Congress chartered Freedmen's Savings and Trust

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Congress chartered Freedmen's Savings and Trust

Congress chartered Freedmen's Savings and Trust Bank with business confined to Blacks.

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Thomas Mokopu Mofolo

Thomas Mokopu Mofolo , (born Dec. 22, 1876, Khojane, Basutoland [now Lesotho]—died Sept. 8, 1948, Teyateyaneng, Basutoland), the first important writer from what is now Lesotho, who created the first Western-style novels in the Southern Sotho

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African Methodist Episcopal Church

For individual church buildings/congregations of this name, see African Methodist Episcopal Church

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The United States Colored Troops (1863-1865)

The United States Colored Troops (USCT) was the designation given to the approximately 175 regiments of non-white soldiers that served during the Civil War. The troops were primarily African American, but Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders were all included within the

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Structured Academic Debate: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Dubois

The speeches, writings and accomplishments of Booker T. Washington’s and W.E.B. Du Bois encapsulated two very different approaches to racial advancement, race relations and education. Within their arguments are controversies that continue today: Economic Prosperity vs. Political Rights, Vocational

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Howard University (1867– )

Howard University has been labeled “the capstone of Negro education,” because of its central role in the African American educational experience. Among historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) Howard has produced the greatest number of graduates with advanced

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Barbara Jordan Quotes: African American Congresswoman

Barbara Jordan, born and raised in a Houston, Texas, ghetto, became active in politics working for John F. Kennedys presidential campaign in 1960. She served in the Texas House of Representatives and in the Texas Senate. Barbara Jordan was the first black woman to be elected to the Texas

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Lewis, John Llewellyn

Lewis, John Llewellyn, 1880–1969, American labor leader, b. Lucas co., Iowa son of a Welsh immigrant coal miner. He became a miner and after 1906 rose through the union ranks to become president (1920) of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW). Forceful and determined, Lewis fought vigorously

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Oliver O. Howard

Oliver O. Howard , in full Oliver Otis Howard (born Nov. 8, 1830, Leeds, Maine, U.S.—died Oct. 26, 1909, Burlington, Vt.), U.S. Union officer in the American Civil War (1861–65) who headed the Freedmen’s Bureau (1865–72) to help rehabilitate former slaves during the period of

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George, Sugar T. (1827-1900)

Sugar T. George a.k.a. George Sugar was born in approximately 1827, as a slave in the Muskogee Nation. This former slave emerged as a tribal leader. By the time of his death in 1900, Sugar T. George was also said to have been the wealthiest Negro in the

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1900

Name at birth: OShea Jackson

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African-American history of agriculture in the United States

The role of African Americans in the agricultural history of the United States was extremely important, and given that the majority of blacks were employed in agriculture in the United States particularly during the 19th and early 20th century, represents a major part of their history and the

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In October 2012, the National Congress fired recently elected prime minister Mustafa Abushagur, citing its disapproval with the government he assembled. Ali Zeidan, a career diplomat who served under Qaddafi before going into exile, was then elected prime minister. Zeidan prevailed over an Islamist

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Civil War Voices: Records from the National Archives and a Personal Collection (2016 May 25)

Civil War Voices: Records from the National Archives and a Personal Collection (2016 May 25) - YouTube

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2016

Prince Hall (c. 1735–1738—1807)[1] was an African American noted as an abolitionist for his leadership in the free black community in Boston and as the founder of Prince Hall Freemasonry. He lobbied for education rights for black children and was active in the back-to-Africa

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Es’kia Mphahlele

Es’kia Mphahlele , original name Ezekiel Mphahlele (born Dec. 17, 1919, Marabastad, S.Af.—died Oct. 27, 2008, Lebowakgomo), novelist, essayist, short-story writer, and teacher whose autobiography, Down Second Avenue (1959), is a South African classic. It combines the story of a young man’s growth

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Global African History Bibliography Authors & Editors

Adedeji, Adebayo and L. Rowland Management Problems of Rapid Urbanisation in Nigeria Yes

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African-American History Timeline: 1970 to 1979

The 1970s is known as the beginning of the Post-Civil Rights Movement Era. With several federal acts of legislation established to protect the rights of all Americans, the 1970s marked the start of a new era for African-Americans. During this decade, African-Americans made great strides in

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Cherokee Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

An Act Providing for the Abolition of Slavery in the Cherokee

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Wilson, Lionel (1915-1998)

Lionel Wilson, lawyer, judge, and politician, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 4, 1915 to Jules and Louise Wilson. In 1918 the family moved to Oakland, California, where his parents believed a smaller and less-noticeable black community would afford them greater freedoms and less

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1998

Black Belt (U.S. region)

The Black Belt is a region of the Southern United States. The term originally described the prairies and dark fertile soil of central Alabama and northeast Mississippi.[1] Because this area in the 19th century was historically developed for cotton plantations based on enslaved African-American

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The African-American Press Timeline: 1827 to 1895

The African-American Press has been a powerful vehicle in fighting social and racial injustice since its inception in

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Howard University

Howard University | FactMonster

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Voices of the Civil War Episode 3: "Contrabands"

In Episode 3, we look at the flight of African Americans to northern lines to find freedom and fight with the Union Army. Three enslaved blacks, Frank Baker, Shepard Mallory, and James Townsend, flee to Union lines where General Benjamin Butler coins the term, Contraband of war, and begins a new

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Turner, James Milton (1840-1915)

James Milton Turner was an African American Missourian who was a prominent politician, education advocate, and diplomat in the years after the Civil War. Turner was born a slave in St. Louis, Missouri in 1840. His father, John Turner (also known as John Colburn), was a well-known “horse

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Definition of Reconstruction

The period of Reconstruction took place in the southern United States from the end of the Civil War in 1865 until 1877. The era was marked by intense controversies, which included the impeachment of a president, outbreaks of racial violence, and the passage of Constitutional

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Voices of the Civil War Episode 20: "Medal of Honor"

Voices of the Civil War Episode 20: Medal of Honor - YouTube

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When Blacks Succeed: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riiot

This is part three of the award winning documentary, When Blacks Succeed: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot

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1917

Rapier, James Thomas (1837-1883)

James Thomas Rapier was a Republican representative from the state of Alabama elected to the 43rd United States Congress. Rapier was born on November 13, 1837 in Florence, Alabama and attended high school in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1856 at the age of 19 he traveled to attend the King School in

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Mauritania became an independent nation on Nov. 28, 1960, and was admitted to the United Nations in 1961 over the strenuous opposition of Morocco, which claimed the territory. In the late 1960s, the government sought to make Arab culture dominant. Racial and ethnic tension between

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Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, orator, and advisor to presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American

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