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In The Chair With: Nasee Yehuda | Essence

“In The Chair With” spotlights the incredible hairstylists in our community who are giving us major inspiration. Each week, they discuss their personal hair and career journeys, what they’ve learned […]

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James P. Thomas

Before his death on this day, James P. Thomas opened a barbershop in his Tennessee home; over his lifetime he accumulated almost $100,000 in assests and property.

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Dec

17

1913

Botched gun deal triggers all-out war

The Holness administration moved on Sunday to stem the bloodletting by so-called “super gangs” by imposing a state of emergency (SOE) across the Kingston Central Police Division, home to some of the warring gangsters, and Kingston

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Thinking About Rocking A Bald Head? These Are The Tips And Products You Need

Stock decide to wear their heads bald for a number of reasons—scalp conditions that cause hair loss, ease of care, the heat of the season or where they live, or just because they like the

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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence

'Cairo Eating Y’all Up': Tia Mowry-Hardrict's Family Post Derails When Fans Focus on Her Daughter

On Monday, May 18, Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Cairo’s mother, posted a photo that showed her hanging out with her 8-year-old son Cree and her baby

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Anthony Hamilton Connects us All with Hit New Single, “Back Together” Featuring Rick James

Anthony Hamilton Connects us All with Hit New Single, “Back Together” Featuring Rick James

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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement, whom the United States Congress called the first lady of civil rights and the mother of the freedom

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Source: Black Inventors

Clarence Fort: Organized and Participated Tampa, FL First Lunch Counter Sit-Ins

At the age of 21, Clarence Fort served as the president of the Tampa, Florida NAACP Youth Council in

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Source: Black Then

Suspect in mechanic’s murder held after four years on the run

Suspect in mechanic’s murder held after four years on the run

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Kimora Lee Simmons

Kimora Lee Simmons is a designer, former fashion model and businesswoman. She was born on May 4, 1975 in St. Louis, Missouri. Her mother is of Japanese and Korean descent but was adopted by an American family during the Korean War so she grew up in America. Her father is of African American

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1975

(1850) Lucy Stanton, “A Plea for the Oppressed”

Lucy Stanton was probably the first African American woman to complete a four-year collegiate course of study. Stanton, the daughter of John Brown, a Cleveland barber active in the Underground Railroad, enrolled in nearby Oberlin Collegiate Institute (now Oberlin College) in northern Ohio. The

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Source: Black Past

State approves more reopenings, but not in L.A. County

LOS ANGELES — More than two dozen more deaths from the coronavirus were confirmed May 26 in Los Angeles County, which also reported its highest single-day total of new COVID-19 cases, although officials said a backlog in test results contributed to the large

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(1993) Clarence Thomas, “The New Intolerance - Law Day Address”

Thank you all so much. Thank you, Judge Bell for your kind words, and I also thank you for all the kind things youve done for me in my life, especially over the last three or four years. I -- This is a real pleasure to be here. I didnt thing so many people would be interested in what I had to

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Source: Black Past

Rainey, Joseph Hayne (1832-1887)

In 1870 Republican Joseph Hayne Rainey became the first African American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives and take his seat. Others were elected earlier but were not seated. Rainey was born in Georgetown, South Carolina, on June 21, 1832. His parents had been slaves but

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Source: Black Past

Aug

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1887

In Praise of Mayme Clayton: Images of the African American West

Dr. Mayme Clayton was born in Arkansas and transplanted to California, where she served as law librarian at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), beginning in 1957. In 1969 she helped put together the university’s African American Studies Center Library. But her most astounding

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Source: Black Past

Elderly St James couple, grandson perish in Westmoreland crash

A St James elderly couple and their grandson became the latest road fatalities in western Jamaica on Tuesday when they perished in a motor vehicle crash along the Paradise main road in

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Gayton, John T. (1866-1954)

John T. Gayton, one of Seattle, Washington’s earliest black residents, a community leader, and patriarch of one of the city’s most outstanding black families, came to Seattle in 1889. He was born in Benton, Mississippi to former slaves. With little formal education, he moved to Yazoo

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Source: Black Past

Revels, Hiram Rhoades (1827?–1901)

Hiram Rhoades Revels was the first African American United States Senator, filling the seat left vacant by Jefferson Davis in 1861 when Mississippi seceded from the

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Source: Black Past

Taurog acted onstage when he was a child and broke into films as a teenager. In 1920 he became a director of two-reel silent comedies, and he eventually helmed more than 100 shorts; early in his career, he often codirected with Larry Semon, a comedian who also starred in the films. Taurog finally

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The Black Beauty Industry– A Backbone Of Our Community - Garland Journal

LOS ANGELES SENTINEL – Historically, the Black community is resilient and strong in the face of adversity. From the way we do hair and provide personalized care to the community […] The post The Black Beauty Industry– A Backbone Of Our Community appeared first on Garland Journal.

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(1865) James Lynch, “Colored Men Standing in the Way of their Own Race”

When James Lynch gave the speech that appears below, his great achievements lay in the future. Born in Baltimore in 1839, Lynch at the age of 24 went to South Carolina as one of the first A.M.E. missionaries to the freedmen and women. From 1866 to 1867, Lynch was editor of the Christian Recorder in

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Source: Black Past

May

13

1865

The Black Beauty Industry–A Backbone of Our Community – Free Press of Jacksonville

LOS ANGELES SENTINEL – BlackPressUSA - (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) - By Astrid Williams & Kaela Thomas, The Los Angeles Sentinel -9Source: Historically, the Black community is resilient and strong in the face of adversity. From the [...]

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Making It Plain: Breaking through the Myths Return to Summer Celebrations in Our Communities | The Madison Times

By Darryl Sellers President Joe Biden has declared June a national month of action as the United States pushes through what is hopefully the tail end of the more-than-one-year pandemic. The White House is launching an effort to team up with 1,000 Black-owned barbershops and beauty salons across the

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Phase 3 of opening up begins in city Wednesday after days of protests | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Chicago is moving into Phase 3 of reopening under Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan Wednesday, despite the damage from looting and unrest over the past several days in wake of the death of George

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Remond, Charles Lenox (1810-1873)

Charles Lenox Remond was born into an elite free Black family in Salem, Massachusetts. His parents, John and Nancy Lenox Remond, had been married by the Rev. Thomas Paul, a prominent African American minister and anti-slavery activist, in 1807. Nancy Lenox’s father was a veteran of the American

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Lewis, Q. Walker (1798–1856) - Birthday

Quack Walker Lewis, black abolitionist, barber, AND elder (priest) in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, on August 3, 1798.

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1798

John Parker, Underground Railroad Conductor died

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Jan

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1900

Prince George’s County Opens Small Businesses | Afro

After nearly three months of silence, “non essential businesses” such as barber shops, nail salons and retail stores opened with anxious customers returning to patronize service establishments around the

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Surge in Air Travel Complaints Prompts DOT to Overhaul Consumer Reporting System

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) said it has responded to a significant increase in consumer complaints about air travel services as it released data revealing a substantial surge in grievances against airlines and ticket

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Nearly 200 participants in MLBC Virtual COVID-19 Small Business Relief Town Hall – A $300 million package. ‘Time is of essence,’ urges Sen. Horhn | The Mississippi Link

Nearly 200 business owners and others woke up Saturday morning, May 16, to join an important virtual town hall hosted by the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus

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Portland records fourth murder

The Portland Police are investigating the shooting death of a man on Wednesday night near his house in Buff

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