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Princeton University will be removing racist former president from school
Robertson Hall, home to Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (Wikicommons
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California Faculty Association Demands School Provide Free Tuition For Minority Students
They say California needs to incorporate to fight racism.
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Definition of Race in Sociology
Sociologists define race as a concept that is used to signify different types of human bodies. While there is no biological basis for racial classification, sociologists recognize a long history of attempts to organize groups of people based on similar skin color and physical appearance. The
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After Years of Student Protests, Princeton Strikes the Name of Segregationist President Woodrow Wilson From Its Buildings - The New York Beacon
Princeton announced Saturday that it was striking the name of former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson from its public and international affairs school as well as a residential building, citing his “racist thinking and policies” during his time in office, as well as his tenure
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Nine Black students started Little Rock high school, 1957
Nine Black students started Little Rock high school, 1957
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1957
The Kuumba Singers
The Kuumba Singers of Harvard and Radcliffe have become a prominent fixture in the local musical world during the past 20 years. Established in 1970 to give Black students at the Ivy League schools an opportunity to celebrate their culture, the Kuumba Singers offer a unique form of African-American
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African-American studies
African-American Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of Black Americans. Taken broadly, the field studies not only the cultures of people of African descent in the United States, but the cultures of the entire African diaspora
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Gray, Darius Aidan (1945– )
African American Latter Day Saints (LDS) Church activist Darius Gray was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Elsie Johnson and Darius McKinley Gray on December 12, 1945. His mother was a domestic worker (maid), and his father a handyman. His grandfather, Louis Gray, was born a slave in
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Black Kansas State students are afraid to return to campus after racist tweet - TheGrio
Black students at Kansas State have been reacting to tweets mocking the death of George Floyd. Jaden McNeil, a junior... View Article The post Black Kansas State students are afraid to return to campus after racist tweet appeared first on TheGrio.
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Court Case of Brown v. Board of Education
The 1954 case of Brown v. Board of Education ended with a Supreme Court decision that helped lead to the desegregation of schools throughout America. Prior to the ruling, African-American children in Topeka, Kansas were denied access to all-white schools due to laws allowing for separate but equal
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Slater, Rodney (1955- )
Rodney E. Slater, former cabinet member, attorney, and state government official, was born in Marianna, Arkansas, on February 23, 1955.  In 1977, Slater graduated from Eastern Michigan University. He earned his law degree in 1980 from the University of
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Source: Black Past
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1955
Denver School Principal On How Black Students Led Swift Changes To History Curriculum : Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice : NPR
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Nas, Public Enemy, Rapsody, YG And More Join Star-Studded Lineup Of Performers At 2020 BET Awards
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If We Want To ‘Zoom’ Towards More Black Faces In Tech, Committing To Structural Change Is A Must - Blavity
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. and Claflin University announced that they have developed a multifaceted foundational program that represents $1.2M in educational and financial investments.
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Carrington, Walter Charles (1930 - )
Walter Charles Carrington served as the United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Senegal from 1980 to 1981, and to Nigeria from 1993 to 1997. He married Arese Ukpoma, a Nigerian physician, and has lived in three Nigerian cities since the late
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Remembering Little Richard
Personal memories of Little Richard and his connection to Milwaukee
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Oakland School Board Votes Unanimously to Disband the OUSD Police Dept. Oakland School Board Votes Unanimously to Disband the OUSD Police Dept.
In a win for anti-police violence activists in Oakland, the Oakland School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to disband the OUSD Police Dept., committing to eliminate the department that has 20 sworn officers and 120 school resource
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Master Tutor
For 30 years Samuel P. Perry, Jr., has spent his days and nights tutoring boys and girls in all subjects, preparing them for college. Almost any late afternoon you can see this quiet whirlwind of a Black man rushing back and forth among a half dozen Black students in Bates Hall, the huge
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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday 3 July
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Estelle Performs Conqueror at the 2020 ESSENCE Festival of Culture
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Rice University’s Black Students Association Demands Addition Of Black Safe Space On Campus
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Historically black colleges and universities
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African American community due to the overwhelming majority of predominately white institutions of
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2010
The Power of Race and Inequality in Amerikkka: The Miseducation of a Poor Black Girl from the North Side
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State Housing Board First
In 1959 Frank Morris became the first African-American senior manager of a state agency in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts when he was appointed to the position of director of the State Housing Board. Starting as a junior planner with the Board in 1948, Frank Morris had one of the
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(1957) Roy Wilkins, “The Clock Will Not Be Turned Back”
In 1957 Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was next to Rev. Martin Luther King, the most recognized civil rights leader in the nation.  In October of that year he addressed the Commonwealth Club of California five weeks after
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P.B.S. Pinchback elected president
P.B.S. Pinchback is elected president pro tem of the Louisiana Senate and acting lieutenant governor. He is the first African American to serve in these positions in state government.
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1871
Jim Crow Laws: Tennessee, 1866-1955
The State of Tennessee enacted 20 Jim Crow laws between 1866 and 1955, including six requiring school segregation, four which outlawed miscegenation, three which segregated railroads, two requiring segregation for public accommodations, and one which mandated segregation on streetcars.  The 1869
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Missy Elliott Admits 2020 Has Taught Her Black History Lessons That School Never Did
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Georgia Infirmary (1832 - )
The Georgia Infirmary was the first hospital for African Americans built in the United States. Chartered on December 24, 1832 “for the relief and protection of aged and afflicted Africans,” it was established by the Georgia General Assembly and funded by a $10,000 grant from the estate
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