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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the
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'Joseline Out Here Tryna Pimp Mimi (Again)': Joseline Hernandez Offers Mimi Faust a Job After She Reveals Why She Took a Pay Cut on 'LHHATL
“Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” reality veteran Mimi Faust interviewed with author and host of “Love Rants” Stacii Jae Johnson on Wednesday, May 13, to discuss “LHHATL” and her
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Biography of W.E.B. Du Bois
Throughout his career as a sociologist, historian, educator, and sociopolitical activist, William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois argued for immediate racial equality for African-Americans. His emergence as an African-American leader paralleled the rise of  Jim Crow laws of the South and the
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Feb
23
1868
Nation of Islam Leader
Minister Louis Farrakhan, raised in Roxbury and a 1950 graduate of English High School, has been the national leader of the Nation of Islam since 1977, following the death of the founder of the Nation, Elijah Muhammad. While viewed by some as controversial, Minister Farrakhan and the Nation of
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Gratz et al v. Bollinger et al (2003)
No. 02-516. Argued April 1, 2003--Decided June 23, 2003
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Weber Shandwick: Diversity and Inclusion- Empowering our People and our Business
Diversity and Inclusion is paramount at Weber Shandwick – it isn’t just a program or initiative, it’s a strategic imperative deeply integrated into the way we do
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Janelle Monáe goes one-on-one and discusses series "HOMECOMING 2"
The second season finds Stephan James reprising his role as soldier Walter Cruz, who is desperately trying to rebuild his life following the traumas of war and the Homecoming Initiative when he begins to realize that there’s an even more insidious version of the program underway – if only he can
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Dawson, Horace G. (1926- )
Horace G. Dawson, Jr. was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Botswana by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.  After his confirmation by the U.S. Senate he served in that post until 1983.  Dawson was born in Augusta, Georgia on January 30, 1926.  He attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania where he earned
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Jan
14
2004
Black History Observed Through Genetic Makeup, According To Research
The first one was the human trade that led thousands of African slaves to the southern United States, and the second was the Great Migration period, which started around 1910, when millions of African-Americans entered New York, Chicago, and various other parts of
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Don Lemon Tee’s Off On “Birther-In-Chief” Donald Trump “No One Wants To Hear From” [Video]
Now that he’s trying to weigh in on the murder of George Floyd in his own half-assed way, CNN’s Don Lemon has had enough and took to the airwaves to call out the Racist-In-Chief and his administration for attempting to get involved in the protests and riots engulfing
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Carrington, Walter Charles (1930 - )
Walter Charles Carrington served as the United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Senegal from 1980 to 1981, and to Nigeria from 1993 to 1997. He married Arese Ukpoma, a Nigerian physician, and has lived in three Nigerian cities since the late
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Jul
24
1930
List of landmark African-American legislation
Ordinance of 1787: The Northwest Territorial Government (Northwest
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African-Americans and the Progressive Era
The Progressive Era spanned the years from 1890 to 1920 when the United States was experiencing rapid growth. Immigrants from eastern and southern Europe arrived in droves. Cities were overcrowded, and those living in poverty suffered greatly. Politicians in the major cities controlled their power
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African-Americans in 1790
There were 766 African-Americans (4 percent of the population) counted in Boston in the first United State Census in 1790.
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African-American History Timeline: 1865 to 1869
In just four short years, the lives of enslaved and already freed African-Americans would change drastically. From being granted freedom in 1865 to citizenship in 1868, the years proceeding the Civil War would be vital not just to the rebuilding of the United States, but the ability of
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Harriet Tubman | Abolitionist | Underground Railroad
Born Harriet Ross, c. 1819-1820, Dorchester County, Maryland. Tubman was born into
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10
1913
Alex Haley, renowned author, dies
American biographer, scriptwriter, author who became famous with the publication of the novel ROOTS, which traces his ancestry back to Africa and covers seven American generations as they are taken slaves to the United States. The book was adapted to television series, and woke up an interest in
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Feb
10
1992
African-American History Timeline: 1880 to 1889
During the 1880s, many of the liberties that African-Americans enjoyed as citizens were rapidly taken away by the U.S. Supreme Court, state legislatures and everyday people who did not believe that African-Americans should be able to participate in the political
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‘We Need Help’: Coronavirus Fuels Racism Against Black Americans in China
“African-Americans in Guangzhou are collateral damage of a policy implemented to target Africans, in which Chinese don’t check your visa, just the color of your skin,” said Yaqiu Wang, a China researcher at Human Rights
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A List of Famous African-Americans Who Spent Time in Africa
Most people know about the forced emigration of millions of Africans to the Americas as slaves. Far fewer think of the voluntary flow of the descendants of those slaves back across the Atlantic to visit or live in
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African-American self-determination
African-American self-determination refers to efforts to secure self-determination for African-Americans and related peoples in North America. It often intersects with the historic Back-to-Africa movement and general Black separatism, but also manifests in present and historic demands for
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Another Black private equity banker pays off HBCU student's tuition at graduation
Frank Baker and his wife Laura Day Baker, gifted Spelman College $1 million to offset the tuition for 50 high-achieving graduates that had tuition balances and needed
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James Augustine Healy
James Augustine Healy, first Black American Roman Catholic bishop, ordained a priest in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.
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Jun
10
1854
The Burning Of America – Again.
(ThyBlackMan.com) I do not advocate violence, but apparently those police officers and racists who kill black people every week
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Elijah Muhammad: Leader of the Nation of Islam
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7
1897
Telling Secrets, Spying Freedom: A Novel Account of Mary Bowser's Civil War Espionage
In the following account historian and novelist Lois Leveen describes how she came to write her critically acclaimed novel, The Secrets of Mary Bowser, the account of a black woman who served as a Union spy in the Confederate White House during the American Civil
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King County Colored Republican Club (1915-1945)
At the beginning of the 20th Century most African American voters in Seattle were Republican. Despite their loyalty to the GOP, many of these black Republicans claimed the Party would not address the needs of African-Americans. The King County Colored Republican Club (KCCRC) was founded in 1915 to
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Ingraham: Trump has delivered results for African-Americans, Biden has delivered 'hashtags' and 'slogans'
Laura Ingraham opind in her "Ingraham Angle" monologue Tuesday that the idea that Joe Biden and the Democratic Party will help African-Americans and minorities is not true -- in the wake of the violent protests and riots following George Floyd's death -- is not
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Mistreatment of Africans in China: Trump questions WHO's silence
“On April 11, 2020, several African Ambassadors wrote to the Chinese Foreign Ministry about the discriminatory treatment of Africans related to the pandemic in Guangzhou and other cities in
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Africa: Diaspora African Forum Demands Justice for George Floyd
The Diaspora African Forum has petitioned the United States of America (USA) government to arrest and prosecute all four police officers who were caught on video manhandling George Floyd at Minneapolis, USA, resulting in his
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