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Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator.

Blanche Kelso Bruce was a US Senator from Mississippi; the first black man to serve a full term in the senate, and the first person born into slavery to preside over the senate. While serving in the senate, he was an advocate for civil rights for blacks, native Americans, Chinese immigrants and

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Spiritually Speaking | Dallas Weekly

Each time the man had to get rid of more and more of his

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Jimmie Lee Jackson dies

Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, died of injuries reportedly inflicted by officers in Marion, Alabama.

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Willard, Frances Elizabeth

Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839–98, American temperance leader and reformer, b. Churchville, N.Y., grad. Northwestern Female College, 1859. She was president of Evanston College for Ladies and dean of women at Northwestern Univ. After leaving the university, she helped organize (1874) the Womans

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Happy Birthday, Nat Love!

Nat Love, also known as Deadwood Dick, was an African-American cowboy after the American Civil

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Police Have a License to Kill

Thus, the Court defined actions of police officers as actions of the state–the

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Milwaukee Times Digital Edition Issue May 20, 2021

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Ava DuVernay's Array Debuts Protest Song For Law Enforcement Accountability Project: Safe Where? | Afro

Written and Performed by Ra-Re Valverde as a Tribute to Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. LOS ANGELES, CA (April 16, 2021) - Ava DuVernay’s narrative change collective ARRAY has unveiled the fourth artist commission for its Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP), a propulsive fund founded in the

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Thomas, Piri (1928-2011) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed

Author and activist Piri Thomas became one of the first Americans of Puerto Rican descent to win literary acclaim when he published his 1967

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Watch The Trailer For Mary J. Blige’s Documentary ‘My Life’

The documentary will explore Blige’s early days in the music industry and the making of the iconic 1994 sophomore album, 'My Life.'

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Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop

I ran across an essay written by a self-described former California police officer that he called “Confessions of a Former Bastard

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Newswire: Vigil and makes hit memorial near place where George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis

WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 400 other civil rights organizations today called on congressional leadership to swiftly rectify the legacy of white supremacy and anti-black racism that has led to police violence against Black people across our

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Victim, advocate raises awareness of sexual violence | Afro

By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) and though that’s a good thing, it can have certain pitfalls. According to sexual assault victim and advocate Jennifer Storm, celebrating the survivors of sexual abuse can be triggering or traumatizing for

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Golden State Killer Admits to Dozens of Rapes, Murders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former police officer who terrorized California as a serial burglar and rapist and went on to kill more than a dozen people while evading capture for decades pleaded guilty Monday to murders attributed to a criminal dubbed the Golden State

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Uganda: Court Petitioned to Compel NSSF to Pay 20 Percent to Members

A human rights activist yesterday petitioned the Constitutional Court in Kampala, seeking its orders to, among others, compel the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to pay out each of its members atleast 20 per cent of their savings to mitigate the pressures brought about by Covid-19

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OP-ED: Eradicate Systemic Racism Together | Afro

By Robert F. Smith These past four months, and particularly the past few weeks, have been among the hardest we’ve experienced as a nation. These issues matter to all of us. Naturally, they’re personal to me – and I know they’re a priority for you. We must end systemic racism and lift our nation

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BOE Chairman Johnny Jenkins dies at 78

A beloved community leader has died following a battle with COVID-19. John “Johnny” Jenkins, Chairman of the Burke County Board of Education, passed away Saturday, Aug. 28. Family says Jenkins had planned to receive the vaccine for the virus but had a knee replacement in April and was waiting to

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Hip Hop Awards 2020: Lil Kim's 2019 And Nicki Minaj's 2010 Look For The BET Hip Hop Awards Might Have Been The Best Ever

See the ladies who represented over the years!

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Snoop Dogg is an American rapper who is famous for his gangster image and rap meets reggae style of music. He was born Calvin Broadus on October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California to Beverly Broadus and Vernall Varnado. His father was a war veteran and singer, who was rarely present in his

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Documentary Films on Blackpast.org - African American History - Director

A&E Television Americas Black Warriors (on World War II) 1998

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Coretta Scott King

Born: 4/27/927 Heiberger, AlabamaDied: /30/2006 Rosarito Beach, MexicoCoretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. from 953 until his death in 968. Coretta Scott King helped lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in

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Loch Raven Technical Academy students cited as catalyst for posthumous pardons of 34 Maryland lynching victims | Afro

Also eight BCPS students honored for essays on racial justice When Governor Larry Hogan last Saturday announced posthumous pardons for 34 lynching victims in Maryland, he credited teacher Michelle St. Pierre’s students from Loch Raven Technical Academy for inspiring his action. The story attracted

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Dear Black People: Coronavirus Will Kill You ⋆

You may have seen some of the conspiracy theories, myths or outright lies floating around the internet stating that black folks cannot get

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Osaka: 'Best thing' for French Open would be her withdrawal | Afro

By HOWARD FENDRICH Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open on Monday and wrote on Twitter that she would be taking a break from competition, a dramatic turn of events for a four-time Grand Slam champion who said she experiences “huge waves of anxiety” before speaking to the media and revealed she

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ESPN Announces Finalists for ESPY’s Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award

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An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

This Tony Scott thriller starring Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington as a Captain and his second in command at odds with each other over different interpretations of an interrupted order to file nuclear missiles during the outbreak of World War III, is a taut and intense thriller. The submarine

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A tailor-made grant helps continue a family legacy | Afro

By Jessica Pacek and Wells Fargo via BlackPressUSA You could say the tailoring business is in Julius “Eddie” Lofton’s blood. As the owner of JC Lofton Tailors in Washington, D.C., he’s continuing a family tradition that began in the late 1930s, when his late grandfather, Josephus C. Lofton, whom

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US is 'gravely concerned' by reports of abuses in Ethiopia | Afro

By Andrew Meldrum The Associated Press The United States is 'gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation' in Ethiopia's Tigray region, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in the toughest statement yet from Washington on Ethiopia's ongoing

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