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Danville, VA coup and massacre

A political coup and a race riot. On November 3, white conservatives in Danville, Virginia, seized control of the local government, racially integrated and popularly elected, killing four African-Americans in the process.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

3

1883

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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Source: ThoughtCo

Nkom, Alice (1945- )

Alice Nkom broke barriers for women by becoming the first female barrister in her country of Cameroon. She is also well known among Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) activists worldwide because of her legal advocacy for gay

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Source: Black Past

'Too Many Black Families Don't Know How to Swim': Fans Praise Ciara for Daughter Sienna's Aquatic Skills

Continuing the Wilson tradition of breaking down stereotypes that surround Black families, Ciara took to social media to show off her daughter’s budding skills as a water

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Hundreds gather in East Pittsburgh, Wilkinsburg to pay tribute to Antwon Rose II and recognize Juneteenth

On Friday morning, roughly 50 purple and white balloons filled the East Pittsburgh sky to honor the memory of Antwon Rose

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

A Reporter Asked Why Black Americans Are Being Killed By Police, Trump Responds 'So Are White People'

Donald Trump apparently doesn't have an understanding of statistics— on Tuesday he claimed that 'more White people' die because of police than Black people. It all started at a White

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

12 Must See Black History Movies

Decades of struggle and hardship paid off when United States elected a black president. It is still too early to say that discrimination has been completely abolished from U.S as different races are being targeted instead of blacks. The blacks who used to be traded to western countries and kept as

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Source: Famous African Americans

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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Source: ThoughtCo

Jacksonville, Trump’s New Convention Site, Will Now Require Face Masks

MIAMI — Florida billed itself as a coronavirus oasis when it wooed the Republican National Convention: The pandemic seemed under control, and Republican state and city leaders welcomed a major televised event to show off the progress and cement votes for President Trump in the nation’s biggest

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Source: Unpublished Black History

Knox, Clinton E. (1908–1980)

Clinton E. Knox was born May 5, 1908, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He was the youngest of five children born to Estella Briggs Knox and William J. Knox Sr. Knox’s older brother, William J. Knox, Jr., was one of the scientists who helped develop the atomic bomb during World War II. His other

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Source: Black Past

Oct

14

1980

5 Unforgettable Slave Rebellions

One of the ways that enslaved African-Americans resisted their oppression was through rebellions. According to historian Herbert Apthekers text American Negro Slave Revolts an estimated 250 slave revolts, uprisings and conspiracies have been

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Source: ThoughtCo

Patient Zero: Thomas Eric Duncan and the Ebola Crisis in West Africa and the United States

In the following article Dr. Clarence Spigner, Professor of Public Health at the University of Washington, Seattle, describes the life of the first patient to die of Ebola on U.S. soil and the larger crisis of Ebola in West Africa. He views it as a consequence of a long history of

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Source: Black Past

(1963) George Wallace, “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever”

By 1963 Alabama Governor George Corley Wallace had emerged as the leading opponent to the growing civil rights movement. Six months later he gained international notoriety for his stand in the door of the University of Alabama to block the entrance of two black students, Vivian Malone and James

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Source: Black Past

Jan

14

1963

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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Source: ThoughtCo

Mar

7

1960

Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital

Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital

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Source: Stories About Black History

African-American communities suffer from institutional racism amid COVID-19: Fauci

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Institutional racism contributes to why African-Americans have been hit harder than white groups amid the COVID-19 pandemic, White House health advisor Anthony Fauci has

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Source: Independent magazine Uganda

A Biography of Marcus Garvey and His Views Defined

No Marcus Garvey biography would be complete without defining the radical views that made him a threat to the status quo. The life story of the Jamaican-born activist starts well before he came to the United States following World War I, when Harlem was an exciting place for African-American

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Source: ThoughtCo

Indiana Works to expand access to small business recovery resources | The Crusader Newspaper Group

New partnership aims to provide direct outreach, support to minority employers; small businesses encouraged to leverage available grants, loans to aid recovery

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Letter: Racism must end, symbols of racist past must be moved - African American News Today - EIN News

This letter is in response to an opinion letter The Gaston Gazette ran on titled, "More Important Issues than the Confederate Statue," written by Gaston County resident Bob Lancaster.Our group, the Gaston County Freedom Fighters (one of the groups Mr. Lancaster references in his letter) is working

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Source: Gaston Gazette: Local News, Politics, Entertainment & Sports in Gastonia, NC

Ida B. Wells and Her Anti-Lynching Campaign

African-American journalist Ida B. Wells went to heroic lengths in the late 1890s to document the horrifying practice of lynching blacks. Her groundbreaking work, which included collecting statistics in a practice that today is called data journalism, established that the lawless killing of blacks

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Article: Hyphens and Three Worlds: The Linguistics of White Supremacy (Part II)

of the hyphenated Americans, African-Americans. I have memorialized Copulation (LMC). The African-American Conundrum Well known actress Kamala Harris is considered African-American despite the fact would designate them as African-American. Black People in

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Source: OpEdNews

HBCUs: They have overcome and will do so again

I have every confidence that, like Harvard, flagship HBCUs such as Hampton and Howard Universities will adapt and continue to provide excellence in education and opportunities for the next generation to learn and develop the skills needed to compete in the domestic and global

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Juneteenth celebrations in wake of racial awareness | Atlanta Daily World

What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the Year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.-Frederick Douglass July 4th or Independence Day is a federal holiday set aside to observe the signing of

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Famous African-Americans of the 20th Century

African-American men and women made great contributions to American society throughout the 20th century, advancing civil rights as well as science, government, sports, and entertainment. Whether you are researching a topic for Black History Month or just want to learn more, this listing of famous

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Floyd murder unleashes Black parents’ worst fears

Her tears, she said, are for the senseless, callous murder of another innocent unarmed Black person, for the constant terror that African-Americans live under because of police brutality and extra-judicial murders; and a deep and persistent anxiety about her

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Aunt Jemima Brand Retired By Quaker Due to Racial Stereotype

Quaker Oats announced Wednesday that it will retire the Aunt Jemima brand, saying the company recognizes the character’s origins are “based on a racial

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Malcolm X born in Omaha, Nebraska

Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louis Norton Little, was a homemaker occupied with the familys eight children. His father, Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Earls civil

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May

19

1925

Ghana offering African Americans the chance to move to Africa

Ghana is offering African Americans the chance to B. The death of African-American man George Floyd in police than 3,000 are African-Americans or people of Caribbean descent estimates. Last November, 126 African-Americans and Afro-Caribbeans became citizens

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Source: Breaking News | Irish & International Headlines | The Irish Times

William Monroe Wells: One of the First Black Doctors in Orlando, Florida

William Monroe Wells: One of the First Black Doctors in Orlando, Florida

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Source: Black Then

‘African-Americans suffering from institutional racism amid COVID-19’ - African American News Today - EIN News

contributes to why African-Americans have been hit harder said. “Obviously the African-American community has suffered with white communities, the African-American population is “clearly disproportionately this week that African-Americans were nearly four

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Source: Canindia News | Canada's favorite south asian newspaper!

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