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(1993) William J. Clinton, “The Freedom to Die"
On November 13, 1993, President Bill Clinton traveled to Memphis to address 5,000 African American ministers at the national headquarters of the Church of God in Christ.  Speaking from the pulpit where in 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his last sermon, Clinton used the occasion to urge the
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Source: Black Past
Nov
13
1993
(1827) Rev. Nathaniel Paul Hails The End Of Slavery In New York
In 1827 Rev. Nathaniel Paul, a minister in Albany, New York, hails the final abolition of slavery in that state.  His address  given on July 5, 1827 in Albany marks that occassion.  The address appears
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Source: Black Past
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Reaching the Masses: What Our New Normal Has Showcased
Virtual church has driven the young and old to connect on platforms that were once not accepted in
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Angola Shows How Overriding Democracy Is America's New Realpolitik in Africa
[Daily Maverick] The opposition's appeal to respect democratic principles, the separation of powers and civil-political liberties is at odds with Washington's support for a civilian constitutional coup.
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(1884) William H. Crogman, “Negro Education: Its Helps and Hindrances”
? William Henry Crogman, a native of the West Indian island of St. Martin, was educated at Pierce Academy in Massachusetts immediately after the Civil War. In 1868 he was named to the English faculty of newly organized Claflin College in South Carolina. By 1870 Crogman returned to college, ente
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Jul
16
1884
University of California Regents v. Bakke, 1978
? Argued October 12, 1977 Decided June 28, 1978 The Medical School of the University of California at Davis (hereinafter Davis) had two admissions programs for the entering class of 100 students - the regular admissions program and the special admissions program. Under the regular procedure, c
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Colfax Massacre
Colfax Massacre, Easter Sunday morning, Grant Parish, Louisiana. More than sixty Blacks were killed.
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13
1873
(1838) James McCune Smith, “The Abolition Of Slavery And The Slave Trade In The French And British Colonies”
James McCune Smith (1813-1865) was a prominent physician and abolitionist. Smith was educated in the African Free School in New York City. When failing to be admitted to any American college, he enrolled in Glasgow University in Scotland in 1832 and earned three degrees including his medical
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9
1838
South Africa: Alexandra Residents Say They Are Losing Faith in the Law After Collins Khosa's Death
Alexandra residents have rejected a South African National Defence Force (SANDF) report which found no wrongdoing by its soldiers in the death of Collins
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Faithfull Utterances: Focused on the Rock
He filled the jar to the top with large rocks and asked his students if the jar was
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Jupiter Hammon, the Father of African American Poetry
While Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) has been celebrated as America’s first published African-American poet, a slave named Jupiter Hammon may have been published before
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25
1760
'Hit ’Em With the Stiff Twerk': Draya Michele's Fans Are In Stitches After Watching Her Act Up with Her Girls
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Breaking the Cycle
I believe God has decided that it’s time for me to find new battles for folks that will appreciate my
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Can Charles Booker unseat Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky?
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Sentamu, John (1949- )
In 2005, John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu was installed as the Anglican Church’s Archbishop of York.  Sentamu was born on June 10, 1949, the sixth of 13 children of Rev. John and Ruth Walakira in a village outside Kampala, Uganda. Taught by British missionaries and expatriates who encouraged his
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Jun
10
1949
(1859) William Lloyd Garrison, “On the Death of John Brown”
On December 2, 1859, John Brown was executed by Virginia authorities in Charles Town for his ill-fated raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry.  Soon after word of his death reached Boston, William Lloyd Garrison, the leading abolitionist in the United States at the time, gave this stirring
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2
1859
Lecrae Learned That Words Mean Things When He Stopped Short Of Checking A White Pastor Who Used The Phrase “White Blessing” Over “White Privilege”
Even though his megachurch is located in a prominent city which has served as an economic and cultural haven for Black people in the city, Giglio made his case, directed mostly at Lecrae, the only Black man on the
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Finding Hope in the First Ladies of Gospel
I was expecting the impossible and truly hoping to feel the intangible in the Lifetime movie, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of
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Death of two kids linked to doomsday beliefs; mom and dad jailed
IDAHO, United States (AP) — The bodies of two children uncovered in rural Idaho are a boy and his big sister who have been missing since last September, relatives said yesterday, bringing a grim end to a search that captivated people worldwide but no fewer questions about a case that has put their
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Roger Brown
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22
1997
The Forsythes’ love defies all odds
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Vanessa Bryant Explains Why She Blocked Kobe’s Fan Accounts
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HBCU Timeline: 1837 to 1870
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education established with the purpose of providing training and education to
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From Peaceful Protesting to a President Posing | Afro
After a weekend filled with demonstrations, looting and burning, which led to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser implementing a 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, peaceful protestors chanted, marched, distributed water and snacks and presented art in the name of antiracism and police
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Spencer Williams's 1942 movie Blood of Jesus is among the third group of 25 fil
Spencer Williamss 1942 movie Blood of Jesus is among the third group of 25 films added to the Library of Congresss National Film Registry.
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Evangelical Leaders Seek To Insulate Churches From Some COVID-19 Lawsuits
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Jan Smuts
Jan Christian Smuts was born on a farm near Riebeeck West in the Cape Colony. His ancestors were mainly Dutch, with a small admixture of French and German but no English, though he was born a British subject. Until he went to school at the age of 12, Smuts lived the life of a South African farm
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