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African American Attitudes About The Police Over Time

Roughly 50 years ago, in a 1969 question asked by Louis Harris, 76% of blacks said blacks face discrimination in the way they are treated by the police, while 19% of whites gave that

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Source: https://www.forbes.com

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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Source: ThoughtCo

Great-Grandson Of ‘Aunt Jemina’ Calls Attempt To Abandon Brand A Great ‘Injustice’ – Free Press of Jacksonville

By Derek Major- Several descendants of women who played “Aunt Jemima” are speaking out against the Quaker Oats food company’s decision to rebrand its Aunt Jemima breakfast

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

(1865) Abraham Lincoln, “Abraham Lincoln’s Last Public Address”

? F.A.Q. On April 11, 1865, two days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, President Abraham Lincoln addressed a jubilant crowd that had gathered outside the White House in Washington, D.C. While the crowd expected an address celebrating t

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Source: Black Past

Horace Grant Disses Michael Jordan After Getting Portrayed As Snitch In “The Last Dance”

Source: Hector Vivas / Getty

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

List of African-American inventors and scientists

This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse

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Source: ThoughtCo

Harris, Everette “E” Lynn (1955-2009)

New York Times bestselling author Everette “E” Lynn Harris was born June 20, 1955, in Flint, Michigan. Openly homosexual, Harris was best known for his depictions of gay African American men who were concealing or “closeting” their sexuality. Although he did not participate

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Source: Black Past

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2009

SAA repatriation flight from Germany stalled after plane's door malfunctions

South Africans on a South African Airways repatriation flight departing from Frankfurt in Germany have faced multiple delays after the SAA plane's door reportedly

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“She Was Sanctified:” Da Brat Worried That Coming Out Would Cause Her Late Grandmother To Be Judged By Church Members

Quite a few factors kept Da Brat from coming out, but the “Funkdafied” rapper — born Shawntae Harris — says that the decision to keep her sexuality under wraps was ultimately her call and not the result of pressure from her

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Source: MadameNoire

Harris, Barbara C. (1930- ) - Birthday

Religious leader Barbara Clementine Harris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Walter and Beatrice (Price) Harris on June 12, 1930.

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Source: Black Past

Jun

12

1930

Black Democrats: ‘Choose a sister’

“Joe Biden owes black people, and black women in particular, a debt of gratitude for reviving a campaign that was dead,” said Colette Phillips, founder of the Get Konnected social network and a supporter of the former vice president in the

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Source: The Bay State Banner

Hundreds Of McDonald's Workers Strike Over Company's Response To Coronavirus

McDonald’s workers in 20 cities nationwide went on strike Wednesday, protesting against the company’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and demanding guaranteed paid sick leave, hazard pay and

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OP-ED: A Warning to Joe Biden and the Democratic Party About Black Voters | Afro

There is one profound truth this coming November – the Democratic Party knows it needs the support of black voters to win the 2020 presidential

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Poll: Black Americans Most Likely to Know a COVID-19 Victim

DETROIT (AP) — African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the

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Great-Grandson of ‘Aunt Jemima’ Calls Attempt To Abandon Brand A Great ‘Injustice – Free Press of Jacksonville

By Derrick Major – Several descendants of women who played “Aunt Jemima” are speaking out against the Quaker Oats food company’s decision to rebrand its Aunt Jemima breakfast

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

‘Morale Is Low’: Cops Wallow In Self-Pity As The Country Demands Better Policing That’s Not Racist

The movement to defund police combined with the overall sentiment that sweeping change is needed for all of law enforcement has apparently left cops with some issues of self-confidence and apparent self-pity over their uncertain

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Source: NewsOne

$100,000,000 Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed In the Death of Peace Activist Shawntray Grant

The family of Shawntray Grant, represented by The Mance Law Firm, held a press conference last Monday to discuss the $100,000,000 wrongful death lawsuit that has been filed in the death of local peace activist Shawntray

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Source: The Savannah Tribune

Democrats mocked for wearing kente cloth at police reform press conference

(Credit: screenshot) While announcing a new plan for addressing police brutality, Democrats held a moment of silence for George Floyd but drew mockery on social media by wearing kente cloths for the occasion. READ MORE: Philadelphia bride and groom join in George Floyd protest Speak

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Biden’s VP List Narrows | Afro

By BILL BARROW and JULIE PACE, Associated Press

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

New Book Celebrates the Girl Power That Launched Kamala Harris

It is this legacy of dynamic, change-making women that Maya’s daughter Meena Harris, also a lawyer and founder of the Phenomenal Phenomenal Woman activism campaign and lifestyle brand, draws upon when discussing the inspiration behind her first book, Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea, due for release by

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Parliament dissolved in St. Kitts, PM to name election date | New York Carib News

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris says the Parliament in the twin-island Federation has been dissolved but he has kept nationals in the dark as to when he would announce the date for the next general election that must be held by August

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Source: The New York Carib News

Bush v. Gore (2000)

Argued December 11, 2000

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Source: Black Past

(1865) Abraham Lincoln, “Abraham Lincoln’s Last Public Address”

? On April 11, 1865, two days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, President Abraham Lincoln addressed a jubilant crowd that had gathered outside the White House in Washington, D.C. While the crowd expected an address celebrating the Union

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Source: Black Past

Mourning and Mayhem: California Legislators React to the Brutal Killing of George Floyd

Protestors and pastors across California as well as angered citizens and politicians — including Gov. Gavin Newsom — have all responded to the violent death of an unarmed Black man in

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Biden’s ‘You Ain’t Black’ Gaffe Could Mean Picking A VP Running Mate Who IS Black

But after he stuck his foot in a mouth that dared to challenge Black voters’ collective racial consciousness, Biden may not have any other choice than to select a Black woman to be his running

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Source: NewsOne

Alabama reopens venues and resumes some activities. Here they are.

Ivey and State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris today announced revisions to the Safer at Home Order that go into effect starting at 5 p.m. Friday, May 22, and lasting until 5 p.m. July

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Source: The Birmingham Times

(1898) Rev. Charles S. Morris Describes The Wilmington Massacre of 1898

Long termed a “race riot,” the turmoil that enveloped Wilmington, North Carolina on November 10, 1898 is now called an armed insurrection. White supremacists drove from power all of the black and white elected officials of this predominately African American city in what was believed to

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Source: Black Past

Nov

10

1898

Sister Angella Harris a ‘gentle giant of a woman’

Veteran educator and Franciscan Sister Angella Harris was yesterday hailed as a woman steeped in grace and humility as family, friends, and colleagues and several persons whose lives she touched joined in a memorial service to salute

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Former JFF president, Hugh Perry, dead

Former president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Hugh Perry has

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Forty-third Congress (1873-75) Convened

Forty-third Congress (1873-75) convened with seven Black congressmen: Richard H. Cain, Robert Brown Elliott, Joseph H. Rainey and Alonzo J. Ransier, South Carolina; James T. Rapier, Alabama; Josiah T. Walls, Florida; John R. Lynch, Mississippi.

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Dec

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