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Matthews, William Dominick (ca. 1833-ca. 1910)
William Dominick Matthews was a Civil War officer in the Union Army and is best known for leading the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry. Matthews was born a free man in October 25th, 1827, on the eastern shore of Maryland to parents who were interracially married. His father Joseph was
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Gratz et al v. Bollinger et al (2003)
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OpEd: D.C. Must Support At-Risk Students | Afro
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Nike Makes Juneteenth An Annual Paid Holiday
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Bob Johnson Calls on BLM to Establish Independent Black Political Party to Help Advance Black Interests
Last week, Bob Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), sent an open letter to the “leaders and supporters” of the Black Lives Matter movement calling for them to consider establishing “a formal independent political
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I CAN’T BREATHE: George Floyd Murdered by Minneapolis Police Officers Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao, and J. Alexander Kueng
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WASHINGTON: Observing that the recent killings of African-Americans in the US have exposed the horrifying reality of anti-blackness in the country, an Indian-American advocacy group has said that many people of Indian- and South Asian-origin have been, at best, silent and at worst, complicit for
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‘More police officers are shot and killed by blacks than police officers kill African-Americans,’ claims former New York Mayor Giuliani
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Systemic Racism Makes Covid-19 Much More Deadly For African-Americans
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