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Bolden Jr., Charles F. (1946-)

Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., NASA’s first permanent black administrator, was born to Charles Frank and Ethel Bolden, both teachers, on August 19th, 1946 in Columbia, South Carolina. He rose to the rank of Major General in the United States Marine Corps and was a National Aeronautics and Space

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Richmond protesters topple Columbus statue, throw it in lake | Dallas Weekly

RICHMOND, Va. (AP), June 10, 2020 — A statue of Christopher Columbus in Richmond was torn down by protesters, set on fire and then thrown into

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Analysis | The Daily 202: D.C. surpasses 500 coronavirus deaths; nearly 3 in 4 have been African American

Public health experts say the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on communities of color should be seen as an exclamation point in the national conversation about the systemic barriers to racial

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Quit Playin: The Warrior Method–Organic and Organized!

TWM is built upon the axle and example of Dr. King’s Montgomery Bus

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Madagascar minister sacked over $2m sweets for 'bitter' COVID-Organics

Says it is of two type, the curative and preventive

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Kenya: Break the Silence, Says DCI Director on Rising Violence

The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti has waded in to the rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV) during this time the country is battling

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A GOLDEN SURPRISE!

A move to make the Golden Age Home in St Andrew an arm of the Local Government Ministry, based on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommendation five years ago, has hit a major

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Looters, Lowlifes, and Liars

Not only has he derided “looters and lowlifes,” but he has also threatened the full force of federal law enforcement to threaten people’s legal right to

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Ida B’s Pulitzer - Both too late and right on time

Exactly one hundred and thirty-six years to the day after Ida B. Wells was thrown off a Chesapeake and Ohio railroad train, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation for her “outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans in the era of

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US's surgical strike on HiSilicon threatens to cripple Huawei

While Huawei can buy off-the-shelf or commodity mobile chips from a third party like Samsung Electronics or MediaTek, it couldn’t possibly get enough and may have to make costly compromises on performance in basic products, they

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Granville Woods - Birthday

Granville Woods was born on April 23, 1856 in Columbus, Ohio.

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Police Chief Defends Officer Who Punched Black Alabama Store Owner: ‘I Would Much Rather Have a Punch Than an Officer-Involved Shooting’

Store owner Kevin Penn called Decatur Police to report a robbery at his store and informed the dispatcher he was holding the suspect at

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Culver City takes steps to avoid looting at mall

On June 9, high school students gathered at Veterans Park in Culver City for a high schoolers for Black Lives Matter

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Virtual Zoom Meeting Held To Discuss Police Brutality And Policing The Black Community

By Darlene L. Williams, Contributing Writer

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action

In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by African American families across the nation with a cookout, a parade, a community festival, a soulful rendition of “Lift

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Mother Sues MPD for $100M Over Son’s Death

In observing the two-year anniversary of Marqueese Alston's police-related death, his mother has taken her crusade against the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to another level with a $100 million wrongful-death

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Source: The Washington Informer

San Diego City Council Declines Calls to Cut Police Funding – Voice and Viewpoint

By The Associated Press

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Check It Out: Outside agitators are old news, but should have been the story

by J. Pharoah Doss, For New Pittsburgh Courier

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Man drives his car into Seattle protest for George Floyd, shoots man

(credit: screenshot) A man drove a car into a Seattle crowd of protestors angered over the death of George Floyd and shot one of the marchers over the weekend. READ MORE: White police wash Black faith leaders, protestors’ feet Police detained an unidentified man on Sunday after he u

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It takes two? Twin Cities suddenly home to twin retro-rap stations

Feuds are a big thing in rap music. Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. famously had one. So did Jay Z and Nas. Even Lil’ Kim and Nicki Minaj went at it for

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Oklahoma cop faces backlash but won't apologize after saying African Americans 'probably ought to be' shot more by police

"Chief Wendell Franklin and the Tulsa Police Department want to make it very clear we do not endorse, condone or support Yates’ comments made on the show," the department said in a Facebook post on Wednesday, adding "This matter has been referred to our Internal Affairs

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Police Chief Renews Defense Of Black Woman’s Violent Arrest After Old Video Goes Viral

The viral video showing a white police officer violently arresting a Black woman is no big deal because it’s from

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Source: NewsOne

“Acknowledging Your Privilege and Becoming an Ally”: a Guide to Resources for White Folks

Music Supervisor Rob Lowry (Twitter: @robertlowry) was recently inspired by Han Martin‘s (Twitter: @hnicolemartin) “Resources for White Family” post to create his own version of a letter and resources to White friends and family and tweet it to anyone who wanted

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Most cities put summer park concerts on hold

Recreation department spokespersons in a number of cities said most summer programs have been canceled while others said summer events were on hold pending state and county health department

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Number of COVID-19 infections reach 77,313 in Pennsylvania, Allegheny County reports one death

Pennsylvania’s number of infections reached 77,313 on Thursday, a single-day increase of 467 cases, health department officials

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Milwaukee Recreation Announces Summer 2020 Programming

Milwaukee Recreation will open registration for summer programs beginning June 8 for city of Milwaukee residents and June 15 for

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Black moms like me will not be patient with Pittsburgh Public Schools. We need to demand more.

As a Black mom raising a daughter with a disability, I’ve seen first hand how the inequities in our public school system are a matter of life or

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California Highway Patrol Shoot, Kill Man in East Oakland in Latest Local Incidence of Police Brutality

As calls to defund the police intensified nationwide, protestors demanded justice this week for Erik Salgado, 23, a Hispanic man shot and killed in East Oakland by California Highway Patrol officers on Saturday night after officers fired dozens of rounds at the car he was

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Major mangrove restoration project coming for Clarendon

As countries look towards a post-COVID-19 future and consider options for supporting economic, environmental and social sustainability, plans are under way for the ‘Blue Carbon Restoration in southern Clarendon, Jamaica’ project, which will seek to restore over 1,000 hectares of degraded mangrove

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