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Open Forum: Comprehensive Land and Water Use Plan Needed Now Before More Opportunities are Missed
If we had developed a Comprehensive Land and Water Use Plan more than 75 years ago, the Virgin Islands wouldn’t be in a predicament like today. Where we build roads, houses, shopping centers, hotels, gas stations, etc., and a laundry list of issues that we face could have been averted if we had
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Source: St. Thomas Source | The trusted independent voice of the Virgin Islands community
Deion Sanders
Deion Sanders , in full Deion Luwynn Sanders, bynames Prime Time and Neon Deion (born August 9, 1967, Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.), American gridiron football player and baseball player who is the only person to have played in both a Super Bowl and a World Series. Known for his flashy personality
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1967
LeBron, Usain Bolt, & More To Star In ‘Greatness Code’ On Apple TV+ [Details]
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Chargers Head Coach Says It’d Be “Crazy” If Colin Kaepernick Doesn’t Get A Workout
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Dak Prescott Signs With Dallas | Dallas Weekly
The Dallas Cowboys has officially signed Dak Prescott to a one year, $31.4 million
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WATCH: Chief to Chief With Ghanaian Roberta Annan | What You Need To Know About Fast Fashion | Essence
ESSENCE CEO CAROLINE WANGA EXPLORES BLACK WOMEN AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF HOME, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY, AND FOCUSES ON HELPING EVERY BLACK WOMAN RECOGNIZE THE CHIEF THAT ALREADY EXISTS WITHIN
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Homeschooling Rates Are Skyrocketing, Here’s Why
The number of homeschooled children has far outpaced the 7% growth in private school enrollment and 4% decline in public school enrollment.
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Dangling Draft Picks Shouldn’t Be Necessary For NFL Teams To Hire African American Coaches And GMs
Are those who run NFL teams so incapable of decency when it comes to hiring minorities (African Americans, in particular) as head coaches and general managers for their $16 billion-per-year business before COVID-19 that they need a gimmick to nudge them in the right
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Netflix series to dramatize Kaepernick’s path to activism
LOS ANGELES — Colin Kaepernick is joining with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay on a Netflix drama series about the teenage roots of the former NFL
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Bullying in California: In Some School Districts, Black Students Are Being Targeted by Their Latino Peer - The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint
By Edward Henderson, California Black Media On Feb. 16, 2022, a Black student in the Santa Barbara Unified School District was assaulted by Latino students. His attackers called him the n-word and kneeled on his neck while repeatedly, chanting the name “George Floyd.” A district-wide acknowledgment
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: I 'Encourage' a team to sign Colin Kaepernick
New York (BNC)– NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell released a statement Monday in support of former NFL Quarterback Colin Kaepernick being reinstated back into the
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Ahmaud Arbery’s Father Thinks Case Against Ex-DA Accused Of Protecting Killers Is Delayed On Purpose
Marcus Arbery, Ahmaud Arbery's father, thinks the prosecution of an ex-DA indicted for allegedly protecting his son's killers is being delayed on purpose. The post Ahmaud Arbery’s Father Thinks Case Against Ex-DA Accused Of Protecting Killers Is Delayed On Purpose appeared first on NewsOne.
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Expanded Rooney Rule to require more interviews
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NFL On Kneeling Players' Protests: 'We Were Wrong' Commissioner Says
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49ers CB Richard Sherman calls for more diversity in NFL | The Atlanta Voice
But the San Francisco 49ers’ star cornerback called on the league to do a lot more that just talk in the coming weeks and years to confront a problem that hasn’t gone away despite years of protest by
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Float Reveals Bigger Issues Across Sacramento Area Schools
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Emmitt Smith
Born on May 15, 1969, in Pensacola, Florida Emmitt Smith wished to be one of the Dallas Cowboys from a young age but the enthusiastic individual had to face many struggles before he could pursue a career in professional football. Belonging to a financially weak family, Smith had to juggle between
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Central Africa: DR Congo - System Vulnerability of the Kivu Security Tracker
[HRW] Goma -- Partner organizations involved in the Kivu Security Tracker (KST) were recently made aware of a security vulnerability in its database. The KST tracks and publicly reports incidents of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Nykia Wright Named Interim National Association of Realtors CEO
Wright will take on the responsibility to make things right for the association following a class-action lawsuit.
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History of African Americans in the Canadian Football League
African Americans have played prominent roles in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and its precursors since 1946. In many cases black Americans have been able to pursue professional football opportunities in the CFL that were for one reason or another unavailable in the United States. Especially
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Drew Brees Doesn’t Care About Black People
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Super Bowl Champion Patrick Mahomes Joins LeBron James More Than A Vote Organization
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The Power of Partnership: TCB Taking Care of Business - The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
  In today’s interconnected world, collaboration and partnership are more important than ever. As the African proverb wisely states, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This sentiment holds true when it comes to addressing economic disparities and fostering
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Meet the Creatives Behind Black Horror
By Nadira Jamerson | Word In Black (WIB) - One of the earliest known portrayals of Blackness in horror came in the form of a French film called “Off to Bloomingdale’s Asylum,” in 1901, according to “Horror Noire,” a book by scholar Robin R. Means Coleman. White actors in blackface
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NFL Lists Colin Kaepernick As 'Retired' on Its Website, Causes Uproar After His Girlfriend Diab Speaks Out
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Black pride
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Wilson Jr., Harrison B. (1925– )
Esteemed educator, legendary basketball coach, and successful university president, Harrison Wilson Jr. was born on April 21, 1925, in Amsterdam, a small city in upstate New York. His mother Marguerite Ayers was a school teacher, and his father Harrison Wilson Sr. worked in
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New Hospitality House court unveiled as part of Lynx, Timberwolves partnership
The Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx in partnership with U.S. Bank last week unveiled a renovated court at Hospitality House in North Minneapolis. The post New Hospitality House court unveiled as part of Lynx, Timberwolves partnership appeared first on Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
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NFL to donate $250 million to 'combat systemic racism'
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Willie Lanier
Willie Lanier , in full Willie Edward Lanier (born August 21, 1945, Clover, Virginia, U.S.), American professional gridiron football player who was an outstanding defensive player for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1960s and ’70s, overturning the stereotype that African Americans could not handle
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