Roland Hayes

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Dec

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1978

The Life & Legacy of Carter G. Woodson - Dr. Greg Kimathi Carr

FROM THE SANKOFA

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Source: Black Past

Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)

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Source: Black Past

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1842

Fenty, Adrian M. (1970- )

Adrian Malik Fenty was born to Philip and Jan Fenty, an interracial couple, on December 6, 1970, in Washington, D.C. Fenty’s parents were both runners and they owned the athletic shoe store Fleet Feet in Washington, D.C. Fenty graduated from Woodrow Wilson Senior High School in Washington. While

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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System

In the following article Professor Malik Simba, an historian at California State University, Fresno describes his professional and personal odyssey that led to the writing of his book, Black Marxism and American Constitutionalism: From the Colonial Background through the Ascendancy of Barack

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Source: Black Past

(2004) Al Sharpton, “Speech Before the 2004 Democratic National Convention"

In 2004 Rev. Al Sharpton of New York City, campaigned for the Democratic nomination for President. Sharpton saw himself as the successor to Rev. Jesse Jackson who campaigned for the Presidency on behalf of the impoverished and oppressed. Although he did not garner as much support as Jackson did

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Source: Black Past

Michelle Obama - AALAS 2019 Nominee

Michelle Obama – Becoming

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SENATOR ROYCE WEST CALLS CORNYN ATTACK AD A “TRUMP JUNIOR” MOVE

DALLAS–State Sen. Royce West, candidate for United States Senate in the July 14 Democratic Primary runoff, responded to an attack ad released by Sen. John Cornyn Tuesday, calling it the work of a “Trump

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Trump Allegedly Refuses to Unveil Obama’s Official White House Portrait

Source: The Washington Post / Getty

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Police Researcher: Officers Have Similar Biases Regardless Of Race

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Morehouse College cancels fall sports, honors athletic scholarships

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Egypt

Egypt, at the northeast corner of Africa on the Mediterranean Sea, is bordered on the west by Libya, on the south by the Sudan, and on the east by the Red Sea and Israel. It is nearly one and one-half times the size of Texas. Egypt is divided into two unequal, extremely arid regions by the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

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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Source: Savoy Network

Re: Swastikas in Santee – Voice and Viewpoint

Before we address this particular incident, we pause to recall some of the words of Dr. Martin Luther

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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper

A Black Running Mate for Biden? More Democrats Are Making the Case – Free Press of Jacksonville

“Just like in ’08 — when President Obama selected someone that would help him govern, someone that could hit the ground running on recovery efforts in ’09 — when Joe Biden is elected in November, his running mate, the next vice president, would hit the ground running to address the crisis we have

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

Changing the World

George Floyd’s six-year-old daughter Gianna looked on quizzically while her mother gave a heart wrenching description of what the death of her father would mean throughout the

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

MLK " Last Speech" 1968

the great the great I been to the mountain top speech

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Source: Black History Resources

Aug

27

1967

Special Prosecutor In Breonna Taylor’s Case Is Mitch McConnell’s ‘Protégé’ Who Trump Loves

The road to achieving justice for Breonna Taylor may not be as smooth as it could be after it was announced that the Republican attorney general of Kentucky would be serving as the case’s special

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Source: Black America Web

Perry, Julia Amanda (1924-1979)

Julia Amanda Perry was a prolific composer of neoclassical music during her relatively brief life. Born on March 25, 1924 in Lexington Kentucky, she spent most of her early years in Akron, Ohio. Her father, Dr. Abe Perry, was a doctor and amateur pianist, who once accompanied the tenor Roland

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1924

Barack Obama Jokes - Funny Late-Night Jokes about Obama

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Can Joe Biden Win? The Jury is Out

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Former Vice President Joe Biden has the most delegates going into this summer’s Democratic Convention and is the presumptive nominee for

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Remove those Confederate portraits

One of the first things I heard from Senator Tim Scott, the only Black Republican Senator, was a plan for a study of 18

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington

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Source: Black Past

Left of Black with James Peterson and Rashod Ollison

Dirk Philipsen - Freedom Politics: From Jim Crow through Civil Rights & Black Power

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Left of Black with Joan Morgan and Sofia Quintero

North Carolinas role in the global spider web

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church [Harlem] (1796- )

Mother African MethodistEpiscopal Zion (AME) Church, founded in 1796, is currently located in Harlem, New York. It is the oldest African American church inthe state of New York and was established when black parishioners left JohnStreet Methodist Church in that city. Thegroup, under the leadership

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Source: Black Past

Ancestry of Barack Obama - Fourth Generation

Barack Obama Family Tree, Generations

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Palmer, Larry L. (1949- )

On November 1, 2011, President Barack H. Obama appointed Larry L. Palmer the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. On March 30, 2012, the U.S. Senate confirmed Palmer’s nomination and he reported to his post in Bridgetown, Barbados. Born in Augusta, Georgia, on July

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From Opera, Minstrelsy and Ragtime to Social Justice: An Overview of African American Performers at Carnegie Hall, 1892-1943

“It is probable that this hall will intertwine itself with the history of our country,” said Andrew Carnegie in 1890, when he laid the cornerstone of the building that would become Carnegie Hall. In keeping with Carnegie’s firm belief in egalitarianism and meritocracy, the hall that

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Source: Black Past

Kay M. Madati

Prior to Twitter, Madati was Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at BET Networks, a unit of Viacom Inc. Madati lead the teams responsible for all aspects of digital, social and mobile strategy and oversees operations, content creation, technology, product development, and third-party

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