African-American History Timeline: 1930 to 1939

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President Dr. Glenda Glover, president of Tennessee State University, speaks of a “call” resounding in the wake of 46-year-old George Floyd’s killing in Minnesota while in police

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

What do Derek Chauvin and Amy Cooper have to do with public education? Everything.

Many White educators fail to understand or accept the idea that their actions, whether large or small, consistently contribute to the oppression of Black and Brown

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Keep Your Statues And Movies- Give Us Our Reparations Now – Your Black World

The paper says, “HBO Max temporarily removed the epic from its service after the surge of Black Lives Matter protests across the country and a re-energized discussion about racial inequality” ) But While Hollywood copes with their conflicts and contradictions for promoting White supremacy in their

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Source: Your Black World

Social Justice

This weekend took me back to December 2015, when my former student, Quintonio LeGrier, was killed on his front porch by a Chicago Police Officer who stated he reacted out of

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Source: Delivering News You Can Use

Black Panther Party Origins and History

The Black Panther Party was founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Boddy Seale in Oakland, California. It was initially organized to protect blacks from police brutality. They evolved into a Marxist revolutionary group that was labeled by the FBI as advocating the use of violence and guerilla tactics

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Source: ThoughtCo

"Why #BlackWealthMatters in White America," By Solomon Ali

Most Black Americans, throughout American history, were shut out of our financial system, thereby not gaining the access or opportunity to accumulate wealth or an understanding of money that could have been passed down through the

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

The 1898 Wilmington Massacre Is an Essential Lesson in How State Violence Has Targeted Black Americans

One of the most terrifying examples erupted more than a century ago, when white supremacist soldiers and police helped hunt down and kill at least 60 Black men in Wilmington in

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Source: TIME

Kamala Harris's Police Reform Push Becomes Running Mate Tryout

Kamala Harris’s push for police reform in the Senate is shaping up as an audition for the job of Joe Biden’s vice president, as she makes herself a highly public voice for change after years as a no-nonsense prosecutor.By promoting a bill to ban police chokeholds and make other changes -- and by

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Source: https://www.newsmax.com

Tory Lanez Helps Make Father’s Day Extra Special for 100 Black Fathers

The rapper recently helped 100 Black former inmates celebrate their first Father’s Day with their families since being

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Zimbos have a duty to free themselves from crocodile jaws

Former top military men such as Generals Colin Powell, Jim Mattis, John Allen and John Kelly criticised President Donald Trump’s actions against those protesting in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and in demand for justice for the slain George

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz says Donald Trump's reaction to BLM protests | New York Carib News

Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of civil rights activist, Malcolm X has said she believes President Donald Trump’s reaction to the Black Lives Matter protests has helped to shine a light on the racism that black people have had to endure for

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Source: The New York Carib News

Evelyn G. Lowery: Civil Rights Activist & Founder of SCLC/W.O.M.EN

Evelyn Gibson Lowery was an American civil rights activist and leader who founded SCLC/Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. (W.O.M.E.N), the sister organization of the Southern Christian Leadership

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Source: Black Then

Delaware moves whipping post from public square that was used until the '50s

You may wonder why in the world a whipping post ever existed in a public square in America

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Source: theGrio

Africa: Build Back Better: Women at the Centre of Decision-Making

At the same time, women are on the front lines of response, as heads of state and government, legislators, healthcare workers, carers at home and community leaders and mobilisers, amongst other

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Source: allAfrica.com

South Africa: COVID-19 - the State Cannot Save Us

South Africa's biomedical response has been exemplary, but it has failed to mobilise social movements essential for tackling public health

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Source: allAfrica.com

“‘We Must Do Better” Detroit’s Top Law Firms Stand Against Racial Injustice

Detroit’s leading law firms spoke out against racial injustice as the appalling deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, among many others, have sparked protests

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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media

Janie Settles: First Black Female Rescue Chief in North Carolina

Janie Settles was the the first African-American female rescue chief in North

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Source: Black Then

Racial reckoning turns to symbols

Protesters are taking ropes and sledgehammers to symbols of oppression, from equestrian statues of Robert E. Lee to Christopher Columbus monuments, but elected and appointed officials are also whisking them away by decree, including a Lee monument in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the

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Source: The Bay State Banner

Elijah Muhammad: Leader of the Nation of Islam

Overview

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Source: ThoughtCo

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The Power Of Black Music: Celebrating Its Journey And Impact On American Culture - Blavity

Similar to the trends we have seen in recent years, pre-COVID-19 and elevated Black Lives Matter protests, music by African American artists leads the way as the most lauded and consumed across demographics in the

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Source: Blavity News

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

The Proud Queer Influence of the Harlem Renaissance

And yet, despite the mainstream claims that homosexuality is a recent enigma, Shoga Films’ documentary, Queer Harlem Renaissance: A Prospectus, is fighting to re-establish the history of Black Queerness and its struggle against the Black Elite’s steady social concessions for the White

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas Reflects On Moving Forward | L.A. Focus Newspaper

“At the beginning of today’s Board meeting we did take a moment of silence in recognition of the tragic death of George Floyd and the persistent racialized violence against

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

OP-ED: Celebrating the Journey of Black Music and its impact on American Culture – Voice and Viewpoint

Similar to the trends we have seen in recent years, pre-COVID-19 and elevated Black Lives Matter protests, music by African American artists leads the way as the most lauded and consumed across demographics in the

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

Africa: An Open Letter to America

On Monday, May 25, 2020, a disturbing video of a 46-year-old man (George Floyd) being murdered in broad daylight by four (4) white police officers, seized our various news feeds on every social media platform, and other online media

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Source: allAfrica.com

OP-ED: Celebrating the Journey of Black Music and its Impact on American Culture

By H. Beecher Hicks, III, President & CEO of the National Museum of African American Music

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

How Bayard Rustin, a Gay Man, Changed Civil Rights

Bayard Rustin isn’t a household name, but his contributions to the civil rights movement rival those of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Rustin organized the March on Washington, where King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. A confidante and advisor to King, he introduced the civil

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Source: ThoughtCo

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Birmingham Street Will Not Be Renamed Black Lives Matter Blvd.

The Birmingham City Council will not consider a resolution that seeks to rename a portion of Sixteenth Street North to Black Lives Matter

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Source: The Birmingham Times

This Pride Month, let us not forget about our Black liberation pioneers

Front row, left: Author James Baldwin, Front row, 2nd from left, Selma March strategist, Bayard Rustin,Front row, 3rd from left (with hat), A. Philip Randolph (Photo by Stephen F. Somerstein/Getty

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Source: theGrio

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