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Raising Cane’s Thrives, Even in Times of Crisis, with Unrelenting Focus on Crew and Culture, Distributing $2 Million Crew Bonus
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Otis Redding-Sitting on the dock of the bay
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Sean C. Harrison chronicles his journey (Part II)
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(1964) George C. Wallace, “The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax”
By 1964 George C. Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, had become the national symbol of opposition to the civil rights movement and to federal governmental intervention to protect the rights of African Americans.  In the address below he denounces President Lyndon B. Johnson for signing into law the
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(1968) Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.
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Medgar Evers
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12
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Georgia on my Mind- Ray Charles
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The Speech that Made Obama President
In 2004, a one-term senator from Illinois took the stage to deliver the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. By the time Barack Obama had finished speaking, Democrats across the country knew they had seen the future of their
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Richard Earle Pioneer Club
The Richard Earle Pioneer Club served the Black railway workers in Boston during the first quarter of the century. Providing sleeping quarters, meals, and a place to relax for the Pullman porters, dining car waiters, and chefs during 'off hours,' The Pioneer Club was an important community
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Riot, University of Georgia
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1961
Black Blogger Becomes Overnight Celebrity After White Woman Becomes Salty Over Her Photo - Blavity
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Benjamin Banneker, inventor and scientist, dies
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Dred Scott
Dred Scott was a slave who lived during the early 19th century and was the first slave who sued his master for freedom in a court of law. He was born into slavery in Virginia and was the property of the Peter Blow family. His birth name was Sam, but he changed it to Dred after his dead brother. The
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Pioneering boxing ref dies, sport’s 1st black Olympic judge
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Pulitzer Prize and Spingarn Medal given
Charles Gordone awarded Pulitzer Prize for his play, No Place To Go. Painter Jacob Lawrence awarded Spingarn Medal in tribute to the compelling power of his work which has opened to the world...a window on the Negros condition in the United States and in salute to his unswerving commitment to the
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1970
george benson - Take Five 1976 Montreux 1986
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Knox, Clinton E. (1908–1980)
Clinton E. Knox was born May 5, 1908, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He was the youngest of five children born to Estella Briggs Knox and William J. Knox Sr.  Knox’s older brother, William J. Knox, Jr., was one of the scientists who helped develop the atomic bomb during World War II.  His other
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1980
Storm of '28 Heros
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Princeton Has Named Its First Black Valedictorian In The School’s 274-Year History | Florida Sentinel Bulletin
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Mississippi legislature enacted Black Codes
Mississippi legislature enacted Black Codes which restricted the rights and freedom of movement of the freedmen. The Black Codes enacted in Mississippi and other Southern states virtually reenslaved the freedmen. In some states any white could arrest any Black. In order states minor officials could
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Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go
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Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
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