For Immediate Release From BBC News, People, & Royal Central!
King Charles III's coronation will take place on Saturday 6 May 2023 at Westminster Abbey in London.
During the ceremony, the King will be crowned alongside Camilla, the Queen ...
Posted Tuesday, April 18th 2023 at 3:37PM
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For Immediate Release From Farmers.Gov!
WHEN: Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 11 a.m. EST
WHAT: Virtual Kick-off Event for Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Projects
WHO: USDA leadership and other invited speakers
On April 27, USDA ...
Posted Tuesday, April 18th 2023 at 2:34PM
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Wallace Triplett was born on April 18, 1926.
Triplett was the first African American drafted in the National Football League. Triplett was one of the first African American players for Penn State while in college. He was drafted in the 19t ...
Posted Tuesday, April 18th 2023 at 12:32PM
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BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS WERE INVITED TO PERFORM AND RECEIVED A WARM WELCOME FROM ZIMBABWEANS FOR CELEBRATING THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITISH IMPERIAL RULE.
APRIL 18, 2020
BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS WERE INVITED TO ZIMBABWE BECAUSE THE SONG “ZI ...
Posted Tuesday, April 18th 2023 at 12:04PM
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This Day in Black History: April 18, 1977
Alex Haley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in journalism for his groundbreaking novel "Roots."
Author and historian Alex Haley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in journalism for his groundbreaking novel Root ...
Posted Tuesday, April 18th 2023 at 8:13AM
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Dominion and Donald Trump put Fox News between a rock and a dumb place
With Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News set to begin, my friends at the network, of whom I have none, find themselves in a bind.
They’re wedged betwee ...
Posted Tuesday, April 18th 2023 at 7:52AM
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For Immediate Release From CDC!
Adolescents are experiencing a mental health crisis.
Youth were struggling with their mental health (https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/mental-health/index.htm) before the COVID-19 pandemic. This is especially ...
Posted Monday, April 17th 2023 at 1:01PM
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For Immediate Release From The Obama Foundation!
During his time in the White House, President Obama and his administration fought to combat climate change and protect the one planet that we’ve got for future generations. The Obama Foundation ...
Posted Monday, April 17th 2023 at 12:14PM
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April 17, 1863: Charlotte Brown Forced Off Streetcar
Months after San Francisco’s horse-powered street car companies during the Civil War dispatched their street cars — with orders to only accept white passengers — African American citizens began ...
Posted Monday, April 17th 2023 at 11:38AM
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This Day in Black History: April 17, 1990
Ralph David Abernathy was the best friend to Martin Luther King Jr., and King's successor as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
In nearly all the photos of Martin Luther King Jr. partic ...
Posted Monday, April 17th 2023 at 10:49AM
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Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (April 17, 1823 – July 11, 1915), was an American-born Canadian politician, businessman, newspaper publisher, and advocate for Black rights. He moved to California as a young man during the Gold Rush and was an early Black ...
Posted Monday, April 17th 2023 at 10:37AM
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