Patricia Roberts Harris, HUD Secretary, dies

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King, MLK, Reverend King, and Luther King redirect here. For the Nigerian preacher, see Reverend King (Nigerian pastor). For the Portuguese footballer known as Luther King, see Martin

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Death of Eric Garner

On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner died in Staten Island, New York City, after a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer put him in what has been described as a chokehold for about 15 to 19 seconds while arresting him. The New York City Medical Examiners Office attributed Garners death to

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Jul

17

2014

Howard University Student Virgil Parker Selected as 2020 Rangel Summer Fellow

The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program has selected Howard University senior journalism student Virgil Parker as one of its 15 fellows following a highly competitive nationwide selection

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Patricia R.Harris

Patricia R. Harris named secretary of housing and urban development by President-elect Carter.

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Dec

21

1976

DC Mayor Orders 'Black Lives Matter' Message On The Road To The White House

(CNN) — Washington D.C. is painting a message in giant, yellow letters down a busy DC street ahead of a planned protest this weekend: BLACK LIVES

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Patricia R. Harris

Patricia R. Harris, secretary of housing and urban development, named secretary of health, education and welfare.

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Jul

19

1979

Santos, Rosângela Cristina Oliveira (1990- )

Rosângela Cristina Oliveira Santos is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Brazil, specialising in the 100 and 200 meter sprints. Born to Brazilian parents in Washington D.C., on December 20, 1990, she contracted pneumonia as a baby and was one year old when her parents

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Dec

20

1990

Setting Aside Race: Selected Books by Black Authors in Which Blackness is Not the Predominant Theme

Compiled by Robert Fikes, Jr., Librarian

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The Power of the Press: African-American News Publications in the Jim Crow Era

Overview of the African-American

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Cleve L. Killingsworth

Cleve L. Killingsworth, Jr. was Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, one of the largest independent, not-for-profit plans in the country. In this role, Killingsworth led the company’s efforts to elevate the quality of services and care delivered to its

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Guyana to benefit from UK COVID-19 aid to PAHO

Washington D.C., May 22, 2020 (PAHO)— The United Kingdom has agreed to contribute 3 million Pounds (USD $3.8 m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Watts Jr., J.C. (1957- )

J.C. Watts, Jr., the first black Republican to be elected to a political office in Oklahoma. He was born in Eufaula, Oklahoma, on November 18, 1957. A superior athlete, he starred as quarterback on a University of Oklahoma football team known for rarely passing the ball. Consequently, after Watts

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Dec

1

2002

Phi Beta Sigma

FoundedJanuary 9, 1914; 103 years ago

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Elijah Muhammad: Leader of the Nation of Islam

Overview

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Oct

7

1897

Council, city officials mull cap on delivery service charges

“When restaurants operate off of 6[%], 8% profit margins, when you’re paying 18% of your total revenue to the delivery companies, you’re just not viable,” Schall

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Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman is a children’s rights activist, lawyer and educator. Born on June 6, 1939 in Bennettsville, South Carolina, her father was a Baptist preacher, who taught Marian and her siblings the value of education. He passed away when Marian was 14, and his dying advice to Marian was not

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Jun

6

1939

Killings of Arbery and Martin tragically similar

In both cases, prosecutors initially declined to prosecute and charges were filed only after weeks of sustained pressure from the Black communities in both Deep South

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Ralph Bunche

Ralph Bunche , in full Ralph Johnson Bunche (born Aug. 7, 1904, Detroit, Mich., U.S.—died Dec. 9, 1971, New York, N.Y.), U.S. diplomat, a key member of the United Nations for more than two decades, and winner of the 1950 Nobel Prize for Peace for his successful negotiation of an Arab-Israeli

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Major General Elder Granger U.S. Army (Ret.)

Elder Granger is Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Diannic, LLC. In this role, Major General Granger is a consultant and advisor on healthcare and defense healthcare issues with extensive experience in the private and public sectors. Major General Granger is a Strategic Advisor to

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Protesters mass near White House for 2nd day

The Latest on the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck (all times

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Jones, William B. (1928- )

On July 26, 1977, President Jimmy Carter nominated William B. Jones as the United States Ambassador to Haiti. The U.S. Senate confirmed Jones and soon after he took up his post in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Born on May 2, 1928, to Bill and LaVelle Jones in Los Angeles, California, Ambassador Jones grew

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Mural Painted On Road To White House

The street was also renamed BlackLivesMatter BLVD. The streets is getting prepped for a mass crowd expected to protest over the weekend

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Bunche, Ralph J. (ca. 1903-1971)

RalphJohnson Bunche, American political scientist, renowned scholar, award winner,and diplomat, was one of the most prominent African Americans of his era. Bunche was born on August 7, 1903 or 1904(there is some disagreement about the year of his birth) in Detroit, Michigan. His father Fred was

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Source: Black Past

Dec

9

1971

Newswire: Black unemployment was 16.7 percent in April

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that the jobless rate for the blacks was 16.7 percent in April, a giant leap backward from 6.7 percent in March, as the Covid-19 pandemic caused nonfarm employment to fall by 20.5 million jobs last

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The battle for the mind, heart and soul of America is at stake | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Already in the throes of a global pandemic victimizing African Americans at twice the rate of others, our nation became submerged in yet another catastrophe – unseen in generations – in the wake of the brutal police killing of George Floyd in

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Murray, Pauli (1910-1985)

Pauli Murray was born on November 20, 1910 in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Agnes and William Murray. Her father, a Howard University graduate, taught in the Baltimore public schools. Both of Murray’s parents died when she was a child. Her mother suffered from a brain hemorrhage and died

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Jul

1

1985

List of first African-American mayors

In the 19th century in the American South during Reconstruction, African Americans began to be elected to many local offices, such as sheriff or Justice of the Peace, and some became the first African-American mayors of cities and towns. After this brief period, African Americans found themselves

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John R. Thompson

John R. Thompson, Jr. was head coach of the Georgetown University men’s basketball team from 1972 until 1998, winning a national championship in 1984. Additionally, Thompson was

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Garnet, Henry Highland (1815-1882)

Born into slavery near New Markey, Maryland on December 23, 1815, Henry Highland Garnet escaped from bondage via the Underground Railroad with his parents, George and Henrietta Trusty in 1824. After residing briefly in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the family settled in New York City, New York

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Dec

23

1815

Ellington, Duke

Ellington, Duke (Edward Kennedy Ellington), 1899–1974, American jazz musician and composer, b. Washington, D.C. Ellington made his first professional appearance as a jazz pianist in 1916. By 1918 he had formed a band, and after appearances in nightclubs in Harlem he became one of the most famous

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