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Thomas L. Jennings is the first Black individual to be granted a patent in the United States, according to the National Geographic. Jennings, born in 1791 to a freed family in New York City, NY, would become an entrepreneur, owning his own tailoring business,

TEL AVIV — As tensions rise between the two countries, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, on Tuesday, a day after the United States abstained in a . . .

Page 5, issue 40 of GCN magazine (May 1992) contained an article titled ‘Camp Pain’. It began: “Americans who thought Nancy Reagan went overboard on the designer frocks ain’t seen nothin’ yet! (The) Latest entry in the US presidential race is Chicago drag queen Joan Jett Blakk, official candidate of the newly-formed Queer Nation Party.” […]

CIA, Mossad heads to meet in Europe with Qatar officials to broker second captives-for-prisoners exchange and truce. The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and his Israeli counterpart are to meet with Qatari officials to broker a potential second deal to secure the release of captives being held in Gaza and a pause […]

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. PwC has dropped some of its diversity targets in the US and opened up previously off-limits scholarships to white students after pressure from rightwing activists and a Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action. The Big […]

10 January 2024, 17:39 Florence Price had her work premiered by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Picture: Alamy

Career Communications Group has announced an in-person BEYA Welcome Back to Baltimore Meet and Greet, scheduled for Tuesday, January 9. The event offers an opportunity to reconnect with conference participants at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum on East Pratt Street in Baltimore, MD from 6-9 pm EST.   It’s a fun-filled meet and greet, perfect […]

Chicago-based architect Kimberly Dowdell, who holds degrees from both Cornell and Harvard, currently serves as a principal at global design firm HOK. She also served as president of the National Association of Minority Architects from 2019 to 2020. (Credit: American Institute of Architects) According to Kimberly Dowdell, there are so few Black women architects that […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A top U.S. delegation is to meet with Mexico’s president Wednesday in what many see as a bid to get Mexico to do more to stem a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said he is willing to help, but also says

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