President Truman created Committee on Civil Rights

(1947) Henry A. Wallace, “Ten Extra Years”

Henry A. Wallace, the Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945 and the future candidate for the Presidency on the Progressive Party ticket in 1948, chose the National Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma in December 1947 to outline his views on racial

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Snapchat removes Trump account from curated section

Snap said it would no longer promote US President Donald Trump’s account in Snapchat’s Discover section, saying his incendiary comments last week made the account ineligible for the curated section where users explore new

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Jesse Jackson, Sr.

Once an aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson has been a political activist and public figure since the civil rights days of the 1960s. Jackson, a Baptist minister, is the founder of the non-profit organization PUSH (People United to Save Humanity). In the 1980s he was a regular presence

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Racist President Wears Mask Publicly After 132K Die In U.S. From Coronavirus

Donald Trump, the racist President of the United States, finally work a mask in public yesterday (July 11). It happened to finally happen only after 132,000 people have died from the coronavirus in the nation.

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Br'er Rabbit

Brer Rabbit /ˈ b r ɛər/ (Brother Rabbit), also spelled Brer Rabbit or Brer Rabbit or Bruh Rabbit, is a central figure as Uncle Remus tells stories of the Southern United States. Brer Rabbit is a trickster who succeeds by his wits rather than by brawn, provoking authority figures and bending social

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Celebrating Malcolm X, a warrior and master teacher –

No one whom I have ever met more clearly understood the realness of that observation than Brother Malcolm X, who himself once noted “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it

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Ivory Coast Vice President quits office | Africanews

Ivory Coast’s Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan has stepped down, the presidency said on Monday, an announcement that comes on the heels of the sudden death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly on July

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Ida B. Wells

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931), more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist,[1] Georgist,[2] and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She was one of the founders of the National

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8 Network Television Shows Starring Black Women

Television shows starring black women have been few and far between on the Big 3 television networks, but that changed after the success of ABCs Scandal, which paved the way for a number of black women to appear on television. Learn which shows starring black predated Scandal and about the programs

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Somalia not ready for 'one person - one vote' poll: regional presidents | Africanews

July 13: Somalia regional presidents reject term extension

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Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman won the Academy Award as best supporting actor for his role as a world-weary ex-boxer in the 2004 film Million Dollar Baby. Morgan Freeman kicked around TV and movies during the 1970s and 80s as a reliable supporting character, then became a familiar face in the movies after his

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This Day in History - June 8

1915: Allied forces take Neuville in France from Germans in World War

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TEXAS OPENS PHASE 2

Here are important dates for opening these businesses: May 18: Child Care Centers, Massage and Personal-Care Centers, and Youth

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Supreme Court says states can punish Electoral College voters | The Atlanta Voice

The Supreme Court said Monday that states can punish members of the Electoral College who break a pledge to vote for a states popular vote winner in presidential elections. The case comes as the election season is heating up, putting the Electoral College will once again be front and center in an

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Guinea-Bissau

U.S. Department of State Background Note

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Partin the Waters: Do not give legs to creeping fascism

She arrived in America with her father and family seeking liberty from an authoritarian black hearted oppressive regime that denied individual

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Nathan's Champ Joey Chestnut Rips Trump's Hot Dog Eating Style

The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champ called out the president for basically being a weenie.

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Blue Ivy Hunting for Easter Eggs at the White House Will Give You All the Feels

The Carters head to D.C. for President Obama's last Easter.

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Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario Steps Down After Six Years On The Job [Details]

| Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty

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Obama emerges as central figure in 2020 presidential race

In recent days, Trump and his allies have aggressively pushed conspiracy theories about Obama designed to fire up the president’s conservative base, taint Biden by association and distract from the glut of grim health and economic news from the coronavirus

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Egypt

In 1967, border tensions between Egypt and Israel led to the Six-Day War. On June 5, Israel launched an air assault, and within days had annexed the Sinai Peninsula, the East Bank of the Jordan River, and the Golan Heights. A UN cease-fire on June 10 saved the Arabs from a complete rout. Nasser

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US nears 100,000 pandemic deaths: Does Trump feel your pain? | The Atlanta Voice

As diverse as they were in eloquence and empathy, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama each had his own way of piercing the noise of catastrophe and reaching

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A long-overdue ‘Tip of the Cap’ to baseball’s Black pioneers

So did three other former U.S. presidents and a host of prominent civil rights leaders, entertainers and sports greats in a virtual salute to the 100-year anniversary of the founding of baseball’s Negro

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Comptroller Mendoza adds prevailing wage to ISBI rules | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza helped ensure Thursday that the state will no longer invest in funds which own properties flouting Illinois’ Prevailing Wage

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We can’t breathe: Chamisa

OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has psyched up hard-pressed Zimbabweans to liberate themselves from the heavy Zanu PF yoke which he claims has shrunk the democratic space and deprived citizens of the much-needed

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No, COVID-19 TRACE Act doesn't remove people from their homes

(Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty

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Malawi: Chilima Says DPP Are Liars, Clueless - ' Adzonzi Another Victim of Being Used'

State Vice President and UTM leader Saulos Chilima has resumed his famous whistle-stop campaign christened imbizo tours on Friday with his first two stops at Kampepuza and Ntcheu Boma - venues dubbed as his home ground - where hundreds of people attended as Chilima campaigned for opposition Tonse

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Juneteenth Vibes: A Family-Friendly Playlist Celebrating Blackness

Juneteenth is a national holiday celebrating the freedom of African Americans from slavery in the U.S. Its name comes from the words “June” and

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Trump’s photo-op with a Bible is contemptuous

In a made-for-propaganda-TV moment, he led a bizarre parade from the White House to St. John’s Episcopal Church down the street on the evening of June 1, where he waited for someone in his entourage to hand him

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This Day in History — May 21

1541: Members of a Spanish expedition seeking gold, led by Hernando de Soto, become the first Europeans to see the Mississippi River, south of what is now

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