Black were allowed to enter all branches of the US Military Ser

Trump’s photo-op with a Bible is contemptuous

In a made-for-propaganda-TV moment, he led a bizarre parade from the White House to St. John’s Episcopal Church down the street on the evening of June 1, where he waited for someone in his entourage to hand him

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Source: http://theweeklychallenger.com

PPP 'pleased' with GECOM decision | New York Carib News

GEORGETOWN – The main opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Tuesday night said that it wants a “speedy transition to a democratically elected government” as it awaits the official results of the disputed March 2 regional and general

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Source: The New York Carib News

NC Senate passes funding for Freedom Park, African American monuments on Capitol ground - African American News Today - EIN News

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

Gaines, Irene McCoy (1892-1964)

Irene McCoy Gaines was a civil rights activist and a community leader. Born October 25, 1892, in Ocala, Florida, to Charles and Mamie McCoy, she had one older sister who died while Gaines was a child. Her family moved to Chicago, Illinois when she was an infant. In 1903, Gaines’s mother became

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Source: Black Past

Across the nation, we the people are winning!

People, a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, mass of people—Black, Brown, White, Yellow, Native, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, male, female straight, gay, trans—were in the streets by the hundreds of thousands, demanding justice for a Black

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Black History Month Special Feature, 2012 - Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project

Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project

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Source: Black Past

COVID: The Unknown gives rise to ‘all kinds of fear and anxiety’

But Blacks are least likely seek mental health help

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

‘Wakanda’ Is a Myth: We Are Still Dying In Atlanta [Editorial]

Source: Julia Beverly / Radio One Digital

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Source: The Urban Daily

Dawson, William Levi (1898-1990)

William Levi Dawson was an African Americancomposer, choir director, and professor specializing in black religious folkmusic. He was born on September 26,1899, in Anniston, Alabama to Eliza Starkey and George Dawson, thefirst of their seven children. His father, a former slave, was an

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Source: Black Past

May

2

1990

Virtual Townhall: Erasing the Opportunity Gap Created by COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic and the creation of emergency education has put parents, teachers, administrators, and community advocates in panic mode trying to figure out how to ensure the opportunity gap doesn’t exponentially widen for Black

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

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: Serving Northeast Texas

Brice, Carol (1918-1985)

Contralto singer Carol Brice was born in Sedalia, North Carolina on April 16, 1918 into a musical family. Eventually she became one of the first African American classical singers with an extensive recording repertoire. Brice trained at Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia and then enrolled in

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Source: Black Past

Feb

14

1985

African-American History Timeline: 1940 to 1949

In 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, which desegregated war production plants and also established the Fair Employment Practices Committee. This act, set the stage for a decade filled with African-American firsts in the U.S. Armed Services.

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Source: ThoughtCo

‘Welcome to the movement’: Hundreds rally against police brutality, racism at Allderdice, in Bloomfield and Fox Chapel

Hundreds gathered at Allderdice High School and in Bloomfield and Fox Chapel borough on June 11, the 13th day of Black Lives Matter protests in

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Emagine Entertainment To Host Juneteenth Film Festival To Benefit UNCF

Emagine Entertainment, Inc., an innovator in luxury theatres, proudly announces the Juneteenth Film Festival to benefit the UNCF (United Negro College

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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media

John Legend says Koffee's contribution to his upcoming album is 'Incredible' | New York Carib News

John Legend says Koffee’s contribution to his upcoming album is

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Source: The New York Carib News

WANTED: Residents to join conversations about racial equity in proposed bond 2020

Dallas ISD’s Racial Equity Office (REO) is calling on communities in the city’s southern sector to help define what racial equity will look like in Dallas ISD’s proposed Bond 2020 package of school and facility

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

President Bio receives 2018 public procurement assessment report

Yesterday, Chief Executive Officer of the National Public Procurement Authority (NPPA) – Ibrahim Brima Swaray, presented his 2018 Public Procurement Assessment Report to President Dr Julius Maada Bio, which outlines details of procurement spending by government departments and agencies under the

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Pastor Cites ‘The Blessing Of Slavery’ While Trying To Redefine White Privilege

Included in his diatribe was the unfortunate choice of words, “the blessing of slavery,” a phrase that both Lecrae, a Black man, and Cathy could be seen nodding their heads in agreement

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Source: NewsOne

African Americans and the Manhattan Project, Richland, WA (1942-1945)

Between the years of 1942 and 1944 around fifteen thousand blacks and fifty thousand whites were recruited to the Manhattan/ Hanford Project in Richland, Washington. The federal government required government contractor, DuPont, to keep the number of black construction workers on the project

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Source: Black Past

Black Women Leaders Launches Fund To Support State’s Black Community

On Tuesday, a group of anchor leaders announced a first-of-its-kind fund to support the Black community in Washington

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

Thousands Protest For Black Trans Lives Amid Continued Fights For LGBTQ Rights

Source: Michael Noble Jr. / Getty

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Source: The Urban Daily

Scruggs resigns NAACP to run for county commission

ST. PETERSBURG – Today, June 11, Maria L. Scruggs will end her service to the St. Petersburg Branch NAACP in the role of

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Source: http://theweeklychallenger.com

Floyd Mayweather pays funeral expenses for George Floyd

Former champion boxer Floyd Mayweather will pay the funeral expenses for George Floyd who died in police custody after Derek Chauvin, who was fired from his job as a Minneapolis police officer, pressed his knee on the back of Floyd’s neck until he stopped

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

Queen Latifah: Let ‘Gone With The Wind’ Be Gone Forever | Afro

NEW YORK (AP) — While some have criticized HBO Max’s removal of “Gone With the Wind” from its streaming service — including those who wonder if it hurts the legacy of Hattie McDaniel, the first African American woman to win an Academy Award — Oscar nominee Queen Latifah says good

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Smith, Samuel J. (1922-1995)

Samuel J. Smith, a Washington State Legislator and Seattle City Councilmember was born on July 21, 1922, in Gibsland, Louisiana. Listening to speeches by Franklin Roosevelt broadcast on radio in the early 1930s persuaded young Smith that he wanted a future in

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Source: Black Past

Jul

21

1922

WANTED: Residents to join conversations about racial equity in proposed bond 2020

Dallas ISD’s Racial Equity Office (REO) is calling on communities in the city’s southern sector to help define what racial equity will look like in Dallas ISD’s proposed Bond 2020 package of school and facility

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Genetic marker may predispose African Americans to cardiac complications from COVID-19 - African American News Today - EIN News

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

The Black New Deal | Post News Group

In Oakland, coalition of Black-led organizations was convened to address the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 and its evisceration of the Black

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Source: Post News Group | PNG

Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected president

Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected president.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

8

1932

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