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US Senate confirms first Black woman Supreme Court justice
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], April 8 (ANI): The US Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court in a largely partisan vote on Thursday.
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Family of black woman suing biotech firm for taking cancer cells without c
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): The family of an African-American woman, Henrietta Lacks whose cervical cancer cells were taken without consent for research in 1951 is suing a biotech firm for compensation.
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US Senate confirms Marcia Fudge as Housing and Urban Development secretary
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): The US Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Ohio Democratic Representative Marcia Fudge as secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), adding another African American woman to the ranks of President Joe Biden's Cabinet.
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Fauci addresses African Americans' vaccine concerns, says 'developed by Af
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): As skepticism regarding the safety of COVID-19 vaccine among the African American community rises, US top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said that one of the major vaccine candidates has been worked on by an African American woman.
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There is no vaccine for racism, says Kamala Harris
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 20 (ANI): Kamala Harris, who became the first African-American woman and South Asian woman to be nominated on a major party's ticket, invoked the names of African-Americans who died for the US, saying "there is no vaccine for racism".
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San Francisco elects first African-American woman Mayor
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
San Francisco (California) [United States], June 15 (ANI): San Francisco elected London Breed as its first African-American woman Mayor on Thursday.
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Senior aide to Trump goes public with criticism after resignation
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Dec 15 (ANI): Omarosa Manigault-Newman, one of United States President Donald Trump's most senior aides, said she had felt uncomfortable and upset in the White House as its most high-profile African American woman, after resigning amid reports of a blazing row at a Christma
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Kim K and Kanye 'excited' for their third baby
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 10 (ANI): Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are "excited" for their third baby via a surrogate mother.
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