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New York state senator Myrie pepper sprayed during protest as police target journalists
As protest marches spread in over 75 US cities following the demise of Minneapolis resident George Floyd while in police custody, some of the demonstrators are counting the cost following the loss of a...
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Protest march in Ghana in wake of George Floyd killing as president denounces brutality
As nationals across the world solidarize with America’s black community in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by holding protest marches, Ghanaian nationals and their African-American counterparts...
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‘How many more?’ – Killing of George Floyd in the U.S sparks global anger
As unrest spreads through 75 US cities in the wake of George Floyd’s death, observers have described it as the worst since the 1960s. Police across states in seeking to quell the advance of marchers...
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How Nichelle Nichols’ role in 1960s ‘Star Trek’ series facilitated black recruitment to NASA
Nichelle Nichols began her stint with show business as a singer and dancer singing with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton and touring the world. However, when buddy Gene Roddenberry offered her a role...
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After Philando Castile’s murderer walked free, would George Floyd’s killer Chauvin get jail time?
In July of 2016, 32-year-old African-American Minnesota resident Philando Castile was driving his fiancée Diamond Reynolds and four-year-old daughter when he was stopped on the road by a St. Anthony...
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Despite being called ‘coon and monkey’, here’s how Black players influenced Canadian hockey
For the average African on the continent as well as the average Black in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and the Caribbean states, Blacks have nothing to do with ice hockey because it has been...