Wilson, Lionel (1915-1998)

(1901) Congressman George H. White's Farewell Address To Congress

In January 1901, at the beginning of a new century, George H. White was ending his term as a Congressman from North Carolina’s Second Congressional District. Realizing that he was bringing to a close a thirty two year period when nearly forty Southern African Americans sat in Congress, White used

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Source: Black Past

Wilson Jr., Harrison B. (1925– )

Esteemed educator, legendary basketball coach, and successful university president, Harrison Wilson Jr. was born on April 21, 1925, in Amsterdam, a small city in upstate New York. His mother Marguerite Ayers was a school teacher, and his father Harrison Wilson Sr. worked in

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Source: Black Past

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1925

Black Men Letters to America…The Next Generation

Data News Weekly wanted to publish an open letter to America from young Black

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

Viral video shows New Orleans police release woman after protesters intervene

A woman detained by police in New Orleans (Screenshot from vice

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The Pan-African Congresses, 1900-1945

Pan-Africanist ideals emerged in the late nineteenth century in response to European colonization and exploitation of the African continent. Pan-Africanist philosophy held that slavery and colonialism depended on and encouraged negative, unfounded categorizations of the race, culture, and values of

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Chicago Urban League issues statement in response to protest and riots | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Chicago Urban League President and CEO Karen Freeman-Wilson issued the following statement in response to protests that have erupted around the country following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May

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Wendell Pierce Playfully Campaigns To Be The New Voice Of Animated Character Cleveland

Critically acclaimed actor Wendell Pierce is shooting his shot at possibly becoming the next person to voice the character of Cleveland, after Mike Henry stepped down from the role last

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Source: MadameNoire

Good Times

Good Times is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from February 8, 1974, to August 1, 1979. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series primary executive producer. Good Times was a spin-off of Maude, which was itself a spin-off of All in the

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Source: BlackHistory.com

McDonald's Launches $500,000 Black & Positively Golden Scholarship Fund For HBCU Students - Blavity

Last year, McDonald's launched the Black & Positively Golden movement to uplift Black communities through empowerment, education and

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Source: Blavity News

ASK DR. KEVIN: An Unfamiliar, Rare Disease Associated with Heart Failure in African Americans

By Dr. Kevin Williams , The Chief Medical Officer for Rare Disease at Pfizer

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Apple acquires Will Smith's 'Emancipation' in largest film festival deal ever

(Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty

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William H. Wilson (? --- ?)

William H. Wilson established The Northwest Enterprise, a Seattle, Washington weekly newspaper for the African American community, in 1920 and continued to be its editor until 1935. He also served as a board member of Seattles chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored

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Source: Black Past

Apr

4

1952

The role insurance companies play in the brutality against Black bodies

READ MORE: Benjamin Crump: Floyd family to file civil suit against killer cop Derek Chauvin

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'You Guys Are the Cutest': Toya Johnson and Her Fiancé Have Folks Gushing Over Their Latest Couple Snaps

Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Can Photography Be Decolonial?

Art historian Shawn Michelle Smith—in her new book Photographic Returns: Racial Justice and the Time of Photography—examines the famous photograph of Emmett

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Source: Public Books

#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM WED. 6.24.20 7:00PM ET — ZIGGY MARLEY — CELEBRATING BLACK MUSIC APPRECIATION MO

As Ali had done to opponents many times prior, Leonard began a mind war with

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Ida B. Wells-Barnett: She Fought Against Racism and Lynching

Ida B. Wells-Barnett, known for much of her public career as Ida B. Wells, was an anti-lynching activist, a muckraking journalist, a lecturer, and a militant activist for racial justice. She lived from July 16, 1862 to March

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Source: ThoughtCo

Safeguard Your Emotional Health During Any Crisis With These 7 Practical Steps

7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: A Practical Guide to Emotionally Dealing with Pandemics & Other Disasters is a must-read for anyone seeking to thrive during challenging

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

(BPRW) The 2020 ESSENCE Festival of Culture: Unstoppable Virtual Experience Presented by Coca-Cola Set to Expand Branded Experiences in First-Ever Virtual Format | Press releases – The Black Chronicle

(BPRW) The 2020 ESSENCE Festival of Culture: Unstoppable Virtual Experience Presented by Coca-Cola Set to Expand Branded Experiences in First-Ever Virtual Format

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Roberto Monsivais joins BancorpSouth, Longview, Texas

BancorpSouth Bank (NYSE: BXS) announced today Roberto Monsivais has been hired as a community development mortgage loan originator, serving the Longview and Marshall, Texas

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Source: East Texas Review | The Community Paper Everyone Should Read

‘A New Low’: Elijah McClain’s Family Reacts To Photos Of Cops ‘Re-enacting’ Chokehold Death

Source: Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images / Getty

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Congress Sends Juneteenth Legislation to Trump | Dallas Weekly

June 19, 1863 Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society enforce the Emancipation order

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Source: Dallas Weekly

A Look Back, and Follow-Up, On Coronavirus Good-Deed Tales | Afro

By now the Portland, Oregon resident has rustled up more than $50,000 in donations and sent out over 100 rolls, most of them to health care and other essential

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Zion Williamson Attorneys Files Order to Block Eligibility Inquiry in Lawsuit

New Orleans’ Pelicans basketball player Zion Williamson has had his attorneys file a protective order to block his former marketing agent’s inquiry into illegal benefits he is accused of accepting while he was a student at Duke University, according to Sports

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Mayor's Milk Initiative to begin fifth round of milk giveaways | Dallas Weekly

During the first round of distributions, the Mayor’s Milk Initiative handed out 12,595 gallons of milk and approximately 230,000 pounds of food from the North Texas Food

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Source: Dallas Weekly

(1957) Dwight Eisenhower, “Address on Little Rock"

The Little Rock Crisis erupted in September 1957 when Arkansas Governor Orval M. Faubus used state National Guard troops to prevent nine African American students from attending the then all-white Central High School. On September 20, Federal Judge Ronald Davis ordered Governor Faubus to remove

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Source: Black Past

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24

1957

Celebrating Juneteenth: A Reading Of The Emancipation Proclamation

Brooks Kraft/Corbis via Getty Images

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Source: Stories About Black History

States Remove Monuments To Racist Traitors Following Nationwide Protests

As protests prompted by the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer, continued this week, some state and local leaders are removing monuments honoring the

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Appeals Court: Trump Wrongly Diverted $2.5B for Border Wall

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of $2.5 billion from military construction projects to build sections of the U.S. border wall with Mexico, ruling it illegally sidestepped Congress, which gets to decide how to use the

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Princeton University will be removing racist former president from school

Robertson Hall, home to Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (Wikicommons

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