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Students, Silent No More, Urge Change At Birmingham Unity Rally

On Sunday, the rising fifth-grader at Sunset Valley Elementary in Keller, TX, had a microphone lowered for her height as she spoke at the Be the Change Unity Rally in Kelly Ingram Park in

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Source: The Birmingham Times

United Negro College Fund (1944– )

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) was founded on April 25, 1944 by Frederick Patterson, President of the Tuskegee Institute, and Mary McLeod Bethune, an advisor to the Franklin Roosevelt Administration, to provide a steady, consistent stream of funding to 27 financially struggling small

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Source: Black Past

Apr

25

1944

Juneteenth was a time to honor the memory of those who have lost their lives to racial violence

– General Order No. 3 as read by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, Galveston, Texas, June 19, 1865

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Now you know and you can’t pretend you don’t

By Mungi Ngomane, Advocate for Human Rights, Business Operations Manager for

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Trump Administration Withholding $14 Billion in Critical Coronavirus Funding

National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., will serve as a moderator for an important national forum on racial equality in

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

5 Key Events in Affirmative Action History

Affirmative action, also know as equal opportunity, is a federal agenda designed to counteract historic discrimination faced by ethnic minorities, women and other underrepresented groups. To foster diversity and compensate for the ways such groups have historically been excluded, institutions with

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Source: ThoughtCo

'I Can Breathe Now': After Days Of Nationwide Protests, George Floyd Is Eulogized

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Source: Stories About Black History

Show Me The Money

They provided for the confiscation of 400,000 acres along the Atlantic coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida north of the St. John’s River and the dividing of it into parcels of not more than 40 acres on which were to be settled approximately 18,000 freed slave families and other Blacks

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Source: The Florida Star

Jennifer McClellan Could Make History As Virginia's First Black Female Governor | HuffPost

Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D) is jumping into the race for governor, saying the state is at a “critical crossroads right now about what direction we’re going to

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Let Us Compete

It is the question that must be addressed as a direct result of this movement in order to ignite advancement of our

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

Unity among Latino and African American communities grows as the nation demands change

In the vein of Cesar and Martin, Latino and African American leaders are united across the county to denounce hate and profiling that we see happening even in my congressional district – in Harlem, Bronx and Washington

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Source: The Hill

(1988) Rev. Jesse Jackson, “Keep Hope Alive.”

In 1988, Rev. Jesse Jackson made a second unsuccessful run for the Democratic Nomination for President, losing out to Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. Jackson, however, gave another major address at the Democratic National Convention which met in Atlanta, Georgia. The address, delivered on

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Source: Black Past

Finding solutions to prevent more killings like George Floyd

His mom, Myrtle Faye Rumph, started the center with family and friends to help keep other people from suffering her

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Source: Homepage -

Atlanta Says Goodbye To Rayshard Brooks With Funeral At Martin Luther King’s Church

Source: Pool / Getty

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Source: Black America Web

We Can’t Let This Moment Pass

I was deeply moved by the reading, and felt it was critical in this moment that a United States Senator from the Deep South stand on the Senate floor and declare that Black Lives

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

John Fitzgerald Kennedy Assassinated

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (46), thirty-fifth president of the United States, assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

22

1963

Atlanta Mayor Vows Changes In How Police Officers Use Force

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s mayor is vowing to change police use-of-force policies and require that officers receive continuous training in how to deescalate situations before the consequences become

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Source: Black America Web

More woes for Guyanese stranded overseas

The first batch of stranded Guyanese were repatriated on Saturday June 6 on a flight from Miami

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Jean Kennedy Smith dies at 92; last surviving sibling of JFK

Jean Kennedy Smith, who was the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and who as a U.S. ambassador played a key role in the peace process in Northern Ireland, has died, relatives said

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Movements Are Nothing Without Endurance

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Source: https://zora.medium.com

Juneteenth, reparations and African-American history with Keisha N. Blain

Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City

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Source: New York City News: Latest Headlines, Videos & Pictures | am New York

Local Activists Seek Defunding Of Police

In the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, Minn., the Sacramento community and social justice organizations have been leaning heavily on the governments of the city and county of

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Dymally, Mervyn (1923- )

Mervyn Malcolm Dymally, an African American politician from Los Angeles, California who has served in the California Assembly, the State Senate and as a U.S. Congressman. He is also the first African American Lt. Governor of California. Dymally is now once again in the California

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Source: Black Past

May

12

1923

Mahalia Jackson

Best Known

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

COMMENTARY: Faith and Common-Sense, Ways to Fight Coronavirus

By Norma Adams-Wade, Founding Member of the National Association of Black Journalists and Texas Metro News Columnist

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Barack Obama says members of Congress showed courage in passing ACA

Barack Obama accepts the Profile in Courage Award, but says members of Congress who voted for the ACA deserve to be recognized for putting people’s health ahead of getting

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Source: Black History and Culture

Newswire: George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, laid to rest

By: Juan A. Lozano and Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper

50 Years After MLK, Pastors Lead A New Poor People's March

Organizers of Saturday’s online assembly have deliberately modeled it after King’s 1968 Poor People’s Campaign ― echoing not just his title but also his

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Cook, Will Mercer (1903-1987)

Will Mercer Cook served as the United States ambassador to the Republic of Niger from 1961 to 1964. Cook directed U.S. economic, social, and cultural programs in Niger, which included the Peace Corps. During the mid-1960s he also became the special envoy to Gambia and

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Source: Black Past

Oct

4

1987

Trump Urges Governors To ‘Dominate’ Rioters, Threatens to Use Military to Stop Uprisings: ‘We Will End It Now’

During the speech, Trump dubbed himself “your president of law and order and an ally of all peaceful

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

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