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Black Hebrew Israelites
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Trinidad: Cops, soldiers charged with humiliating homeless man
(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment is confirming that two of its soldiers, along with two police officers, have been charged in connection with an incident that happened with the “homeless humiliation” in the first days of the Covid-19 lock
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COVID-19 — My Personal Battle from a Positive to a Negative Result – Free Press of Jacksonville
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On that Friday, March 27th, things took a drastic turn for the worse, as it relates to my
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Spiritually Speaking: Don't Be Afraid to be Right and Alone | Dallas Weekly
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#FIYAH — 6.5.20 12pm ET — ONE ON ONE WITH KAREEM ABDUL JABBAR
With everything going on in our world today, my question to you is how does one put on the full armor of God in the midst of pandemic, the continuation of overt racism, state sanctioned discrimination and even
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Barack Obama's 923 Executive Orders - Urban Legends
Viral text claims President Obama signed 923 executive orders in the first 40 months of his presidency, many times more than any other president to
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From Marva With Love: Pastor Roy Jones, Jr.
On “From Marva with Love,” we recently heard from Pastor Roy F. Jones, II, Pastor of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in
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Carl B. Stokes
Carl B. Stokes elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, and Richard G. Hatcher elected mayor of Gary, Indiana. Stokes was sworn in on November 13, and became the first Black to serve as mayor of a major American city.
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Segars, Joseph Monroe (1938–2014)
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Booker T. Washington, African-American Educator
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Liberia: Worshippers Express Delight in Opening of Churches Amid Nearly Two Months of Shutdown
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The parables of Jesus modernized for a contemporary audience (Week 1)
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Fired Cop Involved In George Floyd’s Killing Is Already Out Of Jail
Lane was arrested and booked last week after Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the charges for the three officers who were assisting Derek Chauvin, the cop seen on video using his knee to apply deadly pressure to the neck of Floyd, who was handcuffed and unarmed face-down on the
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Lakeshore Public Media hosted second “Race and Justice: Here and Now” conversation to re-broadcast on June 26, 28 and 30. | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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When Martin Luther King Jr addressed UWI graduands...
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