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Patrons of a Staten Island bar have become protestors now that Mac's Public House has been shut down. A massive crowd... View Article
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Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
Applying and experimenting with makeup can be a fun and creative experience but for people of diverse ethnicities, it can be disheartening.
For years they have raised concerns about the lack of beauty products for darker skin.
One Zimbabwean born make up artist in Australia is now inspiring younger women to speak out,
\"I think unfortunately often, we are only seeing one shade, or one race being represented all the time,\" said make-up artist Rumbidzai Mudzengi.
\"A lot of the time, it starts to feel like there's no place for us, and I want young people to realise that there is a space for you,\"
\"If you're going to serve someone, you need to do it all the way and you need to cater for everyone, it's really that simple, that's why you get into business.\"
The women say a common problem is with big brand retailers, who mostly cater to light and medium skin tones.
\"Sometimes it's just harder to find the right place that sells the right foundation and stuff for my skin,\"said ons young woman. Another said it \"added to the feeling of being isolated, a bit I guess unwelcome to some degree. The fact that I had to go to special stores just to find my shade, it was a bit of an inconvenience for me.\"
It means they often have to do more research on the products and go to specialised shops
but new brands have recently emerged such as Fenty, by the singer Rihanna.
Other well-established brands such as Mac and Make Up For Ever are also developing new ranges for all skin tones.
But there is still a long road to go.
While make up retailers in many cities say they offer a wide variety of products.
In practice, some young women with dark skin say they have had to go to specialized shops which are often more expensive.
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By BlackPressUSA Over 140 films selected from over 1500 entries from the US and twenty countries around the world will stream online this year due to the COVID – 19 Pandemic. (Hollywood, CA) – The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) announces the selection of 140 films and filmmakers for the 26th Annual African American Film Marketplace and S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase (AAFM SEMSFS). Brought to the public annually as a live event, this year the festival will make its online debut on BHERCTV.com. The AAFM SEMSFS opens Friday October 23rd and runs thru November 29th, 2020. The […]
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Montego Bay resident Kimberly Curtis is desperate for answers as to how her taxpayer registration number (TRN) was used to import goods for commercial use without her knowledge. Curtis, a 29-year-old customer service representative, thought it was...
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AFP) - People who develop COVID-19 infect around half of their household members, with adults only slightly more likely than children to spread the virus, a US Government study said Friday.
Open U.S. House of Representative Seats in the 2020 Election:
All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are on the ballot for the November 2020 election.
Duties: Governors are essentially the chief executives of their respective states.
In addition to being responsible for the appointment or nomination of many high-level executive state roles, signing legislation, and the overall well-being of the state, the governor is also in charge of handling emergencies.
Governors also have the power to issue a stay of execution for people on death row in their state convicted under state laws.
(The type of oversight for such decisions such as votes from other elected state leaders varies by state and some federal funds come with tight restrictions.)
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The rapper aims to effect change for future generations, recently partnering with neobank company Chime in a national effort to help the youth; details inside.
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People’s National Party (PNP) Campaign Director Phillip Paulwell believes that COVID-19 restrictions will transform political and canvassing strategy in Jamaica as the country prepares for a general election constitutionally due by February 2021.
Meanwhile, PNP President Dr Peter Phillips has warned the Holness administration to hold to its word that a general election will not be held while states of emergency (SOEs) are operational.
Phillips’ comment coincided with the imposition of SOEs in Kingston Central and Kingston Western, which bring to 10 the number of police divisions under emergency powers.
The last time an election was called under a state of emergency was in 1976 by Michael Manley, the then prime minister and PNP president.
We are ready to go,” Phillips told The Gleaner as he disclosed that the meeting facilitated the sharing of campaign strategy.
In the following article, James Langford, the first black teacher in Weed, briefly describes the history of the African American community there. Langford, who graduated from California State University at San Francisco with an elementary teaching credential in the spring of 1974, began teaching at the Weed Union Elementary School on August 28, 1974. He retired on June 7, 2007, after thirty-three years.
It was June, 1923, when five young Black men set out in a Model T Ford from Broken Bow, Oklahoma, to a small town in northern California. They were following the sounds of promise they had heard in the words of a young hobo, recently returned from a trip to the West Coast. He told of a better life for Black people in this burgeoning lumber town. “He said there was a mountain right there close to Weed you’d see snow the year round.” These are the words of Danny Piggee, describing how he first heard of Weed, the town he was to live in for the next thirty-seven years. “Weed was a miracle for Black people for work.”
When he and his cousin, Jim Hopkins, and their three companions reached Weed at noon on June 19, 1923, after fourteen and a half days on the road, they ate dinner, went to the hiring office of Weed Lumber Company, then to the Weed Hospital for health checks, and started work the next morning. A common laborer in the Weed mill was paid $3.60 for eight hours. Piggee went to work taking down lumber on the yard with D. Grant, one of his Oklahoma companions, as his partner. Because Grant had previous experience in this contract work, Piggee made over $5.00 the first day he worked. As he thought to himself at the time, “Boy, I oughta been here for years back.” In describing the town of Weed as it was in 1923, he said, “You could just almost pick your jobs when I came here. And it was a lotta, lotta Black folks here.”
One thousand African-Americans lived in Weed by the mid-1920s, when the town’s population reached over six thousand. In 1922, R. A. Long of Long-Bell Lumber Company had assumed
