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Birthday of Dorothy Irene Height in Richmond, Virginia. Height, president of the National Council of Negro Women for more than three decades, organized a successful drive to place a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune in a District of Columbia park. Once erected, the statue became the first of an African American in a public park in Washington, D.C.

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Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman is a children’s rights activist, lawyer and educator. Born on June 6, 1939 in Bennettsville, South Carolina, her father was a Baptist preacher, who taught Marian and her siblings the value of education. He passed away when Marian was 14, and his dying advice to Marian was not

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6

1939

Lynch, John Roy (1847-1939)

John Roy Lynch, congressman, soldier, and author was born in Concordia Parish, Louisiana on September 10, 1847 to Patrick Lynch, an Irish immigrant and Catherine White, a slave. Lynch’s father died soon after his birth. Lynch and his mother were then traded to a plantation in

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Nov

2

1939

Louis Farrakhan

Louis Farrakhan, born as Louis Eugene Wolcott, is a Muslim American, known most popularly as a leader of the Islamic organization Nation of Islam (NOI). He was born on May 11, 1933 in The Bronx, New York. Farrakhan’s family had a difficult life, as he never knew his biological father and the family

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May

11

1933

National Negro Council of Women

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Dec

5

1935

African-American Business Owners in the Jim Crow Era

During the Jim Crow Era, many African-American men and women defied great odds and established their own businesses. Working in industries such as insurance and banking, sports, news publishing and beauty, these men and women developed strong business acumen that allowed them to not only build

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May

15

1917

Amazon features children's shirt with image of cop kneeling on George Floyd's neck

A T-shirt branded with the image of ex-cop Derek Chauvin with his knee on the neck of George Floyd was for a short time up for sale on Amazon, but has since been pulled

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968)

One of the most visible advocates of nonviolence and direct action as methods of social change, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. As the grandson of the Rev. A.D. Williams, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist church and a founder of Atlantas NAACP chapter, and the son

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Afrocentric Homeschooling in Black Families | Afro

Black homeschooling families can find it more so while attempting to find homeschool resources to address their concerns, questions and

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Alexander, Archie Alphonso (1888-1958)

African American engineer, architect, and mathematician Archie Alphonso Alexander was born on May 14, 1888 in Ottumwa, Iowa, the oldest of Price Alexander’s and Mary Hamilton Alexander’s nine children. In order to help his educational opportunities, when he was 11 years old Alexander’s family

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Wills, Mary Jo (1951- )

Ambassador Mary Jo Wills has worked in international affairs for over three decades. Her service to the United States has taken her to Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Most recently, she held the position of U.S. Ambassador to the island nations of Seychelles and Mauritius in the

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Walker, Howard Kent (1935- )

Howard Kent Walker is a military veteran, diplomat, and educator who was born on December 3, 1935 in Newport News, Virginia. His father was a high school chemistry and mathematics teacher and his mother a homemaker. Upon graduation from high school Walker enrolled at the University of Michigan in

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Dec

3

1935

Macon Bolling Allen: First African-American Licensed Attorney

Macon Bolling Allen was not only the first African-American licensed to practice law in the United States, he was also the first to hold a judicial

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Edwards, Donna (1958 - )

Donna Edwards is a Democratic member of U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 4th Congressional District of Maryland since 2008. Early in 2009 she was among a group of U.S. Congress members who were handcuffed and arrested while protesting the expulsion of aid groups from Darfur in front

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Apr

27

2009

White, George Henry (1852-1918)

George H. White served as a member of the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth United States Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901) from North Carolina’s Second Congressional District during what historian Rayford Logan has termed the nadir in race relations for the post-Reconstruction South. Born in

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BET To Air Special Coverage Of George Floyd’s Houston Funeral Today

Floyd family lawyer asked on social media that people join him in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck until he lost consciousness, causing his

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Three Reasons To Watch New Go-Go Documentary "The Beat Don’t Stop"

As thousands take to the streets to call for an end to the widespread police violence that claims Black lives, music is a constant

