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Busy morning at TPA as passengers try to beat storm

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The countdown is on for travelers at Tampa International Airport as they try to beat the winter storm expected to bring holiday travel to a standstill nationwide Thursday and Friday. Even before the worst of the winter weather sweeps across the country, holiday travelers at TPA are seeing red on the […]

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Born into slavery in Charleston, South Carolina on June 29, 1849, William J. Simmons served as the second president of what would later become Simmons College of Kentucky between 1880 and 1890. He was also a prominent historian and biographer of African American men. Simmons’s parents were Edward

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Segregation Movements

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24

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Florida constitutional convention (eighteen Blacks, twenty-seven whites) met in Tallahassee.

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1868

Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates, December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known as Bo Diddley, was an American R&B singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll, and influenced artists including Elvis Presley,[1] Buddy

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Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary Jane McLeod Bethune was a renowned educator and African American leader of the 20th century. She was born on July 10, 1875 in South Carolina to parents who had been former slaves. She was one of 17 children in her family, and all of them, including Mary, worked at the cotton plantations along

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African-American History Timeline: 1700 - 1799

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Marion Shepilov Barry (born Marion Barry Jr.; March 6, 1936 – November 23, 2014)[1] was an American politician who served as the second Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991, and again as the fourth mayor from 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of

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Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a close confidant to

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Republican National Convention, meeting in

Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated U.S. Grant for the presidency. Convention marked the national debut of Black politicians. P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana and James J. Harris were delegates to the convention. Harris was named to the committee which informed Grant of his

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Lydia Holmes patents wood toys

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A. Philip Randolph

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(1886) T. Thomas Fortune, “The Present Relations of Labor and Capitol”

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Zora Neale Hurston

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Underground Railroad, The (1820-1861)

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Loving v. Virginia (1967)

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