California Supreme Court voided state statue

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Oct

29

1845

"Duke" Ellington get's the Spingarn Medal for his musicial acheivements, 1959

Duke Ellington gets the Spingarn Medal for his musicial acheivements, 1959

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Sep

11

1959

Downing, Henry Francis (1846-1928)

Henry Francis Downing was an author, playwright, consul and sailor. He was born in New York City in 1846, the son of Henry and Nancy Downing. His family maintained an oyster business that had been owned by his grandfather, Thomas Downing, a well known freeman. His uncle was famed New York

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Spingarn Award: Henry A. Hunt

Spingarn Medal awarded to Henry A. Hunt, Principal, Fort Valley High and Industrial School, Fort Valley, Ga., for his pioneering work as an educator.

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Dec

19

1930

Marcus Garvey, "The Negro Moses"

Did Garvey, in his espousal of the repatriation of blacks to Africa, forsake the rights of African Americans in

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Black named soloist with Boston Symphony Orchestra

Roland Hayes, who was born in a Georgia cabin in 1887, was named a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Earlier, he had received the Spingarn Medal for so finely interpreting the beauty of the Negro folk song.

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Jul

1

1924

Bishop Alexander Walters: Religious Leader and Civil Rights Activist

Noted religious leader and civil rights activist Bishop Alexander Walters was instrumental in establishing the National Afro-American League and later, the Afro-American Council. Both organizations, despite being short-lived, served as predecessors to the National Association for the Advancement of

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Walton, Lester Aglar (1882-1965)

Lester Walton was a journalist, entertainment professional, and diplomat who promoted civil rights at home and abroad. Born Lester Aglar Walton on April 20, 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri, his early life was spent as a journalist. At the age of 20 in 1902, when he was hired by the St. Louis Star to be

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Apr

20

1882

Anderson, Marian (1897-1993)

Marian Anderson, renowned contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th Century, was born on February 27, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anderson was the daughter of John Berkley Anderson, a small business owner, and Annie Delilah Rucker Anderson, a former Virginia

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Spingarn Medal: Damon J. Keith

Spingarn Medal awarded Damon J. Keith in tribute to his steadfast defense of constitutional principles as revealed in a series of memorable decisions he handed down as a United States District Court judge.

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Nov

5

1974

Liberia: IMF Executive Board Approves a U.S.$50 Million Disbursement to Liberia to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic

The pandemic opens a balance of payment need of US$150 million (5.1 percent of GDP) in 2020, which largely arises from a domestic revenue shortfall projected at US$119

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George Washington Carver of Tuskegee Institute received the Spingarn Medal, the

George Washington Carver of Tuskegee Institute received the Spingarn Medal, the NAACPs highest award, for distinguished research in agricultural chemistry.

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Sep

4

1923

Garnet, Henry Highland

Garnet, Henry Highland gär´nĭt [key], 1815–82, American abolitionist clergyman, b. Kent co., Md. Born a slave, he escaped in 1824 and was educated at the Oneida Institute, Whitesboro, N.Y. He was an eloquent speaker, but his radicalism, particularly in a speech at Buffalo in 1843, in which he

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#FalseFreedom: How can we celebrate freedom when we're not truly free?

This protest encourages all people of color who have personally experienced any form of police harassment or racial injustice to tell their

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From Slave to Litigant: African Americans in Court in the Post-Civil War South

In the following article Melissa Milewski, a graduate student in history at New York University, describes her research which has uncovered the surprising success of African American litigants in court cases in the post-Civil War

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Source: Black Past

Jan

1

1854

In Senegal, the struggles of a small airline during coronavirus

Transair, an ambitious company founded 10 years ago, has no passengers because of the pandemic - but it still has to fly its

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First Baptist Church [St. Louis, Missouri] (1817- )

First Baptist Church in St. Louis, founded as First African Baptist Church, is the oldest continuously operating black church in Missouri. The precursor to the church was founded by John Peck and James Welch, two white Baptist missionaries sent west in 1817 by the Baptist Triennial Missionary

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Carter, W. Beverly (1921-1982)

Ambassador William Beverly Carter is the first Ambassador-at-Large, and the second African American, to be appointed an ambassador by three Presidents. In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon appointed him ambassador to Tanzania. Four years later, President Gerald R. Ford named him ambassador to

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Source: Black Past

Jan

16

1981

Liberia: Grand Cape Mount COVID-19 Preparedness Committee Launch

Monrovia — Grand Cape Mount County has launched its COVID-19 preparedness team despite no case has been reported in the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Liberia

Tolbert was ousted in a military coup on April 12, 1980, by Master Sgt. Samuel K. Doe, backed by the U.S. government. Does rule was characterized by corruption and brutality. A rebellion led by Charles Taylor, a former Doe aide, and the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), started in

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Apr

12

1980

College football amid a pandemic not worth risk to young men’s lives –

That question can’t be ducked as the NCAA allows colleges to begin “voluntary” football practices, and other college teams begin to

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Source: Florida Courier

Stop Pandering to the Leftists’ Systemic Racism “Big Lie”

Here in the United States of America, ANTIFA is demanding that white America literally kneel in worship to Black Lives Matter, an evil false

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Media Watch: Kenya to consolidate spike in tech use during COVID-19

Ethiopia restores internet to western Oromia after 3-month blackout

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CDC director pleads with younger Americans to wear masks while many states pause reopenings | The Atlanta Voice

The comments to a US Senate committee hearing on the virus came as at least 17 states have paused or rolled back their reopening plans in response to a surge in new

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Spingarn Medal Awarded: Anthony Overton

Spingarn Medal awarded to Anthony Overton, publisher, insurance executive and cosmetics manufacturer, for his achievements as

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Dec

4

1927

W.E.B. DuBois

Born: 2/23/868 Great Barrington, MassachusettsDied: 8/27/963 Accra, GhanaWilliam Edward Burghardt W. E. B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and

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Feb

3

1998

Police Pepper-Spray Protesters Trying To Pull Down Andrew Jackson Statue In DC

WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters tried to pull down a statue of President Andrew Jackson near the White House Monday night before being dispersed by

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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, on the Atlantic Ocean in West Africa, is half the size of Illinois. Guinea, in the north and east, and Liberia, in the south, are its neighbors. Mangrove swamps lie along the coast, with wooded hills and a plateau in the interior. The eastern region is

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Spingarn Medal: Harrison

Spingarn Medal awarded to Richard B. Harrison for his Portrayal of the Lawd in The Green Pastures.

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Aug

15

1931

Spingarn Medal; Roy Wilkins

Spingarn Medal presented to NAACP executive secretary Roy Wilkins for his contribution to the advancement of the American people and the national purpose.

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Dec

3

1964

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