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Figure skating pioneer dies
Mabel Fairbanks, 85, the first black women to be inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame died following a long illness. Fairbanks coached Olympians Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner.
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Sep
29
2001
Black History Month billboards salute African Americans and their seminal achievements | L.A. Focus News
She stares down from a digital billboard looming over the freeway, a youthful woman wearing a white nurse’s cap from the 1880s. Who is she? Huge white letters on the black background answer that, telling curious zooming motorists or slower moving pedestrians on a nearby overpass that her name was
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Harriet Tubman receives a pension from Congre
Harriet Tubman receives a pension from Congress for her work as a nurse, spy, and scout during the Civil War.
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Aug
5
1892
Watch Black History Come Alive In Muhammad Ali’s ‘I Am The Greatest’ Animated Video
Listen to the Champ's words flow like honey.
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Black pride is more than skin colour – Jamaican author
SOPHIA GREENE, who engages in a regular nine-to-five with the New York City Transit Authority, said there is no escaping her true passion, which is penning poems and pushing the self-awareness and acceptance agenda. Greene is a published author who...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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NAACP founded
Founded in 1909 in New York City by a group of black and white citizens committed to social justice, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nations largest and strongest civil rights
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Feb
12
1909
Dr. Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History Month
Author: Bashir Muhammad Akinyele, Guest Contributor Photo credits: The Library of the U.S. Congress The Father of Black History Month, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, was born in 1875 near New Canton, VA. He was the son of former slaves and started formal school at the age of 19. In 1907, he obtained his
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Kenya: Health & Nutrition - Why You Shouldn't Waste Money On Allergy Testing
[Nation] So you've suspected for a while that you might have an allergy (something's gotta explain that extra weight that you can't shed), and so you go for an allergy test. You pay a lot of money and it seems pretty comprehensive, because you're given a list of foods that you can no longer
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Dr. Maya Angelou Honored With A Barbie Doll

With Black History Month beginning next month, Mattel, maker of Barbie, announced this week that they're honoring Dr. Maya Angelou with her own Barbie doll. Dr. Angelou's Barbie doll honors

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The Miseducation Around HBCUs: 6 Myths About Black Colleges And Universities, Debunked - Blavity
There’s no experience quite like the  HBCU  experience. Outside of these institutions, you'd be hard-pressed to find a plethora of Black folks learning and growing together while surrounded by tradition, fashion, Black empowerment, step shows, marching bands, football and a bevy of other
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Gov. George Wallace granted a full pardon to Clarence (Willie) Norris, the last known survivor of the nine Scottsboro Boys who were convicted in 1931 of the alleged rape of two white women on a freight train.
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Oct
25
1976
the Bronze Muse
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Feb
22
1911
Black History Month: Disney-Pixar's 'Soul' a celebration of African-American culture - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… into a rich vein of African-American culture to tell the story … . "To be the first African American lead in a Pixar film … through the lens of these African American characters, so that I think …
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Thousands of Georgia ballots may miss election deadline due to USPS delays - TheGrio
It’s safe to say the country has its eyes on Georgia right now. The Tuesday Georgia runoff election date is... View Article The post Thousands of Georgia ballots may miss election deadline due to USPS delays appeared first on TheGrio.
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People For Celebrates Black History Month: ‘Let our optimism be grounded in our history of overcoming’ | Atlanta Daily World
People For Celebrates Black History Month: ‘Let our optimism be grounded in our history of overcoming’ As People For the American Way celebrates Black History Month and recognizes the incredible strides we have made as a nation, People For the American Way President Ben Jealous released the
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Actress Danai Gurira to Star As Shirley Chisholm In Upcoming Movie
Her journey for president is set to become a feature film.
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Honor and Learn This Black History Month
… and celebration of world-changing African-American men, both famous and not … Jemison, a discussion on “How African-American Families Have Been Portrayed in … a five-year period in Black American history. On Feb. 1, the …
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Vonetta Flowers
Vonetta Flowers became the first black gold medalist in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. She and partner Jill Brakken won the inagural womens two-person bobsled event.
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Feb
19
2002
Podcasts to Listen To: Noire Histoir and the best Black History Month podcasts - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Remembering the important people and events in the history of the African diaspora, Black History Month (or African-American History Month) is celebrated each February. Black History Month was first proposed by Black educators and the Black United Students at Kent State University in 1969. A year
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NNPA Holds Roundtable with White House Senior Advisor, Cedric Richmond - Los Angeles Sentinel
On Thursday, February 4, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) recognized the beginning of Black History Month with a virtual conversation with White House Senior Advisor Cedric
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Black Art Matters: ACE, Knight Foundation, MOCAD, Others Bring Cultural Touch to the 'Paris of the Midwest' | Arts and Culture | The Michigan Chronicle
Art is their why. Their reasoning behind promoting it and why visionaries are inspired by it. Art in Detroit, in particular Black art, is an evolving, timeless movement that includes homegrown painter LeRoy Foster, born in 1925, to the poets and artists of various media of today holding it down in
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Keeping it Real: Black History Was Always About #blackfuture - Black Voice News
S.E. Williams | Executive Editor “This is so that the next generation and children not yet born will know these things, and so they can rise up and tell their children.” - Psalms 78:6 “I don’t know how my mother walked her troubles down, I don’t know how my father stood […]
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WATCH: The Fugees' Classic Music Video ‘Killing Me Softly’ Re-Released For The First Time In 25 Years
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Anna Julia Cooper passes
Anna Julia Cooper, champion for the rights of black women, dies at the age of 105.
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Feb
27
1964
Commissioner Arrington to Host Black History Student Competition | Atlanta Daily World
Commissioner Arrington to Host Black History Student Competition, Competitions to focus on the unsung heroes of African American history Fulton County District 5 Commissioner Marvin S. Arrington, Jr. is hosting an essay and film competition to celebrate Black History Month. The contest will reward
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Black History Facts of The Week | Black History Month | The Michigan Chronicle
February 1, 1865 - The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which abolished slavery was adopted by the 38th Congress. February 1, 1902 - Langston Hughes, a famous poet, was born on this day in Joplin, Missouri. February 2, 1915 - Ernest Just, a genetic biologist, won the first NAACP Spingarn
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Maria Stewart on Slavery
On this date in 1832, Maria W. Stewart (1803-1879) addressed the New England Anti-Slavery Society meeting in Bostons Franklin Hall on the evils of slavery and the oppression of free blacks. This is often cited as the first time an African American woman spoke publicly on political issues before an
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Sep
21
1832
Working to bring people together - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… our mission is to assist African Americans to achieve economic self-reliance … (BMLDI), a program that brings African American males in grades nine through …
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A Month in the Making: Metro Detroit Black History Month Activities Bring Generations Together   | Black History Month | The Michigan Chronicle
Who loves Black History Month? We do! And these local and area events and activities are a great way to feel the love all month long.  We have the opportunity for our history to be front and center as we celebrate our people in a way that the whole family can take part. We’re talking … Continued
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Riverside’s Black Voice Foundation Brings the Underground Railroad to Your Smartphone - Voice and Viewpoint
Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Every year, the Black Voice Foundation (BVF), an African American-led educational organization based in California’s Inland Empire, offers a group trip to diverse groups of area residents the South and Midwest called the Footsteps to Freedom Underground
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