Dr. Dre Claims Estranged Wife Won’t Return Some Of His Property Including A Motorcycle And A Gun

Law enforcement ties, long delay complicate Arbery case | The Atlanta Voice

Among the questions: Did shooting suspect Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory, both white, get special treatment because the elder McMichael had been a longtime investigator at the Brunswick Circuit District

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NFL Receiver Cody Latimer Arrested On Assault & Gun Charges

As spotted on TMZ, Cody Latimer was arrested last weekend after he was accused of putting hands and feet on

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O.J. Simpson

Name at birth: Orenthal James Simpson

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Shooting of John Crawford III

The shooting of John Crawford III occurred on August 5, 2014. Crawford was a 22-year-old African-American man shot to death by Beavercreek police officer Sean Williams, in a Walmart store in Beavercreek, Ohio, near Dayton, while holding a toy BB

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Aug

5

2014

'I Wasn't Ready': Jesse Williams and Taylour Paige's Boo'd Up Mirror Pic Leaves Fans Shook

“Grey’s Anatomy” star Jesse Williams and his girlfriend Taylour Paige seem to be spending their shelter-in-place lives

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From the Slave Quarters to the Courtroom: The Story of the First African American Attorney in the United States

Since J. Clay Smith’s publication of Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, it has been taken as gospel that Boston resident Macon Allen in 1844 became was the first African-American admitted to the bar to practice law in the United States. Recently, as part of the celebration of the 150th

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Forget About Seeing Any Justice For Obamagate In 2020.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Allow me to disabuse you of your naïve delusion that we still live in a country with a justice system and break it to you that no one is going to jail for what was done to Flynn, or for the unmasking business, or for the Russia hoax or, for that matter, for any of the corrupt

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Kenya: Between the Lines

The story was about Kelvin' Ochieng', a young man who had ended up homeless on the rough streets of Nairobi after graduating with a first-class honours in actuarial

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Source: allAfrica.com

US faces severe economic downturn

The world's biggest economy faces a severe downtown but will not suffer another Great Depression, US Fed chief Jerome Powell said on Sunday, as three hardest-hit countries in Europe reported low death tolls and lockdowns

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Louisiana Creole

Louisiana Creole (kréyol la lwizyàn; French: créole louisianais) is a French-based creole language spoken by far fewer than 10,000 people, mostly in the state of Louisiana.[3] Due to the rapidly shrinking number of speakers, Louisiana Creole is considered an endangered

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Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant is an American basketball superstar who plays the shooting guard position for the Los Angeles Lakers. He was born on August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia to Joe and Pamela Bryant. Joe Bryant was also a basketball player who played with the Philadelphia 76ers, the San Diego Clippers, and the

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Aug

23

1978

Paige, Roderick Raynor (1933- )

Roderick Raynor Paige, the first African American and the first school superintendent to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Education, was born on June 17, 1933 in Monticello, Mississippi. The eldest of five children, Paige was born to his mother Sophie, a librarian, and father, Raynor

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Source: Black Past

Exclusive: MAFS’ Shawniece And Jephte On Their Critics, Not Wearing Wedding Rings, And How Having A Baby Changed Their Marriage

Of all the couples who have been featured on Married at First Sight, there haven’t been many who have been more intriguing to follow than Shawniece Jackson and Jephte

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Josephine Baker

Who Was Josephine

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Sessions, Lucy Stanton Day (1831-1910)

Educator and abolitionist Lucy Stanton Day Sessions is believed to be the first African American woman to graduate from college, completing a Ladies Literary Course from Oberlin College in 1850. For over a century the Ohio college has recognized its early Literary Course program as equivalent to

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Oct

16

1831

Darius Rucker

Darius C. Rucker is an American musician who first gained fame as the lead singer and guitarist of the band Hootie & the Blowfish, and next for his transition from a successful career in rock to a successful career in country music. Rucker was born on May 13, 1966 in Charleston, South

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Source: Black History Resources

Tiger Woods

Name at birth: Eldrick Tont Woods

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Rwanda Reports 11 New Cases of COVID-19, All Long Distance Truckers

Truck drivers and their staff are isolated and tested at the borders

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Jordan, June (1936-2002)

June Meyer Jordan, writer, editor, poet, educator, environmental and social activist, was the only child of Granville Ivanhoe and Mildred Maude Fischer Jordan who were Jamaican immigrants. June was born in Harlem on July 9, 1936. June’s father worked as a night shift postal clerk and her mother

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Source: Black Past

Jul

9

1936

Inside plan to push Ruto into opposition

Deputy President William Ruto could be surviving on borrowed time in government — and his survival within Jubilee Party in now in doubt — if fresh details of a plot to cut him to size by 2022 are anything to go

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Shooting of Jordan Davis

The shooting of Jordan Davis occurred on Friday, November 23, 2012, at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, United States by Michael David Dunn, a 47-year-old software developer, following an argument over the loud music played by Davis and/or his three friends. Jordan Russell Davis was

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Nov

23

2012

NFL’s Deandre Baker & Quinton Dunbar Accused Of Sticking Up A Cookout, Allegedly

NFL players Deandre Baker and Quinton Dunbar have been accused of armed robbery and warrants have been issued for their

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Source: Black America Web

Woods, Eldrick “Tiger” (1975- )

Eldrick “Tiger” Woods was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California to parents Earl and Kultida Woods. Woods was given the nickname Tiger after a Vietnamese soldier and friend of his father’s. He grew up watching his father play golf and at the age of two, he was putting with

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Source: Black Past

Dec

30

1975

Structured Academic Debate: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois

The speeches, writings and accomplishments of Booker T. Washington’s and W.E.B. Du Bois encapsulated two very different approaches to racial advancement, race relations and education. Within their arguments are controversies that continue today: Economic Prosperity vs. Political Rights, Vocational

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Source: Black Past

Apartheid Era Signs in South Africa

Apartheid was a social philosophy which enforced racial, social, and economic segregation on the people of South Africa. The term apartheid comes from the Afrikaans word meaning separation. It was introduced by DF Malans Herenigde Nasionale Party (HNP - Reunited National Party) in 1948 and lasted

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Kenyan in U.S. Dies in Car Accident After Stabbing and Seriously Wounding His Wife

A Kenyan man died in a car crash in Richmond US, on Wednesday morning after he had allegedly stabbed his wife multiple times at their

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Source: allAfrica.com

Uganda: Soldiers, Policemen On the Spot Over Brutality, Theft

Police and army officers in Gulu District have come under the spotlight for beating up residents and taking their money and other valuables during the implementation of the presidential directives on limiting the spread of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Harrison, Hazel Lucile (1883-1969)

Hazel Harrison, pianist, was born on May 12, 1883 in La Porte, Indiana to parents Hiram and Olive Harrison. Hiram was the co-owner of a barber shop and Olive was a hairdresser and manicurist. Hazel Harrison began playing the piano at the age of four, and by age eight she was earning extra money for

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Source: Black Past

Apr

28

1969

Congo-Kinshasa: DRC - Congolese Reporter Charged With Violating COVID-19 Restrictions

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities in Kasaï-Oriental province, in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to drop all charges against Faustin Mbiya, a radio journalist who was held arbitrarily for three days for violating Covid-19 lockdown

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Source: allAfrica.com

Here’s Why Ne-Yo Decided To Work On His Marriage

At the top of the year, rumors started to swirl that singer Ne-Yo and his wife Crystal Smith were headed for

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