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Alex Haley
Alex Haley wrote Roots, one of the most celebrated novels of the 1970s. Haley spent 20 years in the Coast Guard (1939-59) then began a second career as a writer, working for magazines ranging from Readers Digest to Playboy. Haley was a ghostwriter on his first major book: The Autobiography of
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US$4-trillion fund holders tell Brazil to halt deforestation
PARIS, France (AFP) — Investment funds managing close to US$4 trillion in assets called on Brazil yesterday to halt deforestation of the Amazon in an open letter warning that biodiversity loss and carbon emissions pose a “systemic risk” to their
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University of the Virgin Islands (1962-- )
The University of the Virgin Islands  (UVI) is a public university located on the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix, the United States Virgin Islands. It was established in 1962  In 1986 it officially became one of the 117 U.S. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). It remains the
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Mar
16
1962
New Prosecutor in Ahmaud Arbery Case Refutes Conflict of Interest Complaint
In a recent report published by Law.com, Cobb Judicial Circuit District Attorney Joyette M. Holmes, the fourth DA to be assigned the Ahmaud Arbery case, said that questions had been raised about a possible conflict of interest for her – although she made it clear she will proceed with the
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Why might UAE university applications spike in the wake of global pandemic?
Affected will be local higher education institutions, like Khalifa University of Science Technology in Abu Dhabi, which was recently ranked amongst the best 250 centres globally, in the respected QS World University Rankings
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Across The U.S., A Juneteenth 'Tinted With Sorrow' And Buoyed By Hope
Demonstrators planned rallies in towns and cities across the country, from Atlanta to Los Angeles, to commemorate the date that the U.S. informed people in Texas that all those enslaved were now free in
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Prince George’s County Opens Small Businesses | Afro
After nearly three months of silence, “non essential businesses” such as barber shops, nail salons and retail stores opened with anxious customers returning to patronize service establishments around the
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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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Josh Gibson
Josh Gibson was an American Negro League professional baseball player. He was born in Buena Vista, Georgia on December 21, 1911. His father had a farm there but he moved the family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Gibson was studying to be an electrician and only attended school till the 9th grade. He
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20
1947
Thousands Seek to Remove Lincoln Park Emancipation Memorial | Afro
A week later more than 5,400 people have joined in his mission to petition the U.S. National Park Service to eliminate the statue, which depicts a naked slave on his knees with broken chains looking up in adoration to President Abraham
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Juneteenth Marks Day Last Enslaved People Freed
The next year, former slaves started celebrating Juneteenth in Galveston, and it eventually reached other
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Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley is a well known talk show host and media personality. He was born on September 13, 1964 in Gulfport, Mississippi to a single teenaged mother named Joyce Marie Roberts. Joyce married a US Air Force Officer named Emory Garnell Smiley, and Tavis was named after his stepfather. He did not
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Sep
13
1964
Youth of Guyanese parentage spearheads clean-up in aftermath of Minneapolis riots over Floyd killing
Youth of Guyanese parentage spearheads clean-up in aftermath of Minneapolis riots over Floyd killing -drove 10 hours to join fight for justice
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Africa's Covid-19 caseload nearing 160,000
With the novel coronavirus still in pandemic mode, the African continent has seen a continued growth in the total tally, while Italy, an earlier epicentre of the pandemic in Europe, has begun to partially lift travel bans as its new infections are
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Henry Louis Gates
Henry Louis Gates Jr. was born in September 16, 1950 in West Virginia and excelled in studies from an early age, regardless of his underprivileged family background. Graduating from high school as valedictorian in 1968, Gates attended a local college before enrolling in Yale University from where
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Sep
16
1950
Ralph Bunche
Born: 8/7/1904 Detroit, MichiganDied: 12/9/1971 New York City, New YorkRalph Johnson Bunche was an American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel.Business / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:
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Caribbean at UN: vote for Security Council | New York Carib News
With only a few days left before all United Nations member states elect two countries to non-permanent seats on the powerful Security Council, a leading Caribbean diplomat at the world body, Liz Thompson used those words to
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Cleaver, Eldridge
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Netflix CEO Seeks to Set Example with $120 Million Donation to Black Colleges, Morehouse President Responds
The multimillion-dollar gift is especially notable for its size: It’s reportedly the largest individual gift in support of student scholarships at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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CMA seeks views on shares buyback
The new rules will see companies disclose all the critical information, including the risks and pricing of the share
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Juneteenth Will Be An Official Holiday In New York City Starting In 2021
Juneteenth, which marks the effective end of slavery in the United States, will become an official holiday in the country’s largest city beginning next year, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared
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What Would Dismantling Minneapolis' Police Department Look Like?
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender about plans to defund and dismantle the city's police department following George Floyd's death and nationwide
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The Church of St. Mark, Brooklyn, New York (1838- )
The Church of St. Mark in Brooklyn, New York was originally established by a group of black Episcopalians in 1838.  The next year, Dr. Samuel M. Haskins was asked to be rector (pastor), the role he would maintain for 60 years.  By April 1841 the congregation completed a Gothic style edifice in
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Knox, Clinton E. (1908–1980)
Clinton E. Knox was born May 5, 1908, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He was the youngest of five children born to Estella Briggs Knox and William J. Knox Sr.  Knox’s older brother, William J. Knox, Jr., was one of the scientists who helped develop the atomic bomb during World War II.  His other
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Oct
14
1980
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's see-no-evil posture on coronavirus | The Atlanta Voice
President Donald Trump’s persistent see-no-evil posture on coronavirus testing — if you don’t look for the virus, the cases go away — defies both science and street
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Angola: Psychologist Condemns Violence Against Children
Luena — The physical and psychological aggressions against child put society's harmony at risk, said psychologist Quintas Miúdo Sempieca, in Luena, Moxico province, on
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Music is my passion: Sibanda
RISING Chitungwiza-based businessman and gospel musician Cephas Sibanda, who is currently riding high with his popular song and video Gore Rino off the eight-track album Kumagumo Kwazvo, has revealed that singing is his
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Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is a renowned Hollywood actor and producer, known for his powerfully portrayed performances in film and television.  Washington was born on December 28, 1954 near New York City. His father, Reverend Denzel Hayes Washington Sr. was a minister, and his mother Lennis owned
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Dec
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1954
The African American Experience in Italy, 1852 to 2013
In the following article longtime BlackPast.org contributor and San Diego State University Librarian Robert Fikes discusses African Americanemigrants to and visitors in
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Dill, Augustus Granville (1881-1956)
Augustus Granville Dill, sociologist, business manager, musician, and colleague of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) co-founder W.E.B. Du Bois, is best known for his work overseeing the publication of Du Bois’s journal, The Crisis, between 1913 and 1928.  He also
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