the
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HELP OR HURT? - Unregulated ambulance services, uncertified emergency technicians could be putting public in danger
Three weeks after a probe revealed that most local private hospitals were unregistered, The Sunday Gleaner has learnt that the island’s private ambulance service is operating without oversight, putting members of the public at
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Oranjestad, Aruba (16th century- )
Oranjestad (literally Orange Town in Dutch) is the capital and chief administrative center of Aruba, a Caribbean nation that is located in the West Indies which remains under the jurisdiction of Netherlands. The town had a population of 29,998 people in 2010. Oranjestad is located on the western
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Black Entertainment Television (BET) (1980-- )
Black Entertainment Television (BET) is a Viacom–owned cable network based in Washington, D.C. The cable channel is viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide. As of 2010 it was the most prominent television network targeting young black-American audiences and was the leading provider of black
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Simmons unfazed by Windies T20 rankings slide
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Mayor Announces New Neighborhood Investments on South and West Sides | Chicago Defender
Monday Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced at a press conference two new investments in the neighborhoods of Auburn Gresham and North Lawndale to address health care deserts. The first investment is a Healthy Lifestyle Hub in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. A vacant 4- story building, located at 839
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Rising Temperatures Put India's Elderly Population at Risk, Says Report | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
MUMBAI - India's elderly population is at increased risk of death because of rising temperatures as a result of climate change, a new report states. The country recorded an estimated 31,000 heat-related deaths among people over age 65 in 2018, according to the The Lancet Countdown on Health and
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Christopher Columbus
Following the introduction of cattle into the Caribbean in 1493, during Christopher Columbus’s second voyage, cattle ranching proliferated along a series of frontiers across the grasslands of North and South America. While historians have recognized that Africans and their descendants were involved
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Earth Today | Gov’ts urged to prioritise environmental considerations amid COVID-19 storm
THE GOVERNMENTS and people of the Caribbean are reminded to keep environmental considerations as key to sustainable economies and overall development front of mind, even as they negotiate the challenges of the COVID-19
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West Indian History: Biographies
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Angola Spends Over Akz 1billion On Scholarships
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