Women's Month: Students speak out about what feminism means to them

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Keep a united black voting bloc at the polls

However, when Sen. Barry Goldwater vigorously opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and ran as the Republican candidate for president, blacks became aroused and gave 95% of their votes to the Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson, who then won in

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Carney, William H. (1840-1908)

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African-American women's lives - with a piano in the middle

Imagine an August Wilson play performed by the African American a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock, and you’re getting close to the feeling evoked by Nambi E. Kelley’s lyrical “For Her as a Piano,” now in a world premiere with Pegasus Theatre

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African-American Playwrights

Playwright August Wilson once said, For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something

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Egyptian LGBTQ Activist, Who Dared to Raise the Pride Flag, Takes Her Own Life Aged 30

Sarah Hegazi, a prominent queer Egyptian feminist, committed suicide on Saturday in exile in

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Eric Trump: Democrats designed lockdown orders to beat Trump in 2020

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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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African-American literature

African-American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of slave narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical

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Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange , original name Paulette Linda Williams (born Oct. 18, 1948, Trenton, N.J., U.S.), American author of plays, poetry, and fiction noted for their feminist themes and racial and sexual

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African American History: Bibliography

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(1860) Frederick Douglass, “the Constitution of the United States: Is It Pro-Slavery or Anti-slavery?”

Home Image Ownership: Public Domain Teaching American History.org http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1128

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Ancestry of Barack Obama - Fourth Generation

Barack Obama Family Tree, Generations

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Local Pastor Grows Into Activist Role

Genesis’ Senior Pastor Dr. Tecoy Porter spearheaded the June 4 service as president of the Sacramento Chapter of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network

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President Trump's Wish To Paint His Border Wall Black Will Cost $1.2 Million Per Mile

President Trump’s Wish To Paint His Border Wall Black Will Cost $1.2 Million Per Donald Trump has pushed for his border wall to be painted black to make the barrier scarier and hotter to the

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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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Kentucky’s Attorney General Under Fire After Photos of His Engagement Party Appear Online

David Cameron (pictured left) is the state of Kentucky’s first black Attorney General but thus far, he has not shown himself to be an ally of black

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I Have a Dream

I Have a Dream is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States and called for civil and economic rights. Delivered to over

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A List of Famous African-Americans Who Spent Time in Africa

Most people know about the forced emigration of millions of Africans to the Americas as slaves. Far fewer think of the voluntary flow of the descendants of those slaves back across the Atlantic to visit or live in

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(1797) Abraham Johnstone, “Address To The People Of Color”

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

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What to read to know we're not alone in 2020

Daniel Q. Gillion, Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt Presidential Distinguished Professor, University of Pennsylvania

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Angela Davis Quotes: From the Radical Black Philosopher

Angela Davis, a professor of philosophy, is often associated with the Black Panthers and with the black power politics of the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as with

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Political hip hop

Political hip hop is a subgenre of hip hop music that was developed in the 1980s as a way of turning rap music into a call for action and a form of social activism. Inspired by 1970s political preachers such as The Last Poets and musician Gil Scott-Heron, Public Enemy was the first predominately

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Black Lives Matter Advocates Running for Congress: Stay Engaged

As people take to the streets to demand justice for the killings of unarmed black women and men, Black Lives Matter advocates, some of whom have been on the front lines, are encouraging people to let their voices be heard at the

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Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Learson Marsalis is renowned American musician, known for his trumpeting, composing and teaching abilities. Born on October 18, 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, Marsalis has won almost 9 Grammy Awards promoting the sanctity and depth of Jazz and Classical music to young

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Newswire : Congressional Black Caucus introduces legislation to make the police more accountable

The Congressional Black Caucus on Monday introduced “The Justice in Policing Act of 2020,” legislation designed to make the nation’s police more accountable to the nation’s citizens, especially its black citizens, in the wake of the brutal in police custody death of George

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(2003) Rev. Jeremiah Wright, “Confusing God and Government”

During the 2008 Presidential campaign, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, whose most famous congregant was Illinois Senator Barack Obama, burst unto the national political scene when media outlets reported and aired segments of previous sermons. The segment which

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This Pride Month, let us not forget about our Black liberation pioneers

Front row, left: Author James Baldwin, Front row, 2nd from left, Selma March strategist, Bayard Rustin,Front row, 3rd from left (with hat), A. Philip Randolph (Photo by Stephen F. Somerstein/Getty

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Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Debate

Malcolm X Goes BEAST MODE On White Liberal (1963) - Duration: 5:13. MALCOLMSREVENGE 725,316 views

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