Couple burns to death after fire breaks out at Cape Town informal settlement

Shooting of Oscar Grant

Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot in the early morning hours of New Years Day 2009 by BART Police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, United States. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Rwanda: Former Minister Laurent Nkusi Passes On

Nkusi served as literature and language lecturer at the University of Rwanda for 24 years between the years of 1976 and 2000, before he was appointed as the Minister of Land and Environment for three

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Allen, Bernadette Mary (1955- )

Career Foreign Service Officer Bernadette Mary Allen was commissioned into the U.S. diplomatic service in January 1980. Twenty-five years later, on October 26, 2005, President George W. Bush appointed Allen to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Niger. She served until January

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Source: Black Past

Brazil

On April 7, 2011, A 23-year-old former student returned to his public elementary school in Rio de Janeiro and began firing, killing 12 children and wounding 12 others, before shooting himself in the head. While Brazil has seen gang-related violence in urban areas, this was the worst school shooting

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

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2011

Aaliyah

Aaliyah Dana Haughton was an American actress, singer, dancer and model. She was born on January 16, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York to Diane and Michael Haughton. Enrolled in voice lessons by her mother at a very young age, Aaliyah soon began performing at weddings, the church choir and various charity

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Source: Black History Resources

Jan

16

1979

Harriet Tubman Biography - Life and Accomplishments

Harriet Tubman (1821 - 1913) led over 200 slaves to freedom as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Contemporaries called her Moses and General Tubman in praise of her bravery and leadership. Frederick Douglass lauded Tubmans courage by saying, Excepting John Brown -- of sacred memory

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Sep

17

1849

Fire Station 30, Los Angeles Fire Department (1924-1955)

Fire station #30, the first fire station manned by African Americans in the West, was established in 1924. Although the station was created in 1924, African Americans had been serving as firefighters in Los Angeles, California for decades, with Sam Haskins becoming the first Los Angeles fireman of

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Source: Black Past

Abducted in Kenya, freed in Somali: Italian flies home after 18-months

Silvia Romano lowered her mask briefly to display a broad smile after she stepped off an Italian government plane at Rome-Ciampino International

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Spelman College Announces 2020 Valedictorian and Salutatorian

Through hard work, determination and balance, Kendra Grissom and Jasmine McClam have excelled and achieved high honors during their academic

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

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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May

20

1743

Most US states fall short of recommended testing levels | Dallas Weekly

As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of states still fall short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns and avoid another deadly wave of outbreaks, according to an Associated Press

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Hospital guidelines may make blacks less likely to receive COVID-19 testing

LOS ANGELES — Are more African Americans dying under the current COVID-19 triage system of health care

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Cameroon: Obituary - Franklin Ndifor Passes On

The 2018 presidential candidate died at his residence in Bonaberi on Saturday May 16, at the age of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: Report - Nigerians Experience Income Drop After Lockdown

A recent survey carried out by FinMark Trust through the i2i initiative, in partnership with EFInA, reveals that some Nigerian households are beginning to experience reduced income, lower food consumption, and reduced access to financial and health services following the onset of the COVID-19

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J. R.Winters recei

J. R. Winters receives a patent for the fire escape ladder.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

May

7

1878

Hallie Quinn Brown: Harlem Renaissance Figure

Known for: popular lecturer and dramatic elocutionist, role in Harlem Renaissance, preservation of Frederick Douglass home; African American educator

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Ancestry of Barack Obama - Family Tree and Genealogy

Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Kenyan father and an American mother. According to the U.S. Senate Historical Office, he was the fifth African American Senator in U.S. history and the first African American

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M & M Jamaica aids in COVID-19 relief efforts

Construction giant M & M Jamaica Ltd has donated much-needed masks to front-line healthcare workers at the Black River Hospital as well as care packages to approximately 500 households in Kingston and St Elizabeth to aid in COVID-19 relief

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Firefighters Association

The Vulcans, Boston's African-American firefighters' association, was formed in 1972. At that time there had been only 17 Black and Hispanic firemen in the history of the city's fire department. When the Vulcans filed a court suit against the city of Boston for discrimination in hiring

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

New York Draft Riots

On the Monday morning of July 13, 1863, the Enrollment

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13

1863

Senegal

On Sept. 1, 2013, President Macky Sall dismissed Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye and his government. Former justice minister Aminata Touré was named new prime minister. Known for her tough stance on corruption, feminist and human rights advocate Touré named her own cabinet within 24 hours of her

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Bouncing back from COVID-19 setbacks

To assist in starting the process of personal and socioeconomic recovery, Ihama offered a psycho spiritual strategy of three keys in becoming resilient and

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Georgia Law Officials Are Looking For Answers After Two Sisters Found Dead Under Bridge

Georgia law enforcement officials are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspects involved in the tragic death of two stepsisters, Truvenia Campbell, 31, and Vanita

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Source: Black America Web

Nugent, Richard Bruce (1906-1987)

Richard Bruce Nugent (also Bruce Nugent), artist, writer, actor, dancer, dilettante, and bohemian of 1920s Harlem, was born to middle class Washington, D.C. socialites Richard Henry Nugent and Pauline Minerva Bruce Nugent. His father was a Pullman porter; his mother a pianist. Nugent attended

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Source: Black Past

Le Moyne-Owen College (1862- )

Le Moyne-Owen College is a private, historically black, four year, co-educational, liberal arts institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ. The institution can trace its roots back to 1862, when the American Missionary Association (AMA) sent

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Source: Black Past

Angola: COVID-19 - Cassenda Residents Sigh With Relief

Luanda — Luanda's Cassenda neighbourhood residents have breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday, after the authorities decided to lift the sanitary lockdown they were in for lingering 16

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South Africa: Four Suspects Appeared in Court for Double Murder

Verulam detectives led by the branch commander conducted an operation in the Verulam area on 13 May

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Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross) was an African-American humanitarian who is remembered for her abolitionist efforts during the America Civil War. Tubman was born into slavery to Harriet Green and Ben Ross, who had a total of nine children including Harriet. Her father was owned by Anthony

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Dating Harriet Jacobs: Why Birthdates Matter to Historians

In the article that follows British Columbian historian and documentary editor, Mary Maillard, explores the controversy surrounding the precise birthdate of slave narrative author, Harriet Jacobs, and reminds us why precision

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Source: Black Past

NAJEE’S NOTES: Renaming a street in honor of Malcolm X

To ensure his legacy will live on in South Los Angeles, a coalition of friends of his children and other family members and community leaders have announced a petition campaign to have a portion of Vernon Avenue renamed Malcolm

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