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Racism Is A Public Health Crisis. Ohio Wants To Declare It A Statewide Emergency.

As nationwide protests continue over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck last month, Ohio is trying to declare racism a public health

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Women’s heart services go virtual at Piedmont Hospital

Atlanta (June 24, 2020) – The Dottie Fuqua Women’s Heart Support Network started at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital in 2017 through a generous gift from the J.B. Fuqua

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Shaw v. Reno (1993)

April 20, 1993, Argued

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Global African History Bibliography Authors & Editors

Adedeji, Adebayo and L. Rowland Management Problems of Rapid Urbanisation in Nigeria Yes

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Ex-Atlanta Officer Who Killed Rayshard Brooks Granted Bond

(Fulton County Sheriff’s Office via

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What Have We Become?

There was a time when many Black people had hope and had reason to believe America had made progress on civil and human

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“I’m Not Finna Patty Cake And Accommodate No More”: Lecrae Says He Learned A Valuable Lesson After “White Blessing” Controversy

Christian rapper Lecrae sat down with the hosts of radio show, The Morning Hustle, to talk about the kerfuffle that transpired when he was witness to a conversation with christian leaders, where a prominent white pastor tried to re-brand the phrase “white privilege” as “white

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Former Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks granted $500,000 bond | The Atlanta Voice

In a previously filed court documents, Rolfe’s attorneys say Rolfe was legally justified and acting in self-defense when he shot and killed Brooks, 27, who wrestled with police and took the Taser of Officer Devin Brosnan during the

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Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama

In the article below, Kimberley Mangun, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, describes her ongoing research on the Birmingham (Alabama) World and its longtime editor, Emory O. Jackson. Mangun is writing a cultural biography of Jackson and the

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In memory of our departed Michael Alphonso Kalley – twelve months on

Today, 27th June 2020, marks the first anniversary of the departure of our beloved father, brother, grandad, uncle, cousin, and friend – Mr Michael Alphonso Kalley, who sadly passed away in Freetown on the 27th of June 2019, aged

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Dawn M. Jones Installed As 58th President Of State Bar of Georgia

Attorney Dawn M. Jones, managing member of The Firm of Dawn M. Jones, LLC in Atlanta, was installed as the 58th president of the 52,000-member State Bar of Georgia on June

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Source: The Savannah Tribune

Florida cops shot unarmed Black man within seconds during arrest

(Credit: screenshot) A 2014 Florida fatal shooting is under renewed scrutiny after a newly released video showed that police officers shot an unarmed Black man within seconds of the encounter without provocation. The Pasco Sheriff’s Office has insisted that the death of Jerry Dwight

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(1898) Alexander Crummell, “The Attitude of the American Mind Toward the Negro Intellect,”

? Alexander Crummells remarkable career spanned much of the 19th Century. Before the Civil War Crummell had established his credentials as an abolitionist, educator and lecturer in England as well as the United States. In the 1850s he was a member of the faculty of Liberia College. After the war

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Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s. During the time, it was known as the New Negro Movement, named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. The Movement also included the new African-American cultural

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The Role of Islam in African Slavery

Slavery has been rife throughout all of ancient history. Most, if not all, ancient civilizations practiced this institution and it is described (and defended) in early writings of the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Egyptians. It was also practiced by early societies in central America and Africa. (See

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Henry Louis Gates

Henry Louis Gates Jr. was born in September 16, 1950 in West Virginia and excelled in studies from an early age, regardless of his underprivileged family background. Graduating from high school as valedictorian in 1968, Gates attended a local college before enrolling in Yale University from where

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1950

Saint Peter Claver Church, San Antonio, Texas (1888- )

Saint Peter Claver (Mission) Church was the first AfricanAmerican Catholic Church in San Antonio, Texas. The church was built by Irish-born Margaret Mary Healy Murphy, the widowof John Bernard Murphy, who was the mayor of Corpus Christi from 1889 to1884. Margaret Mary Healy Murphy movedfrom Corpus

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Alicia Keys To Host Nickelodeon Special On Race In America

Nickelodeon plans to revive its acclaimed Nick News franchise with an hour-long special about race that will aim to promote the voices and experiences of Black children across the

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they

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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms takes immediate action on use of force recommendations

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Takes Immediate Action Upon Receiving Use of Force Advisory Council’s 14-day Recommendations

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"What's in a Name?" Black History Month Family Day 2012 Video Interviews

How to Make a Leather Pouch: Step-by-Step with Kathleen Coleclough

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Free “Talking About Race” Web Portal

Research shows that many people feel they do not have the information needed to discuss race in a way that is candid, safe and respectful of other viewpoints and a wealth of resources to inform and guide discussions—videos, role-playing exercises, targeted questions and more, said

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Morehouse College Receives $40M To Combat COVID-19 In Underserved Communities

The funding—which was awarded to the Atlanta-based college by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health—will support Morehouse’s National COVID-19 Resiliency Network in fighting the pandemic in underserved

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Kamala Harris's Police Reform Push Becomes Running Mate Tryout

Kamala Harris’s push for police reform in the Senate is shaping up as an audition for the job of Joe Biden’s vice president, as she makes herself a highly public voice for change after years as a no-nonsense prosecutor.By promoting a bill to ban police chokeholds and make other changes -- and by

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Abbott, Robert Sengstacke (1870-1940)

Born in 1870 to formerly enslaved parents, Abbott attended Hampton Institute in Virginia and then went on to graduate from Kent Law School (now Chicago-Kent College of Law in Illinois) in 1899. In May 1905 he started publishing the Chicago Defender. In the early years he personally sold

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Hosanna School Museum’s 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration Commemorates 400 Years of Perseverance Through History, Culture and Achievement | Afro

Hosanna School Museum’s 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration Commemorates 400 Years of Perseverance Through History, Culture and Achievement

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John Hope Franklin

John Hope Franklin , (born Jan. 2, 1915, Rentiesville, Okla., U.S.—died March 25, 2009, Durham, N.C.), American historian and educator noted for his scholarly reappraisal of the American Civil War era and the importance of the black struggle in shaping modern American identity. He also helped

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Grutter v. Bollinger et al (2003)

No. 02-241. Argued April 1, 2003--Decided June 23, 2003

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Left of Black with Eric Deggans

Left of Black- Season 3, Episode 13

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2013

The Sword of The Black Press

Gantt exclaimed in an exclusive interview with the Florida Courier, Florida’s statewide Black weekly

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