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Cab Calloway, bandleader and first jazz singer to sell a million records is born in Rochester,NY.
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Dec
25
1907
McKinney, Samuel Berry (1926- )
Born on December 28, 1926 to Reverend Wade Hampton McKinney and Ruth Berry McKinney in Flint, Michigan, Samuel Berry McKinney would become a Baptist minister, author, and civil rights advocate in Seattle, Washington. He served as pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest
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Source: Black Past
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Dec
28
1926
Ashes instead of soap: Inside Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 fight
COVID-19 has worsened the underlying structural and perennial problem of water shortages in Matabeleland North, South and Bulawayo provinces, said Dumisani Nkomo, chief executive officer for Habakkuk Trust, a nonprofit
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Kevin M. Warren
In this role, Kevin leads worldwide channel strategy, salesforce effectiveness and global client engagement for Xerox’s diverse portfolio of hardware, software and services. His mandate includes improving Xerox revenue performance by developing, launching and marketing world class solutions to
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Ziyambi taunts MDC abductees
“Police still want to interrogate them over violating the lockdown rules, and if they have a complaint on allegations of abductions, then government can look into that,” Ziyambi
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Govt cites 3rd force in abductions
Government yesterday told the diplomatic community that it was investigating the alleged abduction of three MDC Alliance officials, indicating the State’s prime objective was to expose and prosecute the perpetrators or reveal the involvement of a third
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Kenya: Uganda Still Uneasy as Naivasha Container Depot Accepts Cargo
Kenya is putting up a spirited fight to make the Naivasha ICD viable following reluctance from Uganda and truckers in using it as the government tries to salvage the project that has remained idle over the last six
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Source: allAfrica.com
Bindura residents scramble for fertilizer waste
Over 100 Bindura residents scramble daily for fertilizer waste dumped behind Bindura Sports Club by manufacturing company Fertilizer Seed Grain (FSG), which they collect for
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway was an American jazz musician of the 20th century. He was born in Rochester, New York, on December 25, 1907 to Martha Eulalia Reed and Cabell Calloway, Jr., both of whom were college graduates. Martha was a teacher and church organist whereas Cabell was a lawyer and also worked in real
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Nov
18
1994
Robert Coles, 90, pioneering African American architect
Aug. 24, 1929 – May 16, 2020
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Zimbabwe: Army Denies Taking Over Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has denied reports of its alleged takeover of the city of Bulawayo on
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Somalia: Somali Beledweyne City Cut Off By Flooding
Now, Beledweyne, the capital of the Hiiraan province in Hirshabelle, is once again submerged in flood water after River Shabelle burst its
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Source: allAfrica.com
Chomsky: US virus response fatally 'chaotic'
The United States is on a chaotic path with no federal plan against the coronavirus pandemic as it reduces public health funding and ignores the advances of climate change, according to activist scholar Noam Chomsky, considered the founder of modern
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Source: The East African
MDC Alliance councillors in stands scam
MDC Alliance councillors at Mutare City Council have been implicated in a scam involving residential stands after they allocated themselves land that only new councillors were supposed to benefit
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Bulawayo gets water once a week
OPPOSITION parties have expressed anger at the government’s refusal to declare Bulawayo a water shortage area to allow council to mobilise resources to bring lasting solutions to the city’s water
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Ashes Instead of Soap: Inside Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 Fight – Free Press of Jacksonville
COVID-19 has worsened the underlying structural and perennial problem of water shortages in Matabeleland North, South and Bulawayo provinces, said Dumisani Nkomo, chief executive officer for Habakkuk Trust, a nonprofit
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
Zimbos ignore Mnangagwa’s prayer day
MOST Zimbabweans yesterday snubbed the national day of prayer and fasting pronounced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week, dismissing it as a way of distracting citizens from the economic woes caused by his
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Black Freedom and Social Class in St. Louis, Missouri between the Great Depression and the Great Society
In the article below Clarence Lang, an associate professor of African and African American Studies at the University of Kansas describes his book, Grassroots at the Gateway which explores the changes in 20th Century St. Louiss political, economic, and social landscape and how those changes both
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Black market
Black Market and Black money redirect here. Market socialist
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Feb
17
1945
Zimbabwe: Bulawayo Records 218 Diarrhoea Cases, 3 Deaths
A total of 218 diarrhoea cases have been recorded in Bulawayo's water-hit Luveve high-density suburb with five diarrhoea patients admitted at Mpilo
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(1851) Sojourner Truth “Ar'nt I a Woman?”
Sojourner Truth (c. 1797-1883) was arguably the most famous of the 19th Century black women orators. Born into slavery in New York and freed in 1827 under the state’s gradual emancipation law, she dedicated her life to abolition and equal rights for women and men. Two versions of her most noted
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Zimbabwe: Govt to Protect Teachers, Learners From COVID-19 As Schools Reopen - Minister
The government has put in place measures to protect teachers and learners from Covid-19 when schools
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Source: allAfrica.com
10 Early Artists Who Defined the Blues
These are the 10 crucial artists who helped define the genre of the blues. Each one contributed greatly to the music, whether through their instrumental skills — usually on the guitar — or vocal talents, and their early recordings and performances influenced the cultural impact of the blues and the
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Brazilian touch for budding footballers in Zim
THE International Confederation of Futebol De Salao (ICFDS) is set to spread the Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS) and Socatots programmes in Zimbabwe as they seek to step up junior football development in the
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
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New Techniques for Water Conservation
At first glance, one can sense a disconnect between water pollution and construction—until contractors and builders follow the movement of
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10 Classic Songs About Racism and Civil Rights
Racism in oldies music has been a recurring theme ever since the blues was born. Found as a means for expression for their anguish and strife, musicians took to their craft to pen powerful ballads about the real devastation experienced because of racism in 20th century
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Joe Biden endorsed by Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
CBTU is the independent voice of 1.2 million Black workers represented by 57 international unions in the U.S. and Canada and has been involved in presidential politics since 1972 — defying the AFL-CIO by backing George McGovern against President Richard
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Zimbabwe: Activists' Abductions - EU, UK, US Light Fires Under Mnangagwa, Demand Unbiased Probe
The international community has unequivocally told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that it expected his government to carry out swift, thorough and credible investigations into last week's abduction and brutal attacks on three MDC Alliance youth
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Zimbabwe: Coup Plot Tensions as Security Forces Seal Major Towns
Harare — Zimbabwe's security forces sealed the country's major cities without notice amid claims of plots to topple President Emmerson
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(1874) John Mercer Langston, “Equality Before the Law”
John Mercer Langston, a prominent abolitionist and civil rights activist, was one of the earliest African American officeholders in the United States when in 1855 he was elected town clerk of Brownhelm, Township, Ohio.  During the Civil War he recruited soldiers for the Massachusetts 54th Infantry
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Sep
4
1841
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