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In East Texas, Death Of George Floyd Brings Activism To A Region Of Rare Protest

Houston is the gateway to East Texas, and with the funeral service for George Floyd this past Tuesday, the city, for a few short hours at least, became the focus of a national movement against police violence and systemic

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Source: Stories About Black History

Black Leaders and Reformers Quiz

Black Leaders and Reformers Quiz | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Senegal

Senegal | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Movements Are Nothing Without Endurance

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Source: https://zora.medium.com

Documentary Films on Blackpast.org - Global African History - Director

Films - By Director | Films - By Title | Films - Year | Films - By Subject | Entire Site Bibliography

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Source: Black Past

Legislator’s Comments About Black People, Hygiene Draw Fury | Afro

A Republican lawmaker questioned during a meeting of the Ohio Senate Health Committee if “the colored population” is contracting coronavirus at disproportionate rates because they do not wash their hands “as well as other

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Ancient History, Africa: Biographies

Ancient History, Africa: Biographies | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Segregation Movements

Tennessee started modern segregation movement with Jim Crow railroad car and was followed by Florida (1887), Mississippi (1888), Texas (1889), Louisiana (1890), Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas and Georgia (1891), South Carolina (1898), North Carolina (1899), Virginia (1900), Maryland (1904), Oklahoma

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

24

1881

What Have We Become?

There was a time when many Black people had hope and had reason to believe America had made progress on civil and human

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

Africa

Africa | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Egyptian History: Biographies

Egyptian History: Biographies | FactMonster

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Idris Elba

Best Known

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United Arab Republic

United Arab Republic | FactMonster

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A Successful Decision-Making Strategy for Choosing Where to Donate Your Historical Memorabilia

In the article below, Al “Butch” Smith Jr., PhD, and Peter Blecha describe the process by which the family of prominent Seattle photographer Al Smith Sr. chose the institution to permanently house the ten-thousand- image Smith collection. The process they developed and followed could be

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Source: Black Past

Egyptian History: Biographies

Egyptian History: Biographies | FactMonster

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#AAMAM: “The Great Black Way” – Celebrating African Americans on Broadway (LISTEN)

But African-American artists have made a tremendous impact, primarily as writers and performers, but also as creators of source material for Broadway shows and

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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS

Althea Gibson

Best Known

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Disturbing times provide teachable moments

Encourage African American students, who are too often limited by unfair stereotypes about what they can and

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Source: The Florida Star

COMMENTARY: When the Protesting Ends – Do You Just Go Home?

There is a ground swell in America, and for 13 days there has been multiracial protests and demonstrations based on the killing of George Floyd by four Minnesota

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Huey Newton

Best Known

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American Indians

American Indians | FactMonster

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‘Looters and lowlifes,’ I stand with all of them –

There are documented cases of economically envious looting Black communities (Wilmington, Tulsa, Rosewood) because of economic envy, plundering our homes, and then using the power of the majority media to turn a Massacre into

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Source: Daytona Times

The police are the real outside agitators

While the mainstream press has sought to distract from the protests by claiming it’s being orchestrated by outside agitators, they fail to reveal that much of the mayhem that came with the overwhelmingly peaceful protests was created by the police operating as undercover

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

civil war

civil war | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

We need an independent police force to police the police. Periodt.

Historically, Black people have been tortured by police, lied on by police, and killed by them, and still we continue with this laughable system of police

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Source: theGrio

Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Venus Williams

Best Known

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Egypt

Egypt | FactMonster

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(1948) Henry A. Wallace, “Radio Address”

Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace, Jr., in 1948 became the Presidential nominee of the Progressive Party. Wallace ran a spirited campaign which unlike almost any before, took on the question of racial discrimination and segregation against African Americans in the South. What follows is his

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Source: Black Past

Sep

13

1948

Protesters Mourn the Loss of Robert Fuller in Palmdale Park

Several dozen protesters descended Thursday evening on Poncitlan Square in Palmdale, questioning the circumstances surrounding Robert Fuller’s death and demanding justice for other victims of police brutality against African

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

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