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(NewsUSA) - Toys for Tots is more than a Christmastime charity - thanks to a new partnership between the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation and Good360.Toys for Tots, the 74-year national charitable program run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, is launching a DoGoodNow campaign to bring toys, books, and games to families in need … Continued
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\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
Vice President Mike Pence is ruling out invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from power, less than... View Article
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Black-owned restaurants across Atlanta help celebrate civic engagement with special offers Chef Todd Richards and a collective of soul food restaurants in Atlanta start a new civic tradition to increase voter turnout in Georgia Vote for the Soul of Georgia is a new civic tradition led by James Beard-nominated Chef Todd Richards that aspires to … Continued
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IT did not take long to know the main inspiration behind the success of Digicel Jamaica's new man in charge: He is Denis O'Brien, the billionaire Irishman who decided to invest in the local economy 20 years ago.
… understanding of the pain Black Americans feel, according to a … “the anger and pain” Black Americans feel.
In response, Trump … economy has fared for Black Americans under his administration. He … win more support from African American voters ahead of the …
[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank Board of Executive Director approved today a $10 million Development Policy Operation (DPO) for São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) to support the government's response to the human and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as economy-wide and sectoral reforms for a stronger, more resilient recovery.
A Brooklyn, NY street has been co-named after a Caribbean American chamber president and business leader, who passed away last year due to COVID-19.
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Regional carrier Caribbean Airlines has announced that it will extend layoffs for an additional three months.The period is now set to end on April 15, 2021. The original date was January 15, 2021.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Government needs to open up on the recent allocation of the Shs1.2trillion International Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) and invest in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic to boost economic recovery, according to civil society organisations.
Racism against black people is at an all-time high in the United States. However, racism and inequality are not new problems, just unsolved ones. For Joceyln Howard, commissioner candidate in Warren she is on a mission to remove the stigma of being Black in America. Last week, Howard organized a Racial Summit: “Removing the Stigma Continued
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www.fox.com By Nate Day | Fox News 50 Cent has changed his mind. Last week, the 45-year-old rapper made headlines when he encouraged fans to vote in favor of Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election. The suggestion came when 50 Cent - born Curtis Jackson - saw a news broadcast stating that some New York City residents will be taxed […]
The RISE for Rare Multi-Channel Campaign Will Build Awareness Around Rare Disease and Its Impact on Communities of Color The Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI) announced the launch of a comprehensive multi-channel campaign entitled RISE for Rare. This campaign is the first large scale activation of BWHI’s Rare Disease Diversity Coalition that was formed in […]
By HOLLY SKLAR American Forum Every day in these hard times, grocery workers and delivery drivers, health care aides and cleaning staff, childcare workers and fast food cooks, go to work for $7.25 [...]
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(NewsUSA) - Many Native American children living on Reservations in the United States are growing up in unimaginable poverty. High unemployment means limited job opportunities and no income source for their parents, so multigenerational families often live together in small, dilapidated houses. Many of these homes lack running water and telephones. Electricity is scarce, and … Continued
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Nationwide via Blacknews.com — Dr. Kim Scott, founder and owner of the nonprofit service organization Teen Focus, Inc., believes that teens deserve better and that they need services that will enable and empower them to see and realize their true potential. For twenty years, Dr. Scott has been helping at-risk teens, after initially establishing an […]
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Restaurants can now open for sit-down meals, the government's employees' relief scheme is set to be extended, but alcohol remains banned.
By: Patricia O’Flynn Pattillo, Publisher, Milwaukee Community Journal I, like millions of seniors, have been keeping tabs on the distribution of the new COVID-19 vaccines. We see videos of people sleeping overnight to be first in line for the vaccine, and of nursing home staff administering the shot to their patients. Admittedly, I was hesitant... [Read More]
Charles Frank Bolden, Jr., NASA’s first permanent black administrator, was born to Charles Frank and Ethel Bolden, both teachers, on August 19th, 1946 in Columbia, South Carolina. He rose to the rank of Major General in the United States Marine Corps and was a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut before being named to head the U.S. space agency.
Bolden graduated from C.A. Johnson High School in Columbia, S.C. in 1964. In 1968, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Science from the United States Naval Academy. He completed a Master’s degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California in 1977.
After completing his undergraduate studies at the United States Naval Academy, Bolden accepted a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. After completing his flight training, he became a Naval Aviator in May of 1970. From 1972 to 1973, Bolden flew more than 100 flights into North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia while assigned at the Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong, Thailand.
Upon returning to the United States in 1973, Bolden held various Marine Corps assignments at the Marine Corps Air Stations in Los Angeles and El Toro, California. In 1979, Bolden graduated from the United States Naval Test Pilot School and was then assigned to the Naval Air Test Center’s System’s Engineering and Strike Aircraft Test Directorates.
In 1980, Bolden was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA and became an astronaut in 1981. During his time at NASA, Bolden went into space four times between 1986 and 1994, commanding two of the missions.
