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Remembering Toni ‘Tomboy’ Stone; first woman ever to play professional baseball
Toni Stone was the first woman ever to play professional baseball. That was in 1953, playing as a regular on a big-league professional baseball team, the Negro American League’s Indianapolis...
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Nigerian-born UK doctor dies of COVID-19 after being called from retirement
A Nigerian-born British doctor, Dr. Alfa Saadu, who returned from retirement to help in the UK’s battle against the deadly coronavirus pandemic has succumbed to the contagion. Dr. Saadu, 68,...
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Meet Nadine Burke Harris, California’s first-ever surgeon general
Nadine Burke Harris is California’s first-ever surgeon general. Burke Harris’ history-making feat follows the creation of the new role in 2019 by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The 43-year-old...
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Lightning kills 20 people under coronavirus lockdown in Congo
A devastating lightning strike on high-voltage power lines has killed at least 20 people in the Republic of Congo. The incident happened in the capital, Brazzaville on the country’s first...
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Emeline King; Ford’s first African American female designer
Emeline King is believed to be Ford’s first African American female designer. The daughter of a fiberglass-and-clay modeler for Ford, King was said to have fallen in love with the 1968 Ford...
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‘Inhumane’- Amazon fires Black worker for leading strike over COVID-19 concerns
A former Amazon worker in New York has accused the e-commerce giant of firing him after demanding the company upgrade its precautionary measures amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Chris Smalls, a management...
