James H. Cone

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Hollingsworth, Dorothy (1920- )

Dorothy Hollingsworth, a prominent educator and politician, achieved a number of “firsts” during her years in Seattle. The most important was becoming the first black woman in Washington State’s history to serve on a school board. Born in Bishopville, South Carolina on October

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1920

Saving the Postal Service is essential to the economy and democracy

At the height of a public health and economic crisis, President Trump and his GOP allies are focused instead on an all-out assault on a critical public service: the popular, 245-year-old United States Postal

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Black-owned, Georgia laboratory uses artificial intelligence-based drugs to develop COVID-19 treatment | The Atlanta Voice

The development of ENU200, as a therapeutic, is targeted to treat up to 80 percent of asymptomatic, mild to moderate cases of COVID-19 viral

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African-American studies

African-American Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of Black Americans. Taken broadly, the field studies not only the cultures of people of African descent in the United States, but the cultures of the entire African diaspora

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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

Black pride

Black pride is a movement in response to dominant white cultures and ideologies that encourages black people to celebrate black culture and embrace their African heritage.[1] In the United States, it was a direct response to white racism especially during the Civil Rights Movement.[2] Related

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Eldridge Cleaver

Name at birth: Leroy Eldridge Cleaver

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Blood On The Leaves and Blood At The Roots | Afro

By Dr. Kaye Whitehead Special to the AFRO Southern trees, Billie Holiday once sang, bear strange fruit, and when this happens, blood is on the leaves and blood is at the roots. Everything should close when an unarmed Black person gets killed in this country. All movements, in all

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

3 most powerful signs - PEACE, BLACK POWER, WHITE POWER | Afram News

One hand, one sign, one message and a million different meanings depending on who you are or what stage of WOKE you're in, but SIGNS we silently throw up give a glimpse into the windows of our souls. So, are you paying attention?

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B.B. King

Riley B. King, better known by his stage name “B.B. King” is a famous African American blues musician. He was born on September 16, 1925 on a cotton plantation in Mississippi, to Albert King and Nora Ella Farr. His father left the family when King was very young, and his mother

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Fresh fissures rock war veterans body

WAR veterans secretary in the Zanu PF politburo Douglas Mahiya torched a raging storm in the ruling party circles at the weekend after he “officially” launched the war veterans league without the consent of provincial chairpersons and the party’s national commissar Victor Matemadanda, NewsDay has

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Youth of Guyanese parentage spearheads clean-up in aftermath of Minneapolis riots over Floyd killing

Youth of Guyanese parentage spearheads clean-up in aftermath of Minneapolis riots over Floyd killing -drove 10 hours to join fight for justice

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Author discusses book on Jackson State shootings of 1970

Eleven days later, (white) employees of the Jackson, Miss., police and the Mississippi Highway Patrol opened fire on a protest outside a women's dormitory at historically black Jackson State College (now

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Source: Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Career Advice, Jobs

August Wilson

August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Each work in the series is set in a different decade, and depicts comic and tragic aspects of the

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Source: ThoughtCo

Black Power

Black Power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies aimed at achieving self-determination for people of African descent.[1] It is used by African Americans in the United States.[2] It was prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s, emphasizing racial pride and the

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Jordan, June (1936-2002)

June Meyer Jordan, writer, editor, poet, educator, environmental and social activist, was the only child of Granville Ivanhoe and Mildred Maude Fischer Jordan who were Jamaican immigrants. June was born in Harlem on July 9, 1936. June’s father worked as a night shift postal clerk and her mother

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Political hip hop

Political hip hop is a subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s as a way of turning rap music into a call for action and a form of social activism. Inspired by 1970s political preachers such as The Last Poets and musician Gil Scott-Heron, Public Enemy was the first predominately

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"Yes We Can": Barack Obama's Road to the White House, 2008

Barack Obamas campaign for the Presidency in 2008 has been described by many political analysts as brilliant and virtually flawless. Despite his inexperience in national politics and limited experience in state politics (Obama was first elected to political office in 1994), he assembled

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Source: Black Past

Civil Rights Leaders and Trailblazers

The legacy of civil rights leaders continues today. Learn about the contributions of activists in the Civil Rights Movement, black power and race relations as a whole.

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College of Charleston Remains Focused on Efforts to Improve Diversity, Inclusion

It’s been an unprecedented time in the Holy City and around the United States as people of all ages and races have taken to the streets in recent days to fight for social justice following the death of George Floyd, a black man, as a result of a forceful arrest by Minneapolis police

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Heschélle makes waves in Canada

ZIMBABWEAN born-Canadian actress, writer and producer Natasha “Tash” Heschelle is back on the screen with her first big production titled Zahara The Return currently streaming on Amazon Prime Videos United Kingdom and United States and at several film

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

'Sorry' is too little and too late, Roger Goodell | The Atlanta Voice

As Roger Goodell, the league’s longtime commissioner, explained in a video released Friday, “we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully

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Marcus Jadotte

Marcus Jadotte is Vice President of Public Affairs and Multicultural Development for NASCAR. In this role, Jadotte continues to oversee state and federal issues for NASCAR as well as management of several safety initiatives and military outreach programs. Jadotte became the first African-American

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Source: Savoy Network

Armed Texans rally again for bar that defied COVID-19 shutdown order

More than a hundred Texans held an armed rally on Saturday in support of a bar whose owner was arrested for defying a shutdown order a month

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Source: South Florida Times

President Barack Obama Adviser and Civic Leader Valerie Jarrett to Deliver Commencement Address to Spelman College Class of 2017

Valerie Jarrett, the longest-serving senior adviser to President Barack Obama, has had a consequential impact across the American political, civic and business landscape. Jarrett will share wisdom and perspectives about her leadership roles with 490 graduates of the Spelman College class of 2017

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LIVESTREAM - Black music appreciation month: Russell Simmons

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) kicks off Black Music Appreciation Month with an exclusive interview with Def Jam founder Russell

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Meet the black Republican woman trying to unseat civil rights icon John Lewis

Stanton-King could use a dose of that reality herself, according to Dwight Bullard, political director of New Florida Majority, an organization that supports progressive Democrats and people of

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Cheryl W. Snead

Banneker Industries, Inc. and Snead have received numerous awards, both for business accomplishments and ongoing civic work. In 2014, she was inducted into the Women’s Business Enterprise Hall of Fame. In 2009, she was named a “Women’s Business Enterprise Star” by the Women’s Business

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Curlee Brown, Sr: Early Pioneer and Fearless Warrior in the Struggle for Human Rights

In 1966, Brown led many efforts in Paducah, Kentucky and throughout the state to integrate public

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