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(1995) Louis Farrakhan, “A Million Men Marching On"

In 1995 Minister Louis Farrakhan was the leader of the Nation of Islam. That year his organization became the driving force in the Million Man March, a call for African American men to come to Washington D.C. on October 17, 1995, in what was billed as “a day of atonement.” Although

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Black Protester Severly Injured After Being Hit With Non-lethal Projectile

A black man lost his eye, seven teeth, and fractured the left side of his face when he was hit with a projectile fired by cops during a May 30 protest in downtown

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Hall, Katie Beatrice (1938-2012)

Democratic representative Katie Hall was elected to the United States Congress in 1983. Born in Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Mississippi in 1938, she attended Mississippi Valley State University and Indiana University before teaching in the public schools of Gary Indiana. Hall was elected to the

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Johnson, Francis Hall (1888-1970)

Composer and musician Hall Johnson was born in Athens, Georgia in 1888 to Alice Virginia Sanson Johnson and William Decker Johnson, a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. His musical talent was apparent from childhood when he studied piano with his older sister, Mary, and taught

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Rwanda: 1,000 Entrepreneurs Within Refugee Communities in Rwanda to Benefit From Inkomoko Recovery Grants On World Refugee Day

The grants are part of a larger program launched by Inkomoko, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, to enable businesses in Rwanda to overcome the economic impacts of COVID-19

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Juneteenth Will Be An Official Holiday In New York City Starting In 2021

Juneteenth, which marks the effective end of slavery in the United States, will become an official holiday in the country’s largest city beginning next year, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared

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Knights of St. Peter Claver (1909- )

The Knights of Peter Claver organization was founded in 1909 in Mobile, Alabama. It is the largest African American Catholic lay organization in the United States. The organization was founded by the Josephites, a Catholic order whose mission was to serve Catholic African Americans. Josephite

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Spirit.Ed: The Sazerac, New Orleans’ Official Cocktail

I came to this conclusion after making my first Sazerac, a classic drink that serves as the official cocktail of New

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Prince Hall

In 1787 Prince Hall founded Boston's African Lodge Number 459, the first African Masonic Lodge in the country and the beginning of Black Masonry in the United States. The Lodge, currently located at 18 Washington Street in the Grove Hall section of Dorchester, is one of the few Masonic lodges

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Kenya wins UN Security Council seat

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African-American Firsts in Film and Theatre

In 1916, Noble and George Johnson established The Lincoln Motion Picture Company. Founded in Omaha, Nebraska, the Johnson Brothers made Lincoln Motion Picture Company the first African-American film production company. The companys debut film was entitled The Realization of the Negros

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Prince Hall

Prince Hall (c. 1735–1738—1807)[1] was an African American noted as an abolitionist for his leadership in the free black community in Boston and as the founder of Prince Hall Freemasonry. He lobbied for education rights for black children and was active in the back-to-Africa

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Tennessee advances 6-week abortion ban, lawsuit filed

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Amid nationwide unrest and a global pandemic that wrecked the state budget, Tennessee lawmakers advanced one of the strictest abortion bans in the country as most Tennesseans were asleep Friday and largely unaware the GOP-dominant General Assembly had taken up the

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Bubba Wallace Rolls on Despite Incident

By Earl Heath, Contributing Sports Writer

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The Pan-African Congresses, 1900-1945

Pan-Africanist ideals emerged in the late nineteenth century in response to European colonization and exploitation of the African continent. Pan-Africanist philosophy held that slavery and colonialism depended on and encouraged negative, unfounded categorizations of the race, culture, and values of

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'P-Valley' showrunner Katori Hall dishes on season 1

Katori Hall developed her new Starz series, P-Valley, with the goal of shedding light on the world of stripping—and the nuance of Blackness as

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Boston, MA, blacks led by Masonic organizer and abolitionistPrince Hall, petit

Boston, MA, blacks led by Masonic organizer and abolitionist Prince Hall, petition the legislature for equal school facilities for blacks.

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(1852) Frederick Douglass, “What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July”

On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of his audience on that 76th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Douglass used the occasion not to celebrate the nation’s triumphs but

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Emeka Igwe, the attorney who worked tirelessly for no fee to get Elmer Daniels freed after 39 yrs

When African-American Elmer Daniels gave a talk at a forum about his brutal life sentence and wrongful incarceration over alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl, Attorney Emeka Igwe was in the

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Kenya Wins UN Security Council Seat by 2 Votes

Kenya narrowly won an election for a non-permanent United Nations Security Council seat Thursday, in a vote impacted by the COVID-19

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Noose Found in Black Race Car Driver Bubba Wallace Garage

As the U.S. is now grappling with rectifying its racist past federal authorities recently confirmed they are investigating the discovery of a noose found in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall of Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver who successfully pushed the stock car series

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Hall, Arsenio (1956- )

Born February 12, 1956, in Cleveland, Ohio, Arsenio Hall is a comedian, talk show host, writer, producer, and actor. He hosted the late night show Arsenio Hall Show from 1989 to

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Draper to become first African-American chief judge of appeals court

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Judge George W. Draper III will become chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, on Thursday, July

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(1926) George S. Schulyer, “The Negro-Art Hokum”

Negro art “made in America” is as non-existent as the widely advertised profundity of Cal Coolidge, the “seven years of progress” of Mayor Hylan, or the reported sophistication of New Yorkers. Negro art there has been, is, and will be among the numerous black nations of

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Zimbabwe: Inefficient Foreign Exchange Market Costing Zim Billions

The major reasons why Zimbabwe suffers from foreign currency shortages can be traced back to a lack of confidence (trust) in financial institutions, especially the country's apex bank, repressive exchange control regulations and an inefficient foreign exchange market that does not give fair value

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Black with a Capital “B”: Mainstream Media Join Black Press in Upper-casing Race

Last week, Norman Pearlstine, the editor of the LA Times, sent a memo to staffers announcing that the publication will begin capitalizing “B” in the word Black in its articles when referring to a race of

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The Line For UNIQLO’s AIRism Face Mask In Japan Looked Liked A Supreme Drop

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Smith, Joshua Bowen (1813-1879)

Joshua Bowen Smith, caterer, abolitionist, and state senator, was born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania in 1813. Details regarding his childhood remain obscure. However, it is known that he was educated in the public school system of Pennsylvania with the assistance of a wealthy

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A former felon has turned his life around after studying the stock market

While incarcerated, Leon Howard spent his time in prison learning the stock market and now he is using his knowledge to teach others financial

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Trump Takes Credit For Making Juneteenth 'Very Famous'

Despite history’s efforts, Donald J. Trump said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal this week that it was he who made the day so

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