National Guard mobilized in Omaha

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Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louis Norton Little, was a homemaker occupied with the familys eight children. His father, Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Earls civil

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Robbery suspect nabbed after attempted attack

Police believe they have captured one of the suspects in a recent violent robbery committed on an Albouystown motorcyclist in

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Zeta Phi Beta Just Awarded A $100,000 Scholarship To A Young Woman in North Carolina

The sorority sisters of Zeta Phi Beta do not play games when it comes to supporting the

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Source: Watch The Yard

Ex-military man Waluke bites bitter maize

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Source: Business Daily

Zupco crews on go-slow

DRIVERS of Mutare-based conventional buses operating under the Zupco franchise have gone on a go-slow to force government to review their daily commission, leaving thousands of commuters

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Covid-19: Mbalula takes sho't left on meeting with taxi operators

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula cancelled a meeting planned for Sunday with taxi operators who have been negotiating to be able carry more passengers, and to cross provincial borders during the coronavirus

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Dharry calls out new world champ Franco

American, Joshua Franco unanimously defeated Andrew Moloney on Wednesday night to lift the World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Flyweight world

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

2022 start for MoBay bypass works

The projects, which include the Long Hill bypass and the dualisation of upper Barnett Street, will be funded by the Government of Jamaica at a cost of US$220

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Police praise stakeholders for drop in number of missing kids

THE police are asserting that the downward trend in the number of children reported missing over the past few years is not the result of a drop in reporting, but rather the efforts of stakeholders across the

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Trinidad nationals stuck in Canada again beg to come home

I tell them Trinidad owns an airline and the Government can very easily fly us home without opening borders,” Bayne said

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

MARKING THE MOMENT –

A live Juneteenth observance did not happen this year in Daytona Beach; nonetheless Mayor Derrick Henry still commemorated the

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Source: Daytona Times

Death Toll Grows In National Protests

They are among the people who have been killed as protests roiled American cities in the week since 46-year-old George Floyd died when a white officer jammed his knee into the back of the black

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Source: Black America Web

Freemasons donate to Cancer Society, Heart Foundation

Freemasons Association of Jamaica on Wednesday made a donation to the Jamaica Cancer Society and Heart Foundation in the amount of $1 million

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Miami Law Firm Provides Free Legal Help for Black Startups in Hospitality

As part of the current national movement toward racial equality, a Miami law firm is using its expertise to provide pro bono legal help to Black

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Source: The Black Chronicle

NAACP Set to Move Headquarters to D.C.

The NAACP has signed a letter of intent to move its national headquarters from Baltimore to the District and make its new home in the Frank D. Reeves Center for Municipal Affairs in Northwest, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced

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Source: The Washington Informer

The Power Of Black Music: Celebrating Its Journey And Impact On American Culture - Blavity

Similar to the trends we have seen in recent years, pre-COVID-19 and elevated Black Lives Matter protests, music by African American artists leads the way as the most lauded and consumed across demographics in the

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Source: Blavity News

Black Fact of the Day: May 19, 2020- Brought to you by Black365

Black Fact of the Day: May 19, 2020- Brought to you by Black365 Human Rights leader and outstanding orator Malcolm X aka El-Hajj Malik El- Shabazz was born in Omaha, NE, 1925. Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar.

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Garveyism Looks Toward the Pacific: The UNIA and Black Workers in the American West

In the article below historian Robin Dearmon Muhammad discusses the growth of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) or the Garvey Movement in the American West, with particular emphasis on its influence in black working-class organizing in the San Francisco Bay Area after World War

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Source: Black Past

Atlanta Mayor: No need for troops, despite governors order - Black News Channel

By KATE BRUMBACK and BEN NADLER The Associated Press/ BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — The mayor of Atlanta said Tuesday that she doesnt agree with the Georgia governors order to mobilize the National Guard in her city as a surge in violence became a political talking point. Gov. Brian Kemp declared

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

BET Awards spotlight best artists of 2020

Last night’s virtual BET Awards went down and some of your faves racked up

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

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Trinidad cop shot dead

(Trinidad Express) A member of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS)became the country’s latest murder victim after he was shot dead in Morvant this

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Colin Kaepernick & Ava DuVernay Teaming Up For Netflix Series About His High School Years

Source: Carmen Mandato / Getty

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Malcolm X

Malcolm X, 1925–65, militant black leader in the United States, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, b. Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb. A petty criminal in Boston and Harlem, he was convicted of burglary (1946) and sent to prison, where he read widely and was introduced to the Black Muslims

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Minnesota’s Black Newspapers Speak Out Amidst Uprising in Wake of Police Murder of George Floyd

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The National Guard has been called out, and you see those vehicles that you saw when they raided Iraq and Afghanistan. People are upset and [...]

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

Comerica Bank and National Business League Announce $1 Million Commitment to Support Black-Owned Small Businesses

Comerica Bank announced its $1 million commitment over four years to the National Business League as part of a national partnership that will launch the Black Capital Access Program (BCAP), an access to capital initiative to assist Black businesses across the

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COVID-19 blamed for one-year construction delay for MoBay bypass

MONTEGO BAY, St James — The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been blamed for pushing back, by a year, the start of construction on the highly anticipated US$22-million Montego Bay bypass

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Voters Should Grant Democrats Their Death Wish

These are the dangling entrails of the panic that the national political media, which are unofficially conducting the Democratic campaign in the unheroic absence of the putative nominee, have sown about the coronavirus and the impression, desperately promoted, identifying Trump with the recent

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Source: https://www.newsmax.com

Companies Are Switching to Remote Work- Permanently

With the Covid-19 pandemic’s ravaging effects, working from home is becoming a norm, and our homes might turn into offices in the coming

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