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University of California to Eliminate ACT and SAT Test Requirements Until 2024

As academic leaders try to find solutions, the University of California system announced that they will suspend ACT and SAT testing requirements for admission through

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

(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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2013

Civil Rights Activist Ruby Bridges Writes Children’s Book

NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges has written a children's book with a candid telling of the past and positive message for the future, inspired by the Black Lives Matter protests. Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, announced Friday that Bridges' “This Is

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Source: Black America Web

Jack and Jill of America Foundation Partners With Natural Grocers to Donate $133K to HBCU Students

Natural Grocers, Together With Its Customers, Donated $133,000 to Eliminate Student Debt for Graduates at Prairie View AM University and Huston-Tillotson during the Inaugural Year of the JJ College GAP Fund for Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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Source: http://www.blacknews.com

Bath fears fateful shower

Residents of Fountain Road in Bath, St Thomas, say they are trusting God to be their refuge this hurricane season in light of flood threats posed by the Sulphur River that flows through their community. In the past, heavy rains have caused the...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Africa: Low-Cost Ultrasound Reveals Fluoride-Linked Bone Loss

Nairobi — An innovative ultrasound technique could be used to assess bone quality in hard-to-reach rural regions exposed to excessive intake of fluoride in drinking water, a study has

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Source: allAfrica.com

VIDEO: Truckers in 21-mile traffic jam for COVID-19 testing without food or water at Kenya/Uganda border

A 21-mile-long (35 km) column of trucks lined a major highway between Kenya and Uganda on Saturday, a sea of diesel engines and goods headed west but stopped at the border for time-consuming coronavirus

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Source: South Florida Times

(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

Pgh Police Chief: ‘Excessive force is unacceptable and will not be tolerated at any level’

Courier Staff Writer

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Health Issues That Arise from Water | Brothers on Sports

When it comes to construction, most homes are designed in resisting water or filtering out water through the use of gutters and drainage systems. While floodwater might seem like a mild annoyance for a lot of homeowners, there’s a reason why most homes are designed around flood-proofing and water

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Source: Brothers on Sports

Sharpless, Mattie R. (1943- )

On October 1, 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Mattie R. Sharpless to be the next United States Ambassador to the Central African Republic. After confirmation by the U.S. Senate, Sharpless was at her post in the nation’s capital at Bangui by mid-December 2001. Sharpless served in Bangui

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Source: Black Past

Oct

1

2001

Black Indians: A Personal and Historic Journey

William Loren Katz has devoted his life to researching and writing African American history. In the following account written to describe the reissue of one of his most successful books, Black Indians, he describes how he became an historian of African America and particularly the black

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Source: Black Past

BUSTOS/SEWELL: Our Battle to Protect Democracy’s Greatest Tool

Your vote is your voice. We need you to use it this November to achieve real change. We need you to use it to create the beloved community John Lewis dreamed of.

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Source: The Washington Informer

Pandemic-recovery forecast: African Americans face long road

Rep. G.A. Hardaway (D-93) said it needs to be a primary focus for African Americans, who are more likely to have underlying conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and asthma that can contribute to the mortality rate of

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

(1963) John F. Kennedy, “We Face A Moral Crisis: The Civil Rights Message to Congress, 1963”

On June 11, 1963, President John F. Kennedy sent his civil right message to Congress urging it to pass a civil rights act. The message was immediately prompted by the action of Governor George Wallace of Alabama in physically blocking the entrance of two African American students whom a federal

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Source: Black Past

Jun

11

1963

Henry Winkler & David Bautista Clown Donald Trump’s Water Drinking Struggle

After much scrutiny and slander for continuing to show signs of some sort of mental decline (his racism still seems very much intact though), Henry Winkler decided to take to social media and show the world how an old, yet able man drinks a glass of water with a single

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Source: The Urban Daily

This Chicago Teen Earned A Master’s Degree in Environmental Science at 14

Obtaining a master’s degree is a big accomplishment and it can sometimes require years of experience in addition to smarts to get into a reputable graduate school

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Africa: How to Overcome Water Challenges in Agriculture

Press Release - FAO's The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2020 takes a new look at water shortages and scarcity in the world

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Source: allAfrica.com

Long-term effects of COVID-19 'really troublesome' for young people, Fauci says - TheGrio

Dr. Anthony Fauci is one of the top infectious disease doctors in the United States. In his recent keynote address,... View Article The post Long-term effects of COVID-19 'really troublesome' for young people, Fauci says appeared first on TheGrio.

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City of Dallas 2019 Drinking Water Quality Report | Dallas Weekly

City of Dallas 2019 Drinking Water Quality Report

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Jewish School In Brooklyn Conducts Classes Despite Lock-down Orders

A Brooklyn Yeshiva defied the state’s lockdown orders by opening classes and having more than 60 children continue with

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Source: Your Black World

(1964) Malcolm X’s Speech at the Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity

Malcolm X’s life changed dramatically in the first six months of 1964. On March 8, he left the Nation of Islam. In May he toured West Africa and made a pilgrimage to Mecca, returning as El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. While in Ghana in May, he decided to form the Organization of Afro-American Unity

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Source: Black Past

VIDEO: Howard University President’s COVID Cure – Dallas Post Tribune

Howard University President Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick, who is also a physician, has a preliminary diagnosis for America's condition while fighting the coronavirus. 'I would say the patient is critically ill, but it is a treatable disease if you follow the prescription,' said Frederick, who helms the

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Helene Gayle

Born: 8/16/1955 Buffalo, New YorkCEO of McKinsey Social Initiative, a nonprofit organization that implements programs that bring together varied stakeholders to address complex global and social challenges. McKinsey Social Initiatives first program, Generation, addresses the problem of youth

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Source: Blackfacts.com

East Africa: Urban Refugees Resort to Desperate Measures as COVID-19 Takes Hold

The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR warns hundreds of thousands of urban refugees across the East, Horn and Great Lakes region of Africa are resorting to desperate measures to survive as the economic impact of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, takes

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Source: allAfrica.com

South Africa: Young People Are Key to a Nicotine-Free Future - Five Steps to Stop Them Smoking

Preventing young people from becoming addicted to tobacco and related products is therefore key to a smoke-free

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Source: allAfrica.com

Rosa Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an African-American civil rights activist who was born on the 4th February 1913. She was popularly known as “The first lady of civil rights” and the “mother of the freedom movement”. She became prominent after she refused to move from her

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Source: Black History Resources

Impact of COVID-19 on democracy in Africa [Interview with Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh]

As Africa battles COVID-19 experts believe the pandemic will have an impact on elections and democracy in various African

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

(1963) Josephine Baker, “Speech at the March on Washington”

Josephine Baker is remembered by most people as the flamboyant African American entertainer who earned fame and fortune in Paris in the 1920s. Yet through much of her later life, Baker became a vocal opponent of segregation and discrimination, often initiating one-woman protests against racial

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Source: Black Past

‘It is safer to be in Ja right now’ - Younger Jamaicans turning down job offers, eyeing return to land of birth

According to chief representative officer of JN Bank in South Florida, Janice McIntosh, Jamaicans in this part of the diaspora are projected to spend an estimated US$4 million (J$581 million) on real estate investments in the near

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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