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Haralson, Jeremiah (1846–1916)

Jeremiah Haralson was born near Columbus, Georgia on April 1, 1846. The slave of Georgia planter John Haralson, he was taken to Alabama where he remained in bondage until 1865. It is unclear as to what he did in the earlier years of his freedom, but there are records that suggest he may have been

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Mar

4

1875

The Changing Face of Policing in the United States of America

Being a police officer requires a high level of decency and

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Drew, Charles R. (1904-1950)

Charles R. Drew, a renowned physician and medical researcher and the first black surgeon examiner of the American Board of Surgery, revolutionized medicine by creating a system that allowed the immediate and safe transfusion of blood

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Johnson, Henry C. “Hank” Jr. (1954- )

Henry “Hank” Johnson Jr. represents Georgia’s Fourth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. The district includes DeKalb County, where Johnson has lived and worked for the past several decades, as well as parts of Gwinnett and Rockdale Counties. Johnson is

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Wood, Robert A. (ca. 1966– )

Robert A. Wood is a diplomat who has spent his career in public affairs, helping to shape the image of the United States, and in roles that guide the country’s relations with multilateral

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Jul

21

2014

Cummings, Elijah E. (1951- 2019)

U.S. Congressman Elijah E. Cummings was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 18, 1951. He received a B.A. degree from Howard University (Washington, D.C.) in 1973 and a J.D. degree from the University of Maryland (College Park) in 1976. Cummings, one of seven children of working-class parents who

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18

1951

Hicks, Irvin (1938- )

Irvin Hicks was a career Foreign Service Officer who rose from a communications clerk position to serve three times as a U.S. ambassador. Hicks served in the Department of State during the nascent years of African Independence from European colonial rule. Hicks was appointed Ambassador

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Jul

11

1985

Harrison, Hazel Lucile (1883-1969)

Hazel Harrison, pianist, was born on May 12, 1883 in La Porte, Indiana to parents Hiram and Olive Harrison. Hiram was the co-owner of a barber shop and Olive was a hairdresser and manicurist. Hazel Harrison began playing the piano at the age of four, and by age eight she was earning extra money for

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Apr

28

1969

African American History and Women Timeline 1970-1979

[Previous] [Next] • Cheryl Adrienne Brown, Miss New York, became the first African American contestant in the Miss America pageant • (August 7) Angela Davis, radical black activist and philosopher, was arrested as a suspected conspirator in the abortive attempt to free George Jackson from a courtroo

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Ellington, Duke

Ellington, Duke (Edward Kennedy Ellington), 1899–1974, American jazz musician and composer, b. Washington, D.C. Ellington made his first professional appearance as a jazz pianist in 1916. By 1918 he had formed a band, and after appearances in nightclubs in Harlem he became one of the most famous

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Secretary David L Bernhardt Designates John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park as African-American Civil-Rights Network Site

WASHINGTON DC (June 25, 2020) — At the direction of President Donald J Trump, US Secretary of the Interior David L Bernhardt has designated the John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park as an official member of the African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN), formally recognizing the historical and

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PHOTOS: Joyful Juneteenth marchers brave D.C rain as America enters a civil rights summer – Voice and Viewpoint

One woman led hundreds down Pennsylvania Avenue while belting Beyoncé’s “Freedom” anthem at the top of her lungs through a bullhorn.After weeks of media coverage about rioters and looters who hijacked protests following George Floyd’s death, Washington D.C. held its breath as Juneteenth marches

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Wanda L. Nesbitt (1956-- )

Wanda L. Nesbitt holds the rank of Career Minister in the U.S. Foreign Service. She joined the United States Foreign Service in 1981. She was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Madagascar by President George W. Bush and served in that capacity from 2001 to 2004. President Bush appointed her ambassador

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(1982) Audre Lorde, “Learning from the 60s”

In February, 1982, Audre Lorde delivered the address, “Learning from the 60s” as part of the celebration of the Malcolm X weekend at Harvard University. Her presentation appears

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