Morgan State College is established in Baltimore, Md.

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Sugar Ray Leonard Talks Boxing, Personal Demons, and Greatest Triumphs

As Ali had done to opponents many times prior, Leonard began a mind war with

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Chain of command during McClain death investigation involved 2 Aurora police chief candidates

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) – The man who oversaw the Aurora Police Department’s Investigations Bureau during the investigation into Elijah McClain’s death is competing against his former immediate supervisor for a chance to become the next chief of

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Congressional Leaders To Vote for D.C. Statehood | Afro

June 26 will be a historic day in Congressional and District of Columbia record, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D- California) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D- Maryland) announced that is the day when the House will vote on

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WNBA Star Angel McCoughtry Launches Campaign To Place Names Of Police Brutality Victims On Jerseys

WNBA star Angel McCoughtry is actively working to use her platform to advocate for social

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Source: MadameNoire

Two Arrested In Fatal Stabbing of 67-year-old

Kenneth Smith, 61, of Baltimore and Brelan Handy, 27, of the 2600 block of Woodhill Drive, Glen Burnie, are both charged with first and second degree murder in the killing of Paul

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Baltimores Top Prosecutor Dismisses Roughly 600 Open Warrants Amid Pandemic

Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby has dismissed nearly 600 open warrants for minor offenses in an effort to stem the number of people incarcerated amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Source: The Washington Informer

New York Military Museum Marks Black History Month Saturday

The History of the United States Colored Troops will be the subject of talk by historian

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Black Belt (U.S. region)

The Black Belt is a region of the Southern United States. The term originally described the prairies and dark fertile soil of central Alabama and northeast Mississippi.[1] Because this area in the 19th century was historically developed for cotton plantations based on enslaved African-American

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McKune, Elizabeth Davenport (1947- )

Ambassador Elizabeth Davenport McKune was born on November 15, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan. She became a Foreign Service officer in 1973 and specialized in the Middle East. McKune is the daughter of West Point graduate Colonel Clarence M. Davenport, Jr. and distinguished National Institute of Mental

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Black mother speaks out after son, 9, denied entry at Baltimore restaurant for 'athletic' gear

READ MORE: Minority corrections officers barred from guarding Derek Chauvin file discrimination claims

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Baltimore Sees Steady Progress in COVID-19 Battle | Afro

While the city has seen a significant decline in the number of new cases of infections resulting from the virus, concern remains that moving too quickly to a sense of normalcy is risky and could erase any progress made to

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Meet the entrepreneur breaking barriers in the cannabis industry

All About-It, LLC (per Hope

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The True Plight of Black Americans

Some of the most dangerous big cities are: St. Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland, Chicago, Memphis, Atlanta, Birmingham, Newark, Buffalo and

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Source: Newsbusters | Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias

Afrocentric Homeschooling in Black Families | Afro

Black homeschooling families can find it more so while attempting to find homeschool resources to address their concerns, questions and

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Accountability and action during the COVID-19 pandemic

The racial disparity data for Pinellas County paints a bleak picture: Blacks are 3.85 times (2.37 times in Hillsborough County), more likely to be COVID-19 positive than

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Morgan State University [Baltimore] (1867- )

Morgan State University is the largest historically black college in Maryland. Located in Baltimore, the school was established in 1867 as the Centenary Biblical Institute by the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Members of the Methodist Churches in Baltimore recognized the

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Thank you, Baltimore | Afro

Today, I conclude my campaign the same way I began by saying—Thank

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de Sousa, Matthias ( ? -- ? )

Matthias de Sousa, an indentured servant, was the only black person to serve in the colonial Maryland legislature. As such he is the first African American to sit in any legislative body in what would become the United

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Source: Black Past

#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM FRI. 6.26.20 10:30AM ET — DERRICK JOHNSON, NAACP PRESIDENT AND CEO

As Ali had done to opponents many times prior, Leonard began a mind war with

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Jackson, James Lloyd (1920-2008)

James Lloyd Jackson was one of the little known heroes of the D-Day Landing at Normandy Beach in France in 1944. Jackson was born in Lakeland, Florida on February 25, 1920 to Essie May Holly and Amos Jackson. He graduated from Lakeland High School in 1938. For the next five years he worked for the

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Source: Black Past

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1953

US records 820 new Covid-19 deaths

The United States on Sunday recorded 820 new coronavirus fatalities in the previous 24 hours, but the country's total death count neared 90,000, a Johns Hopkins University tracker

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1st Black Student At Annapolis Naval Academy

John Henry Conyers of South Carolina became the first Black student at Annapolis Naval Academy. He later resigned.

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COVID-19 : We Must Improve Minority Participation in Clinical Trials

In addition, sterilizing Native American women without their consent, and the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, led to a justifiable fear and luck of trust by people of color regarding clinical trial participation in the

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Source: The New Journal and Guide

Mayor Young Announces Extension of Grocery Access Pilot Program in West and South Baltimore Through August | Afro

Mayor Young Announces Extension of Grocery Access Pilot Program in West and South Baltimore Through August

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Black women open up about dating other POC amid Hollywood spotlight

Audiences can now see Black women at the forefront of many of these relationships, and they are often paired with other people of

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Source: theGrio

African American Breast Cancer Survivor Says "Mammograms Are Not Enough," Launches Workshops For Women

A year later, her husband was diagnosed with cancer, and Katrina also lost her baby during this

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TUNE-IN- TODAY: 6PM EST/3PM PST for a Virtual Town Hall: One Nation, Under God, Indivisible

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following

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Black-Owned Natural Hair Care Brand Offers Franchise Opportunities to Women

Nationwide — In 2017, Diva By Cindy hair care products opened the first natural hair care kiosk in the Baltimore/Washington International

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Helene Gayle

Born: 8/16/1955 Buffalo, New YorkCEO of McKinsey Social Initiative, a nonprofit organization that implements programs that bring together varied stakeholders to address complex global and social challenges. McKinsey Social Initiatives first program, Generation, addresses the problem of youth

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