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Miles College [Fairfield] (1905-- )
Miles College is a private, four-year Historically Black College and University (HBCU) located in Fairfield, Alabama, about six miles west of downtown Birmingham.  The school was founded in 1905 by the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (now called Christian Methodist Episcopal Church or CME
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Ben Jealous - Wikipedia
After completing his degree at Oxford and returning to the US, Jealous worked as Executive Director of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a federation of more than 200 black community
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Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | Department of African American Studies
His most well-known books, Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, and In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, take a wide look at black communities and reveal complexities, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for
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Bethune-Cookman University [Daytona Beach] (1904- )
Bethune-Cookman University is a private liberal arts institution in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is an Historically Black College University (HCBU) with a strong foundation in the United Methodist
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African Americans in Louisiana
African Americans in Louisiana are residents of the state of Louisiana who are of African-American
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Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic during a commencement address to college graduates, saying some leaders “aren’t even pretending to be in
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Savannah State University (1890- )
Savannah State University, a historically black university in Savannah, Georgia, is the oldest state supported black institution of higher education in the state of Georgia.  It was the first black public land grant college established in the state after the Morrill Act of 1890. Originally named
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Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus submits $457 million plan for CARES Act funds and creation of $100 million endowment for Mississippi’s HBCUs | The Mississippi Link
Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus is asking for $457 million from Coronavirus monies and $100 million endowment for HBCUs – Alcorn, Jackson State, Mississippi Valley State, Tougaloo, Rust, Coahoma and Utica Branch of
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Eric Trump: Democrats designed lockdown orders to beat Trump in 2020
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Oakwood University [Huntsville] (1896- )
Oakwood College is a private, four-year coeducational historically black liberal arts university located in Huntsville, Alabama; the small urban campus is five minutes from downtown. Sitting on 1,185 acres, Oakwood University is one of the historical landmarks of Huntsville.  It is the only
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Source: Black Past
Voorhees College (1897- )
Voorhees College is a private, four-year coeducational historically black liberal arts university located in Denmark, South Carolina on a small, park-like campus located approximately 50 miles from
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Smythe-Haith, Mabel Murphy (1918-2006)
The daughter of college graduates, Mabel M. Smythe-Haith is so far the only black American woman who was named a U.S. ambassador after her husband had earlier served in the same capacity.  Mabel Murphy was born into a family of four siblings on April 3, 1918 in Montgomery, Alabama. At age 15 she
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Talladega College (1867- )
Talladega College was founded in 1867, and is Alabama’s oldest private historically black liberal arts college.  Located on 50 acres in the city of Talladega, Alabama, the wooded campus sits on a plateau about 700 feet above a valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Talladega College was founded by two
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Spelman College
Spelman College is a four-year liberal arts womens college located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The college is part of the Atlanta University Center academic consortium in Atlanta.[2] Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman was the fourth historically black female
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Pastor Darrell Scott: Trump is the 'most pro-Black president in my lifetime'
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2020 graduates reflect on lack of traditional commencement
Instead of a momentous occasion, thousands of graduates find themselves staring at a computer screen as they listen to deans and school principals wax lyrical about their achievements over the last four years, while celebrity commencement speakers, including former President Barack Obama, spout
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Rock & Roll Icon Little Richard Laid To Rest In Huntsville, Alabama
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Little Richard’s Funeral And Burial To Take Place At An Alabama HBCU
Little Richard, who passed away last weekend, will have a private funeral and burial at an Alabama historically black college next
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Barack Obama slams coronavirus response in HBCU graduation speech
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Fort Valley State University (1939- )
Fort Valley State University, in Fort Valley, Georgia, is a four year liberal arts land grant school that is part of the University System of Georgia. It was formed in 1939 when Fort Valley Normal and Industrial School merged with the State Teachers and Agricultural College of
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12
1996
Howard University Opens Free COVID-19 Testing Site For Underserved Communities
The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected the Black community and Howard University is stepping up to ensure that vulnerable groups in Washington, D.C. have access to adequate testing and resources amid the public health
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List of museums focused on African Americans
This is a list of museums in the United States whose primary focus is on African American culture and history. Such museums are commonly known as African American museums. According to scholar Raymond Doswell, an African-American museum is an institution established for the preservation of
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Black History Month Special Feature, 2012 - Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project
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St. Augustine Catholic Church, New Orleans, Louisiana (1841- )
St. Augustine Catholic Church of New Orleans was the first black church in Louisiana and the first black Catholic church in the United States. In the 1830s a group of free African-American New Orleanians began organizing to create a Catholic church in Tremé, a historically black and multicultural
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Nelson, Charles Joseph (1921-2011)
Ambassador Charles Joseph Nelson was born in 1921 and raised in Battle Creek, Michigan.  He was a 1942 graduate of Lincoln University, a historically black college in Pennsylvania where his field of study was Public Administration and Political Science. Upon graduation, Nelson was drafted into the
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Benedict College []South Carolina] (1870- )
Located within walking distance of downtown Columbia, South Carolina,Benedict Collegeis a private four-year, co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated withthe American Baptist Churches, USA.  BenedictCollege was founded in 1870 by Rhode Island native Mrs.Bathsheba Benedict and the Baptist
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Harris-Stowe University (1857-)
Harris-Stowe University is a historically black college in St. Louis, Missouri.  It was also the first public teacher education institution west of the Mississippi River.  Harris-Stowe was originally two separate institutions: Harris Teachers College and Stowe Teachers College, which were merged
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The Association for the Study of African American Life and History: A Brief History
In the following account Professor Malik Simba of California State University, Fresno, describes the century-long histry of the largest organized body dedicated to the research and promotion of African American
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St. Augustine’s University (1867- )
St. Augustine’s University is a private, four-year coeducational liberal arts college located in Raleigh, North Carolina. St. Augustine’s was founded in 1867, making it one of the oldest historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) in the United
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