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“Today we are proud to share the details of our philanthropic giving to 10 additional markets across the country that historically experience low economic mobility. We are investing in organizations led by people of color and providing general operating funds because we trust community leaders to
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Thomas P. Johnson: Politician & Served in the Union Army During the Civil War
Thomas P. Johnson arrived in Arkansas as a slave from North Carolina in 1859. He was a bout 38 years old. He became a well-known politician who served in the Union Army during the civil war. After the war, Johnson was elected one of eight Black members of the 1868 Arkansas Constitutional
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(1957) Roy Wilkins, “The Clock Will Not Be Turned Back”
In 1957 Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was next to Rev. Martin Luther King, the most recognized civil rights leader in the nation.  In October of that year he addressed the Commonwealth Club of California five weeks after
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New Hampshire Mesothelioma Victims Center Urges the Family of a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in New Hampshire to Call Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste to Discuss Compensation and Receiving the Best Results
MANCHESTER , NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA, September 2, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The New Hampshire Mesothelioma Victims Center is urging the wife or adult son-daughter of a Navy Veteran with recently diagnosed mesothelioma in New Hampshire to please call …
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Zondo asks the ConCourt to order Zuma to answer questions at state capture commission | News24
Former president Jacob Zuma has been subpoenaed to twice appear before the state capture inquiry in January and February.
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Black students are banned from a Little Rock high school, by Arkansas governor O
Black students are banned from a Little Rock high school, by Arkansas governor Oval Faubus who calls out the National Guard, 1957
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1957
Holding Back The Hate
President Eisenhower ordered federal troops to Little Rock, Ark., to prevent interference with school integration at Central High School.
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24
1957
African American History and Women - Timeline 1950-1959
[Previous] [Next] • Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize (for Annie Allen) • Althea Gibson became the first African American to play at Wimbledon • Juanita Hall became the first African American to win a Tony Award, for playing Bloody Mary in South Pacific • (Ja
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21
1959
America’s Black female mayors face dual crises of COVID-19 and...
My upcoming book, an edited volume called “Political Black Girl Magic: The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors” examines the background of 24 Black women elected to lead cities over 50,000 since 2000 to learn who these pioneering women are and how they came to
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Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar (1823-1915)
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 17, 1823, Mifflin Wistar Gibbs apprenticed as a carpenter. By his early 20s he was an activist in the abolition movement, sharing platforms with Frederick Douglass and helping in the Underground Railroad. Black intellectual ferment of the era gave him
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Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1928. She grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. She is an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist.
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Wayman “Red” Longley: Negro League Baseball Player & Umpire
Wayman 'Red' Longley was a Negro League baseball player from 1931-1950 and occasionally served as a Negro League baseball umpire. Longley born September 7th, 1909 in Little Rock, AR, he was the son of William and Ora Longley. Longley played semi-professional baseball before joining the 1931-1932
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Wyoming Mesothelioma Victims Center Is Offering a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in Wyoming Direct Access to Attorney Erik Karst of Karst on Oiste-Get a Much Better Compensation Settlement-It Might Exceed $1,000,000 - African American News Today - EIN
CHEYENNE, WYOMING, USA, November 6, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Wyoming Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "We offer direct access to attorney Erik Karst of the law firm of Karst von Oiste for a Navy Veteran or person with mesothelioma in …
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New Hampshire Mesothelioma Victims Center Appeals to a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in New Hampshire to Call for Direct Access to Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste-Get a Much Better Compensation Result
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA, July 2, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The New Hampshire Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "We are appealing to a Navy Veteran or person in New Hampshire who just received news they have mesothelioma to please call 800-714-0303 for direct access to attorney Erik Karst of
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Gibbs, Mifflin Wistar (1823-1915) - Death
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Utah US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate Urges a Navy Veteran in Utah with Mesothelioma to Not Put Off Compensation Because of COVID19-But to Call Attorney Erik Karst of KVO to Begin the Process
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA, May 12, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Utah US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate is appealing to a Navy Veteran in Utah who has just been diagnosed with mesothelioma or their family to not waste time on Internet nonsense about 'free' mesothelioma publications because
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Mississippi US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Has Endorsed the Lawyers at Karst von Oiste to Ensure a Navy Veteran in Mississippi Who Had Heavy Exposure to Asbestos Gets Compensation That Might Exceed $100, 000
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, USA, July 16, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Mississippi US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate has endorsed the lawyers at the law firm of Karst von Oiste to a make certain a Navy Veteran or person with lung cancer in …
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Momentum builds to rein in predatory lending - The Bay State Banner
As the nation and much of the world continue to suffer from the rippling effects of COVID-19, the ability of consumers to remain current on bills and expenses is steadily waning – if not already
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Theodore H. Bunting, Jr.
Theodore H. Bunting, Jr. served as the Group President, Utility Operations of Entergy Corporation, an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, from June 2012 until his retirement in
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Black Art Posters|Black Art Prints|Slavery In America|Affordable And Historical Art
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Slater, Rodney (1955- )
Rodney E. Slater, former cabinet member, attorney, and state government official, was born in Marianna, Arkansas, on February 23, 1955.  In 1977, Slater graduated from Eastern Michigan University. He earned his law degree in 1980 from the University of
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Davis, Danny K. (1941- )
Danny K. Davis was born in Parkdale, Arkansas on September 6, 1941, the son of a sharecropper. He received a B.A. in history from Arkansas A.M. & N. College in 1961 and then moved to Chicago.  In 1968 he earned an M.A. from Chicago State University and a Ph.D. degree from the Union Institute
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Utah US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate Urges a Navy Veteran or Person in Utah with Lung Cancer Who Also Had Asbestos Exposure Decades Ago to Call the Lawyers at Karst von Oiste About Significant Compensation
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA, July 8, 2020 ⁨EINPresswire.com⁩ -- The Utah US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate is urging a Navy Veteran or person with lung cancer anywhere in Utah to call the lawyers at the law firm of Karst von Oiste anytime at
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Taylor, George Edwin (1857-1925)
Born in the pre-Civil War South to a mother who was free and a father who was enslaved, George Edwin Taylor would become the first African American selected by a political party to be its candidate for the presidency of the United
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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Maryland US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Advocate Has Endorsed Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste For a Navy Veteran with Mesothelioma in Maryland-Harder Working Lawyers-Much Better Compensation Results
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Voices of the Civil War Episode 4: "Resistance to Slavery"
In Episode 4, abolitionists like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass use the Underground Railroad to help the enslaved find freedom in the North, while authors like Theodore Dwight Weld and Harriett Beecher Stowe fight slavery by publishing its horrors worldwide. At the beginning of the Civil
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