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Black Heroes/Heroines to Celebrate for Black History Month

Feb 05, 2022 10:00AM ● By Nana Ama Addo

Happy Black History Month. For many, Black history month is a continuation of the yearlong celebration and acknowledgment of Black contributions, Black struggles, Black triumphs, and Black progress.

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Transatlantic Slavery: The Story of the Survivors of ‘Clotilda’, America’s Last Black Slave Ship.

Jan 28, 2022 08:00AM ● By Jessica Uchechi Nwanguma

In 1860, Cudjo Lewis Kossola (Oluale Kossola), Sally Smith (Rodeshi), and Matilda McCrear (Abake) were kidnapped from Dahomey (present-day Benin Republic) and taken via a ship named 'Clotilda', which is believed to have been the last Black slave ship.

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Sports in Brief: Trinidad And Tobago Bobsleigh Team Returns to Winter Olympics After Two Decades

Jan 26, 2022 08:00AM ● By Candice Stewart

The Caribbean twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago returns to the Winter Olympic stage in February after a 20-year hiatus.

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Sports in Brief: Jamaica, We Have a Qualifying Four-Man Bobsleigh Team!

Jan 25, 2022 08:00AM ● By Candice Stewart

For the first time in 24 years, Jamaica has a four-man bobsled team that has qualified for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, commonly known as Beijing 2022.

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Roots of Yoga in the African Diaspora

Jan 22, 2022 10:00AM ● By Anand Subramanian

Yoga scholars have discovered evidence that yoga originated not just in India but also in portions of Africa, notably Egypt. Yoga was developed by Indians and Africans as a means of spiritual progress, a method to combine the spiritual with the physical.

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Ida B. Wells: Black Journalist And Suffragist, Honored With New Barbie Doll

Jan 16, 2022 09:00AM ● By Candice Stewart

As written by Adlea Suliman of the Washington Post in a recent release, "Black American journalist, suffragist, and anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells will have her likeness transformed into a Barbie doll to honor her historic achievements."

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Beyond the MLK Holiday: Chaos or Community? - Opinion Piece

Jan 15, 2022 01:00PM ● By Karen Warrington

On January 15th we will gather throughout the nation to honor the life of Dr. Martin Luther King. Politicians, preachers, and civic and corporate leaders will make speeches about him leading the Montgomery Bus Boycott, founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and delivering his soaring “I Have A Dream” speech at the historic 1963 March on Washington.

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Martin Luther King Day: Lessons from MLK on Economic Justice, and a Toolkit for Upward Economic Mobility

Jan 15, 2022 09:00AM ● By Nana Ama Addo

“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggles” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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sepia colored photograph of Desmond Tutu, former Mayor Wilson Goode, and writer Karen Warrington
Remembering Archbishop and ‘Moral Compass’, Desmond Tutu

Jan 07, 2022 08:00AM ● By Karen Warrington

Anglican theologian and human rights activist Desmond Mpilo Tutu, revered for his tireless fight against South African apartheid, has died in Capetown, South Africa at the age of 90.

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Investigating Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis on Cameroon Independence Day

Jan 05, 2022 01:00PM ● By Oga Africa

On January 1st, 1960, the West-Central African country known as French Cameroun gained independence from the French. To celebrate the country’s independence, we are exploring the country’s growing political instability, including the Anglophone crisis, concentrated in the northern part of the country, and other related events.

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