Howard Names Fine Arts School After Alum Chadwick Boseman
Published on Blavity News on 26th May 2021 Howard University announced that they will be naming the College of Fine Arts after Howard alumni, Chadwick Boseman. Boseman graduated from Howard …
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Marcus Rashford and Barack Obama share ‘surreal’ Zoom conversation
Published by PA Media on 28th May 2021 Over a Zoom conversation organised by Penguin Books, Marcus Rashford and former US President Barack Obama discussed the importance of giving back …
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Black and Asian babies have highest rates of stillbirths and infant mortality, landmark analysis shows
Published on ITV News website on 26th May 2021 The Office of National Statistics (ONS) published a report on stillbirth rates and infant mortality rates in different ethnic groups. The …
10-year-old boy comes 4th in global maths competition
Written by Leah MahonPublished on 27th May 2021 Ore Oni, a year six pupil at Bronte Academy in Gravesend, ranked fourth internationally and second in England in a world mathematics …
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Black employees are less likely to get pay rises than their white colleagues, says research
Written by Leah MahonPublished on 28th May 2021 Black professionals are twice as likely to not receive a pay rise compared to white professionals. The recruitment consultancy company, Robert Walters, …
Thousands displaced as floods hit Burundi
Written by Moses HavyarimanaPublished on 20th May 2021 Due to rising water levels in Lake Tanganyika and other rivers around the village of Gatumba and the city of Bujumbura, thousands …
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Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Recall Century-Old Horrors During Congressional Hearing
Written by Nina GolgowskiPublished on 20th May 2021 In May 1921, a white mob attacked Greenwood, home to an African American community, destroyed businesses and killed 300 Black residents and …
Black Transgender Man Says New Orleans Police Rescinded His Job Offer Because Of His Gender Identity
Written by Danyella WilderPublished on 18th May 2021 Britton Hamilton, a Black transgender man, filed a discrimination complaint against the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), citing that a job offer …
Martha Koome becomes Kenya’s first female Chief Justice
Published by The Daily Nation on 19th May 2021 Justice Martha Koome has become Kenya’s first female Chief Justice and the country’s third Chief Justice since the establishment of the …
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