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My Memoir of Ruth Ferguson, Editor of North Dallas Gazette (May 22, 1965 – May 18, 2020)

I first met Ruth many years ago as I was recruited to be part of North Dallas Gazette‘s team, where she was the

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Donald Goines (pseudonym: Al C. Clark) (December 15, 1936 – October 21, 1974) was an African-American writer of urban fiction.[1] His novels were deeply influenced by the work of Iceberg

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Agnes de Mille , in full Agnes George de Mille, de Mille also spelled DeMille (born Sept. 18, 1905, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Oct. 7, 1993, New York City), American dancer and choreographer who further developed the narrative aspect of dance and made innovative use of American themes, folk

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T.I. & Juicy J Call For All People of Color To Participate In “Blackout2020Day” Protest

On July 7, which has been designated the day for the call-to-action to take place, is asking all people to not spending a single dollar as a form of economic

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10 Interesting Facts About Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela will forever be remembered for the key role he played in dismantling South Africa’s system of racial apartheid. The activist and politician, who died on Dec. 5, 2013, at the age of 95, became an international symbol of peace and

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Gary S. May is the seventh chancellor of the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). UC Davis enrolls more than 35,000 students and is one of ten campuses in the University of California system. The campus has the third-largest enrollment in the UC System after UCLA and UC

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Phillis Wheatley

The young girl who was to become Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped and taken to Boston on a slave ship in 1761 and purchased by a tailor, John Wheatley, as a personal servant for his wife, Susanna. She was treated kindly in the Wheatley household, almost as a third child. The Wheatleys soon recognized

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Keller, Helen Adams

Keller, Helen Adams, 1880–1968, American author and lecturer, blind and deaf from an undiagnosed illness at the age of two, b. Tuscumbia, Ala. In 1887 she was put under the charge of Anne Sullivan (see Macy, Anne Sullivan ), who was her teacher and companion until Sullivans death in 1936. As

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Encore Performance for Marc Raby, Birmingham Playwright

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times The COVID-19 pandemic has been more than a health crisis for many across the Birmingham metro area. Creatives and artists have been suffering, as well, and Marc Raby, director of the Encore Theatre and Gallery in East Birmingham, has spent the past month

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Bell Hooks is a pen name of a renowned African-American author, Gloria Jean Watkins. She also took part in social activism and supports feminism. The central focus of her writing is interconnectivity of race, capitalism, and gender. She also explains the influence of these elements to promote

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Rowan, Carl T. (1925–2000)

Rowan was born August 11, 1925, in the mining town of Ravenscroft, Tennessee. When he was a baby his family moved to McMinnville, Tennessee, because his parents thought its lumberyards offered more opportunity. His father, Thomas, stacked lumber for construction, and his mother, Johnnie, cleaned

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Alexander Murray Palmer Haley, better known as Alex Haley, was a celebrated author whose books centered around African American heritage. He was born on August 11, 1921 in Ithaca, New York to Simon and Bertha Palmer Haley. For the first few years of his life he lived in Tennessee with his mother

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Knowing the endgame - Stabroek News

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C&G’s is the place for good old school eating

The MSR has checked in with some of the businesses we’ve previously profiled in our Black Business Spotlight series to find out how they’re doing, and what services they’re currently offering Below we followed up with C&G’s owner Greg

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Spingarn Award: Richard Wright

Spingarn Medal presented to novelist Richard Wright, one of the most powerful of contemporary writer, for his powerful depiction in his books, Uncle Toms Children, and Native Son, of the effect of proscription, segregation and denial of opportunities to the American Negro.

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Vanzant, Iyanla (1953- )

Rhonda Eva Harris was born in the back of a taxi to Sarah Jefferson, a railroad car maid. Her father, Horace Harris, a petty criminal, was largely absent from Rhonda’s life. When Sarah Jefferson died from breast cancer in 1957, Rhonda went to live with various paternal relatives, one of whom raped

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The Barack Obama Page

The Obama Bibliography lists many of the most important published books related to President Barack Obama, his family, the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, and his administration. We at BlackPast.org are paying tribute to this singularly important event in African American history through the

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Black capitalism

Black capitalism is a movement among African Americans to build wealth through the ownership and development of businesses. Black capitalism has traditionally focused on African-American businesses, although some critics and activists have also pushed for increased representation of Blacks in

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Ben Carson is a famous surgeon, who is well known for the surgeries he has performed to separate conjoined twins. He was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 18, 1951 to Sonya and Robert Carson. Sonya came from a poor Baptist family, and had married Robert at the age of 13. When she found out her

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For The Vodka Lovers: 3 Smirnoff Cocktail Food Pairings Perfect For Memorial Day Weekend

Summer may be “cancelled” due to COVID-19, but the season is still upon us and Monday’s Memorial Day holiday marks its unofficial

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‘I have graced many stages’ - J’can surmounts challenges to achieve career goals

At 14 years old, Reyes migrated to the United States with one goal, “to do well in

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Kamala Harris hit Amazon’s top 30 list on Nov. 8.

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Chelsea Phaire, 10, Donates Over 1,500 Art Kits to Kids in Foster Care and Homeless Shelters During COVID-19 Crisis

Chelsea Phaire, a 10-year-old from Danbury, Connecticut, has sent more than 1,500 children in homeless shelters and foster care homes art kits to give them something to play and create with during these extra-stressful times brought on by the coronavirus

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#SummerReads: 14 Books By Black Authors To Add To Your Bookshelf

You’ve just got use your has selected 14 books by Black authors that are so necessary to read right now–from children’s books to romance

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Media personality Cornel West is an African American Studies scholar and socialist critic of the white patriarchy that is the United States of America. West grew up in Sacramento and graduated from Harvard in 1973. He then embarked on an academic career in the humanities, teaching ethics, religion

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Young M.A “Savage Mode,” Big Boi “Tremendous Damage” & More | Daily Visuals 5.26.20

It’s been a few years since Young M.A burst onto the rap scene and had the whole hood going “OOOUUU,” and though she’s fallen back since then she’s looking to make summer 2020 one for her

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James Baldwin established his reputation with his first novel, Go Tell It On The Mountain (1953), an autobiographical tale of growing up in Harlem. He became one of the leading African-American authors of his generation, known for novels and essays that tackled black-white and hetero-homosexual

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BOOK CORNER: ‘Shadow Wolves’ take on the Zeta cartel in new book

Ethan Crowe, a Lakota Sioux tracker, is lured out of retirement to lead the Shadow Wolves, an elite team of intelligent and tough Native American trackers from tribes across the United States, that are tasked with battling the viscous drug cartel in the Arizona

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