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I Will Not Change My Name Because You Can’t Pronounce It

When Yewande Biala of 'Love Island' called out her cast mate for name discrimination, it shed light on the plight of people with non-normalized, non-Anglophone-sounding names in the West.

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the original name of Dominica in the West Indies is Wai tukubuli, the name given by the Caribs. it means her tall body and is one of many Carib names which still survives on the island. a leading dance group is known as the Waitukubuli Dancers.

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Country Music Artist Uses Her CMA Award Speech To Give Credit Where It's Due — To Black Women - Blavity

Country singer Maren Morris won the Country Music Award for female vocalist of the year on Wednesday but took time out of her speech to give praises to a number of Black female artists who she said inspired her work. In her speech, she shouted out legendary Black country singers like Linda

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Malawi Electoral Body Commissioners Contract Ends Today

Chairperson of the commission Jane Ansah tendered her resignation a week ago amid stormy criticisms from the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal and parliament of the way they handled the May 19, 2019 presidential election which handed down president Peter Mutharika a second and last

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Texas Board approves African American studies course

Starting next fall, high schools around the state will be able to offer African American Studies as an elective course, making Texas the first state to approve both that course and Mexican American

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

KYAGULANYI: We want a Uganda vs Museveni contest

Kyadondo East MP and leader of the People Power movement Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, has declared interest in running for Uganda

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Source: The East African

Why Black History Should be Taught Starting in Elementary School

With the recent deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd maybe it’s time to look at how African American history is taught in our educational system to help some understand why blacks are feeling frustrated and

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Sports Teams Consider Changing Team Names Amid Racial Reckoning : NPR

By choosing “I agree” below, you agree that NPR’s sites use cookies, similar tracking and storage technologies, and information about the device you use to access our sites to enhance your viewing, listening and user experience, personalize content, personalize messages from NPR’s sponsors, provide

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COPS NABBED IN US DRUG BUST - Three St James constables charged; fourth suspect flown home being grilled

The fourth cop, a woman constable, was flown back home and is now in the custody of the St James

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Jamie, Denzel, Angela? Debate Breaks Out Over Who Portrayed Their Real-Life Figures the Best

Some of the names tossed around include Denzel Washington’s portrayal of Malcolm X, Jamie Foxx playing Ray Charles, Chadwick Boseman as James Brown, and Morgan Freeman playing Nelson

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LL Cool J is Mad as Hell: Legendary Rapper’s Tirades Lead to Blistering Lyrics on Current Events

These famed lyrics by James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J, from his 1985 song “Rock the Bells” ring true during the current state of affairs in the United States of America as protesters, rioters and looters rock the country following the senseless murder of George

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THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Minneapolis Burning As Race Relations Flare | Afro

His life mattered, they say, until a police officer decided it

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0

Egypt Cult of the Sun God and Akhenaten's Monotheism

Egypt During the New Kingdom, the cult of the sun god Ra became increasingly important until it evolved into the uncompromising monotheism of Pharaoh Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV, 1364-1347 B.C.). According to the cult, Ra created himself from a primeval mound in the shape of a pyramid and then created

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Protests yield a like-father-like-sons story

“I just remember explaining to my boys and the other young people who were listening that no police officer has the right or the authority to be judge, jury and executioner,” McKinney

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The Black community helped Biden win – Daytona Times

The Black vote matters and your vote is your voice. As President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris accept and assume responsibility to lead the United States for the next four years, it is time to pray. COVID-19 has terrorized America for the past nine months, and over 100,000

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Source: Daytona Times

Dangling Draft Picks Shouldn’t Be Necessary For NFL Teams To Hire African American Coaches And GMs

Are those who run NFL teams so incapable of decency when it comes to hiring minorities (African Americans, in particular) as head coaches and general managers for their $16 billion-per-year business before COVID-19 that they need a gimmick to nudge them in the right

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Source: https://www.forbes.com

Notice of Fictitious Name Registration - Blue Onyx Pool Pros

NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of the Fictitious Names Registration Act of Florida (Chapter 50, Florida Statutes) that an application for registration of a fictitious name will be filed in the office of the Florida Department of State, for the conduct of a business under the

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The illusion of integration

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Zimbabwe: Sikhala Confronts Kazembe Over Coup Plot Claims

Outspoken MDC Alliance vice chair, Job Sikhala on Wednesday confronted Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe demanding answers on why the Zanu PF top official made allegations linking him to a plot to overthrow President Emmerson

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Congressional Black Caucus Introduces Legislation to Make Police More Accountable

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – The Congressional Black Caucus has introduced “The Justice in Policing Act of 2020,” legislation designed to make the nation’s police more accountable to the nation’s citizens, especially its black citizens, in the wake of the brutal in police custody death of George

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Quarantine doesn’t mean imprisonment

WHILE it is a cause for concern that a lot of returning Zimbabweans have escaped from quarantine centres, it is critical to strike a balance between making sure that their rights are protected as well as the need to ensure that the potential spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Sarah Parker Remond, African American Abolitionist

Known for: African American abolitionist, women’s rights advocate

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Pope Francis Vows To End Sexual Abuse After McCarrick Report

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis pledged Wednesday to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offered prayers to victims of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a day after the Vatican released a detailed report into the decadeslong church cover-up of his sexual misconduct. The Vatican report blamed

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‘This Must Stop!’, By Dr. E. Faye Williams – Free Press of Jacksonville

Although not lost to COVID-19, one other name must be added to those we have lost – George

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

(2004) Bill Cosby, “The Pound Cake Speech”

On May 17, 2004, the NAACP staged a gala celebration at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Comedian, actor, and philanthropist Bill Cosby was asked to deliver the main address. Cosby

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Mozambique: New Massacre in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado?

Analysis - Fifty people are said to have been beheaded in Mozambique's troubled Cabo Delgado province. But reports from the area are uncertain, as government troops, also accused of human rights abuses, have sealed off the region.

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Source: allAfrica.com

George Floyd – another name added to the list –

Although not lost to COVID-19, one other name recently added to those we have lost – George

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Source: Daytona Times

‘Trump Death Clock’ In NYC Counts Preventable Coronavirus Deaths

A digital billboard in Times Square showing the number of deaths related to President Donald Trump’s slow coronavirus response, reached a grave milestone on Wednesday, as it ticked over to an estimated 50,000 preventable

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Source: The Black Chronicle

South Africa has the continent's highest Covid-19 cases. And it has another pandemic

The three women were among the latest victims in a surge of violence against women in South Africa which the country’s president has described as

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

Guinea gĭn´ē [key], an archaic term for the west coast of Africa. In its widest sense it has been applied to the region from Angola to Senegal. Parts of the region bore names originating in early colonial trade, notably Grain Coast , Ivory Coast (see Côte dIvoire ), Gold Coast (see Ghana

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Kyrie 6 & Air Max 1 Highlight Nike’s N7 Winter Collection Which Honors Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Kyrie 6 & Air Max 1 Highlight Nike's N7 Winter Collection

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