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Apple Closes Stores In 4 States, Again, As Infections Rise
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple is closing 11 stores in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina that it had reopened just few weeks ago as coronavirus infections rates in some regions in the U.S. begin to
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(1963) George Wallace, “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever”
By 1963 Alabama Governor George Corley Wallace had emerged as the leading opponent to the growing civil rights movement.  Six months later he gained international notoriety for his stand in the door of the University of Alabama to block the entrance of two black students, Vivian Malone and James
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Jan
14
1963
African Americans in the hair industry say COVID-19 social distancing is crushing them | News/Talk 94.7 & 970 WMAY
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Mississippi legislature enacted Black Codes
Mississippi legislature enacted Black Codes which restricted the rights and freedom of movement of the freedmen. The Black Codes enacted in Mississippi and other Southern states virtually reenslaved the freedmen. In some states any white could arrest any Black. In order states minor officials could
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Nov
22
1865
(1919) William Pickens, “The Kind of Democracy the Negro Expects”
William Pickens was born in 1881, the year Tuskegee Institute was founded. By the time of Booker T. Washington’s death in 1915, Pickens at age 35 had already become a major spokesperson on the direction of black education in the United States. Born in South Carolina but educated in
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GOP's Only Black Senator Now Leads on Race
Initially reluctant to focus on race, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is now a leading Republican voice, teaching his party what it’s like to be a Black man in America when the police lights are flashing in the rearview
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Gospel music
Gospel (genre) redirects here. For the literary genre, see
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For Blacc Zacc, ‘The Richest Rapper In South Carolina, Consistency Is Key
We spoke to the SC-native rap star about his industry rise.
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The Other Hermitage: The Enslaved at the Andrew Jackson Plantation
Most visitors who tour the Hermitage outside Nashville, Tennessee come to the historic site because it is the home of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States.  Hermitage Archaeology Director Kevin Bartoy reminds us, however, that the plantation was also home to over 200 enslaved
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Anti-lynching Bill Proposed
African American Congressman George H. White,R-North Carolina, introduced a bill to make lynching of Americans a federal offense. The bill died in committee. In 1900, 105 African Americans were lynched in the United States.
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Jan
20
1900
Birth Records - ALA
In the Deep South, prior to 1866, there were nopublic birth records kept on ANYONE (not just blacks)in Alabama until 1908.
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Jan
0
1997
Israel Brooks, Jr: First African American to serve as a State Trooper for the South Carolina Highway Patrol
Israel Brooks, Jr. was the first African American to serve as a state trooper for the South Carolina Highway Patrol. He was born on June 30, 1944, graduated from Gallman High School located in Newberry, South Carolina in 1962 and promptly enlisted in the United States Marines Corps where he served
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SC Department of Education launches student writing contest to celebrate African American history - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… launch a writing contest celebrating African American History. Dominion Energy is … South Carolina African American History Calendar, which honors prominent African Americans in the … sponsor of the South Carolina African American History Calendar since its …
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Jewell D. Hoover
Jewell D. Hoover is President and Principal of Hoover and Associates, LLC. Hoover worked at the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for 28 years prior to starting her own company. Hoover joined the OCC in 1975 as a National Bank Examiner and, at various times, supervised banks in the Northeast and
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Your credible, reliable resource of news and information affecting African-American communities across the state of Florida, USA.
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Mississippi Black Lawmaker On Taking Down The Flag: A Symbol Of 'Hate And Not Love' : Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice : NPR
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Vaccine eligibility expands in MN as state reaches goal of 70% of seniors vaccinated -
The announcement comes weeks ahead of schedule after the state moved quickly to use more vaccine from the federal government. Source
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Opothleyohola's Exodus to Kansas (Nov. 1861-Jan. 1862)
After a faction of the Creek tribe had negotiated and signed a treaty with the Confederacy in July 1861, a group of Upper Creek chiefs led by Opothleyohola repudiated the treaty and declared their neutrality.  Opothleyohola’s followers and their families gathered together on
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Debbye Turner is crowned Miss America. She is the third African American to win
Debbye Turner is crowned Miss America. She is the third African American to win the crown since the inception of the pageant in 1921.
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Sep
16
1989
The Color Purple
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Central Life Insurance Company, the last surviving African American owned insura
Central Life Insurance Company, the last surviving African American owned insurance company in the state of Florida is ordered liquidated by a Florida circuit court judge.
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Aug
27
1991
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (/s t oʊ/; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American abolitionist and author. She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her novel Uncle Toms Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African
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African Americans in Florida
African Americans in Florida are residents of the state of Florida who are of African American ancestry. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, African Americans were 16.6% of the states population.[1] This page was last edited on 27 June 2017, at 16:56.
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Black school
Black schools originated under legal segregation in the southern United States after the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, in southern states public policy to keep races separated and maintain white supremacy. In the United States white opposition to African-American success resulted in
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Spirit of Confederacy statue relocated to Houston Museum of African American Culture - African American News Today - EIN News
A statue that once glorified the Confederacy was moved to its new home at the Houston Museum of African American Culture Tuesday.
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The South Has Some Of The Nation’s Dirtiest Electricity. Now It’s Seeing A Coronavirus Uptick.
Yet the region remains far behind the rest of the country on even the most basic policies to lower climate-changing emissions, according to research published Tuesday by the Southern Economic Advancement Project, a nonprofit founded by Stacey Abrams, a former Democratic candidate for Georgia
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'This Far By Faith'
On this date in 1999, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America released This Far By Faith: An African American Resource for Worship, which compiles hymns of liturgies of Lutheran African Americans.
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Apr
8
1999
South Carolina Republicans carried election with
South Carolina Republicans carried election with reduced margin. Republican tickets was composed of four whites and four Blacks: R.H. Gleaves, lieutenant governor; Francis L. Cardozo, treasurer; Henry E. Hayne, secretary, of state; H.W. Purvis, adjutant general.
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Oct
10
1874
Black Indians in the United States
Black Indians are people of mixed African-American and Native American heritage, who have strong ties to Native American culture.[2] Many Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands, such as the Narragansett, Pequot, Lumbee and Cherokee, have a significant degree of African
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