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Franco Harris
Franco Harris is a retired American football player. He was born in March 7, 1950 to an African American father and an Italian mother. He studied at Rancocas Valley Regional High School in New Jersey and later at Penn State University. Here he played for the team “Littany Lions” as
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7
1950
Harris, Jr., Dr. Homer E. (1916- 2007 )
Homer Harris was born on March 4, 1916 in Seattle, Washington.  In 1933, Harris became the first black captain of the football team at Garfield High School in Seattle.  At the University of Iowa, Homer was elected by his teammates to be team captain, most inspirational, and Most Valuable
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14
2005
Jeffco Health Dept. keeps entertainment venues, museums closed through June 6
Citing the recent increase in patients hospitalized in Jefferson County with COVID-19, Health Officer Dr. Mark Wilson issued an order Friday that will keep entertainment venues closed until June
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The conspiracy to defraud brought to light
The $400-million Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud trial ended on Friday, May 15, 2020 with the conviction of main accused 35-year-old Sanja Elliott, the corporation's former deputy superintendent of road and works; his wife, Tashagaye Elliott Goulbourne; two former employees of the
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C. Martin Harris
Martin Harris, M.D. is Chief Information Officer for the Cleveland Clinic. Harris is also a practicing physician in the Department of Internal Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, where he oversees the strategic development of the organization’s integrated technology infrastructure, which includes the
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'Really Ladies?': Tiny Harris' Photo with Rasheeda and Kandi Derails When Folks Blast Them for This
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Book Addresses Whether or Not the Killing of George Floyd Was a Tipping Point for Racism in America
To help both Black and white Americans better understand the impact of racism in America, Paradigm Publishing is offering free copies of the Amazon Kindle book, Solving The Race Issue In America by
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African Americans in Medicine in the Civil War Era
Most Americans are now familiar with the contribution of nearly 300,000 black soldiers and sailors to the Union cause during the U.S. Civil War.  Less well known is the role of a dedicated group of black doctors and nurses in uniform who worked diligently to save lives and fight disease.  In
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Alabama reopens venues and resumes some activities. Here they are.
Ivey and State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris today announced revisions to the Safer at Home Order that go into effect starting at 5 p.m. Friday, May 22, and lasting until 5 p.m. July
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‘To Share This Stingy Place’: T.I. and Tiny’s Daughter Heiress Has Sister Zonnique and Fans in Stitches With a Remix to an Xscape Classic
Rapper T.I. and singer Tiny Harris’ youngest daughter, Heiress Harris, is getting an early start on her music
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Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated U.S. Grant for the presidency. Convention marked the national debut of Black politicians. P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana and James J. Harris were delegates to the convention. Harris was named to the committee which informed Grant of his
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May
20
1868
'Y'all Think We Resemble?': Yandy Smith Questions Fans After They Claim She and Husband Mendeecees Look Like Siblings
Yandy Smith-Harris and her husband Mendeecees Harris have a few questions for folks claiming they look
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Republican Senator Rand Paul (KY) Single-Handedly Stalls Anti-Lynching Legislation
“Senator Paul is now trying to weaken a bill that was already passed — there’s no reason for this, there’s no reason for this,” Harris
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Powerful Reactions To Trump’s Executive Order On Police Reform
Amid continued protests and outrage around police killings of Black people, President Donald Trump on Tuesday met with several families at the White House who’ve lost loved ones at the hands of law
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Will Kamala Harris be the next VP?
(CALMATTERS) – California U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris is emerging as the top contender for Joe Biden’s vice president amid protests over police brutality and a renewed reckoning about racism in
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Sextuplets Who Once Appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show Just Graduated From High School
Nationwide — The Harris family sextuplets from Alabama, who are known for being the first surviving set of Black sextuplets in the U.S., are once again making international
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(1839) Andrew Harris, “Slavery Presses Down Upon the Free People of Color”
Andrew Harris, (1810-1841), graduated from the University of Vermont in 1838. One year later in an address delivered to nearly five thousand abolitionists at New York City’s Broadway Tabernacle on May 7, 1839, young Harris argued that slavery in the South influenced racism in the North. He was
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May
7
1839
Carla Harris
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Biden Urged To Pick Black VP, Not Klobuchar As Minneapolis Killing Stokes Racial Tensions
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Parliament dissolved in St. Kitts, PM to name election date | New York Carib News
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris says the Parliament in the twin-island Federation has been dissolved but he has kept nationals in the dark as to when he would announce the date for the next general election that must be held by August
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Retired Immaculate Principal Sister Angella Harris dies
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Patricia Roberts Harris
Patricia Roberts Harris , née Patricia Roberts (born May 31, 1924, Mattoon, Ill., U.S.—died March 23, 1985, Washington, D.C.), American public official, the first African American woman named to a U.S. ambassadorship and the first as well to serve in a presidential
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1985
Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Rep. Karen Bass makes Biden’s list as potential VP candidate
LOS ANGELES — Add Rep. Karen Bass to the list of potential vice president candidates being considered by Joe Biden’s search
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'When Do You Get That Off?': Mendeecees Harris' Latest Pic Derails When Fans Zoom In on His Ankle Bracelet
Mendeecees Harris left folks wondering about his ankle bracelet in a post shared to Instagram on Sunday, June
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Biden’s disillusion of having a Black female VP –
Former Vice President Joe Biden is again showing how Democrats disrespect and take blacks for
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Following Protests, Democrats To Unveil Police Overhaul Measure
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Rep. Karen Bass of California about legislation to install wide-ranging changes for the nation's police
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Sister Angella Harris a ‘gentle giant of a woman’
Veteran educator and Franciscan Sister Angella Harris was yesterday hailed as a woman steeped in grace and humility as family, friends, and colleagues and several persons whose lives she touched joined in a memorial service to salute
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