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Gullah language

Gullah, also called Sea Island Creole English[1] [2] and Geechee, is a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (also called Geechees within the community), an African-American population living on the Sea Islands and in the coastal regions of the American states of South Carolina, Georgia and

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Silence Is NOT An Option | Afro

The police officer who put his knee on George Floyd’s neck and the police officers who stood by and watched didn’t just murder George Floyd, they stole

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Stockpiling?

WASHINGTON–At least 22 states, including Oklahoma, have obtained a total of more than 10 million doses of malaria drugs to treat COVID-19 patients despite warnings from doctors that more tests are

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Sen. Tim Scott Says His GOP Police Reform Bill Similar To Democrats’ Plan

In response to both the outcry for police reforms in the wake of the death of George Floyd and a Democratic police reform bill introduced last week, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott announced on Wednesday (June 17) a Republican proposal to address improving police accountability, transparency and

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Ku Klux Klan received charter from Fulton County,

Ku Klux Klan received charter from Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court. Modern Klan spread to Alabama and other Southern state and reached height of its influence in the twenties. By 1924 the organization was strong in Oklahoma, Indiana, California, Oregon, Indiana, and Ohio. At the height of its

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Dec

4

1915

Coronavirus Update: Impact of Lack of Data on the Pandemic and Minority Communities May Be Felt For A Generation

The damage of the coronavirus on African Americans and other minorities may never be fully known due to an ongoing delay in gathering data on race and ethnicity by the Trump

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Op-Ed: The remarkable idiocy of holding a Trump rally in Tulsa | The Atlanta Voice

Like many others, I was startled to learn that President Donald Trump was resuming his campaign barnstorming in

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Guyanese helping and benefiting from Richmond Hill pantry

Every Saturday over 1,600 Guyanese and other immigrants leave the Calvary’s Mission Food Pantry (CMFP) in Richmond Hill, Queens in New York feeling relieved that their week’s groceries have been taken care

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Two Tulsa Brothers Speak Out After Being Wrongfully Convicted Of Separate Crimes

On Friday, an NBC Dateline special takes a look at the story of Corey Atchison and Malcolm Scott, two Tulsa brothers wrongfully convicted of two separate murders, and who were both serving life sentences for crimes they say they did not

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A beginner’s guide to the NPHC ‘Divine Nine’

Above, members of “Divine Nine” National Pan-Hellenic Council Greek organizations pose together on the campus of N.C. State

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Timeline of the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)

May 3 – In Hernandez v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups in the United States are entitled to equal protection under the 14th Amendment to the

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99 Years After The Tulsa Race Massacre, A White Supremacist “President” Returns To Mark Juneteenth

Donald Trump is reportedly planning to hold a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19, a day marked for remembrance and reverence in the hearts of Black residents of Oklahoma, and those who resoundingly state “Black Lives

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How Black history is taught in schools faces new scrutiny

The state’s new standards are going out to schools as a national conversation on racial injustice brings new scrutiny to how African American history is taught

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

The History And Legacy Of Tulsa Race Massacre

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jim Goodwin, the Oklahoma Eagle publisher, about the legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre and the state of race relations

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#Election2020 – The South is red. It's also Black | The Atlanta Voice

His rally is a stick in the eye not only of people concerned about coronavirus, but also to Oklahoma’s Black

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Jackson, James Lloyd (1920-2008)

James Lloyd Jackson was one of the little known heroes of the D-Day Landing at Normandy Beach in France in 1944. Jackson was born in Lakeland, Florida on February 25, 1920 to Essie May Holly and Amos Jackson. He graduated from Lakeland High School in 1938. For the next five years he worked for the

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Source: Black Past

Dec

27

1953

Coronavirus cases are spiking across the country and experts say Florida has the makings of the next epicenter | The Atlanta Voice

Ten states saw a record number of new Covid-19 cases this week, and one of them could be the next epicenter of the

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The Harlem Renaissance in the American West

In the following article historians Bruce Glasrud and Cary Wintz discuss their new book, The Harlem Renaissance in the American West which argues that the literary and artistic outpouring by African Americans during the third decade of the 20th Century was a national phenomenon which included the

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Calls For Juneteenth To Become A National Holiday Gain Steam

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed an executive order to make Juneteenth a holiday for New York state employees and has said that he will propose legislation next year to make June 19 a state

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Morgan v. Virginia (1946)

March 27, 1946, Argued

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Dr. Nathan Hare born

Dr. Nathan Hare, publisher and educator is born in Slick, Oklahoma.

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Apr

9

1933

Research Guides and Websites: African American History in the West

Regarding

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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Believes Christianity Will Fix Racism: ‘It’s Really an Issue of Love’

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick believes Christianity and love will fix racism in

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Coronavirus Cases Surge In Alabama, South Carolina And Oklahoma | The Oklahoma Eagle

New cases of COVID-19 nearly doubled in Alabama and South Carolina in the second week of June compared to the prior seven days, a Reuters analysis found, as 17 U.S. states reported weekly increases in the spread of the novel

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Coronavirus, COVID-19 Tulsa, Oklahoma May 21 | The Oklahoma Eagle

Test results are updated daily For the most up-to-date news, information and business resources in Tulsa, the Civil Emergency in Tulsa, groups of 50 or less are allowed to gather and the City has begun issuing special events permits for events with less than 50

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Too many Black children born in shackles –

“I can’t breathe,” pled George Floyd in Minneapolis and Eric Garner in New York City and Javier Ambler in Austin, Texas, before police killed

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Source: Florida Courier

This Newspaper Has Never Forgotten The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — And Its Fight Continues | The Oklahoma Eagle

Walk through the Greenwood neighborhood, Goodwin says, and you can’t miss the metal plaques on sidewalks commemorating the hundreds of black-owned businesses set ablaze during the 1921 Tulsa Race

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Booker T. Washington's Visit to Spokane (1913)

In 1913 the famous African American activist and educator Booker T. Washington left Tuskegee, Alabama, to begin a speaking tour around the United States. The ultimate goal of this tour was to raise funds for the Tuskegee Institute in order to educate more young African Americans. Washington began

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Opinion: Too Many African American Children Are Born in Shackles

Police serve as an occupying force in poor communities of color because those communities exist — often created by red-lining — worsened by savage inequality of schools and health care and job

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Bessie Coleman

Bessie Coleman was the first female African American pilot. She was born on January 26, 1892 and was the tenth of thirteen children born to George and Susan Coleman in Atlanta, Texas. Her father was of Native and African American descent. She attended a small school which was four miles from her

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