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USES launches Neighbor to Neighbor food program
Buonamici, a microbiologist and venture capitalist with two kids of her own, is one of about 30 volunteers who help package fresh and imperishable food boxes along with supplies like paper towels, toilet paper and diapers and deliver them weekly to roughly half the families served by the
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Source: The Bay State Banner
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Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry is an American actor, producer and director. He was born as Emmitt Perry Jr. on September 13, 1969, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He had three other siblings, and a very difficult childhood. His father was a carpenter and used to frequently physically abuse his family. Perry mentioned in
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Sep
13
1969
Kenya courts Hollywood with film industry incentives
Kenya is rolling out the red carpet for
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African-American Firsts in the 18th Century
By the 18th Century the 13 colonies were growing in population. To support this growth, Africans were bought to the colonies to be sold into enslavement. Being in bondage caused many to respond in various
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Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson (1875-1950).
In 1920, Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson (1875-1950) founded Associated Publishers. In February 1926, he announced the institution of Negro History Week, which coincided with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.In 1976, the observance was expanded to National Afro-American History
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Feb
26
1920
Sens. Booker, Cardin release plan to help small businesses
Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) have released a proposal to prevent underserved and small businesses from falling further behind during and after the coronavirus economic minorities, women, and those in rural areas as key drivers of job and productivity
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Grimké, Charlotte Forten (1837-1914)
Charlotte Forten Grimké grew up in a rich intellectual and activist environment.  Born into a wealthy Black abolitionist family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Charlotte Louise Forten became famous in her own right as a writer and poet.  Her grandparents, James, Sr. and Charlotte Forten, hosted
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Has the Fear of Failure Crippled You?
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Thornton, Willie Mae “Big Mama” (1926-1984)
Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton was a blues singer and songwriter whose recordings of “Hound Dog” and “Ball ‘n’ Chain” later were transformed into huge hits by Elvis Presley and Janis
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Source: Black Past
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Jul
25
1984
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The Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida celebrated their community partnerships as Club members and youth in Duval County Public Schools received weekly snack packs delivered to local
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Valeisha Butterfield Jones Named as Recording Academy’s First Diversity & Inclusion Officer – Free Press of Jacksonville
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent – Valeisha Butterfield Jones, a leader, a global influencer, and culture shifter who co-founded the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network (WENN) and served as the National Youth Vote Director for President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection
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Copyright 2007-2017 - BlackPast.org v3.0 NDCHost - California | blackpast@blackpast.org | Your donations help us to grow. | We welcome your suggestions . | Mission Statement
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Greg Morris, actor Mission: Impossible, born
Greg Morris, actor Mission: Impossible, born
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27
1934
AiR's Latest e-book 'FEAR - False Expectations Appearing Real' Addresses the Current Crisis and Shows the way Forward
BANGALORE, KARNATAKA, INDIA, May 10, 2020 / EINPresswire.com / -- Atman in Ravi's e-book titled 'FEAR' has captured the essence of the current crisis of
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Ray, Emma (1859-1930)
For nearly thirty years, Emma Ray, who was born into slavery and raised in poverty in Missouri, ministered to the poor and homeless in Seattle slums along with her husband, L.P. They came to Seattle following the 1889 fire in order for L.P. to find work as a stonemason. Shortly after, they were
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Leidesdorff, William Alexander (1810-1848)
Although little remembered today, Leidesdorff was a social, economic and political force in pre-gold rush San Francisco, California with a number of “firsts” credited to his name. When he was named the U.S. Vice Consul to Mexico in 1845, he became the nation’s first African American
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Survivor Working To Close Gap In Breast Cancer Deaths In African American Community
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A mother who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer when her sons were young is hoping her story helps empower other
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Spruce Street Baptist Church (1835- )
Spruce Street Baptist Church is one of the oldest black churches in Nashville, Tennessee. It is also one of three churches to evolve out of Nashville’s First Colored Baptist Church (1865-1891).  In 1835 First Colored Baptist Church (FCBC) began with separate prayer services for the black members of
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14
1884
Fire sweeps through crowded Cameroonian prison
A fire tore through an overcrowded maximum security prison in Cameroon’s port city of Douala on Thursday leading to the hospitalisation of three prisoners with serious burns, a local fire chief
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COMMENTARY: Old, Sick and Incarcerated | Afro
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Sport : Le président du comité de normalisation de la FHF, Jacques Lethang, démissionne - Haiti24
Le président du comité de normalisation de la Fédération Haïtienne de Football, Jacques Lethang, dans une correspondance adressée à la secrétaire générale de la fédération internationale de Football Association (FIFA) a présenté sa
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Pilgrim Baptist Church, Saint Paul, Minnesota (1863- )
Pilgrim Baptist Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is the oldest African American church in the state of Minnesota. A group of escaped slaves began worshiping together in 1863, and under the leadership of fellow escaped slave Robert Thomas Hickman, the church officially became Pilgrim Baptist Church
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Source: Black Past
Nov
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1866
Eka, David W. (1945– )
David William Eka, engineer, elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), first president of the Aba Nigeria stake, was born in Etinan, Nigeria, on May 20, 1945. His father, William Udo, was a carpenter, and his mother, Lucy Eduok Inyang Eka, was a homemaker. William and Lucy had
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8
1979
Saint Paul’s College of Virginia (1888-- )
Saint Paul’s College of Virginia is a private college located in Lawrenceville, Virginia.  The college was founded on September 24, 1888, by James Solomon Russell, a newly-ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal Church. He became the first principal of the institution, which in 1890 was
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24
1888
Henry Ransom Cecil McBay, chemist, is born
Henry Ransom Cecil McBay, chemist, Born May 29, 1914 in Mexia, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science from Wiley College in 1934 and a Master of Science from Atlanta University in 1936. Henry McBay earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1945. McBay served as an Instructor
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May
29
1914
National Baptist Convention
These Baptist groups, the Foreign Mission Convention of the United States, the American National Baptist Convention, the Baptist National Education Convention, Merged and established the National Baptist Convention at an Atlanta meeting.
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Sep
28
1895
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