Peyton Manning Helps Raise Funds for Three HBCUs in Golf Event

South Africa: More Industries to Reopen Soon

When President Ramaphosa announced in May that the country would be moving to alert level 3 from 1 June, he said government would give consideration to re-opening other sectors of the economy, if the necessary safety precautions were put in place and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Working Together

The City is beginning its re-opening after being shut down for two months because of the COVID-19

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

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

Harriet Tubman: Underground Railroad Conductor

Previous: 1: Harriet Tubmans Life in Slavery

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Source: ThoughtCo

Zimbabwe: Govt Announces List of Allowed Low-Risk Sports

Golf, swimming, tennis, and athletics are some of the low-risk sports that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has allowed to

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Source: allAfrica.com

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

‘Looters and lowlifes,’ I stand with all of them –

There are documented cases of economically envious looting Black communities (Wilmington, Tulsa, Rosewood) because of economic envy, plundering our homes, and then using the power of the majority media to turn a Massacre into

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Source: Daytona Times

By winning the Long Beach Open, Charlie Sifford became the first Black person to

By winning the Long Beach Open, Charlie Sifford became the first Black person to win a major professional golf tournament, 1957

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

10

1957

Things To Do At Metroparks 4th Of July Weekend

If it’s sunshine and water you seek, take a dip in the lake at Maple and Martindale Beaches in Kensington Metropark, Eastwood and Baypoint Beaches at Stony Creek Metropark and the beach at Lake St. Clair

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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media

Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers is an American actor and former professional football player. He was born on January 14, 1948 in New Orleans and graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1966. He registered at Long Beach City College but could not play football there due to an ankle injury. He then

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Source: Black History Resources

Jan

14

1948

PGA Golf Returns to Texas at Colonial | Dallas Weekly

Ryan Palmer was with his caddie down the first fairway during the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, June

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Source: Dallas Weekly

This Retired-Navy-Veteran-Turned-Entrepreneur Is Launching A Successful Fashion Line

After retiring from the U.S. Navy, one savvy business entrepreneur made a complete pivot from naval veteran to fashion maven with the launch of her successful apparel clothing

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Looters, Lowlifes, And Liars

Not only has he derided “looters and lowlifes,” but he has also threatened the full force of federal law enforcement t threaten people’s legal right to

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

The essential church

Can we imagine the president of the United States telling Americans to go to church during this pandemic while his leadership on every accord is not the kind of thinking people would

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Roudanez, Louis Charles (1823-1890)

Physician and newspaper publisher, Louis Charles Roudanez was born free in June of 1823 in Saint James Parish, Louisiana. He was the son of a French merchant named Louis Roudanez and a black woman named Aimée Potens. Though his baptismal record registers him as white, Roudanez identified as

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Source: Black Past

Fathers of NBA players discuss raising strong Black children

Tobias Harris #12 of the Philadelphia 76ers hugs his mother, Lisa Harris, and his father, Torrell Harris, watches after the game against the San Antonio Spurs at the Wells Fargo Center on November 22, 2019 in

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Source: theGrio

Bronze McGhee Lougheed: Dance Teacher Extraordinaire

“I don’t know what spring is without dance, without my students, and without our recital,” said Bronze McGhee Lougheed, partner and studio

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Protesters Call Attention to Deaths of Two More Black Men | Afro

By Russ Bynum and Ed White

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson was a tennis player and later professional golfer who became the first African American woman to cross the racial barrier and compete professionally in both sports. She was born on August 25, 1927 in South Carolina. Her family was under severe financial duress due to the Great

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Source: Black History Resources

Sep

28

2003

Kenya: Zimbabwean Golfer Chinhoi Breaks Safari Tour Jinx

[Nation] After finishing runners up four times in the past season, Zimbabwe's Robson Chinhoi on Thursday walked away with the Safari Tour golf series second leg title following a brilliant round of five under par 67 in the closing round at the par 72 Royal Nairobi Golf Club course.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Cinemas, restaurants to re-open under relaxed lockdown rules

Image: GCIS

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Source: TechCentral

Eviction Moratoriums Aren’t Enough - New Orleans Data News Weekly

Andreanecia Morris Executive Director Housing NOLA On September 4, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) took the extraordinary step of enacting a broad moratorium on evictions for nonpayment of rent through end of 2020. The

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

Tiger Woods

Name at birth: Eldrick Tont Woods

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

TSD FLASH! - COVID-19 numbers; African-American golf circuit feat; Beenie Man vs Bounty Killer; Memorial Day Music Video Vibe: Whitney Houston sings 'The Star-Spangled Banner'

The city had an excessive heat warning in effect, however, this did not deter Granville Brown, as he aimed his shot at hole

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

Louis Armstrong

Satchmo

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

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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Source: ThoughtCo

Joe Louis - The World Heavyweight Champion

Who Was Joe

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United Negro College Fund

The United Negro College Fund, or UNCF, is an American philanthropic organization that funds scholarships for black students and general scholarship funds for 37 private historically black colleges and universities. UNCF was incorporated on April 25, 1944 by Frederick D. Patterson (then president

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Source: ThoughtCo

Apr

25

1944

Charlie Ward

Showing athletic gift and interest in various sports from a young age, Charlie Ward was born on October 12, 1970 in Thomasville, Georgia. Having his own father as the coach, Ward starred on the football and basketball teams of his high school, showing the signs of a star from the start and led his

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Source: Black History Resources

Oct

12

1970

Trump's Memorial Day weekend amid pandemic spent golfing, tweeting conspiracies and insults | The Atlanta Voice

As the US death toll from coronavirus topped 97,000, President Donald Trump was spending his Memorial Day weekend doing what he’d typically do during any other time off during his presidency — golfing and

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

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