7 Underrated Sam Cooke Songs Every Music Lover Should Hear.

Sympathy in Dunkirk for ex-con in failed US boat migration

Although not currently on the local police’s radar for any crime, 53-year-old Dean ‘Boobie Skeng’ Cooke, who was among Jamaicans seeking illegal entry into the United States by boat last week, has reportedly been in and out of prison for most of...

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Fight On! Atlanta’s ZuCot Gallery Showcases New Book Singing the History of African American Spirituals

/EIN News/ -- ATLANTA, June 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZuCot Gallery, one of the nation’s premier galleries highlighting the works of acclaimed African-American artists, is celebrating the release of the new book, Fight On, which visually expresses the story of the African American spirituals

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Washington Archbishop Condemns Trump's Visit To Catholic Shrine

Washington’s Roman Catholic archbishop has roundly criticized President Donald Trump’s visit to the Saint John Paul II National Shrine on

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Angela Davis

Angela Yvonne Davis is a political activist, author, teacher and feminist. She was born on January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama. Her neighborhood was known for racial tensions and conflict, and Davis attended an all black elementary school. Her mother was an active member and organizer of the

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‘The Untold Story of Marcus Garvey’: Interview with Filmmaker Roy T. Anderson – AAIHS

In today’s post, Christopher Shell, PhD Student in History at Michigan State University, interviews filmmaker Roy T. Anderson about his forthcoming film, Marcus Garvey: The Untold

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RZA'S CUT THROAT CITY LANDS NEW THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE | Dallas Weekly

WELL GO USA WILL RELEASE THE FILM THEATRICALLY ON 300 SCREENS NATIONWIDE ON JULY 17, 2020

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Rejected for being gay, Alain LeRoy Rocke became the Father of the Harlem Renaissance

Alain LeRoy Locke was a longtime Howard University professor, art critic, writer and

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Super-sized Racism: Former McDonald's Execs Strike Back In Explosive Race Discrimination Lawsuit

However, that image was shattered this year in an explosive lawsuit brought by two African American female executives who claim that under new leadership the company not only deliberately divested from the Black community and businesses, but hurled racist, sexists insults at them including

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South Africa: Joburg School Prepares Pupils for a New Normal in a Time of COVID-19

"Ultimately, although our kids enjoy being online, they are social beings - the vast majority of them - and you can see that if you've taught for many years, you know how much they love being at school and the social aspect," Gerassi

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African-American Organizations of the Progressive Era

The National Association of Colored Women was established in July of 1896. African-American writer and suffragette Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin believed that the best way to respond to racist and sexist attacks in the media was through social-political activism. Arguing that developing positive

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Coronavirus: Rapper Desiigner waives off rent for his NY tenants

Brooklyn-born rapper Desiigner is waiving off rent for the “next couple of months” for tenants in his residential properties in New York during the coronavirus pandemic because he doesn’t “want to see anybody on the

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VW pulls racist ad from social media after backlash

German carmaker Volkswagen has had to pull a racially-insensitive promotional video from Instagram earlier on Thursday, but not before it had sparked concern and spread on other social media

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Amazon features children's shirt with image of cop kneeling on George Floyd's neck

A T-shirt branded with the image of ex-cop Derek Chauvin with his knee on the neck of George Floyd was for a short time up for sale on Amazon, but has since been pulled

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Don Hardin Spearheads the Construction of the National Museum of African American Music

BLACK ENTERPRISE spoke with Don Hardin, founder of the Don Hardin Group and project manager of the construction

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(1963) George Wallace, “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever”

By 1963 Alabama Governor George Corley Wallace had emerged as the leading opponent to the growing civil rights movement. Six months later he gained international notoriety for his stand in the door of the University of Alabama to block the entrance of two black students, Vivian Malone and James

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Afrocentrism

For the study of African culture and history, see African

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Bob Marley 'Legend' album back at No. 1 as sales surge during pandemic | New York Carib News

Songs like “Burnin’ Looting” and “War” resonate with the current racial unrest and social injustices prominent

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Source: The New York Carib News

Jan Smuts

Jan Christian Smuts was born on a farm near Riebeeck West in the Cape Colony. His ancestors were mainly Dutch, with a small admixture of French and German but no English, though he was born a British subject. Until he went to school at the age of 12, Smuts lived the life of a South African farm

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Black Workers More Likely to Face Retaliation for Raising Coronavirus Concerns

Gantt exclaimed in an exclusive interview with the Florida Courier, Florida’s statewide Black weekly

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OP-ED: We Can't Let This Moment Pass

Gantt exclaimed in an exclusive interview with the Florida Courier, Florida’s statewide Black weekly

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The Color Purple

For the color, see

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Dr. Thomas F. Freeman, Texas Southern University educator for 70 years, makes his transition

Already an icon in many circles, Freeman rose to more widespread prominence and a fresh appreciation last year when his three-digit birthday was feted in a large public affair attended by dignitaries and scores of former

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Guion "Guy" Bluford: First African American In Space

Guion Guy Bluford, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 22, 1942. His mother Lolita was a special education teacher and his father, Guion Sr. was a mechanical engineer. The Blufords encouraged all four of their sons to work hard and set their goals

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Jamaican American joins ESPN Films as VP, Executive Producer | New York Carib News

ESPN has hired award-winning news and media veteran Jamaican American Marsha Cooke as vice president & executive producer for ESPN Films.

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Blackwell, Robert “Bumps” (1918-1985)

Robert Bumps Blackwell was a musician, producer, and composer who worked with the top names in early jazz and rock and roll. Blackwell was born in Seattle, Washington on May 23, 1918. By the late 1940s his Seattle-based Bumps Blackwell Junior Band featured Ray Charles and Quincy Jones, and played

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Doc champions insurance after rare implant surgery

WESTERN BUREAU: A local urologist is urging insurance companies to expand coverage of illnesses to erectile dysfunction, an ailment that has a crippling impact on relationships and perceptions of male self-worth and which is a growing concern for...

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Talk:Black nationalism

This article is within the scope of WikiProject African diaspora, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of African diaspora on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open

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National Negro Convention Movement

In the early months of 1830, a young freed man from Baltimore named Hezekiel Grice was not satisfied with life in the North because of the hopelessness of contending against oppression in the United

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President Barack Obama Adviser and Civic Leader Valerie Jarrett to Deliver Commencement Address to Spelman College Class of 2017

Valerie Jarrett, the longest-serving senior adviser to President Barack Obama, has had a consequential impact across the American political, civic and business landscape. Jarrett will share wisdom and perspectives about her leadership roles with 490 graduates of the Spelman College class of 2017

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Akampene Island: Where Ugandan girls who got pregnant were left alone to die

And on Bunyonyi is the Punishment Island, also called Akampene among the Bakiga people of

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