Sculptor Elizabeth Catlett born

Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action

In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by African American families across the nation with a cookout, a parade, a community festival, a soulful rendition of “Lift

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Trump angrily responds to Black Lives Matter mural to be painted in front of Trump Tower

A man dances on a massive “Black Lives Matter” mural covers a city street on June 29, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York

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Source: theGrio

NASA Names Headquarters After 'Hidden Figure' Mary W. Jackson

On Wednesday, June 24, 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black American female engineer at

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Source: The Florida Star

Trump vows to end Dream Act despite court ruling

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — President Donald Trump said yesterday that he will renew his Administration's effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after the Supreme Court blocked the first

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Trump faces pressure over Russia bounties to kill US troops

Frustrated House Democrats returning from a briefing at the White House said they learned nothing new about American intelligence assessments that suggested Russia was making overtures to militants as the US and the Taliban held talks to end the conflict in

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Supreme Court Declines To Hear Trump's Legal Challenge To 'Sanctuary' Laws

WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed President Donald Trump a defeat in his legal showdown with the most-populous U.S. state, declining to hear his administration’s challenge to “sanctuary” laws in California that protect immigrants from

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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0

Paul Robeson and Japanese Americans, 1942-1949

One hero and friend of Japanese Americans, both individuals and the community generally, was Paul Robeson. Robeson was (after Joe Louis) the most popular and visible African American of the 1930s and 1940s. He was a celebrated stage actor and movie star, an internationally famous folk

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Source: Black Past

US revokes use of malaria drug for COVID-19

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — US regulators yesterday revoked emergency authorisation for malaria drugs promoted by President Donald Trump for treating COVID-19, amid growing evidence they don't work and could cause serious side

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Legend says first ‘Statue of Liberty’ was black woman honoring abolition of slavery

In honor of this day of FREEDOM, we want to share some thoughts about a SYMBOL OF FREEDOM of which America is known for: THE STATUE OF

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Source: African American News | Black News | Afram News

1 In 10 HBCUs Were Financially Fragile Before COVID-19 Endangered All Colleges And Universities - Blavity

The Department of Education tracks which colleges and universities are most at risk of closure in its heightened cash monitoring

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Source: Blavity News

AP-NORC Poll: Politics Drive Divergent View of US Economy | Afro

By JOSH BOAK and EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Gov. Greg Abbott bans elective surgeries in four South Texas counties to preserve hospital capacity | Dallas Weekly

Elective procedures are now banned in eight counties around the state — Bexar, Dallas, Harris, Travis, Cameron, Hidalgo, Nueces, and Webb

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Source: Dallas Weekly

(1843) Henry Highland Garnet, "An Address To The Slaves Of The United States"

The National Negro Convention of 1843 was held in Buffalo, New York drawing some seventy delegates a dozen states. Among the delegates were young, rising leaders in the African American community including Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, Charles B. Ray and Charles L. Remond. Twenty-seven

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Source: Black Past

Million Man March Leaves Mark In South Carolina

Columbia (BNC) — Since the murder of George Floyd, over 300 protest across the nation has sparked, however, independent movement “Million Man March” in Columbia, South Carolina has put a new spin on how protest are seen in the United

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Voting Delays, Long Lines Bring Chaos to Georgia Primaries

ATLANTA (AP) — Voters waited as long as five hours to cast ballots in some Georgia precincts on Tuesday amid reports of voting machine malfunctions and high turnout in a state that President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are expected to hotly contest in the

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Source: Black America Web

As A Gun Violence Survivor, I Believe We Need Structural Reforms To Achieve True Progress And Change - Blavity

As a Black man in America, gun violence was something I had seen far too

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Source: Blavity News

Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela , (born April 4, 1939, Witbank, South Africa), South African trumpeter who was one of his country’s most popular instrumentalists. An outspoken opponent of apartheid, he lived in the United States, Europe, and Africa while bringing his own country’s unique rhythms and harmonies to

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Nicholas Stone, Sr.

Nicholas Stone, Sr. , (born 1585/88, Woodbury, Devon, England—died August 24, 1647, Winchester, Hampshire?), the most important English mason-sculptor of the early 17th

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Filmmaker Julian Marshall Documents Intensity Of NYC Protests

While protests erupted from coast to coast, seasoned New York City filmmaker Julian Marshall, was devising a plan on how to take his Blackmagic Pocket 4K camera and capture the events unfolding in one of the epicenters of the daily Black Lives Matter movements and nightly blazing

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

Who Is Black In America (Full Show, No Commercials)

Great show that touches on a MAJOR issue that effects far more people than the few that are willing to admit

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Source: Smithsonian Black History Teaching Resources

Slave Trader Statue Replaced With Sculpture Of Black Lives Matter Activist [Photos]

Head inside for pictures of Marc Quinn's masterpiece.

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

54th Massachusetts Regiment - 2nd Picture

The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was the first Black unit organized in the North during the Civil War. Led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, member of a prominent white abolitionist family, this unit displayed heroism unsurpassed by any fighting group, North or South, most notably during the assault of

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Mapungubwe - African Iron Age Polity in South Africa

Mapungubwe is an African Middle to Later Iron Age site (AD 900-1300), located in the Mapungubwe National Park, in the Shashe-Limpopo river basin, Limpopo province of South Africa, adjacent to both Zimbabwe and Botswana. A stratified population is in evidence at the site, with elites residing at the

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Source: ThoughtCo

Millers doubt maize imports on cost, court case

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Source: Business Daily

Maryland Unveils Statues of Tubman, Douglass in Capitol – Free Press of Jacksonville

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press – ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — At a time when states are debating the removal of Confederate monuments, Maryland unveiled bronze statues of famed abolitionists Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass during a ceremony Monday night in the Maryland State

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

MASON: The Roots of White Supremacy

It depicts a battle between rival gangs of poor white people — native-born Americans versus Irish immigrants — in the notorious Manhattan slum of Five

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Source: The Washington Informer

Grant Chapel AME Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1883- )

GrantChapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church was the first black church in NewMexico and was organized during the state’s territorial period. Although New Mexico Territory had a few slavesbefore the Civil War, African Americans began arriving in the region insignificant numbers after

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Source: Black Past

My family was robbed!

The Trump Administration has been pointing to a segment of the industry — facilities with low federal ratings for infection control — and to some Democratic governors who required nursing homes to take recovering coronavirus

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Benjamin, Regina Marcia (1956– )

Dr. Regina Marcia Benjamin, President Barack Obama’s nominee for Surgeon General of the United States, is an accomplished physician whose professional and personal roots are planted deeply in rural America. Dr. Benjamin was nominated for the post by the President on July 13, 2009 and unanimously

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Source: Black Past

Cynthia Bailey's Daughter Noelle Robinson Shows Off Glam LA Apartment

Cynthia Bailey's daughter Noelle Robinson recently moved to Los Angeles and she’s excited to share a virtual tour of her beautiful new home with her

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

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