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'This Gives Me Chills': Toya Johnson and Her Fiancé Serve Couple Goals with Heartwarming Video

Toya Johnson and her fiancé Robert “Red” Rushing swooned fans this week with their sensual couple

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Kinyumba Mutakabbir To Play First African American Superhero In Acclaimed Comic Book Franchise Black Salt, The Trailer To Be Released Black History Month

Actor Kinyumba Mutakabbir will play agent Samuel Tharpe in the action thriller Black Salt. The movie trailer is set for release in February, in honor of Black history month. Owen Ratliff created the Black Salt franchise in an effort to introduce more African Americans into leading superhero type

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Oliver O. Howard

Oliver O. Howard , in full Oliver Otis Howard (born Nov. 8, 1830, Leeds, Maine, U.S.—died Oct. 26, 1909, Burlington, Vt.), U.S. Union officer in the American Civil War (1861–65) who headed the Freedmen’s Bureau (1865–72) to help rehabilitate former slaves during the period of

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Kenya: Body of Police Officer Who Drowned in River 10 Days Ago Found

The body of a police officer who drowned 10 days ago in River Pesi, Laikipia West in Laikipia County has been

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Amo, Anton Wilhelm (1703? -1753)

Anton Wilhelm Amo, also known as Antonius Guilielmus Amo Afer ab Aximo in Guinea, was the first intellectual of African ancestry to study in Germany. He obtained a doctorate degree in philosophy and held lectures at the universities of Halle and Jena. Having spent forty years of his life in

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Left of Black with Jessica Marie Johnson

Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal sits down with Jessica Marie Johnson on location at Lehigh University to talk about the violence against black bodies in the

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Angola: COVID-19 - Luanda Municipality Tops List of Infected

Luanda — With 15 active cases, five recovered and one death, the municipality of Luanda leads the list of people infected by covid-19 in Angola, making a total of 21 infected citizens in that

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Source: allAfrica.com

Jesse Jackson secures release of Black pilot

Rev. Jesse Jackson secures the release of pilot Lt. Robert Goodman, shot down over Damascus

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Jan

3

1984

Barbados

An island in the Atlantic about 300 mi (483 km) north of Venezuela, Barbados is only 21 mi long (34 km) and 14 mi across (23 km) at its widest point. It is circled by fine beaches and narrow coastal plains. The highest point is Mount Hillaby (1,105 ft; 337 m) in the north-central

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Madam C.J. Walker

Madam C. J. Walker was born on December 23, 1867 in Delta, Louisiana, the daughter of Owen and Minerva Breedlove. Her parents were former slaves working as sharecroppers and both died when Sarah was a child. As a result, Sarah was forced to move from one household to another. At age seven, she

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Abducted in Kenya, freed in Somali: Italian flies home after 18-months

Silvia Romano lowered her mask briefly to display a broad smile after she stepped off an Italian government plane at Rome-Ciampino International

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Libya

On Sept. 11, 2012, militants armed with anti-aircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades fired on the American consulate in Benghazi, killing U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy officials. Stevens was a widely praised diplomat and an advocate for the opposition

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Pitre, Clayton (1924- )

Clayton Pitre is a long time Seattle, Washington-based community activist, former Chief Housing Developer for the Central Area Motivation Project (CAMP), and a retired Montford Point

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New England Anti-Slavery Society

The New England Anti-Slavery Society, successor to the Massachusetts General Colored Association, was founded at Boston's African Meeting House in 1832, becoming the leading, most eloquent, most effective voice in the battle against slavery. (Note: The Caution poster in the other panel was not

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Mau Mau (1952-1960)

The Mau Mau Uprising, a revolt against colonial rule in Kenya, lasted from 1952 through 1960 and helped to hasten Kenya’s independence. Issues like the expulsion of Kikuyu tenants from settler farms, loss of land to white settlers, poverty, and lack of true political representation for Africans

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Mar

26

1953

The Emancipation Proclamation

On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln went into effect. The Proclamation, written the previous September, declared free all enslaved people in the Confederate States (or portions of those states) who resided in territory still in rebellion

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Jan

1

1863

Malcolm X

Malcolm X, 1925–65, militant black leader in the United States, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, b. Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb. A petty criminal in Boston and Harlem, he was convicted of burglary (1946) and sent to prison, where he read widely and was introduced to the Black Muslims

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Los Angeles men refusing to wear masks at Target allegedly break employee's arm

(Credit: screenshot) Earlier this month two men in Los Angeles were arrested for assaulting a Target security guard after they were asked to leave the store for refusing to wear face masks. (credit: sceenshot) READ MORE: White woman slap

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Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin (17 March 1912- 24 August 1987) was a social and civil rights activist. However unlike many civil rights activists and advocates of the time, Rustin believed in a pacific combination of the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, African-American socialism and the peaceful culture and

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Source: Black History Resources

Smalls, Robert (1839-1915)

Robert Smalls was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, on April 5, 1839 and worked as a house slave until the age of 12. At that point his owner, John K. McKee, sent him to Charleston to work as a waiter, ship rigger, and sailor, with all earnings going to McKee. This arrangement continued until

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May

13

1862

Magic Johnson

Name at birth: Earvin

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General B.O. Davis. Jr. dies

Four Star General Benjamin O. Davis, the first African American to become an Air Force General, died at age 89. He was the fourth African American to graduate from West Point. He led the Tuskegee Air Men. His father, Benjamin O. Davis. Sr. was the first African American Army General.

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Jul

4

2002

Ray, Charlotte E. (1850-1911)

Charlotte E. Ray, the first African American woman to practice law in the United States, was born on January 13, 1850 in New York City, New York. Her father, Reverend Charles Bennett Ray, was a prominent New York abolitionist and minister who served as pastor of the Bethesda Congregational Church

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The Enduring Emancipation: From President Lincoln to President Obama

For a nation at war over slavery, President Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation was inevitable. Here, we examine Lincolns challenges to introduce a document that became a cornerstone event for communities of all races for generations to

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Source: Smithsonian Black History Teaching Resources

Feb

5

2009

Chris Brown & Trey Songz Remix Two Major Singles

Chris Brown and Trey Songz are giving fans a little taste of what ‘s in store for their upcoming joint tour with the release of two reworked singles. The pairs rendition of “Tuesday” is expected to swoon the ladies off their feet, while “Made Me” has a more grittier feel.

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Things to Avoid When Getting Chiropractic Treatment

If you’re visiting a chiropractor for the first time, it will help if you will avoid the common mistakes that chiropractic patients

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Anderson, Lucy Hicks [Tobias Lawson] (1886-1954)

Lucy Hicks Anderson lived as a woman in Oxnard, California, from 1920 until 1945, when it was discovered that she was biologically male. Today she might be described as a transgender person, but that term did not exist during her lifetime. Although she did not refer to herself as a transgendered

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Lewis, Delano Eugene (1938 - )

On November 16, 1999 President William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton nominated Delano Eugene Lewis to be the United States Ambassador to South Africa. Lewis was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and served in that capacity from 1999 to 2001. Having spent much of his adult life to that point as an attorney

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Source: Black Past

Nov

16

1999

Breonna Taylor case should be investigated by feds, governor says

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