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President Dr. Glenda Glover, president of Tennessee State University, speaks of a “call” resounding in the wake of 46-year-old George Floyd’s killing in Minnesota while in police

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Grimke, Angelina Weld (1880-1958)

Angelina Weld Grimke was born into a legacy of advocacy for racial justice. As the daughter of Archibald Grimke, the second black to graduate from Harvard law and vice-president of the NAACP, Grimké’s heritage of racial equality can be further traced to her grand aunts, Angelina and Sarah

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Carrington, Walter Charles (1930 - )

Walter Charles Carrington served as the United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Senegal from 1980 to 1981, and to Nigeria from 1993 to 1997. He married Arese Ukpoma, a Nigerian physician, and has lived in three Nigerian cities since the late

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1930

How The Death Of The Office Building Can Unlevel The Playing Field For Black Professionals - Blavity

If we make 100% remote work environments part of the work environment forever, it is inevitable that we will become a much more racially divided and classist society, which will increase rather than decrease social unrest and economic disparities in the

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Domestic workers have always been on the frontlines, COVID-19 just made it clear

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History of Black Civil Rights in America

The history of black civil rights is the story of Americas caste system. It is the story of how for centuries upper-class whites made African Americans into a slave class, easily identifiable because of their dark skin, and then reaped the benefits—sometimes using law, sometimes using

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Josephine Baker: French Resistance and the CIvil Rights Movement

Josephine Baker is best remembered for dancing topless and wearing a banana skirt. Baker’s popularity rose during the 1920s for dancing in Paris. Yet until her death in 1975, Baker was devoted to fighting against injustice and racism throughout the

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Source: ThoughtCo

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1975

California Assembly voted to pass ACA 5

(CBM) – The California State Assembly HAS voted to pass ACA

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Unemployment Rate Falls to 13.3%, US Adds 2.5 Million Jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May from 14.7%, and 2.5 million jobs were added — a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that has paralyzed the economy in the wake of the viral

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Black Characters Should Be Played By Black People: Jenny Slate And Kristen Bell Step Down From Voicing Black Girls On Their Respective Series

And that’s what actresses Kristen Bell and Jenny Slate have done, stepping down from their voice over work for animated characters of

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Source: MadameNoire

African American History and Women Timeline 1700-1799

[Previous] [Next] Women and African American History: 1700-1799 New York passed a law prohibiting public gatherings by three or more enslaved Africans, prohibiting testimony in court by enslaved Africans against white colonists, and prohibiting trade with enslaved Africans. Virginia Slave Codes of 1

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Our community not guiltless: Indian-American group on recent African-American killings

WASHINGTON: Observing that the recent killings of African-Americans in the US have exposed the horrifying reality of anti-blackness in the country, an Indian-American advocacy group has said that many people of Indian- and South Asian-origin have been, at best, silent and at worst, complicit for

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Keep Your Statues And Movies- Give Us Our Reparations Now – Your Black World

The paper says, “HBO Max temporarily removed the epic from its service after the surge of Black Lives Matter protests across the country and a re-energized discussion about racial inequality” ) But While Hollywood copes with their conflicts and contradictions for promoting White supremacy in their

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Source: Your Black World

Systemic Racism Makes Covid-19 Much More Deadly For African-Americans

A long and well-documented history of systematic discrimination against Black people regularly leads to worse underlying health conditions for African-Americans that make it more likely they become severely ill during this pandemic and die from the

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How an African-American led a campaign to have 176-year-old slave auction block removed

Eventually, the block which sat at the corner of William and Charles streets with a small, ground level, bronze plaque reading: “AUCTION BLOCK, Fredericksburg’s Principal Auction Site in Pre-Civil War Days for Slaves and Property,” was removed by the City of Fredericksburg on Friday, June

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African-Americans and the Progressive Era

The Progressive Era spanned the years from 1890 to 1920 when the United States was experiencing rapid growth. Immigrants from eastern and southern Europe arrived in droves. Cities were overcrowded, and those living in poverty suffered greatly. Politicians in the major cities controlled their power

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If Black Americans were to seek asylum, they would easily qualify

Unsurprisingly, the US government's own findings reveal racial disparities in sentencing as well, with Black prisoners' sentences nearly 20 percent longer than those of white

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‘More police officers are shot and killed by blacks than police officers kill African-Americans,’ claims former New York Mayor Giuliani

That’s former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani offering his perspective to Fox News on rising concerns that police disproportionately kill black

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Civil Rights Movement Timeline From 1965 to 1969

This civil rights movement timeline focuses on the struggles final years, when some activists embraced black power, and leaders no longer appealed to the federal government to end segregation, thanks to the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Although the

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1960

Trump in Dallas, snubs 3 top African-American law enforcers

U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Dallas on Thursday for a discussion on race and

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Tina Knowles-Lawson Pens Open Letter To Congress Pushing For Passage Of HEROES Act

On Thursday, the mother to singer-songwriters Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Solange, along with Mothers of the Movement and a host of Black women in Hollywood, sent an open letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck

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Matthews, William Dominick (ca. 1833-ca. 1910)

William Dominick Matthews was a Civil War officer in the Union Army and is best known for leading the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry. Matthews was born a free man in October 25th, 1827, on the eastern shore of Maryland to parents who were interracially married. His father Joseph was

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Tuskegee Airmen

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Bob Johnson Calls on BLM to Establish Independent Black Political Party to Help Advance Black Interests

Last week, Bob Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), sent an open letter to the “leaders and supporters” of the Black Lives Matter movement calling for them to consider establishing “a formal independent political

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TGR COMMENTARY: Every Department is a Police Department

Almost every day you turn on your radio or television set, local broadcast stations and national news will gather their hand-picked colored commentators to explain to angry protestors why a few bad apple officers are making other law enforcers look really

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DeSoto ISD Superintendent Speaks on Social Justice | Dallas Weekly

As an educator, I’ve seen our public education system fail at effectively ensuring that students not only learn core content at equitably rigorous levels, but also fail at helping students learn about the realities of race, class, privilege, and collective

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Africa: An Open Letter to America

On Monday, May 25, 2020, a disturbing video of a 46-year-old man (George Floyd) being murdered in broad daylight by four (4) white police officers, seized our various news feeds on every social media platform, and other online media

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Source: allAfrica.com

How Muhammad Ali Influenced Hip-Hop

The death of Muhammad Ali is a reminder that his political candor, distinctive voice, and outsized personality helped shape hip-hop

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Keeping facts of history as we bust monument myths

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A Biography of Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington was born into slavery yet rose to become the preeminent spokesperson for African-Americans in the post-Reconstruction

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