African-American History Timeline: 1970 to 1979

American Policing Has Always Been About Enforcing White Supremacy

The Brooklyn College professor and author of “The End of Policing,” and his academic peers, all experts in the history of American policing and police brutality, have been called on a lot since mass protests sprang up nationwide in the wake of the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and

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TGR COMMENTARY: Every Department is a Police Department

Almost every day you turn on your radio or television set, local broadcast stations and national news will gather their hand-picked colored commentators to explain to angry protestors why a few bad apple officers are making other law enforcers look really

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

First Owner of Pro Team

Peter C. B. Bynoe, a native of Boston, and Bertram Lee, a Boston businessman, became the first African-Americans to own a major professional sports franchise when they purchased the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association in 1989.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Liberia

Liberia /l aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə/ ( listen), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its west, Guinea to its north and Ivory Coast to its east. It covers an area of 111,369 square kilometers (43,000 sq mi) and has a population of

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1847

In Letter to Congress: Black Wealth 2020 Sends Plea for Unity in Pandemic Relief Black-owned businesses got little relief under PPP

As the U. S. House of Representatives awaits the political fate of another multi-trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill, called the “Heroes Act”, Black Wealth 2020 (BW2020), a national catalyst for economic justice for African-Americans, is pressing Congressional leaders to unify for equity for

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Source: The New Journal and Guide

TSD FLASH! - News, views and music

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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More Latinas Are Choosing to Identify as Afro-Latina

When Aisha Cort walks into a convenience store with her rich brown skin and tiny dark locs, she knows she has the power to cause confusion by speaking

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Source: Oprah Magazine - Life and Career Advice, Beauty Tips, Wellness Trends

Tuskegee Airmen

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Juneteenth by the Numbers | The Atlanta Voice

Here’s a look at Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day, Freedom Day and Jubilee Day, by the

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Law Matters: Celebrating African-Americans' contributions to Missouri's justice system

Walter Farmer was the first African-American to serve in a judicial capacity in Missouri when he was appointed special judge in the St. Louis municipal court at the beginning of the 20th

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Early African-American Police Officers

The first two African-Americans to serve as police officers in the Boston Police Department were Charles Montier and Joshua McClain, who were appointed on October 15, 1919. Their appointments were the result of vacancies during the Boston Police strike of 1919. Following these two officers, 33

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Spike Lee says he feels ‘good’ about current protests

Director Spike Lee did what he does best and created a short film right after the killing of George

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Jesse Owens: Four Time Olympic Gold Medalist

During the 1930s, the Great Depression, Jim Crow Era laws and de facto segregation kept African-Americans in the United States fighting for equality. In Eastern Europe, the Jewish Holocaust was well underway with German ruler Adolf Hitler spearheading a Nazi

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Africa: Protests Lead Brands to Speak Out Against Racism. but Will They Act?

Major brands taking to social media to condemn racial inequalities have been challenged to back up their words with action to tackle a lack of black leadership in many firms and entrenched racial pay gaps in the United

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Source: allAfrica.com

Freedom House

Since 1949 Freedom House in Roxbury, founded by Muriel and Otto Snowden, has worked through bi-racial efforts to reduce barriers to education, employment, and housing opportunities for African-Americans in Boston. Growing from the ' Upper Roxbury Community Project,' started in the

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Elijah Muhammad: Leader of the Nation of Islam

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Oct

7

1897

We shouldn’t try to hold Biden hostage on black woman running mate

Seven prominent Black women activists have made a strong case, and a bit of stir, in a Washington Post Op-Ed, “Biden Still Needs Black

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Source: Chicago Defender

Black Police Officers Open Up About Their Struggles To Choose Between Duty And Identity

Many Black police officers are walking a tightrope these days, trying to find a balance between their duty and outrage over the killing of George Floyd by former police officer Derek

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Dred Scott Timeline

In 1857, just a few years before the Emancipation Proclamation, a slave named Samuel Dred Scott lost a fight for his

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Promoting Health Equity through Education and advocacy

Close the Gap is a Boston Scientific initiative designed to promote health equity by reducing barriers to cardiovascular care and education among women and minorities. We work with health care providers, professional societies and patient advocacy groups to ensure all patients can access optimal

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Stagecoach Mary Fields - African American Pioneer

When people think of pioneers of the wild west several images come to mind: the gritty gunslinger, the uncompromising lawman, or even the wagon train families. People like Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp , or Doc Holliday come up. However, there is a much different image to be had for those that

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Africa's Future Through the Lens of Its Past

For a continent that has a long history of human activity and a corresponding early start in social evolution, which achieved such breakthroughs as to be credited with the title of 'one of the cradles of human civilisation', has Africa lived up to its full

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Source: allAfrica.com

African-American self-determination

African-American self-determination refers to efforts to secure self-determination for African-Americans and related peoples in North America. It often intersects with the historic Back-to-Africa movement and general Black separatism, but also manifests in present and historic demands for

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Juneteenth, Not July 4th: Ways to Celebrate it this Year

I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the Year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.-Frederick Douglass

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Josephine Baker: French Resistance and the CIvil Rights Movement

Josephine Baker is best remembered for dancing topless and wearing a banana skirt. Baker’s popularity rose during the 1920s for dancing in Paris. Yet until her death in 1975, Baker was devoted to fighting against injustice and racism throughout the

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Apr

12

1975

Supreme Court Hears Offender’s Court Costs Issue

A Montgomery County man was sentenced to prison until at least his mid-80s is challenging a trial judge’s decision not to waive his mandatory court costs, after concluding the man has to “take responsibility for his

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'Train Up a Child': North Carolina Father Goes Viral for Teaching 8-Year-Old Son Financial Literacy

Twenty-eight-year-old Kyren Gibson and his 8-year-old son, Kyng, have recently taken the internet by storm, thanks to a video in which Kyng flawlessly recites the definitions of financial terms that many often struggle to grasp even into

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African-Americans in 1790

There were 766 African-Americans (4 percent of the population) counted in Boston in the first United State Census in 1790.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Unrest Spotlights Depth of Black Americans' Economic Struggle

Protests sweeping U.S. cities over the videotaped death of an unarmed black man at the hands of police are accentuating other grim realities of racial disparity in America: African-Americans lag other groups by nearly every economic

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NAACP Black Media Forum Excludes Black Newspapers: NNPA President and Black Publishers Call for Clarification and Inclusion – Voice and Viewpoint

A recent NAACP “Black Media Speaks” forum plummeted into a conversation in which the future of hard-copy Black-owned newspapers was all but pronounced

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

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