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Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano aim to knock each other out on Saturday in a clash that could produce the first four-belt unification champion in the history of the 154-pound division. “It’s dangerous to walk [...]
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Fields, Green (1840-1914)
Green Fields, former Seattle City employee, early African American resident of the Queen Anne Neighborhood in Seattle, and soldier with the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War, was born a slave in DeSoto, Mississippi, the son of Fannie Jackson and Richard Fields. In 1864 he escaped slavery and
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Did my street get cleaned? Wilkinsburg says more transparency is coming | New Pittsburgh Courier
Wilkinsburg's street sweeper cleans about 200 tons of leaves and debris each year, according to the borough. (Courtesy photo) by Matt Petras, PublicSource PublicSource circulateda survey to Wilkinsburg residentsabout questions or concerns they have in their community. Among the responses, there
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Eutaw City Council deals with financial matters; IRS lien lifted
At its regular Eutaw City Council meeting on September 14, 2021, the council dealt primarily with financial matters. Mayor Latasha Johnson announced that the city had received a Certificate of Release of Federal Tax Lien from the Internal Revenue Service stating that tax debts for the years
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Photo Focus: A Clean Sweep for St. Thomas Streets
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Area cities resume residential parking tickets
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Int’l Women’s Day | The feared and fearless Carol Palmer - Taking no prisoners, PS bemoans waning values, standards in society
“Nothing is more beautiful than spring,” Gerard Manley Hopkins opens his poem Spring, a conclusion using hyperbole, which means an exaggeration and not to be taken literally. But Carol Palmer, permanent secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Science,...
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(1922) Marcus Garvey, "The Principles of The Universal Negro Improvement Association"
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Eutaw Mayor Johnson gives first State of the City Address, listing specific fixes and improvements
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Ecuador volcano ash
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Nigeria: Federal Govt Releases Details of Programme to Employ 774,000 Nigerians
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Freetown City Council starved of much needed funds to deliver public services
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Here Are 5 Of The Most Beautifully Written Quotes From Black History
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From star sprinter to street sweeper, meet Jackie’s forgotten brother Mack Robinson - Face2Face Africa

You know Jackie Robinson, the baseball and civil rights great. You might have however missed the formidable story of his older brother Matthew Mackenzie Robinson, affectionately called Mack Robinson. Born July 18, 1912, Mack set multiple college track and field records competing for Pasadena

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When Martin Luther King Jr addressed UWI graduands...
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US vaccine challenge: convincing skeptical African Americans - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… the nationwide campaign: persuading skeptical African Americans to get inoculated. Emergency doctor … , also directly implored his fellow Black Americans to get immunized. “We West … in the vaccine is growing, Black Americans are more skeptical than the …
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Russian Street Sweeper Gets a Mock Magazine Cover that Helps him to pay off his Debt | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
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