Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District

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James Thomas Rapier was a Republican representative from the state of Alabama elected to the 43rd United States Congress. Rapier was born on November 13, 1837 in Florence, Alabama and attended high school in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1856 at the age of 19 he traveled to attend the King School in

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May

31

1883

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)[a] is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington and Moorfield

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Countless Industries Are Being Called Out For Their Racism And Adult Film Has Been No Exception - Blavity

Feature stories from Playboy, Rolling Stone and The Daily Beast are deep dives into the way racism affects Black women performers in the porn

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Let’s rename Army bases honoring Confederate officers –

As commander of the Army of the Mississippi, Braxton Bragg (Fort Bragg, North Carolina) was outmaneuvered in several campaigns; defeated Union forces at Chickamauga but was then routed by U.S. Grant in the battle of

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Congress of Racial Equality

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. Founded in 1942, its stated mission is to bring about equality for all people regardless of

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The 1928 Bunion Derby: America’s Brush with Integrated Sports

In the following account sports historian Charles Kastner describes the Bunion Derby, the 1928 cross country footrace that captured the nation’s attention in the spring of 1928 and the remarkable group of black runners who participated in that event. For a detailed discussion of the race, see

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May

26

1928

Two units of the Ku Klux Klan and eleven individuals are ordered to pay $ 1 mill

Two units of the Ku Klux Klan and eleven individuals are ordered to pay $ 1 million to African Americans who were attacked during a brotherhood rally in Forsythe County, GA

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Oct

25

1988

Racial terror: 2,000 black Americans were lynched in Reconstruction era, report says

The report, Reconstruction in America, documents more than 2,000 black victims of racial terror lynchings killed between the end of the civil war in 1865 and the collapse of federal efforts to protect the lives and voting rights of black Americans in

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Liberty University Basketball Star Leaves School Over President Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Racially Insensitive Tweet

Basketball star Asia Todd is leaving Liberty University after the school’s president, Jerry Falwell Jr., tweeted out a photo of blackface and the Ku Klux

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Hyman, John Adams (1840-1891)

John Adams Hyman was born into slavery on July 23, 1840 in Warren County, North Carolina. Hymans thirst for knowledge resulted in him being sold away from his family for attempting to read a spelling book that was given to him by a sympathetic white jeweler. He continued to seek knowledge at his

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Sep

14

1891

Black Women Launching Digital Green Book For Black Travelers | Afro

DENVER-AREA WOMEN LAUNCH DIGITAL GREEN BOOK CAMPAIGN TO HIGHLIGHT SAFE, WELCOMING BUSINESS AND TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLACK AMERICANS

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Clergy and Residents to City: Address Police Brutality and Socioeconomic Inequities

Rev. Nelson Johnson of Beloved Community Center spoke on the group’s recommendations to address policing, including an apology from the City of Greensboro on the police department’s role in the 1979 Greensboro

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Forbes listed Nigerian pleads guilty to $11m fraud scheme in US

Obinwanne Okeke popularly referred to as ‘Invictus Obi’ made the plea in a Norfolk Magistrate Court Room 2 in the US district court for Eastern District of

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Bill in Georgia senate would prohibit Confederate monuments

ATLANTA, GA – In light of recent protests against systemic racism, and outrage resurfacing about Confederate monuments, State Rep. Shelly Hutchinson (D – Snellville) filed House Bill 1212, to prohibit the display of monuments and other markers related to the Confederate States of America on public

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Ku Klux Klan trials began

Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford, Mississippi. Many whites, including doctors, lawyers, ministers and college professors, were arrested and jailed in the anti-Klan campaign. Of the 930 indicted in Mississippi, 243 were tried and found guilty. Some 1180 were indicted in South

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Jun

20

1871

Known White Supremacist Stephen Miller Rumored To Be Writing Trump Speech On Race Relations

Stephen Miller is many things—Trump’s senior adviser, a far-right conservative, an anti-immigrationist and known White

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

Important Cities in African-American History

African Americans have contributed tremendously to the culture of the United States. First brought to America hundreds of years ago to work as slaves, blacks won their freedom after the 19th century Civil War. However, many blacks remained very poor and moved throughout the country seeking better

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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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By supporting Confederate monuments, Donald Trump sides with racists –

Donald Trump is on the side of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall

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(1923) Bishop Randall Albert Carter, “Whence and Whither”

By the standards of African American history, Bishop Randall Albert Carter is a little known figure. Born in Fort Valley, Georgia on January 1, 1867, he was educated at Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina and Paine College in Augusta, Georgia. An active pastor in the Colored (later

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Malcolm X

Malcolm X was a civil rights leader, spokesman for black nationalism and leader of the Nation of Islam, and had a major influence on the political and social thinking of African Americans. His birth name was Malcolm Little and he was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska to Louise and Earl

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Feb

21

1965

Sudan Does an About-Turn in U.S. Relations

Sudan's transitional government and the United States (US) are poised to reach an agreement for Khartoum to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to victims of a 1998 al-Qaeda

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Black Officers are Torn Between Two Worlds Amid Protests | Afro

By CLIFF BRUNT and GARY FIELDS, Associated Press

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Analysis | The Daily 202: D.C. surpasses 500 coronavirus deaths; nearly 3 in 4 have been African American

Public health experts say the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on communities of color should be seen as an exclamation point in the national conversation about the systemic barriers to racial

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Georgia Republican Slammed For Posing With White Supremacist-Linked Group

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10 military posts are named for these Confederate commanders. The Army is thinking about changing that | The Atlanta Voice

Who it is named for: Lt. Gen. Ambrose Powell (A.P.) Hill

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African American History and Women Timeline 1960-1969

[Previous] [Next] • Ruby Bridges integrated an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana • Ella Baker among others organized SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) at Shaw University • Wilma Rudolph became the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals, and was named

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Virginia To Take Down Robert E. Lee Statue

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is planning to announce on Thursday the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in

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Mississippi Surrenders Confederate Symbol From State Flag

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil

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