History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. - Iota Iota Iota Graduate Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

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Netflix CEO, Wife Pledge To Donate $120M To Morehouse, Spelman And UNCF

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin are investing in the futures of HBCU

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Source: NewsOne

Ossie Davis was a twentieth century renowned African-American film and television artist and Broadway actor. Besides that, he was also known for his work as a playwright, poet and author. Being an actor and author, Davis had a sensitive side which made him conscious of social problems faced by his

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Feb

9

2005

Robert Pelham

Robert Pelham was born in January of 1859 in Petersburg, Virginia. His parents, Robert and Frances Pelham, moved the family to Detroit, Michigan in hopes of finding a more favorable atmosphere for their children to receive an education and opportunities for decent employment. While enrolled in

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Source: Black History Resources

Nov

26

2012

Howard Cancels 2020 Homecoming Due to Pandemic

Howard University has canceled plans for the school’s homecoming activities in the fall amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Source: The Washington Informer

Zilford Carter: One of the Leading Attorney’s in the Fight to Integrate the Natatorium

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Founded

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first organization of black Greek sisterhood was founded on this date at Howard University in Washington, D. C. by Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle).

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Jan

15

1908

Many people assume thatFebruary is the shortest monthof the whole year to be

Many people assume that February is the shortest month of the whole year to be entitled of Black History Month. But, did you know that is celebrates the birthday of Fredrick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln?

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Feb

0

1998

U.S. Marshal Luke Moore at Ole Miss, 1962

Many Americans are familiar with the now iconic images of James Meredith, the black student who desegregated the University of Mississippi in October 1962, surrounded by white U.S. marshals assigned to protect him and ensure that a U.S. Supreme Court desegregation order be enforced. Few of us are

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Charles Drew

Charles Drew was born on June 3, 1904 in Washington, D.C., the son of Richard and Nora Drew and eldest of five children. Charles was one of those rare individuals who seemed to excel at everything he did and on every level and would go on to become of pioneer in the field of

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Davis, Ruth A. (1943 - )

At the time of her retirement from the United States Foreign Service in 2009, Ambassador Ruth A. Davis was the longest serving Career Ambassador and at the rank of Director General of the Foreign Service, had achieved the highest ranking position in the Foreign Service. She was also the first

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Alexander Thomas Augusta

Alexander Thomas Augusta, first African American faculty member of an American medical school, Howard University, is born free

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Mar

8

1825

How Old Were You When You First Learned About Black Wall Street?

It’s no secret that the many of the history curricula required to be taught in public schools do a piss-poor job of teaching about Black history outside of slavery and perhaps the Civil Rights

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Source: MadameNoire

Study: Only 0.5% of Harris County contracts go to Black-owned businesses

Ensuring that minorities, women, and other disadvantaged groups have fair access to economic opportunity is a top

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

The FA's Football Leadership Diversity Code gets off to positive start - Voice Online

THE STEERING Group tasked with driving the development of theFootball Leadership Diversity Codemet for the... The post The FA's Football Leadership Diversity Code gets off to positive start appeared first on Voice Online.

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Source: Britain's Favourite Black Newspaper - Voice Online

Langston University (1898-- )

In March 1897 the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature created a land grant college to train African American teachers, calling it the Colored Agricultural and Normal University. Classes opened in the fall of 1898 in a church in the town of Langston. Langston had been founded in 1890 as part of an

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The History of Black History Month

In the following article Daryl Michael Scott, Professor of History at Howard University and Vice President of Program for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, describes the history of the Black History Month

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Source: Black Past

Black History Week

Carter G. Woodson creates Negro History Week. In 1976 it became Black History Month.

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Feb

7

1926

The FIRST black player to play for England at any level talks to The Voice - Voice Online

THE FIRST black footballer to play for England at any level has told the Voice... The post The FIRST black player to play for England at any level talks to The Voice appeared first on Voice Online.

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Source: Britain's Favourite Black Newspaper - Voice Online

Quintard Taylor Presentations on Film or Videotape, 1975-2016

The following are video presentations of lectures I have given as the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American history from 2006 to the

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Charles Drew

Dr. Charles Drew is the father of the modern blood bank. In 1940 he published a paper showing that when plasma is separated from the rest of human blood, it can be stored for much longer periods of time. This discovery allowed the creation of blood banks, where donated plasma could be kept until

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

West, Togo D., Jr. (1942- )

Togo D. West Jr., attorney and government official, was born on June 21, 1942 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Togo D. West, Sr. and Evelyn Carter West. In 1959 he graduated as valedictorian from Atkins High School in that same city. In 1965, West enrolled at Howard University, earning his

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Source: Black Past

Jun

21

1942

Hurston, Zora Neale (1891-1960)

Zora Neale Hurston, known for her audacious spirit and sharp wit, was a talented and prolific writer and a skilled anthropologist from the Harlem (New York) Renaissance to the Civil Rights Era. Born on January 7, 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama, she grew up in the all-black town of

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Source: Black Past

Jan

7

1891

Evans, Melvin Herbert (1917–1984)

Melvin Herbert Evans was born on August 7, 1917, in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. He attended public schools until entering Howard University where he received his B.S. in 1940. In 1944 he received his M.D. from Howard College of Medicine, whereupon he served in a variety of medical

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Source: Black Past

Jan

3

1979

Wynn, Albert R. (1951- )

Albert Russel Wynn is Democratic representative of the State of Maryland’s Fourth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. He is currently serving his eighth term. The district includes parts of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. Wynn was defeated in the

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Source: Black Past

Feb

13

2008

Moose, George E. (1944 - )

Ambassador George E. Moose’s career in international diplomacy resulted from his spending a college summer in the 1960s building a three-room schoolhouse in Tanzania. The high point of that career came in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan nominated him to be U.S. Ambassador to Benin and later

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Source: Black Past

Howard University was founded, 1865

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Nov

20

1865

Brown, Lee P. (1937- )

Lee Patrick Brown, known as “The Father of Community Policing,” became the first African American Mayor of Houston, Texas in

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Source: Black Past

Dec

6

1997

African American History

African American history entails the American history with regard to black ethnic group that formed its root in America after being enslaved by the whites in their homeland. The heinous tradition of holding blacks in captivity and enslaving them began in the mid 16th century and lasted till

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Jan

1

1863

1 In 10 HBCUs Were Financially Fragile Before COVID-19 Endangered All Colleges And Universities - Blavity

The Department of Education tracks which colleges and universities are most at risk of closure in its heightened cash monitoring

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