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Buck Leonard - Birthday

Buck Leonard , byname of Walter Fenner Leonard (born September 8, 1907, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.

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Jack Johnson - Death

Jack Johnson died on June 10, 1946 in an automobile accident in Raleigh, North Carolina and was elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1954.

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10

1946

Be prepared for a difficult year with COVID-19

In order to stop the spread of COVID-19, it is extremely important that people practice social distancing by staying at least six feet away from one another and wear of

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Turner, Benjamin Sterling (1825-1894) - Birthday

Benjamin Sterling Turner, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama during the Reconstruction period, was born on March 17, 1825 in Weldon, North Carolina.

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Mar

17

1825

(BPRW) 2020 HBCU Competitiveness Scholars Announced | Press releases

(BPRW) 2020 HBCU Competitiveness Scholars Announced

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Mayor's Milk Initiative to begin fifth round of milk giveaways | Dallas Weekly

During the first round of distributions, the Mayor’s Milk Initiative handed out 12,595 gallons of milk and approximately 230,000 pounds of food from the North Texas Food

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Buck Leonard , byname of Walter Fenner Leonard (born September 8, 1907, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S.—died November 27, 1997, Rocky Mount), American baseball player who was considered one of the best first basemen in the Negro leagues. He was among the first Negro leaguers to receive election

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Nov

27

1997

Butts, Cassandra Quin (1965-- )

Cassandra Quin Butt is Deputy White House Counsel to President Barack Obama on issues relating to civil rights, domestic policy, healthcare, and education. She brought seventeen years of experience in politics and policy to her position. She is a long-time friend of the President, acting as an

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Source: Black Past

Sep

11

2001

African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968)

African-American Civil Rights Movement redirects here. For the movement in the early 20th century, see African-American Civil Rights Movement (1896–1954). For the movement in the 19th century, see African-American Civil Rights Movement

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List of U.S. communities with African-American majority populations in 2000

List of U.S. communities with African-American majority populations in 2000 - Wikipedia

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Father Divine (c. 1876 – September 10, 1965), also known as Reverend M. J. Divine, was an African American spiritual leader[2] from about 1907 until his death. His full self-given name was Reverend Major Jealous Divine, and he was also known as the Messenger early in his life. He founded the

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HBCUs work to help students amid virus

The school of 268 students helped Johnson, and others like her, despite its somewhat shaky financial condition and concerns that COVID-19 could make things

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Who Are the Notable African-American Architects?

Harvey B. Gantt (born January 14, 1943 in Charleston, South Carolina) fused a love of urban planning with the policy decisions of an elected official. Beginning his career, Gantt was forced to take legal action in order to study architecture in the state of his birth. In 1963, Gantt won the lawsuit

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Hampton Inn Employee Loses Job After Feud with Black Mother at North Carolina Hotel Pool Goes Viral

A North Carolina Hampton Inn employee lost her job following an altercation with a Black mother who was using the hotel’s pool with her

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

Historically Black Colleges Work To Help Students Amid Virus

The school of 268 students helped Johnson, and others like her, despite its somewhat shaky financial condition and concerns that COVID-19 could make things

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Source: Black America Web

North Carolina Racetrack Owner Losing Business Deals After Mocking Bubba Wallace with ‘Rope’ Post

An owner of a North Carolina racetrack is being criticized and losing business after he mocked stock car driver Bubba

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

US virus cases continue to rise at near-record rate

NEW YORK, United States (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases per day in the US stood near an all-time high yesterday, hovering close to the peak reached in late April during some of the darkest and deadliest days of the

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SECU Supports the African-American Credit Union Coalition with $125,000 Donation

/EIN News/ -- RALEIGH, N.C., June 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) is pleased to announce a donation of $125,000 to the African-American Credit Union Coalition

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

I Have a Dream is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States and called for civil and economic rights. Delivered to over

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Black Power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies aimed at achieving self-determination for people of African descent.[1] It is used by African Americans in the United States.[2] It was prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s, emphasizing racial pride and the

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Black fathers in America deserve their own Hall of Fame | The Crusader Newspaper Group

How about every major city in the nation establishing a Black Fathers Hall of

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Black schools originated under legal segregation in the southern United States after the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, in southern states public policy to keep races separated and maintain white supremacy. In the United States white opposition to African-American success resulted in

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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

Jack Johnson - Heavyweight Champion (1878-1946) - Death

Johnson died in an automobile accident on June 10, 1946, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Source: ThoughtCo

Jun

10

1946

This Day in History — June 16

1977: Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev is named president, becoming the first person to hold both posts

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Rube Foster - Birthday

Rube Foster , byname of Andrew Foster (born September 17, 1879, Calvert, Texas, U.

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Source: Brittanica

Sep

17

1879

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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, ...Millville, Indiana, U.S.—May 30, 1912, Dayton, Ohio) and his brother Orville Wright (August 19, 1871, Dayton—January

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Zeta Phi Beta Just Awarded A $100,000 Scholarship To A Young Woman in North Carolina

The sorority sisters of Zeta Phi Beta do not play games when it comes to supporting the

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Protesters Try To Take Down Slaveowner Andrew Jackson Statue In Washington D.C.

Demonstrators in Washington D.C., attempted to topple a bronze statue of former president Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park, near the White House on Monday (June 22), video footage posted on social media

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Anna Julia Cooper

Anna Julia Cooper , née Anna Julia Haywood (born August 10, 1858?, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.—died February 27, 1964, Washington, D.C.), American educator and writer whose book A Voice From the South by a Black Woman of the South (1892) became a classic African American feminist

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Feb

27

1964

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