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Two young men were found dead inside torched cars. Three others died of apparent suicides. Another collapsed on a bus, his death ruled an overdose.

Source: Puzzling number of men tied to Ferguson protests have died – New York Daily News

“I can’t trust them because to me they knew what was going on,” said Gerry Woodberry, 50, of losing his trust in government after the Flint water crisis. “A little shortcut to save them money, while you’re destroying people’s lives… I can’t regain my trust. I really can’t. I feel like this situation with me trying to get help, they don’t really care, they just don’t care. It’s not them that’s affected, so why should they care. That’s how I feel.” Woodberry who deals with the effects of lichen planus, a disease that causes the body to mistakenly attack its own skin cells, said his condition has been made worse by the water situation to the point where his skin aches at times. “Before this water changed, when I would take my showers, it would soothe my skin,” he said. “When I get out now, it’s the total opposite. It’s like I’m very irritated, like I’m very dry. It’s constantly hurting. Some days I can’t even put my socks on or my shoes.” Jake May | MLive.com

Source: Flint water crisis turns skin condition into daily pain for resident – Photo Gallery – MLive.com

After the abolishing of slave trade throughout the British empire in 1833, the law slowly extended to the Gold Coast, present-day Ghana, where slavery was continued by the wealthy and well-to-do locals due to the law’s ineffectiveness. Slaves were captured and sold after wars to work in other settlements within the Gold Coast. These slaves worked…

Source: The untold story of an illegally enslaved girl in the Gold Coast who took her black master to court in 1876 – Face2Face Africa

By Cassius Clay | 93.7 The Beat Bribe-less Brilliance: Black Celebs Who Attended Ivy League Schools Without Cheating In light of Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin being indicted for paying upwards…

Source: Black Celebs Who Attended Ivy League Schools Without Cheating –

A former West Virginia police officer who witnessed the fatal police shooting of a young black man last year is now suing the city where he was employed, saying he was fired for not shooting the man himself.

Source: Ex-Cop Who Refused To Shoot Young Black Man Sues City Over His Firing | HuffPost

Canada will welcome some 750 ex-slaves from Libya as refugees, Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen has announced.

Source: Canada opens doors to some 750 ex-slaves from Libya | News24

Here are the stories of Boricua women often forgotten in major periods of Puerto Rican history.

Source: Herstory: 10 Puerto Rican Women Kept Out of History Books

 

Well, they can keep them out ofd the history books, but not off of my blog.

The dream of a united Africa started way before the formulation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963 following an intervention by the King of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I in Addis Ababa.

Source: The day Africa almost became a united state – Face2Face Africa

The South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation (SCAAHF) is accepting applications from social studies and visual and performing arts teachers and college students majoring in arts education to participate in an institute at Historic Penn Center on St. Helena Island, June 17 through June 21, 2019. Participants will be immersed in the Gullah Geechee Culture and given strategies to assist with developing lesson plans.

Source: South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation Invites Applicants for Summer Institute – The Charleston Chronicle

A consortium of scientists and engineers have proposed that the U.S. and Mexico build a series of guarded solar, wind, natural gas and desalination facilities along the entirety of the border.

Source: Don’t build the wall. Build a US-Mexico ‘energy-water’ corridor – Big Think