Daniel Hale Williams

Vanzant, Iyanla (1953- )

Rhonda Eva Harris was born in the back of a taxi to Sarah Jefferson, a railroad car maid. Her father, Horace Harris, a petty criminal, was largely absent from Rhonda’s life. When Sarah Jefferson died from breast cancer in 1957, Rhonda went to live with various paternal relatives, one of whom raped

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Pennsylvania Man Saves Police Officer from Burning Cruiser Despite Pending Lawsuit for Wrongful Arrest

McLee noticed the cruiser was on fire and Uniontown Police Officer Jay Hanley was trapped

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Racial Divide of Coronavirus is Real, So are Innovations that Can Help

While coronavirus does not know boundaries of race, income, or ethnicity, its disproportionate impact on minority communities is unmistakable and points to a deeper crisis of racial disparities in health care that have persisted long before the onset of this

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George Floyd’s Brother, Pres. Obama Call for People to “Vote” for Change | Post News Group

As protests and unrest continued to sweep the country in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month, Floyd’s brother Terrence Floyd urged protesters to remain peaceful and push for change another way: by

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Price, Florence Beatrice Smith (1887-1953)

Florence Beatrice Smith, the first black woman composer to garner an international reputation, was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1887, to James H. Smith, a dentist, and Florence Gulliver Smith, a former school teacher and private lesson piano teacher who also managed several local

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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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20

1882

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cosby Appeal

In a significant legal victory for Bill Cosby, the state Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of his 2018 conviction on charges of indecent aggravated

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Former Obama Campaign Staffer Karine Jean-Pierre Joins Biden Campaign

Former Obama Campaign Staffer Karine Jean-Pierre Joins Biden Jean-Pierre, who previously worked for Barack Obama's campaign, joined former VP Joe Biden's campaign

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Security Perimeter Around White House Expanded By Several Blocks

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Dr. Daniel Hale Williams founded the Provident Hospital and Training School.

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May

4

1891

Carter, Rubin "The Hurricane" (1937-2014)

Rubin Carter was an American middleweight boxer, who is best known not because of his sports career but because of his murder conviction in 1967 and exoneration in 1985. Carter, born in Clifton, New Jersey on May 6, 1937, the fourth of seven children. Shortly after his fourteenth birthday, he was

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White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019, AP sources say

Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the

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Biden hires Karine Jean-Pierre as senior adviser to engage Black voters

As the general elections draw closer, Joe Biden is continuing to build his campaign team and now political strategist Karine Jean-Pierre has been selected as a senior

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Task force may have acted hastily in denying request for Region Nine lockdown

She referred to Prof. Owen Gross’ book, Laws in Times of Crisis, 2006, in which he suggested that “crises (pandemics, national security threats, citizen insecurity, natural disasters etc.); produce an expansion of governmental powers and the concentration of powers in the hands of the

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Black Women Who Have Run for U.S. President

Black women are among the Democratic Party’s most loyal supporters. As such, they have buoyed everyone from white men to a black man and, now, a white woman to the top of the ticket. Unlike Hillary Clinton, a black woman has yet to win the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. But that

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Rebecca Lee Crumpler: First African-American Woman to Become a Physician

Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler is the first African-American woman to earn a medical degree. She was also the first African-American to publish a text concerning medical discourse. The text, A Book of Medical Discourses was published in

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Robeson, Paul (1898-1976)

Paul Robeson is best known as a world famous athlete, singer, actor, and advocate for the human rights of people throughout the world. Over the course of his career Robeson combined all of these activities into a lifelong quest for racial justice. He used his deep baritone voice to communicate the

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Source: Black Past

Jan

23

1976

Congress Moves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Measure Forward

While coronavirus does not know boundaries of race, income, or ethnicity, its disproportionate impact on minority communities is unmistakable and points to a deeper crisis of racial disparities in health care that have persisted long before the onset of this

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Texas Pushes For Kids To Return To Normal During Pandemic

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — After months of home schooling and lost sports seasons, millions of Texas children may get a taste of a somewhat normal summer after all — if their parents go for

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Bill Cosby Allowed to Appeal His 2018 Sexual Assault Conviction

Cosby will now get to appeal two crucial elements of the conviction, which Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court announced on

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First Black Elected to the American College of Sur

The first Black elected to the American College of Surgeons was Dr. Daniel Hale Williams who was also the first person to perform openheart surgery.

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Nov

13

1913

Allegheny County COVID-19 cases top 2,000; no new deaths reported

Allegheny County reported 14 new COVID-19 cases Sunday and surpassed 2,000 total cases since the first case was confirmed here in

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Allegheny County voters identify 5 issues to address before November presidential election

For some in-person voters, the process didn’t differ much from normal; others were frustrated over changes in polling locations and worried about a lack of social

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The Black Inventor Online Museum | Inventors

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Berkshire Bank’s Virtual Townhall Series “Reimagining America” Raises Critical Questions About the Economic Future of African American and Hispanic Communities

Last week’s two-part townhall series “Reimagining America,” hosted and livestreamed by Berkshire Bank and Reevx Labs, is now available for viewing online at “ The Future of the Black Economy ” and “ The Future of Latinx

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Source: Odessa American

Philadelphia Couple Got Married In The Middle Of A Black Lives Matter Protest

A couple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania tied the knot this weekend and instead of partying at their wedding reception, the newlyweds immersed themselves into a Black Lives Matter

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Source: MadameNoire

Trump Calls Minneapolis Protesters ‘Thugs,’ Vows action

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to take action to bring the city of Minneapolis “under control,” calling violent protesters outraged by the death of a black man in police custody “thugs” and saying that “when the looting starts, the shooting

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Biden, Trump Stage Rare Dueling Events in Pandemic Era

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Both President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, are swinging through key battleground states on Thursday, presenting dueling events in a way that hasn’t happened much in the age of coronavirus and that will showcase their contrasting styles in response to

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week | The Atlanta Voice

On Tuesday, June 23 — the same day as New York state’s primary election — an image of the tweet supposedly posted by Ocasio-Cortez circulated rapidly on Twitter, Facebook and

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Bill Cosby’s Sex Crime Conviction Will Be Reviewed As Pennsylvania’s Top Court Accepts His Appeal

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