I took the shot!
Published on The Weekly Challenger on 19th February 2021 “Over 50 years ago, my followers and I at the Center for a United Black Community made a solemn pledge to …
A Dollar A Day: The Human Cost of Abused Miners
Published by the Tennessee Tribune on 25th February 2021 Edited by Judith Isacoff and Carlin Becker Justine Kamakura, gets up at 5 a.m. and walks about 10 miles from her …
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First Black Led Vaccine Clinic Held in the Inner City Knoxville
Written by Vivian Shipe Published on 25th February 2021 In one of the smoothest operations seen in Knoxville, over 400 elderly, ages 70 and up were given their first vaccine …
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Influential mayor of Mozambique city dies of COVID-19
Written by Andrew Meldrum Published on 24th February 2021 Daviz Simango, the leader of Mozambique’s opposition MDM party and the mayor of the major port city of Beira, died Monday …
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500,000 dead and counting: Where are the vaccines?
Written by Rev. Dorothy Boulware Published on 25th February 2021 A recent AP report said seniors in Washington D.C. are “lagging behind” in vaccination numbers, especially those who live in …
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BLACK CITIZENSHIP FORUM: The Roots of Xenophobic Violence in South Africa—A Pan African Response
Published by the Black Agenda Report on 24th February 2021 South Africa must dismantle and transcend the colonial nation-state through creation of a Pan-African federation that stretches across the Southern African …
Why a Shootout Between Black Panthers and Law Enforcement 50 Years Ago Matters Today
Written by Paul Ringel Published on 24th February 2021 The 1971 raid marks a nationwide militarization of police relations with Black protest groups and Africa Americans as a group. “The …
Black History: Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”
Published on Afram News on 21st February 2021 Many may not realize, but legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday was a big part of the Civil Rights Movement. In fact, her 1939 …
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Who’s that Lady? Meet Stacey Plaskett
Published on Afram News on 21st February 2021 Not many people knew who Stacey E. Plaskett was before the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, but after the Congresswoman eloquently, …
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