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Why Black History Should be Taught Starting in Elementary School

With the recent deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd maybe it’s time to look at how African American history is taught in our educational system to help some understand why blacks are feeling frustrated and

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Source: The Birmingham Times

(1890) T. Thomas Fortune, “It Is Time To Call A Halt,”

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Source: Black Past

The signs say Black Lives Matter. Yet the very people who are supposed to protect us too often, in too many places, don't seem to agree

Three police officers stood and watched as a fourth, Derek Chauvin, knelt on

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

About Mad Men: The advertising industry's systemically racist ways

When it came to watching “Mad Men,” the TV drama about the ruthless, win-at-any-cost ad agency world in the 60’s, I was one and

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

George Floyd’s Brother Said His Conversation With Donald Trump ‘Was Hard’

George Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd said he spoke with President Donald Trump and unfortunately the conversation didn’t leave him feeling

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Source: MadameNoire

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

Compton resident accuses sheriff’s deputies of beating

COMPTON — Dalvin Price has filed an official complaint with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for a videotaped incident of him being brutally beaten by deputies May

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Source: Homepage -

Juneteenth: Celebrating and Still Fighting | Afro

The celebration of Juneteenth comes during a revolutionary time in America, where hundreds of thousands protestors are emphasizing the importance of Black Lives and fighting for equity and tree

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Moore's Ford Lynching

During the late afternoon of the 25th of July 1946 four African-Americans were shot dead by a lynch mob at Moores Ford, Walton county, Georgia, about eight miles from the town of Monroe. The grotesquely sprawled bodies of the victims--the Coroner said at least sixty bullets were pumped into

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jul

25

1946

The Hyped Up Jordan X Dior Apparel Collection Finally Has A Release Date

According to WWD, the much anticipated $2,000 Air Jordan 1 X Dior is expected to drop soon and will “take the form of an exclusive online

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

400 YEARS OF WHITE FEET ON BLACK NECKS IN AMERICA

Justice Ginsburg words are a rally call for African Americans today, “All I ask is that our brethren take their feet off our

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Source: The Florida Star

Lynchings

One hundred and eighteen Blacks were reported lynched in 1893.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Aug

7

1893

Cory Booker and Kamala Harris speak out against Rand Paul amendment | New York Carib News

Paul, who has been holding up popular bipartisan legislation to make lynching a federal crime, came to the Senate floor in Washington to add an amendment to the anti-lynching legislation and then pass

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Source: The New York Carib News

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

A New Civil War: Inside the Confederate Flag’s Banning Courtesy of the U.S. Marines – Your Black World

The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) is considered by military experts to be the most elite division of

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Source: Your Black World

Black Churches’ Census Sunday

These crises will be forever linked in the annals of history not just because they collided in time but also just as the cruel murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police finally tore open the gapping cruelty of police in this nation toward its African-American citizens, COVID-19 laid

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Lynchings

Seventy-four Blacks reported lynched in 1886.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Aug

25

1886

Afro-American Council (1898-1907)

The Afro-American Council (AAC) was established in Rochester, New York, in September 1898 by newspaper editor T. Thomas Fortune and Bishop Alexander Walters of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. They envisioned the organization as a revival of the earlier National Afro-American League

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Source: Black Past

Billie Holiday

Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), professionally known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz musician and singer-songwriter with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed Lady Day by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Willard Ransom: Pioneer in Civil Rights Movement in Indianapolis

Willard Ransom chose to follow in his father’s footsteps becoming a pioneer in the civil rights movement in

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Source: Black Then

Henry Richardson: Key Figure in Amending the State Constitution to Integrate the National Guard

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Source: Black Then

Lynchings in 1905

Fifty-seven Blacks reported lynched in 1905.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

23

1905

Lynchings in 1990

One hundred and six Blacks reported lynched in 1900.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

6

1900

5 Years After Charleston Church Shooting, South Carolina Protects Racist Monuments

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Five years ago, after eight Black church members and their pastor were shot and killed in a racist attack, South Carolina came together and took down the Confederate flag from the Capitol

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

Rand Paul’s Indifference to Lynching Seen In His Continued Delay of Vital Legislation

Statement of Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Lynchings in massive numbers

One hundred and one Blacks reported lynched in 1898.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

10

1898

Attorney General Hill given 30-day suspension | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Attorney General Curtis Hill, who made history as the state’s first African-American Attorney General following his election in 2016, had been facing allegations of inappropriately touching multiple women at a party celebrating the end of the legislative session in March

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Juneteenth Should Be Observed by All Americans

Usher Raymond wants all of America to celebrate Juneteenth as a national holiday, and not just for the culture but for the economic impact and the “many contributions” Blacks have made to this

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Abbott, Robert Sengstacke (1870-1940)

Born in 1870 to formerly enslaved parents, Abbott attended Hampton Institute in Virginia and then went on to graduate from Kent Law School (now Chicago-Kent College of Law in Illinois) in 1899. In May 1905 he started publishing the Chicago Defender. In the early years he personally sold

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Source: Black Past

Anti-lynching Bill Proposed

African American Congressman George H. White,R-North Carolina, introduced a bill to make lynching of Americans a federal offense. The bill died in committee. In 1900, 105 African Americans were lynched in the United States.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

20

1900

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