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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 29, 20201 min read
Wakanda Forever: Chadwick Boseman Dies at 43
Chadwick Boseman, star of the blockbuster Black Panther, died of colon cancer at age 43 on August 28. He also portrayed historical...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 22, 20204 min read
Democratic Convention Embraced the Invisible
The New York Times security guard Jacquelyn Brittany Asbie escorted Joe Biden to The Times editorial board, who did not endorse him. He...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 15, 202010 min read
What Went Wrong in Liberia
Joseph Jenkins Roberts, the first president of Liberia, was born free in Norfolk, Virginia. “Oh, would some power the gift to see us, To...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 10, 20205 min read
Ghana Calling African Americans Home
The flag of Ghana inverts Ethiopia’s green-yellow-red Lion of Judah flag and replaces the lion with a black star. Red symbolizes...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Aug 3, 20204 min read
Camus’ Absurdist View of Plague
Enjoy the view while you are here. As a little girl, my mother taught me this prayer, which I said on my knees each night before...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 27, 20202 min read
Steadfast Statesman John Robert Lewis
(February 21, 1940 - July 17, 2020) Photo by Folhapress An American titan in the struggle for racial justice, whose path was...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 25, 20203 min read
Being White Is Not Being Black
Some of the many faces in my family's country of Belize When a college classmate said that I was in an interracial marriage, I was...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 24, 20205 min read
From "Tricky Dick" Nixon to Flim-Flam Man Trump
"Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord. You firemen provide a circus now and...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 14, 20203 min read
Sell Pizazz in COVID-19 World
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wears masks with panache. Most of her face coverings are from Donna Lewis (Photo by Elle) Sell change of...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 10, 20205 min read
No One Is "Corona-Proof"
Albufeira's mayor said that the municipality will raise awareness among establishment owners about COVID-19 laws. (Photo by SIC Noticias)...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jul 4, 20206 min read
Ron Settles' Jail Hanging Grieves Me Still
Ron Settles, a star football player at California State University in Long Beach (By Joseph Holliday) I feel crowded out by the dead. In...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 26, 20205 min read
COVID-19 Fatigue Kills
Beachgoers in Britain defied social distancing on hottest days of the year this week. (By PA) The heady aroma of coffee carried us up a...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 22, 20204 min read
Rallies, Protests Defy Health
Commemoration on June 19 in New York (By Getty Images) The Donald Trump rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma attracted thousands of supporters to an...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 18, 20201 min read
Smell of Toast . . . Like Salvation
Lee: What is this bullshit with the toast anyway! You make it sound like salvation or something. I don’t want any goddamn toast! How many...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 15, 20204 min read
Smashing the Shackles of Invisibility
An attorney for the family of the Rayshard Brooks talked about the slain black man as a father whose 8-year-old daughter, in her birthday...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 12, 20208 min read
COVID-19 Vaccine Isn't Tuskegee Again
Flyer for The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male (1932-1972) George Floyd had the new coronavirus. Floyd’s killing by...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 9, 20201 min read
George Floyd (Rest in Peace)
October 14, 1973 - May 25, 2020 A Death blow is a Life blow to some A Death blow is a Life blow to Some Who till they died, did not alive...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 7, 20202 min read
Not Everyone Wants COVID-19 Vaccine
The 11th day of protest in Washington, D.C. after a police officer killed a black man in Minneapolis. Black Americans are less likely...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 6, 20205 min read
Black Americans in Cairo 1974: Royalty
In those tumultuous times, people divided by politics or their struggles for independence were united in their admiration of black...
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@ Cynthia Adina Kirkwood
Jun 4, 20205 min read
Trump’s Ex-Defense Chief “Angry and Appalled”
Cleveland Police First District Commander Daniel Fay and protester Daniel Watkins, of Cleveland, Ohio hug after kneeling together at...
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