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Originally found on The Great Griot The Great Griot has a passion in telling the history of black people from all over the globe. By analyzing and explaining our powerful lineage, she aims to uplift and empower through teaching the truth about who we are and where we come from. Source: The Great Griot

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Booker T. Washington's Visit to Spokane (1913)

In 1913 the famous African American activist and educator Booker T. Washington left Tuskegee, Alabama, to begin a speaking tour around the United States. The ultimate goal of this tour was to raise funds for the Tuskegee Institute in order to educate more young African Americans. Washington began

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John McWhorter, “Celebrate the Triumph of Ordinary Black Americans”

It is a mantra among black Americans that we are insufficiently aware of our history, that our advancement will be hobbled until we are all rooted in a sense of continuity with the past. Yet, every year we are regaled with not just a Black History Day but a Black History Month. Over four weeks in

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Trump Snaps 'So Are White People' When Asked Why Black People Are Killed By Cops

The president also told CBS News that people who "like the Confederate flag" are thinking about NASCAR, not slavery.

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Aimé Césaire , in full Aimé-Fernand-David Césaire (born June 26, 1913, Basse-Pointe, Mart.—died April 17, 2008, Fort-de-France), Martinican poet, playwright, and politician, who was cofounder with Léopold Sédar Senghor of Negritude, an influential movement to restore the cultural identity of

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What I Just Learned About Black People In Early American History Blew My Mind

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Mercer, Mabel Alice Wadham (1900-1984)

Mabel Mercer was one of the most important jazz cabaret singers of the 20th Century. Her personal singing style emphasizing interpretation, diction, lyrics, and projection over vocal proficiency influenced numerous leading singers including Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Nat

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3 Ways To Begin Healing From Racial Traumatic Stress

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The City of Asheville Voted To Provide Reparations To Black Residents

The City Council of Asheville, North Carolina has voted to provide reparations to African American residents and their descendants.

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Rona Rumble: Black Man Cracks White Man Over The Head With A Bottle During Bar Brawl

Another day, some more white folks have lost their minds. A video is making its rounds on social media highlighting a bar brawl that took place on Saturday (Jun.27) at an Arkansas bar that started over social distancing, according to witnesses.

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Camille Cosby Speaks Out In Support of Husband Bill Cosby

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Systemic racism exist even during a pandemic

Moreover, the majority of essential workers seems to be minorities working in the food service and delivery fields, warehouse workers, health care aides in nursing homes and assisted living centers, etc. many of the which didn’t necessarily choose to work, but had to work in order to take care of

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Local Pastor Grows Into Activist Role

Genesis’ Senior Pastor Dr. Tecoy Porter spearheaded the June 4 service as president of the Sacramento Chapter of Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network

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First Black Miss University at Ole Miss Reflects on Her Historic Win

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California State Capitol Goes Black … Red and Green to Mark Juneteenth

The state of California started recognizing Juneteenth or Black “Freedom Day,” marking the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, back in 2003 as an official state

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Black Blues Singer Responds To Lawsuit From Country Band Lady Antebellum: ‘I’ve Been Quiet For Two Weeks’ - Blavity

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Rona Rumble: Black Man Cracks White Man Over The Head With A Bottle During Bar Brawl

Another day, some more white folks have lost their minds. A video is making its rounds on social media highlighting a bar brawl that took place on Saturday (Jun.27) at an Arkansas bar that started over social distancing, according to witnesses.

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‘What to the African American is the Fourth of July?’ Reflections on race and racism in America. - African American News Today - EIN News

similar question: What to the African American is the Fourth of July home. So what to the African American is the Fourth of July Minneapolis to stop? Stop killing black Americans. Radley Balko: There’s overwhelming

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New Film ‘aTypical Wednesday’ Stresses The Importance of Black Men Going To Therapy

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Michelle Obama Blames Her 'Low-Grade Depression' In Part On Donald Trump

The former first lady said on her new podcast that she's struggling with the "day in and day out" hypocrisy of Trump's administration.

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James Mars: Once One of the Most Prominent African Americans in Connecticut

James Mars was born into slavery in Norwalk, Connecticut in 1790. He won his freedom at the age of twenty-five, and two years later moved to Hartford. He was very active in the organization of the Talcott Street Church, and was named Deacon. Soon he became one of the most prominent African

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Black Ambition - Stabroek News

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Could Racially Motivated 911 Calls Become Hate Crimes?

(CALMATTERS) Barbecuing at Lake Merritt in Oakland. Selling water without a permit. Both instances in which a Black person was doing something deemed criminal by a white person. Both instances in which a white person called the police. Now, as racial tensions continue to flare as the nation

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Trevor Noah's Answer To Wanna-Be-Woke Questions From White Pals: Blacklexa

"Helping your white friends so you don't have to!"

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Floyd Murder Unleashes Black Parents’ Worst Fears

Her tears, she said, are for the senseless, callous murder of another innocent unarmed Black person, for the constant terror that African-Americans live under because of police brutality and extra-judicial murders; and a deep and persistent anxiety about her

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Is The Help Realistic? It Depends.

In the essay below, Associate Professor Trysh Travis of the University of Floridas Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research Center explores some of the controversy surrounding Kathryn Stocketts novel The Help, which has also become a major film of the same name. She argues that many people

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White People, Stop Quoting MLK To Police How Black People Protest

Last Thursday, Martin Luther King III responded to the increasingly heated protests spurred by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police with a quote from his father, the Rev. Martin Luther King

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When Non-Black Minorities Adopt Black Style, Is It Still Appropriation? | The Oklahoma Eagle

www.huffpost.com By Bianca Lambert The answer is simple: Absolutely. We’ve seen a wealth of celebrities including Miley Cyrus and the Kardashians appropriating Black culture, plus countless fashion designers sending white models down their runways wearing locs, braids and baby hairs. But what

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Body Bags, Black Power and Ballots Focus of Kemitic Empire - Free Press of Jacksonville

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Mental Health, Police Brutality, and Black People

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Why Black Women Deserve A National Holiday - Blavity

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