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Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
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| Omani Sign Language | |
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| لغة الإشارة العمانية | |
| Native to | Oman |
Perhaps an Arab sign language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Omani Sign language (Arabic: لغة الإشارة العمانية, romanized: Lughat al-Ishārah al-ʻUmānīyah) is used by at least some of the deaf population of Oman. It is not clear if there is a single language across the country, or if it is distinct from the sign language of neighboring countries. Authorities providing training to the police for sign translators speak only of "Arabic Sign Language".[1][2]
The Royal Oman Police has provided interpreters to all units.[1]
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Omani Sign language (Arabic: لغة الإشارة العمانية, romanized: Lughat al-Ishārah al-ʻUmānīyah) is used by at least some of the deaf population of Oman. It is not clear if there is a single language across the country, or if it is distinct from the sign language of neighboring countries. Authorities providing training to the police for sign translators speak only of "Arabic Sign Language". The Royal Oman Police has provided interpreters to all units.
The Arab sign-language family is a family of sign languages spread across the Arab Middle East. Its extent is not yet known, because only some of the sign languages in the region have been compared. A language planning project for a single Arabic Sign Language is being conducted by the Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs (CAMSA), with much of the vocabulary voted on by regional Deaf associations. However, so far only a dictionary has been compiled; grammar has not been addressed, so the result cannot be considered a language.
The Omani rial sign () is the official currency symbol used for the Omani rial, the official currency of Oman. The design was presented to the public by the Central Bank of Oman on 19 November 2025. It consists stylized Arabic letters ʿayn (ع) in its initial form (عـ) and rāʾ (ر), crossed by two lines. The symbol should precede the value, e.g., 10, with an intervening space. The symbol was accepted and encoded as U+20C4, in Unicode version 18.0, which was released in September 2026. Oman is the third Arab country to issue a symbol for their currency after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
A stop sign is a traffic sign designed to notify drivers that they must come to a complete stop and make sure the intersection (or railroad crossing) is safely clear of vehicles and pedestrians before continuing past the sign. In many countries, the sign is a red octagon with the word STOP, in either English, the national language of that particular country, or both, displayed in white or yellow. The Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals previously allowed an alternative version: a red circle with a red inverted triangle with either a white or yellow background, and a black or dark blue STOP. Some countries may also use other types, such as Japan's inverted red triangle stop sign. Particular regulations regarding appearance, installation, and compliance with the signs vary by some jurisdictions.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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