John Mercer Langston (1829-97).

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John Mercer Langston (1829-97).

In October, 1868, John Mercer Langston founded and organized the Law Department of Howard University, the first in a black school. He headed the department when classes formally began on January 6, 1869, and was its dean from 1870 to 1873. From 1873 to 1875 he was vice-president and acting president of the university.

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Trump Justice Department Killed Police Reform Programs That Could Have Helped Minneapolis

Federal authorities, like a lot of law enforcement leaders across the country, have expressed shock at the disturbing video of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck until he

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Opinion: Mr. President Do Your Job!

As multiple American cities have erupted in protest because of the death of a black man on a city street, as the American death count from Covid-19 soars pass 101,617 and U.S. jobless claims passing 40 million, why do you choose to focus on a personal beef with the social media platform

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ASK DR. KEVIN: An Unfamiliar, Rare Disease Associated with Heart Failure in African Americans

During a recent meeting organized by Anchor of Hope Ministries, a local, faith-based nonprofit assisting the formerly incarcerated, Holmes stated that the Black church has historically been centered to meet the community’s needs in a variety of

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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — NNPA Partners with #Donate1Post to Help Black-Owned Businesses During COVID-19

During a recent meeting organized by Anchor of Hope Ministries, a local, faith-based nonprofit assisting the formerly incarcerated, Holmes stated that the Black church has historically been centered to meet the community’s needs in a variety of

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Trump moves to block Chinese airlines from US

The Transportation Department said it would suspend passenger flights of four Chinese airlines to and from the United States, starting June

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Independent Autopsy Results Determine George Floyd Died of Asphyxiation, County Examiner Blames Heart Failure

The results of two autopsies ruled George Floyd’s death a homicide, but their findings contradicted each other in key

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HBCUs work to return to sports amid new coronavirus | Dallas Weekly

In the SWAC, the main source of revenue from football comes from putting fans in the stands and there are no substitutes for that at schools that often have limited

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Black School swampped

Mob of white citizens and a hundred yoke of oxen pulled a Black school to a swamp outside the town of Canaan, New Hampshire.

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1835

10 Racist Supreme Court Rulings in U.S. History

When a slave petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for his freedom, the Court ruled against him—also ruling that the Bill of Rights didnt apply to African Americans. If it did, the majority ruling argued, then African Americans would be permitted the full liberty of speech in public and in private, to

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Rwanda COVID-19: random tests, drive-thru testing at Kigali stadium

The Rwanda Biomedical Center, RBC; tweeted that the tests at the Kigali Amahoro National Stadium is expected to serve 5000 people in all districts of the city and at all its entry

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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — "Black Mental Health in the Age of COVID and Civil Unrest"

During a recent meeting organized by Anchor of Hope Ministries, a local, faith-based nonprofit assisting the formerly incarcerated, Holmes stated that the Black church has historically been centered to meet the community’s needs in a variety of

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'Home Sweet Home': Steve and Marjorie Harvey Reportedly Purchase Tyler Perry's Former Atlanta Mansion

Jet-setting couple Steve and Marjorie Harvey apparently have new digs to call home in Atlanta, and they only cost $15 million, according to an unconfirmed report by

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A tale of two lynchings & two very different responses

This past week’s international civil disturbances, sparked by the ‘lynching’ of a Black man in Minneapolis, took me back four decades to the killing/murder of Earnest Lacy by Milwaukee police

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Virginia State University (1882 - )

Virginia State Universityis a public, historically black college located in Petersburg, Virginia. The university is the first fully supported,four year institution for African Americans in the UnitedStates and is one of two land-grant colleges in the Stateof

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DeKalb Schools set to present plan for reopening schools in the fall

The DeKalb County School District will continue preparing its road map for bringing students and teachers back to classrooms for the upcoming school year, district officials said after state officials announced guidance for K-12 school

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‘It’s traumatizing’: Grand Strand activists discuss African American grief, frustrations after George Floyd’s killing

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was seen kneeling on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes in cell phone video on

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(1874) John Mercer Langston, “Equality Before the Law”

John Mercer Langston, a prominent abolitionist and civil rights activist, was one of the earliest African American officeholders in the United States when in 1855 he was elected town clerk of Brownhelm, Township, Ohio. During the Civil War he recruited soldiers for the Massachusetts 54th Infantry

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1841

John Cheatham: One of Minneapolis’ First African-American Firefighters

John Cheatham: One of Minneapolis’ First African-American Firefighters

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Ferguson Police Take A Knee In Honor Of George Floyd

Protesters demanding justice and change in the wake of the latest police killing of a Black man were joined in solidarity on Saturday by officers in Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown, a Black teen, was killed by police in

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LIVESTREAM REPLAY — "AM I BLACK ENOUGH?": THE FALLOUT OVER JOE BIDEN'S COMMENTS TO CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD

During a recent meeting organized by Anchor of Hope Ministries, a local, faith-based nonprofit assisting the formerly incarcerated, Holmes stated that the Black church has historically been centered to meet the community’s needs in a variety of

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Judge: $750K Bail for 3 Ex-Officers Accused in Floyd’s Death

Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng made their first appearances in Hennepin County District Court as friends, relatives and celebrities gathered to memorialize Floyd in

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George Floyd: Policing as property rights policy

American society operates upon a White male property rights construct; even though within a Constitutional construct

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Remembering Brown: Silence, Loss, Rage, and Hope

In the following article, James A. Banks, the Kerry and Linda Killinger Professor and Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle, describes his Arkansas communitys reaction to the U.S. Supreme Courts Brown v. Board of Education decision when it was

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May

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1954

Highland Beach, Maryland (1893- )

Highland Beach, Maryland, the oldest of the major black resort towns, was founded along the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in 1893 by Charles and Laura Douglass. Charles Douglass was the son of prominent abolitionist and 19th century civil rights activist Frederick Douglass. Major Charles

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The Latest: Thousands join London protest over Floyd's death

Atlanta police said in a statement late Saturday they had made more than 50 arrests as protesters threw rocks at officers and broke windows in the downtown

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Howard Thurman , in full Howard Washington Thurman (born Nov. 18, 1899, Daytona Beach, Fla., U.S.—died April 10, 1981, San Francisco, Calif.), American Baptist preacher and theologian, the first African American dean of chapel at a traditionally white American university, and a founder of the

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Apr

10

1981

Pittsburgh under curfew after peaceful protests over George Floyd’s killing ‘get hijacked,’ turn violent

As protests over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, at the hands of a Minnesota White police officer rocked cities all across the United States, thousands of protesters gathered in downtown Pittsburgh Saturday

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Kenya: Expect More Rains, Warns Met

The meteorological department has warned that heavy rains are likely to return in western parts of the country starting next month, leading to more cases of flooding and

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Restaurant Owner Shows Solidarity With Protesters: ‘Let My Building Burn’

A restaurant owner in Minneapolis whose building was damaged during protests has added his voice to the chorus of activists seeking justice after police killed a Black man in their custody by kneeling on his neck until he became

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Amid Uprisings, Schools Consider Terminating Their Contracts With Police

In Minneapolis, where protests exploded after a police officer killed local resident George Floyd, the school board voted Tuesday evening in favor of a resolution to cut ties with the police

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