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Poem Book Published

Francis Williams, first U.S. Black college graduate, publishes a poem book in Latin.

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Kenya: Amina Mohamed Among Favourites for WTO Top Job

Kenya's Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has become one of the top picks for the World Trade Organization's director general post, according to a UK

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Source: allAfrica.com

Fighting the Culture of Silence in the Face of Tragedy

By Kori S. Carew

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Source: Savoy Network

DuBois, William Edward Burghardt (1868–1963)

Educator, essayist, journalist, scholar, social critic, and activist W.E.B. DuBois, was born to Mary Sylvina Burghardt and Alfred Dubois on February 23, 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He excelled in the public schools of Great Barrington, graduating valedictorian from his high school in

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Source: Black Past

Aug

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1963

Toomer, Jean (1894-1967)

Jean Toomer was born into an elite black family in Washington, D.C. in 1894. Abandoned by his father as a newborn and losing his mother to appendicitis as a teenager, Toomer spent his formative years in the home of his grandparents, P.B.S. and Nina Pinchback. P.B.S. Pinchback served as a state

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Source: Black Past

Afro-Uruguay: A Brief History

In the following account University of Pittsburgh historian George Reid Andrews provides an introduction to the history of the population of African ancestry in

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Wheatley, Phillis (1754-1784)

Enslaved in Senegal [in a region that is now in Gambia] at age eight and brought to America on a schooner called the Phillis (for which she was apparently named), was purchased by Susannah and John Wheatley, who soon recognized her intellect and facility with language. Susannah Wheatley taught

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Wiley College (1873- )

Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, is the first African-American college established in the Lone Star State. The institution was founded in 1873 by Bishop Isaac Wiley of Methodist Episcopal Church and chartered by the Freedman’s Aid Society in 1882. Isaac Wiley grew up with dreams of becoming

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Brazil covers nearly half of South America and is the continents largest nation. It extends 2,965 mi (4,772 km) north-south, 2,691 mi (4,331 km) east-west, and borders every nation on the continent except Chile and Ecuador. Brazil may be divided into the Brazilian Highlands, or plateau, in the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

(1858) John S. Rock, “I Will Sink or Swim with My Race”

Schoolteacher, dentist, physician, lawyer, graduate of the American Medical College in Philadelphia, member of the Massachusetts bar, proficient in Greek and Latin, Dr. John S. Rock was unequivocally one of the most distinguished African American leaders to emerge in the United States during the

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Global Star Amara La Negra Vows to Stand Firm in the Fight for Racial Equality

Global Star Amara La Negra Vows to Stand Firm in the Fight for Racial Equality

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

You can still support the Black Lives Matter movement without going to a protest. Here's how.

Since last week, protests have erupted in over 300 cities nationwide against the endless police violence waged against Black

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Source: theGrio

Roman Slavery and the Question of Race

Those who sell slaves must state the natio [place of origin] of each at the sale; for the natio of a slave frequently encourages or deters a prospective buyer; hence it is advantageous to know his natio, since it is reasonable to suppose that some slaves are good because they originate from a tribe

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The Black Presence in Pre-20th Century Europe: A Hidden History

In the In the following account, Professor Allison Blakely of BostonUniversity describes the presence of blacks in Early Modern Europe. Hisarticle reminds us that persons of African ancestry resided acrossEurope. Their numbers ranged from a few hundred scattered acrossGermany, Scandinavia and

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(1965) Lyndon B. Johnson, "The Voting Rights Act"

In early March 1965 much of the nations attention was focused on civil rights marches in and around Selma, Alabama. Activists led by Dr. Martin Luther King used these demonstrations to urge the federal government to act to end the denial of voting rights to tens of thousands of African Americans

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Source: Black Past

Fair Count launches the I Count Bus Tour: Remix for the 2020 Census

Dalton, GA– Fair Count is launching its first completely virtual bus tour in Dalton, GA, today in an effort to increase participation in the 2020

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Metcalfe, Ralph Harold (1910-1978)

Ralph Metcalfe, was an outstanding U.S. sprinter, track coach, and politican born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Chicago, Illinois. During Metcalfe’s years as a student at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1932 through 1934, he was arguably the world’s fastest human. His strong

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(1839) Daniel A. Payne, “Slavery Brutalizes Man”

? Daniel A. Payne was born on February 24, 1811, in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of free blacks. Educated at a Charleston school established by free blacks and by a private tutor, he mastered mathematics, Greek, Latin, and French. In 1826 Payne joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and t

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The Texas Democratic Party to Host a Virtual Media Room at Texas Democratic Convention (press release)

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Source: Serving Northeast Texas

Civil Rights Movement Timeline From 1951 to 1959

Civil Rights Movement Timeline From 1951 to 1959

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Anna Julia Cooper

Anna Julia Cooper , née Anna Julia Haywood (born August 10, 1858?, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.—died February 27, 1964, Washington, D.C.), American educator and writer whose book A Voice From the South by a Black Woman of the South (1892) became a classic African American feminist

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Source: Brittanica

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1964

Bartlett seeks cooperation in rebuilding tourism

MINISTER of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says that the phased reopening of Jamaica's borders to international travellers on June 15 was not just about tourism, but a matter of economic life or

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Jamaican medical student in Cuba readies for Spanish Town Hospital mission

THOUGH restricted in movement by the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuba-based Jamaican medical student Oraine Darren Lynch is biding his time, as he prepares for a final-round push towards a mission that will decide his

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

(1869) Frederick Douglass Describes The "Composite Nation"

In an 1869 speech in Boston, Frederick Douglass challenged most social observers and politicians (including most African Americans) by advocating the acceptance of Chinese immigration. His argument is presented

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Amo, Anton Wilhelm (1703? -1753)

Anton Wilhelm Amo, also known as Antonius Guilielmus Amo Afer ab Aximo in Guinea, was the first intellectual of African ancestry to study in Germany. He obtained a doctorate degree in philosophy and held lectures at the universities of Halle and Jena. Having spent forty years of his life in

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Minneapolis Cop Who Knelt On The Neck of George Floyd, Charged With Murder | Afro

By TIM SULLIVAN and AMY FORLITI, Associated Press

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Haiti History | FactMonster

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How racism pushed Margot and Norton, a black ballroom dance couple to pass as ‘hispanic’ to be hired

Margot and Norton were a black ballroom dance couple who found fame in America and Europe during the

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Protests continue worldwide as George Floyd is laid to rest –

The first of several memorial services was held in Minneapolis on June 4 at North Central University with the Rev. Al Sharpton delivering the

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Source: Florida Courier

Four Minneapolis Officers Fired After Death Of George Floyd | Afro

By AMY FORLITI and JEFF BAENEN, Associated Press

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Moore, Gwendolynne S. "Gwen" (1951- )

Gwendolynne Moore is the first African American member of Congress from Wisconsin where she represents the state’s Fourth Congressional District. Moore, a community leader and lifelong civil rights and human rights advocate, is the first woman to represent the Fourth Congressional District. She is

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