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Romar, Lorenzo (1958- )
Longtime University of Washington head basketball coach Lorenzo Romar was born November 13, 1958, and grew up in Compton, California, where he went on to play at Cerritos Community College after high school. After playing two years for Cerritos, he transferred and played for the University of
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(1922) Wyatt Mordecai Johnson, “The Faith of the American Negro”
Wyatt Mordecai Johnson was born in Paris, Tennessee in 1890. A lifelong educator, Johnson held degrees from a number of institutions including a 1911 A.B. from Morehouse College and a Doctor of Divinity degree from Howard University. Three years after his graduation from Howard he became the first
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19
1922
V. Bozeman: Written Atmospheric Movements
For performer V. Bozeman, the course was set before she was even old enough to understand there was
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Serena Williams
Born: 9/26/1981 Saginaw, MichiganAmerican professional tennis player who is ranked No. 1 in womens singles tennis. The Womens Tennis Association (WTA) has ranked her world No. 1 in singles on six separate occasions. She became the world No. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002, and achieved this
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Black Lives Matter: The Growth of a New Social Justice Movement
In the article below, Syracuse University historian Herbert Ruffin explores the rapid rise of the Black Lives Matter Movement as the most recent development in the ongoing struggle for racial and social justice in the United
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(1928) Beatrice Morrow Cannady Speaks to the NAACP
When in June 1928, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chose to hold its 19th annual conference in Los Angeles, California, it was the first time the Association’s meeting was held in the West. W.E.B. DuBois was the major speaker. He was followed by a then
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Jun
28
1928
US Autoworkers Return, While Possible Vaccine Shows Promise
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to restart American industry, while an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results in a small and
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Ghana: BoG Secures $1bn to Boost Dollar Liquidity ... Maintains Policy Rate At 14.5 Per Cent
The Governor of the BoG, Dr Ernest Addison, who said this in Accra yesterday during the 94th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) news conference to announce a new policy rate, said the bank had concluded negotiations with the U.S Federal Reserve to that
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Sudan: Corona Virus Infection Cases Rise to (2728)
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Soul food
Soul food is a variety of cuisine originating in the Southeastern United States. It is common in areas with a history of slave-based plantations and has maintained popularity among the Black American and American Deep-South cotton state communities for centuries; it is now the most common regional
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Jazz competition for high school students goes virtual
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has altered the annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival, but it will still go on, giving students the chance to show their talents
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A Brief History of the African Country of Lesotho
Basutoland was founded in the 1820s by Moshoeshoe I, uniting various Sotho groups who had fled predation by the Zulu. Having escaped the Zulu, Moshoeshoe brought his people to the stronghold of Butha-Buthe, and then the mountain of Thaba-Bosiu (about 20 miles from what is now the capital of
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Blacks participated in a national political
Blacks participated in a national political convention for the first time at Liberty party convention in Buffalo. Samuel R. Ward led the convention in prayer; Henry Highland Garnet was a member of the nominating committee; and Charles R. Ray was one of the convention secretaries.
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Aug
30
1843
First man to have a self contained artificial hear
Robert Tools, the first man to have a self contained artificial heart implanted speaks for the first time on national television.
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21
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Matiang’i declares Monday a holiday
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Albert, Octavia Victoria Rogers (1853-1890)
Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert, a 19th century author and religious leader, was born in December 25, 1853 in Oglethorpe, Georgia into slavery.  She draws inspiration from that experience for her book The House of Bondage which was published after her death by her husband and daughter in 1890.  In
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Dec
25
1853
Celebrating Bro. Malcolm X, A Warrior and Master Teacher
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Djibouti
In April 2000, experts estimated some 150,000 people, or more than one-quarter of the population, needed food aid. The UN agreed to spend $2.7 million to increase the city of Djiboutis port facilities since it is a crucial regional grain terminus. In 2002, Djibouti became a key U.S. military base
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Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft (1902-1985) and the Long Civil Rights Movement in Texas
A small but growing number of black women are slowly being recognized for their contributions to the “long” civil rights movement, the nearly century-long struggle by African Americans against all forms of racial discrimination.  In the account below University of Texas-El Paso
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4
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ESPN's ‘The Last Dance’ shows Jordan's first retirement and Pippen's growth | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The critically acclaimed documentary “The Last Dance,” the story of legendary basketball player Michael Jordan and the 1997-1998 World Champion Chicago Bulls, debuted episodes 7 and 8 on Sunday night, May 10, on the ESPN
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White flight
White flight is a term that originated in the United States, starting in the 1950s and 1960s, and applied to the large-scale migration of people of various European ancestries from racially mixed urban regions to more racially homogeneous suburban or exurban regions. The term has more recently been
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Caldwell, Elvin R., Sr. (1919-2004)
Politician Elvin R. Caldwell Sr. was born on April 11, 1919 in Denver, Colorado. Raised in Five Points, Denver’s predominantly black community, Caldwell was one of 12 children in his family. After graduating from Eastside High School in 1937, Caldwell earned a track scholarship to the University of
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“Fight For It” Zonnique Shares The Relationship Advice Her Mother Tiny Has Given Her For Dating Rappers
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(1863) Frederick Douglass, Men of Color, To Arms!
? For the first two years of the Civil War black and white abolitionists urged both the liberation of the slaves and the recruitment of African American men in defense of the Union. Barely three months after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, Frederick Douglass gave a speech in R
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David Robinson
David Robinson is a retired professional basketball player who is colloquially known as ‘The Admiral’ thanks to his prior service to the United States
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Aug
6
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(1867) Rev. E. J. Adams, “These are Revolutionary Times”
On March 2, 1867, Congress overrode President Andrew Johnsons vetoes and passed a series of Reconstruction acts which would, among other things, establish new governments in the ex-Confederate states based for the first time on universal male suffrage. The first step in this process involved the
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