Bolden returned to the Marine Corps in 1994 as Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen at the Naval Academy. Shortly afterward he was promoted to Deputy Commanding General of I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF). From February to June of 1998, Bolden was the Commanding General of I MEF in Operation Desert Thunder, Kuwait. In July of 1998, Bolden was promoted to Major General and assumed the position of Deputy Commander
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Founded in 1871, Alcorn State University is the oldest historically black land-grant institution in the United States and the second oldest state supported institution in the state of Mississippi. The college is located outside of Lorman in Claiborne County. Alcorn was founded in vacated Oakland College, a school for white students that was closed during the Civil War. The campus was purchased by the state of Mississippi in 1871 and opened as Alcorn University after then-governor of Mississippi, James L. Alcorn (1816-1894). It was the first black land-grant institution to receive federal funding under the 1862 Morrill Act.
Hiram R. Revels (1827-1901) served as the school’s first president, resigning his seat as the first black U.S. senator so that he could assume the university post. The school became Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1878, initially serving only black males until women were enrolled in 1895. Levi J. Rowan (1871-1934), an 1893 Alcorn graduate, became the first alumnus to serve as president of his alma mater in 1905. Among Alcorn’s notable alumni is Medgar Evers (1925-1963), the first field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP, founded 1909) who was assassinated outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1963.
The late 1950s and early 1960s saw a period of campus unrest across the country, and the Alcorn campus was no exception. In March 1957, Clennon King (1920-2000), an African American minister and Alcorn history instructor, incited student anger by publishing a series of articles in the Jackson State Times, a white Mississippi newspaper known as a segregationist publication. The articles associated the NAACP with communism, criticized Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972), and included photos of Alcorn students. Students responded by boycotting King’s classes and demanding his dismissal from the university. The boycott spread to other classes and, by the end of the year, resulted in the firing of the university
Major General Frederick E. Davidson first African American to lead an Army division
The beverage awards which is in its fourth year, closed nominations to the general public and all beverage companies in February this year.
Under the theme, 'Inspiring excellence in Ghana's beverage industry' the awards aim to promote both local and foreign beverages as well as the participation of small-scale beverage enterprises in Ghana.
In a lead-up to this year's awards, Mr Boateng said a beverage industry tour was organised for the GBA board to visit nominated companies to familiarise with their work and practices, and said, \"This initiative is one of the new activities which was introduced in the build-up to the 2019 Awards Night.\"
Mr Boateng said GBA this year had introduced two new categories to the awards, namely Local Beverage Advertisement of the Year and International Liqueur of the Year.
The Local Beverage Advert of the Year Award goes to the brand in the year under review that is enjoying massive public appeal with its creative publicity.
The team at Downsound Entertainment (DSE) redoubled its efforts to alleviate the tough conditions faced by so many families and the elderly across the island due to COVID-19 through the distribution of care packages containing fresh produce, poultry, and canned goods.
With May being Child Month, the packages also included books, toys, and clothes for the children as part of the company's latest effort, which benefited some 718 families in Montego Bay and St Catherine who received care packages .
Over the past week, in addition to the 718 care packages delivered to families in Montego Bay and St Catherine, DSE donated toys and books to over 300 children.
To help celebrate Mother's Day the DSE team recognised three special mothers with a presentation of Mother's Day gift boxes with food, clothing, books, and toys.
The DSE care package initiative began on April 1, 2020 when the team visited farmers in St Elizabeth and Trelawny to purchase ground provisions, and teamed up with Grace Foods, Pepsi, and Stylo G to distribute packages to families and individuals in need across Kingston and St Andrew.
Clayton Pitre is a long time Seattle, Washington-based community activist, former Chief Housing Developer for the Central Area Motivation Project (CAMP), and a retired Montford Point Marine.
Born on June 30, 1924 to Gilbert Pitre and Eugenie Lemelle, Clayton Pitre was the fourth child of seven siblings. He was born and raised in Opelousas in Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana. His father was a cotton and yam farmer, and his mother was a homemaker. Pitre attended Catholic schools until the 9th grade when he gave up his education to work in various defense plants in early World War II Texas.
Nineteen-year-old Pitre was drafted into the military in 1943. He subsequently signed up to become one of the first African Americans to join the U.S. Marine Corps and was trained at their segregated base, Montford Point near Jacksonville, North Carolina. In December 1943 he was sent overseas to Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands in the South Pacific. In early 1945 his unit was sent to Okinawa, Japan as a decoy for the other forces that invaded the south end of the island. Pitre was as an infantryman in the 1st Marine Ammunition Company sending ammunition to the frontlines. By the end of the war he had earned his Corporal stripes.
Immediately after World War II, Pitre was sent to China to oversee the evacuation of the Japanese Army. In January 1946 he returned to the U. S. and was honorably discharged on February 8, 1946. After a short time back in Louisiana, Pitre was persuaded to join one of his brothers in Seattle, where he got a job at the U.S. Navy’s Fort Lawton. Pitre later enrolled at Seattle’s Broadway Edison Technical School in a program specifically for military veterans who had not earned a high school diploma. With support from the G.I. Bill he passed his vocational tests.
In 1958 Pitre married Gloria Tony, a Seattle language teacher. The couple had three children: Clayton Jr., Michael and Paul. He later enrolled at Seattle University and graduated in 1968 with a degree in accounting. Throughout college he worked as
