Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District

Charles Bolden

Charles Bolden , in full Charles Frank Bolden, Jr. (born August 19, 1946, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.), American astronaut who served as administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from

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A. Philip Randolph

Asa Philip Randolph[1] (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, and socialist political

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Radio Talk Show Co-Host Ken Gordon Survived Heartbreak, Deception and Politics

Being called to provide leadership and a voice is nothing new for Ken Gordon, co-host of the “Commitments with Ken + Leslie” radio talk show, along with his

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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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Governor Powell Clayton

Arkansas Governor Powell Clayton declared martial law in ten counties and mobilized the state militia in Ku Klux Klan crisis.

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This Day in Black History: June 21, 1964

It was one of the most brutal tragedies of the civil rights movement, one that drew international attention to the inhumaneness of the American

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After KKK Facebook Post, Georgia High School Athletic Director Investigated

Jody Hilley is the Lakeside High School Athletic Director in Augusta, Georgia and he is also someone who likes to post about Klu Klux

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Denton County Democrats Hail Removal of Confederate Statue

The Denton County Democratic Party (DCDP) is excited that the Denton County Commissioners Court voted today, June 9, 2020, to remove the 12-foot Confederate statue that sat on the Denton County Courthouse lawn since

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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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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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Adams, John H. (1927-- )

Clergyman and civil rights activist John Hurst Adams was born November 27, 1927 in Columbia, South Carolina to Reverend E.A. Adams and homemaker Charity Nash Adams. John Adams graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Columbia, South Carolina and in 1947 earned an A.B. degree in history

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Turner, Henry McNeal (1834-1915)

Black Nationalist, repatriationist, and minister, Henry M. Turner was 31 years old at the time of the Emancipation. Turner was born in 1834 in Newberry Courthouse, South Carolina to free black parents Sarah Greer and Hardy Turner. The self-taught Turner by the age of fifteen worked as a janitor

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Newswire : Federal Judge rules Florida felons can vote without paying legal fees

Judge Robert Hinkle says the current law is unconstitutional but his ruling is likely to face Republican challenge in key battleground state

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I Come From a Long Line of Angry Black Women | Afro

I come from a long line of strong and angry Black

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AWS using 'hardball' restraints to stop employees joining rivals

The retailer and cloud computing giant sued Hall, seeking to prevent him from taking his new role as a vice president in Google cloud’s marketing group because of the non-compete clause he had signed upon joining Amazon two years

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Tennessee Republicans vote to keep KKK leader bust in Capitol

The bronze bust of Confederate and Ku Klux Klan leader, Nathan Bedford Forrest, will remain inside the Tennessee State

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Aiken, Kimberly (1975- )

Kimberly Clarice Aiken Cockerham, Miss America, 1994, was the fifth black woman to win the crown. Aiken was born on October 11, 1975 in Columbia, South Carolina to Charles and Valerie Aiken. At the time she won the crown, Aiken was only 18 years old and was the youngest Miss America since Tawny

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1994

Protesters brutalized across the nation; slave trader statue...

A Dallas police oversight board reported that it has had over 100 calls from residents complaining about police brutalizing protesters and reporting injuries as a result of police firing non-lethal but obviously harmful

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June 12, 1963: Medgar Evers Was Assassinated

In the early morning, just hours after President John F. Kennedy’s speech on national television in support of civil rights, Evers pulled into his driveway after returning from a meeting with NAACP

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With a Pen Stroke, Mississippi Drops Confederate-themed Flag

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — With a stroke of the governor’s pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem — a symbol that’s widely condemned as

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Hugo Black

Hugo Black , in full Hugo La Fayette Black (born February 27, 1886, Harlan, Clay county, Alabama, U.S.—died September 25, 1971, Bethesda, Maryland), lawyer, politician, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1937–71). Black’s legacy as a Supreme Court justice derives from

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Jacksonville, Trump’s New Convention Site, Will Now Require Face Masks

MIAMI — Florida billed itself as a coronavirus oasis when it wooed the Republican National Convention: The pandemic seemed under control, and Republican state and city leaders welcomed a major televised event to show off the progress and cement votes for President Trump in the nation’s biggest

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List of landmark African-American legislation

Ordinance of 1787: The Northwest Territorial Government (Northwest

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KKK member behind 1963 bombing of 16th St Baptist Church dies

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(1952) Charlotta Bass, “Acceptance Speech for Vice Presidential Candidate of the Progressive Party”

Los Angeles newspaper owner and political activist Charlotta Bass began her career as a conservative Republican. By the 1940s, however, she moved to the political left. In 1948 she supported Progressive Party candidate Henry Wallace in his failed bid for the Presidency. Four years later she was

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Kayleigh McEnany and the Women Who Do PR for White Supremacy

Opinion

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The Defacement of Racist Statues Is a Renegotiation of Power

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Rice University’s Black Students Association Demands Addition Of Black Safe Space On Campus

The newly-formed Black Students Association (BSA) at Rice University is demanding officials fund a Black House on campus as well as remove a prominent statue of the school’s slave-owning

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Anacostia Juneteenth Rally Brings Hope To Ward 8 | Afro

The Anacostia community in Washington has a reputation that dwarfs its place in Black

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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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