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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer It's one of the great Hollywood ironies that Christopher Plummer didn't like the film that made him a legend. He was an actor's actor and had cut his teeth doing Shakespeare. 'The Sound of Music,' he thought, was sentimental shlock. And he wasn't alone — reviews at
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5 key questions for Trump's Senate impeachment trial - Black News Channel
By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Arguments begin Tuesday in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump on allegations that he incited the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. A look at five key questions about what to expect when senators hear the
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An antidote to pandemic blues, with some assembly required - Black News Channel
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — He hunches at the dining room table, putting the finishing touches on his miniature World War II tank. Deep in concentration, he keeps his hand steady as he works to make the scaled-down plastic model look as realistic as possible. And as he does
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Fall Of The Wild: The Urbanization That Has Silenced Karachi’s Birdsong – The Wilmington Journal
KARACHI, Pakistan – Waking up to the pleasant sound of a koel and thousands of birds chirping in the gardens and trees that surround the neighborhoods has become a fading memory for residents of Karachi. [...]
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UCLA Mellon Grant to Establish Archive About Mass Incarceration - Los Angeles Sentinel
UCLA scholars are launching an initiative to collect, digitize and preserve an archive of data, testimonies, artifacts and police files for the next generation of research on racial and social
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VP Kamala Harris flexes power as Senate tiebreaker | The Atlanta Voice
Early Friday morning, Vice President Kamala Harris did something Joe Biden never did in his eight years as vice president - cast a tie-breaking vote. Her first ever - coming before sunrise in Washington at 5:13 a.m. ET Friday - pushed through an amendment during the Senate's vote-a-rama. Twenty-one
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'I've Had Enough': Black Louisiana Deputy Left Haunting Messages on Social Media About Police Brutality, Racist Policing Before Taking Own Life
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Movies and TV shows to watch during Black History Month – Florida Courier
BY KATHLEEN CHRISTANSEN ORLANDO SENTINEL/TNS With February’s arrival comes Black History Month, providing a time to reflect upon the accomplishments of Black Americans. One way to mark the occasion is to watch shows and movies that celebrate Black history. Donald Harrell, an adjunct professor who
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Houston's Kim Roxie honored by Texas Women’s Foundation for leadership, service - DefenderNetwork.com
The Texas Women’s Foundation has announced the seven recipients of its 2021 Maura Women Helping Women and Young Leader Awards, which recognize leaders who have positively impacted the lives of women and girls. Houston's own Kim Roxie is one of the Young Leader Awards recipients. R
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Emanuel Nine Memorial Foundation and Emanuel Nine Memorial Update
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Embodying the spirit of compassion, communism
BOTHO. It is a word I have heard so many times since coming to Botswana 20 years ago. For those of you who don’t know the word, it seems it is difficult to get one answer, but it seems to embody basic compassion and community. Ashley Thaba When a nation has botho, people think about how their
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Black restaurant employees hurt the most during pandemic, report says - TheGrio
A recent report shows that Black workers in the restaurant industry received less tips than other racial groups during the... View Article The post Black restaurant employees hurt the most during pandemic, report says appeared first on TheGrio.
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Report Shows Racial Pay Gap For L.A. City Workers - Los Angeles Sentinel
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‘Father of Black History’ | Afram News
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Georgia U.S. House Rep Clyde fined $5,000 for not completing security screening to enter House floor | The Atlanta Voice
Two Republican lawmakers are the first members of Congress to be fined for violating the new security measures off of the House floor since the fines were instated earlier this week, CNN has learned. Republicans Reps. Andrew Clyde of Georgia and Louie Gohmert of Texas have both been fined $5,000
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Black History Month, George Floyd tribute includes street mural at Houston's Yates HS - DefenderNetwork.com
A Black History Month tribute to George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement on Saturday, Feb. 6, will include the unveiling of a street mural that covers two blocks of Alabama Street in front of HISD’s Jack Yates High School, Floyd’s alma mater. The mural was commissioned by
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BY THOMAS CHIDAMBA A BINDURA man is earning a living through breeding flies as animal feed at a time flies are associated with unhygienic practices and condemned for causing diseases such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery and diarrhoea. Josphat Nyika told NewsDay that he had mastered the art of
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Black Investors Take Note: Reddit Rebellion Rescues GameStop Stock | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The band of amateur day traders that interact with each other on the Reddit page WallStreetBets, encouraged whoever was listening to buy shares of the flailing GameStop, AMC, Macy’s and Koss stocks. Big investors, often in the form of hedge funds, frequently bet against struggling
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Court orders council to compensate injured nurse
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BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA NATIONAL Blood Service Zimbabwe public affairs manager Esther Masundah has died. Midlands provincial planning and recruitment officer, Aggrey Ngazana confirmed the news saying Masundah died this morning. Last year, Masundah was crowned the second runner up outstanding public
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