The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, ...
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Liberia: The hidden cost of fish smoking for women
Monrovia- Gloria Togbah turns the fish on her zinc dryer one after the other as the wood burns, producing smoke. Her eyes are ...
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Some of America’s Greatest Christians Were African Americans
We focus on champions of civil rights [but] rarely talk about the Black Christians whose spiritual passion made our country ...
‘It’s a story that needs to be told.’ Historic Black neighborhood in Broward gets honor
“To understand and appreciate Liberia is to appreciate something that may have been created because of Jim Crow segregation, but was recreated by the people who came into it and made it a vibrant ...
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Born Enslaved, This Black Millionaire Attempted to Colonize Mexico and Aspired to Be the Emperor of Ethiopia
In 1904, two Americans boarded the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II and set off for Africa. One was Kent J. Loomis, brother to the ...
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Nairobi Woman Involved in Accident Seeks Money for Surgery: "My Only Hope for Walking again"
I do not have money for the surgery and medicine," she cried. The woman has been stranded at home seeking help which has been hard to come by even from family. Ondeche appeals for help to attend AIC ...
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Mary aches for love in Emmerdale – with woman who is taken
The events planner was also Mary’s source of support during the awful Faye debacle which saw Mary fall for a con-woman who scammed her for thousands of pounds. After Suzy spent the night on ...
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Montana men sentenced for poaching trout, black bear and three bull elk
According to reporting from KRTV news, in October 2021 an anonymous person added $1,000 to the reward money offered by Montana ... that three bull elk and one black bear had also been taken ...
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How Wealthy Women Think Differently About Money—And You Can, Too
Have you ever caught yourself wondering why some women seem to have money and build their wealth effortlessly while others struggle to get ahead financially? It’s not just about having a high ...
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New Jersey woman hoping to make history at 2025 Grammys
WEST NEW YORK, N.J. — A woman from New Jersey is trying to make history at the Grammy Awards this weekend. Divinity Roxx has been inspiring children and adults through music for decades.
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28 Black-Owned Spirits Brands to Raise a Glass to Black History Month With
February is Black History Month, an excellent period of reflection for our country on the success, trials and tribulations of many Black Americans in this country. As far as the spirits industry is ...
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Proud Boys lose their trademark ownership to a Black church they vandalized, court rules
where they destroyed a "Black Lives Matters" sign, according to court documents. A court ordered the Proud Boys to pay the church $2.8 million, money that the group has failed to pay, the ...