President Johnson signed Economic Opportunity Act

Barack Obama Biography - President of the United States

On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama was elected as the 44th president of the United States. He officially became the first African-American president when he was inaugurated on January

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President Obama on JFK's political courage

President Barack Obama says JFK faced many challenges from civil rights to nuclear war, but his courage to stand up for the greater good kept the nation together. At the Profile In Courage Award dinner, the President called on Americans to do the

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African-American Organizations of the Progressive Era

The National Association of Colored Women was established in July of 1896. African-American writer and suffragette Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin believed that the best way to respond to racist and sexist attacks in the media was through social-political activism. Arguing that developing positive

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Freeman A. Hrabowski

Freeman A. Hrabowski is President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Hrabowski’s research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and

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Pierre E. Leroy

Pierre E. Leroy was President of both the Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division and the Global Parts Division at Deere & Company. At Deere, Leroy served in numerous financial positions such as Director of Finance for Europe, Africa and the Middle East; Vice President and

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Fireworks harm the quality of life in our neighborhoods

With the upcoming 4th of July celebrations, Common Council President Cavalier Johnson is encouraging residents to have a safe summer by refraining from buying and using fireworks in the City of

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Civil Rights Act of 1960

The Civil Rights Act of 1960 (Pub.L. 86–449, 74 Stat. 89, enacted May 6, 1960) was a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someones attempt to register to vote. It was designed to deal with

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Rebecca Lee Crumpler: First African-American Woman to Become a Physician

Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler is the first African-American woman to earn a medical degree. She was also the first African-American to publish a text concerning medical discourse. The text, A Book of Medical Discourses was published in

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Joe, Dems, and drinkin’ the progressive missionary Kool-Aide!

Actually, Biden–who is the preemptive Democratic Party nominee because of the ‘apparently Black enough vote’–told radio host ‘Charlamagne tha God,’ if he didn’t’ know the difference between himself and Donald Trump, he is not

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Civil Rights Movement Timeline From 1960 to 1964

This civil rights movement timeline chronicles important dates during the struggles second chapter, the early 1960s. While the fight for racial equality began in the 1950s, the non-violent techniques the movement embraced began to pay off during the following decade. Civil rights activists and

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Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson was the son of Michael Johnson, a bookseller, and his wife, Sarah. From childhood he suffered from a number of physical afflictions. By his own account, he was born “almost dead,” and he early contracted scrofula (tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands). Because of

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Eddie Murphy

On April 3rd, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, an actor was born. Little did anybody know Edward Regan Murphy certainly had a lengthy path to cover. His career is claimed to represent ‘a typical Hollywood rags-to-riches story as he was catapulted from humble and tough origins in Brooklyn to movie

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)[a] is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington and Moorfield

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Hastings, Alcee L. (1936- )

Alcee Lamar Hastings, the son of Julius C. and Mildred L. Hastings, was born on September 5, 1936 in Altamonte Springs, Florida. His parents were domestic servants who eventually left Florida to take jobs to pay for his education. Hastings remained in the state, living with his maternal

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Fireworks harm the quality of life in our neighborhoods - Milwaukee Community Journal

statement from Common Council President Cavalier Johnson With the upcoming 4th of July celebrations, Common Council President Cavalier Johnson is encouraging residents to have a safe summer by refraining from buying and using fireworks in the City of Milwaukee. President Johnson said fireworks

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Jewell D. Hoover

Jewell D. Hoover is President and Principal of Hoover and Associates, LLC. Hoover worked at the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for 28 years prior to starting her own company. Hoover joined the OCC in 1975 as a National Bank Examiner and, at various times, supervised banks in the Northeast and

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Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes

Gwendolyn Brooks was an Illinois poet laureate who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1950. See profile: Gwendolyn Brooks

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BREAKING NEWS: LINCOLN DID NOT FREE THE SLAVES

500 Years later

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Williams, Franklin Hall (1917-1990)

Longtime civil rights organizer and later U.S. Ambassador, Franklin Hall Williams was born on October 22, 1917, in Flushing, New York. His mother died in 1919. Williams was raised by his maternal grandparents. He graduated from Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1941. After

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Civil Rights Act of 1957

The Civil Rights Act of 1957, Pub.L. 85–315, 71 Stat. 634, enacted September 9, 1957, primarily a voting rights bill, was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was also Congresss show of

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Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 to Divide Africa

The Berlin Conference was Africas undoing in more ways than one. The colonial powers superimposed their domains on the African continent. By the time independence returned to Africa in 1950, the realm had acquired a legacy of political fragmentation that could neither be eliminated nor made to

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African American History and Women Timeline 1860-1869

[Previous] [Next] Women and African American History: 1860-1869 • founded in 1832 and accepting male and female, white and black students, by 1860 Oberlin College had a student population that was one-third African American • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, autobiography of Harriet Jacobs, wa

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The Moynihan Report (1965)

The Negro

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Zimbabwe

The presidential election did take place in late June, but it was neither free nor fair. Nevertheless, Mugabe was elected to a sixth term, taking 85% of the vote. President Bush joined the chorus of world leaders who condemned the election and the government-sponsored crackdown on the

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Slave Quarters Excavation at James Madison's Montpelier

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Phillip R. Cox

Phillip R. Cox, for more than 40 years, has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Cox Financial Corporation, an independent financial services company he

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Left of Black - American Dance Festival Special

Left of Black with Ron K. Brown and Jason Moran

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Adams, Samuel Clifford, Jr. (1920-2001)

Samuel Clifford Adams, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Niger was born in Waco, Texas on August 15, 1920, to Samuel Clifford Adams and Sarah Catherine (née Roberts) Adams. He grew up in the Fourth Ward section of

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Eric G. Johnson

Eric G. Johnson is President and Chief Executive Officer of Baldwin Richardson Foods Company, one of the largest African- American-owned businesses in the food industry. Headquartered in Frankfort, Ill., with manufacturing facilities located in Macedon, N.Y., the company employs more than 250

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10 Best New Hip-Hop Artists of 2011

Big Sean has been patiently waiting in Kanyes wings for years now. He signed to G.O.O.D Music in 2007 but only has a bunch of guest verses and two ominously titled mixtapes to show for it. Look for Sean to expand on his Finally Famous mixtape series with the release of a similarly titled debut

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