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Nigeria: A New Generation Steps Up

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[AfricaFocus] "The protest is for our lives, it's for our future. We want SARS to end but SARS is just the beginning. They should just wait for us. We're not quiet anymore." [This response appears] typical of the critical mass of protesters who are around 18-22 years old, are particularly fearless, and are protesting for the first time. - Ayodeji Rotinwa, Deputy Editor of African Arguments

Source: allAfrica.com
Africa: Religion as Africa's Trojan Horse
It's impossible to have an honest discussion about Africa's underdevelopment and poor performance in the global stage without recognising the ignominious role played by
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Source: allAfrica.com
How High School Seniors can Navigate COVID-19 Uncertainty
For high school seniors bound for college, the COVID-19 pandemic struck at a pivotal time in life — as they finish one chapter and prepare to start a new
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Source: The Birmingham Times
"I Want You To Know You Matter" — Obama Holds Virtual Town Hall Against Police Brutality
Former President Barack Obama spoke out live Wednesday for the first time since the start of the national unrest over the killing of George
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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media
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A Cultural History of the Zoot Suit
In the 1944 Tom & Jerry short The Zoot Cat—only the thirteenth cartoon ever made starring that famous duo—Toms would-be girlfriend lays it on him straight: Boy, are you corny! You act like a square at the fair, a goon from Saskatoon. You come on like a broken arm. Youre a sad apple, a long
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Source: ThoughtCo
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(1884), Alexander Crummell, “Excellence, an End of the Trained Intellect”
In an address to women of  the graduating class of the Colored High School in Washington, D.C. on  June 6th 1884, Rev. Alexander Crummell urges them to put their intellect and their education in the service of racial advancement.  The address appears
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Source: Black Past
Black Youth Are Central Force in California George Floyd Protests
Sale and other members of the youth-led movement met officers of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) at the steps on the east side of the state building adjacent to California State Capitol
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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California
#StayWoke The Oklahoma Eagle Editorial: Dangerous Times For African Americans | The Oklahoma Eagle
With the stress involved with shuttering in, loss of jobs, and other social pressures there has been a noticeable hike in racist incidents and police
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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle
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Community Elders Share Valuable Insight In Black Wall Street History Class | The Oklahoma Eagle
The class is open to credit-seeking students and non-credit-seeking community members who are interested in discovering more about Tulsa’s historic Greenwood district from 1850 to present, including the massacre on May 31-June
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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle
Liberia: The EU Signs Over U.S.$59 Million Support to Liberia's Social, Economic Development
In a unique e-ceremony for the signing of two Financing Agreements worth USD 59 million, EU Ambassador HE Hélène Cavé reiterated EU's commitment to support Liberia's development agenda and recovery from the Coronavirus
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Human trafficking victims destined for Trinidad & Tobago rescued
(Trinidad Guardian) Venezuela’s Navy yesterday broke up three human trafficking camps on the country’s Orinoco Delta and rescued 79 people, including 25 minors, whom they said were being trafficked to criminal gangs in
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Ellis: Protecting our Elders and Seniors during COVID-19
From historically continuous data and evidence, we know that, particularly, for older African Americans, chronic conditions are disproportionately higher than other groups, resulting from inequities in the social determinates of
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Source: The Birmingham Times
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s. During the time, it was known as the New Negro Movement, named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. The Movement also included the new African-American cultural
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Source: BlackHistory.com
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Dr. Conrad Worrill goes home to his ancestors | The Crusader Newspaper Group
While many Black leaders and educators were unapologetically Black, Worrill was unapologetically
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
Nigeria: Boko Haram, Nigerian Military Repeatedly Violate Children's Rights - Amnesty International
Nigeria must urgently address its failure to protect and provide education to an entire generation of children in the Northeast, a region devastated by years of Boko Haram atrocities and gross violations by the military, Amnesty International warned today in a chilling new
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Junk food ads on TV tend to target African-American and Latino youth
One way to fight health disparities and obesity may be to turn off the TV. Food companies disproportionately target television advertising for unhealthy products like candy and sugary drinks to Latino and African-American youth, new research
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Source: Savoy Network
George Floyd Protestor Is Fatally Shot By ‘Homophobic Racist Bigot,’ Complaints Say
According to Daily Beast, 22-year-old James Scurlock was shot and killed outside a bar in Omaha, Nebraska as unrest spread across the city over George Floyd‘s death and other victims of police
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Source: NewsOne
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The Tuskegee Airmen on BlackPast.org
The film Red Tails which depicts the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, opened on the weekend of January 20-21 in theaters across the nation.  BlackPast.org in support of  the Seattle, Washington youth violence prevention program of THE SILENT WAR and other organizations which have vowed to use this
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Source: Black Past
Grant Williams Is Hosting a Virtual Mentoring Program for Underserved Teens on Zoom
Williams wanted to provide some personal assistance to others during COVID-19 while in his hometown of Charlotte, North
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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information
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Today is World Environment Day
Writing in the Ghana Daily Mail, Mr Prosper Kwame Antwi – a prominent conservationist and biodiversity expert, calls on governments and people of the world in general, and Ghana in particular, to harness and utilise natural resources in a sustainable manner that puts the environment at the heart of
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Bearing Witness to Injustice: From Ron Settles to George Floyd, Nothing’s Changed
At the risk of appearing redundant, I want to mirror what others have said in response to the recent series of deaths involving one Black woman and two Black men in three separate incidents at the hands of police or vigilantes, as well as the hundreds of other Black men and women murdered under the
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
Angola: Saurimo's Administrator Invites Entrepreneurs to Invest
Saurimo — The municipal administrator of Saurimo city, eastern Lunda Sul, Neves Romão, invited Tuesday, national and foreign businessmen to invest in the region in order to create employment to young people and contribute to their development in the
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Meredith Mathews East Madison YMCA
This Seattle branch of the YMCA is located at 23rd Avenue and East Madison Street.  The site was formerly used as a tennis club by members of the community.  The property was owned by the Colman family, long-time supporters of the YMCA.  Members of the black community persuaded the owners to deed
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Source: Black Past
George Floyd encourages youth to give up gun violence in bittersweet video
George Floyd (Credit: Floyd
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Source: theGrio
New institute to set standards for career guidance professionals
New institute to set standards for career guidance professionals
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Source: Business Daily
OSI-Baltimore Statement on Recent Police Killings | Afro
This dark history encompasses the killing of Freddie Gray, who died at the hands of Baltimore police five years ago last month, and countless others, including many whose names have been lost to
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Vietnam War student massacre—50 years on
The campus fire was dealt with quickly, and then the police forced demonstrating students into the centre of the
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Source: Socialist Worker (Britain) - Front Page
Pgh Police Chief: ‘Excessive force is unacceptable and will not be tolerated at any level’
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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media
New CPD Superintendent David Brown has bold vision for Chicago, even amid coronavirus crisis | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Chicago’s new police superintendent David Brown has a vision for the city, a plan to fight summer violence, and an eye on his officers as the coronavirus continues to infect and kill members of the
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
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Birmingham Mayor Woodfin joins ‘HBCU Students for Biden’ Town Hall
On Thursday, Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin joined the national Co-Chairs of “HBCU Students for Biden” to discuss Vice President Biden’s policies and to answer
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Source: The Birmingham Times
Sponsored by Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Boston Professional Chapter
(2013) Ben Carson's Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast
On February 7, 2013 prominent neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson became a nationally recognized political figure when he gave a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. that was critical of President Obamas policies and particularly Obamacare when the President and First Lady Michelle
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Source: Black Past
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