Why men avoid doctors like the plague

Weber Shandwick: Diversity and Inclusion- Empowering our People and our Business

Diversity and Inclusion is paramount at Weber Shandwick – it isn’t just a program or initiative, it’s a strategic imperative deeply integrated into the way we do

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Source: Savoy Network

Tuskegee Airmen Nurse Second Lt. Irma “Pete” Cameron Dryden Celebrates 100th Birthday

Second Lt. Irma “Pete” Cameron Dryden—the only living nurse who provided care for the military unit—recently celebrated her 100th birthday, 11 Alive

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Source: NewsOne

Joe Biden endorsed by Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

CBTU is the independent voice of 1.2 million Black workers represented by 57 international unions in the U.S. and Canada and has been involved in presidential politics since 1972 — defying the AFL-CIO by backing George McGovern against President Richard

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Keep in dark. Feed with platitudes - NEWS & ANALYSIS | Politicsweb

Take the government’s modelling of COVID’s likely trajectory in South

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Source: https://www.politicsweb.co.za

ANC MPs rally around Dlamini-Zuma after 'class suicide' question

ANC MPs rallied in support of Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma after she was asked which class she wanted to commit

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Source: https://www.news24.com

New Rule Could Deny Black Developers Access to $4 Billion-Plus in State Housing Funds

African American developers across California are worried about a rule change the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Austin, Roy L. (1939- )

Ambassador Roy Leslie Austin spent most of his life as a university scholar before becoming a U.S. diplomat at the age of 61. When Austin was nominated by President George W. Bush to be Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago he was a sociology professor at Pennsylvania State University. After

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Source: Black Past

Katherine G. Johnson, the Groundbreaking NASA Mathematician Featured in Hidden Figures, Has Died at 101

Katherine G. Johnson, the NASA mathematician who played a key role in helping America win the space race and whose story was featured in the 2016 film Hidden Figures, died

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Source: The Root

Feb

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2020

Kenya: One Woman's Race to Save Girls From 'The Cut', Early Marriage

Dr Kulea, an anti-female genital mutilation and gender activist, is the founder and executive director of the Samburu Girls

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Source: allAfrica.com

Civil Rights Act of 1968

The Civil Rights Act of 1968, (Pub.L. 90–284, 82 Stat. 73, enacted April 11, 1968), also known as the Fair Housing Act, is a landmark part of legislation in the United States that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, or national origin and made it a federal crime

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Apr

4

1968

(1993) Clarence Thomas, “The New Intolerance - Law Day Address”

Thank you all so much. Thank you, Judge Bell for your kind words, and I also thank you for all the kind things youve done for me in my life, especially over the last three or four years. I -- This is a real pleasure to be here. I didnt thing so many people would be interested in what I had to

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Source: Black Past

Ghana coronavirus: 6,808 cases, phase out lifting of restrictions - church group

Total confirmed cases = 6,683 (new cases

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

(2007) Senator Barack Obama “Voting Rights March Commemoration Speech”

Here today, I must begin because at the Unity breakfast this morning I was saving for last and the list was so long I left him out after that introduction. So I’m going to start by saying how much I appreciate the friendship and the support and the outstanding work that he does each and every

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Source: Black Past

Dorothy Mae DeLavallade Taylor: First Black Woman to Serve in the Louisiana House of Representatives

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Source: Black Then

NBC, Producers Say ‘America’s Got Talent’ Cleared By Probe

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An investigation of Gabrielle Union’s complaints of racism on the set of “America’s Got Talent” concluded that her allegations were unfounded, according to NBC and the

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Source: Black America Web

Bell Hooks

Bell Hooks is a pen name of a renowned African-American author, Gloria Jean Watkins. She also took part in social activism and supports feminism. The central focus of her writing is interconnectivity of race, capitalism, and gender. She also explains the influence of these elements to promote

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Source: Black History Resources

Sep

25

1952

Mental health and the black community

It is a far-too common practice in the African American community that those suffering from mental health issues do not seek much-needed psychiatric treatment because “Black folks don’t go to the doctor, they go to

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Source: African American News | Black News | Afram News

Urgent Call: Establish Federal Office of Men’s Health | Afro

It is time for an ‘Office of Men’s Health’ because preventable male death and illness is decreasing the quality of life for

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Symantec Corporation: The Diversity Conversation is Evolving

“Diversity and Inclusion is an evolving conversation,” says Cecily Joseph, chief diversity officer at Symantec Corporation. “Over the past year, we’ve seen this conversation pick up in Silicon Valley, with Google and some other tech companies releasing diversity numbers, and with

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Source: Savoy Network

An Urgent Call to Establish a Federal Office of Men’s Health: A Critical Component of Addressing Future Pandemics

It is time for an Office of Men’s Health because preventable male death and illness is decreasing the quality of life for

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Source: Delivering News You Can Use

Community Reflections on Justice for George Floyd and the 2020 I Can’t Breath Rebellion

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Namibia: Outright Calls for Scrapping of Sodomy Law

The day celebrates diversity, raises awareness of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTQ+) people and is this year being celebrated under the theme, 'Breaking the Silence', according to the United Nations Development Programme

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Source: allAfrica.com

National Equal Rights League (1864–1921)

Founded in Syracuse, New York in 1864, the National Equal Rights League (NERL) promoted full and immediate citizenship for African Americans. Created during the Civil War, the League based its call for full citizenship as compensation for military service in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. They

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Source: Black Past

Murder of James Byrd Jr.

James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an African-American who was murdered by three white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry, Lawrence Russell Brewer, and John King dragged Byrd for three miles behind a pick-up truck along an asphalt road. Byrd, who remained

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Source: BlackHistory.com

Poll: US Believers See Message of Change From God in Virus | Afro

The poll found that 31% of Americans who believe in God feel strongly that the virus is a sign of God telling humanity to change, with the same number feeling that

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Rwanda: Call for Concerted Efforts By Families in COVID-19 Fight

This was highlighted by Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion, Assumpta Ingabire ahead of the International Day of

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Source: allAfrica.com

(1993) Lani Guinier, “Seeking a Conversation on Race"

By 1993 Lani Guinier, a Yale Law School graduate, had crafted an impressive career as an NAACP attorney who specialized in voting rights cases, member of the law faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, and special assistant in the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department in the Carter

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Source: Black Past

Jun

4

1993

Angela Davis: Philosopher, Radical Activist, Teacher

Angela Davis is known as a radical activist, philosopher, writer, speaker, and educator. She was well known for a time through her association with the Black Panthers in the 1960s and 1970s. She was fired from one teaching job for being a Communist, and she appeared on the Federal Bureau of

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Source: ThoughtCo

Aug

7

1970

Kenya: Ministers Call for Stronger Women Leadership in COVID-19 Fight

Africa's female Foreign Affairs ministers ask AU to mainstream gender in its Covid-19 strategies

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: COVID-19 - Caring for Care Workers

This 'invisible' work contributes over US$10.8 trillion a year to the global economy, and before COVID-19, women and girls provided 12.5 billion hours of free care work every

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Source: allAfrica.com

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