Former First Lady of Rhema: Who is Zelda Ireland?

George L. Burney: Remembered for Keeping the Dream Alive

George L. Burney was a civil and human rights activist in Louisville, KY for nearly 60 years. His activism dated back to 1954, when he along with Bishop C. Eubank Tucker conducted a sit-in in the “whites–only’’ section that led to the integration of the Louisville bus terminal. As the leader of

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Denzil Nathaniel Silcott Dies at 65

In loving memory of Denzil Nathaniel Silcott, who was born July 17, 1956; sunset on July 23, 2021.

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Little Richard laid to rest at Alabama alma mater

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Little Richard was remembered not just as a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer but a man of generosity and faith at a memorial service at his alma mater where he was laid to rest

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America mourns on 20th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks - NewsDay Zimbabwe

Joe Biden is due this morning to join families of the victims at three separate locations in what he may have hoped would prove a rare moment of national unity. But anger at the US president’s recent botched withdrawal from Afghanistan is still

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Barbara Oteng Gyasi, Ghana’s Minister of Tourism, Encourages Black Americans to Leave United States and ‘Come Home’

Barbara Oteng Gyasi, Ghana’s minister of tourism, has a message for the Black diaspora: come

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Details on the Celebration of Life in Houston for George Floyd

Findings of an autopsy supported by his family revealed he died from asphyxiation due to neck and back compression after an officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck for several

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Sister Angella Harris a ‘gentle giant of a woman’

Veteran educator and Franciscan Sister Angella Harris was yesterday hailed as a woman steeped in grace and humility as family, friends, and colleagues and several persons whose lives she touched joined in a memorial service to salute

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McDaniel, Hattie (1895-1952)

Hattie McDaniel is best known as the first black Oscar winner. She won the award on February 29, 1940, for Best Supporting Actress for her role as “Mammy” in Gone With the Wind. McDaniels career began three decades earlier. She gave her first public performances as a grade school

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Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane to head to court over damning graft report | News24

Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has instructed his lawyers to interdict the implementation of remedial action in the Public Protector's graft report as he prepares to launch a judicial review.

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Teacher dies after collapsing at Gauteng school | News24

A high school teacher collapsed and died at her workplace in Gauteng on Friday, the provincial Department of Education has said.

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Telling Secrets, Spying Freedom: A Novel Account of Mary Bowser's Civil War Espionage

In the following account historian and novelist Lois Leveen describes how she came to write her critically acclaimed novel, The Secrets of Mary Bowser, the account of a black woman who served as a Union spy in the Confederate White House during the American Civil

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Source: Black Past

Omega Psi Phi

Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ) is an international fraternity with over 750 undergraduate and graduate chapters. The fraternity was founded on November 17, 1911 by three Howard University juniors, Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman, and their faculty adviser, Dr. Ernest Everett Just. Omega

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Public visitation, service for Dr. Thomas Freeman scheduled for June 16

Texas Southern University will host a public visitation for Dr. Thomas F. Freeman on Tuesday, June 16, from 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m., with a memorial service to follow, in the Health & Physical Education (H&PE) Arena (3010 Wheeler Avenue, Houston, TX

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

IT’S MOURNING TIME –

George Floyd’s family to lay him to rest; protesters urged to ‘take

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Source: Florida Courier

Phillis Wheatley

The young girl who was to become Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped and taken to Boston on a slave ship in 1761 and purchased by a tailor, John Wheatley, as a personal servant for his wife, Susanna. She was treated kindly in the Wheatley household, almost as a third child. The Wheatleys soon recognized

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RIP Bob Mabena: Friends and colleagues remember ‘The Jammer’

Mabena passed away at age 51 on Monday, 10 August 2020, from cardiac arrest

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Alabama State University Establishes George Floyd/Greg Gunn Memorial Scholarship - Watch The Yard

By Lois G. Russell/ASU. Alabama State University President, Dr. Quinton T. Ross Jr., announced today that the University has established the George Floyd/Greg Gunn Memorial Scholarship in honor of the memory of two men who lost their lives unjustly at the hands of law enforcement officers. “During

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Source: Watch The Yard

George Floyd GoFundMe raises more than $11M in 5 days | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The mass protests across the country in recent days in response to the death of George Floyd have also inspired people, charitable groups, community bail funds and Democratic

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

'Get your knee off our necks,' activist Sharpton tells George Floyd memorial | New York Carib News

Delivering the eulogy at a memorial service inside a university chapel in Minneapolis, Sharpton said Floyd’s fate – dying at the hands of police, pinned to the ground under the knee of a white officer – symbolized a universal experience of police brutality for African

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Source: The New York Carib News

Lil Nas X's Show-Stopping Performance And On-Stage Kiss Brings Pride To The BET Awards - Blavity

Lil Nas X kissed two of his male backup dancers during a stunning live performance of ‘Montero (Call Me By My Name)’ at the BET Awards.

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Kenya: The Fight Against Cervical Cancer Is Very Much a Man's Issue

Opinion - I have a friend called Kami. She's been my friend since I was six. That's over a quarter-century of friendship. She prefers to be called by her full name, Mukami, but she makes an exception with me because we've known each other for most of our lives and it's late for me to change her pet

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Source: allAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: Chamisa to Jealously Guard His 2023 Presidential Victory

[New Zimbabwe] MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said he will jealously guard and will not allow his victory in the 2023 presidential election to be stolen again as what happened in 2018.

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South Africa: Unions Insist Deadly Eastern Cape Clinics Must Close

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says it will shut down the Port Elizabeth district office of the Department of Health after two nurses from the Zwide Clinic died and at least 11 others tested positive for the

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OPINION: The Demise of Mary Cobbs Under Conservatorship of Court Appointed Conservator Michelle Tiernan

Mary Cobbs was conserved in the early Spring of 2015. Mary developed the onset of early dementia leading to concern by her church family at Allen Temple Baptist Church. An anonymous call was made to APS leading to a conservatorship without seeking relatives or additional family members who

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Downtown Detroit To Be Lit In Purple To Honor George Floyd

The effort is spearheaded by Councilmember Castañeda López, Mayor Mike Duggan and Cynthia Pasky, Strategic Staffing Solutions CEO and Chair of the Downtown Detroit Partnership, with strong support from Detroit City

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Trump refuses to acknowledge John Lewis' achievements and claims he's done 'more for Black Americans'

"I find a lot of people impressive," President Donald Trump said. "I find many people not impressive, but no, he didn't come to my inauguration."

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The black officer in George Floyd killing is Nigerian - Ghanamma.com

. Background: George Floyd is an African-American man who died in Powderhorn

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Black Lives Matter groups plan national convention

(Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty

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"It Time To Stand Up In George's Name" — Al Sharpton Delivers Eulogy For George Floyd Memorial

Politicians, civil rights leaders and celebrities joined Floyd’s family, Thursday at a private memorial service in a sanctuary at North Central University in Minneapolis to honor his

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Judge: $750K Bail for 3 Ex-Officers Accused in Floyd’s Death

Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng made their first appearances in Hennepin County District Court as friends, relatives and celebrities gathered to memorialize Floyd in

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