Janet Jackson Born

Medgar Evers

Medgar Evers , in full Medgar Wiley Evers (born July 2, 1925, Decatur, Miss., U.S.—died June 12, 1963, Jackson, Miss.), American black civil-rights activist, whose murder received national attention and made him a martyr to the cause of the civil rights

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Jun

12

1963

Downtown Kingston SOE extended for 41 days

The House of Representatives last night approved a 41-day extension of the state of emergency (SOE) declared on June 14 in the Kingston Central and Western police

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‘Hidden Figures’ No More: NASA To Rename Headquarters For Mary W. Jackson

Mary W. Jackson was part of the small group of Black women mathematicians whose groundbreaking contributions to NASA helped push space exploration

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Source: NewsOne

Black Americans Have a Message for Democrats: Not Being Trump Is Not Enough – Free Press of Jacksonville

As he seeks to win the White House for the Democrats, the party that is the political home of most black Americans, Mr. Biden has attempted to strike this

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Busta Rhymes

Busta Rhymes is an American rapper and actor. His birth name is Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr. He was born on May 20, 1972 to Geraldine Green and Trevor Smith, who were Jamaican immigrants. He moved to Long Island at the age of 12, where he attended Uniondale High School. After graduating from high

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Source: Black History Resources

May

20

1972

Tamla Horsford's Case To Be Reopened After Significant Outcry

An investigation into Tamla Horsford’s death is being reopened after significant public outcry and a request from her

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FAMU Law Student Receives George C. Young Memorial Writing Award | Afro

ORLANDO, Fla – Courtney Jackson, a rising third-year student at Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law, is the proud recipient of the George C. Young Memorial Legal Writing

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Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson is an American civil rights activist and minister. He was born as Jesse Louis Burns on October 8, 1941 to a 16 year high school student named Helen Burns out of wedlock. Jesse’s biological father was their 33 year old neighbor named Noah Louis Robinson who was married to someone

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Source: Black History Resources

Oct

8

1941

Voices of the Civil War Episode 11: "Prelude to the Emancipation Proclamation"

Voices of the Civil War Episode 11: Prelude to the Emancipation Proclamation - YouTube

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George Floyd’s Young Daughter Speaks On The Significance Of Her Father

Stephen Jackson Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter is likely too young to understand everything that has happened in the aftermath of her father’s death, but what she does know is her father made an impact on the world he left more than a week

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

(1858) John S. Rock, “I Will Sink or Swim with My Race”

Schoolteacher, dentist, physician, lawyer, graduate of the American Medical College in Philadelphia, member of the Massachusetts bar, proficient in Greek and Latin, Dr. John S. Rock was unequivocally one of the most distinguished African American leaders to emerge in the United States during the

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Source: Black Past

Minnesota pardons Black man in century-old lynching case

In this May 30, 2020 photo, a protestor holds up a photo of George Floyd in front of the Clayton, Jackson, McGhie Memorial as part of a large protest in Duluth, Minn. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via

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Source: theGrio

26 June 2014 breaking news - Fans adorn Michael Jackson's Hollywood star, five years on.

26 June 2014 breaking news - Fans adorn Michael Jacksons Hollywood star, five years on. - YouTube

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A Biography of the Recording Artist/ Actress Beyonce

Name: Notable Achievement: Holds the record for most Grammys (6) won in a single night by a female artist (a record shared with Adele who has also won 6) Born: September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas Education: Attended The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston Family Background: Bor

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McCollum, Ruby (1909-1992)

Born Ruby Jackson on August 31, 1909, Jackson was a wealthy married African American woman in Live Oak, Florida, who was arrested and convicted for killing a prominent white doctor in 1952, who at the time was also a Florida State

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Council pulls plug on mayor’s Porsche

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the St Ann Municipal Corporation, Rovel Morris, has said that the plug-in facility that was installed to charge the personal hybrid Porsche of the mayor, Michael Belnavis, has been

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Angela Davis: Philosopher, Radical Activist, Teacher

Angela Davis is known as a radical activist, philosopher, writer, speaker, and educator. She was well known for a time through her association with the Black Panthers in the 1960s and 1970s. She was fired from one teaching job for being a Communist, and she appeared on the Federal Bureau of

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Aug

7

1970

Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama

In the article below, Kimberley Mangun, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, describes her ongoing research on the Birmingham (Alabama) World and its longtime editor, Emory O. Jackson. Mangun is writing a cultural biography of Jackson and the

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Jackson, Jesse Louis

Jackson, Jesse Louis, 1941–, African-American political leader, clergyman, and civil-rights activist, b. Greenville, S.C. Raised in poverty, he attended the Chicago Theological Seminary (1963–65) and was ordained a Baptist minister in 1968. Active in the civil-rights movement, he became a close

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BE Exclusive: Stephen Jackson on Justice for George Floyd, Getting Blackballed From the NBA, and More (Video)

In 2014, former NBA star Stephen Jackson released the song “America Da Beautiful,” featuring legendary rapper Scarface, where he rapped about systemic racism, compared the NBA to a planation, and blasted former NBA team owner Donald

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Skai Jackson: 'I'm Trying To Expose As Many Racists As I Can Today'

Skai Jackson / credit: Donato one thing that Skai Jackson has plenty of today: time to pull back the curtain on racists who have shared their views on social

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

BE Exclusive: Stephen Jackson on Justice for George Floyd, Getting Blackballed From the NBA, and More (Video)

In 2014, former NBA star Stephen Jackson released the song “America Da Beautiful,” featuring legendary rapper Scarface, where he rapped about systemic racism, compared the NBA to a planation, and blasted former NBA team owner Donald

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Franklin, Shirley Clarke (1945- )

Shirley Clarke Franklin became Atlanta, Georgia’s first African American female mayor in 2001, as well as the first woman to be a mayor of a major southern city. Clarke was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 10, 1945 to parents Eugene Haywood Clarke and Ruth Lyons Clarke. She attended

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Source: Black Past

Dec

10

2009

Sexism in sports as prevalent as ever

All of this continues with barely any women’s sports classics, talk, or anything else as women’s sports remain a far distant second to

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

12-Year-Old's Protest Anthem Goes Viral After George Floyd's Death

A 12-year-old gospel singer has emerged as a powerful voice for justice this week in the wake of George Floyd’s death in

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NASA Renames Headquarters After Its First African American Female Engineer

NASA has renamed the agency's headquarters building in Washington, D.C., after Mary W. Jackson, its first African American female

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African American Freemen In Louisiana: African Americans in Louisiana had alread

African American Freemen In Louisiana: African Americans in Louisiana had already organized their own battalion in September 1812. The state legislature of Louisiana had organized a Corp of free African Americans as part of the state militia. After General Andrew Jacksons call to arms, the

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Sep

12

2002

(1857) Abraham Lincoln, “The Dred Scott Decision and Slavery,"

? The Dred Scott Decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857 was supposed to end the decades-long debate about slavery in the United States. It did just the opposite, inflaming passions particularly in the North. In the follow speech, Abraham Lincoln, then a private citizen, p

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Former NBA star Stephen Jackson mourns 'brother' George Floyd killed by Minneapolis police

George Floyd and Stephen Jackson (Credit: Benjamin Crump and Stephen

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