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The Myth of the Buffalo Soldiers
Nineteenth Century African American soldiers who served in the Western United States have generally been known a “Buffalo Soldiers.”  In this article, however, military historian Frank N. Schubert, challenges modern popular perceptions of the soldiers, among them the significance of
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Black Tulsans are not amused by rally plans | Dallas Weekly
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Jessye, Eva (1895-1992)
Eva Jessye was a pioneer in the world of African American music and is recognized as the first black woman to receive international distinction as a choral director. She was born in Coffeyville, Kansas on January 20, 1895 to Albert and Julia Jessye, but was raised by various relatives after her
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List of African-American neighborhoods
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COVID-19 Infection rates among young people in the South and West drastically increases | The Atlanta Voice
The major thrust of new coronavirus cases in the United States is in the South and West, where officials say more young people are ignoring social distancing measures and testing
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Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas , (born June 23, 1948, Pinpoint, near Savannah, Georgia, U.S.), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1991, the second African American to serve on the court. Appointed to replace Thurgood Marshall, the court’s first African American member, Thomas gave
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Tandy, Charleton (1836-1919)
Charleton Tandy was born in Kentucky in 1836 to parents who were free only because his grandparents had purchased the family’s freedom three years before his birth.  Throughout his childhood, Tandy’s family worked to free slaves through the Underground Railroad, and as a young man, Tandy often led
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Op-ed Submission: The Impact of COVID-19 in Our Community: Let’s Not Put Our Health at Risk | Afro
New research seems to confirm that, across the nation, the coronavirus has disproportionately impacted black people, with death rates more than twice as high as that for any other
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Why Donald Trump’s ‘Juneteenth’ Speech Will Be A Disaster | The Oklahoma Eagle
The selection of Tulsa as the place where Trump returns to the stump and the date on which he is choosing to do it both suggest that Trump’s long-whispered-about race speech — in the wake of ongoing protests and unrest following the death of George Floyd — will happen next Friday, and at a campaign
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Oklahoma City Police Arrest Black Man Gasping ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Before He Dies
Recently released police body camera footage of an incident that resulted in the death of a Black man in Oklahoma City man shows that he gasped the same words as George Floyd in May and Eric Garner six years
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African Americans in the Shadow of Mt. Shasta: The Black Community of Weed, California
In the following article, James Langford, the first black teacher in Weed, briefly describes the history of the African American community there.  Langford, who graduated from California State University at San Francisco with an elementary teaching credential in the spring of 1974, began teaching
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Morgan v. Virginia (1946)
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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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Mayor's Milk Initiative to begin distributions | Dallas Weekly
Mayor Eric Johnson on Friday announced the planned sites and dates for the distribution of thousands of gallons of free milk through the Mayor’s Milk Initiative, a partnership with Borden Dairy, Dallas ISD, and local faith
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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950)
Appellant, a Negro citizen of Oklahoma possessing a masters degree, was admitted to the Graduate School of the state-supported University of Oklahoma as a candidate for a doctorate in education and was permitted to use the same classroom, library and cafeteria as white students. Pursuant to
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Coronavirus cases are spiking across the country and experts say Florida has the makings of the next epicenter | The Atlanta Voice
Ten states saw a record number of new Covid-19 cases this week, and one of them could be the next epicenter of the
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
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Coronavirus Cases Surge In Alabama, South Carolina And Oklahoma | The Oklahoma Eagle
New cases of COVID-19 nearly doubled in Alabama and South Carolina in the second week of June compared to the prior seven days, a Reuters analysis found, as 17 U.S. states reported weekly increases in the spread of the novel
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Tensions rise as Texas governor readies to lift more rules
With cases still rising, including single-day highs of 1,458 new cases and 58 deaths Thursday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has defended the pace by emphasizing that hospitalization and infection rates are steady, and pointing out that Texas’ 1,200 deaths still lag similarly big states, including
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Lunceford, Jimmie M. (1902-1947)
James Melvin “Jimmie” Lunceford, a popular band leader during the swing era, was born near Fulton, Mississippi, in Itawamba County to James Leonard and Beulah Idella Tucker Lunceford in June, 1902. His grandparents, Daniel and Gracie Lunceford, had arrived in Mississippi as slaves from
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AP FACT CHECK: Faulty Trump claims on virus drug, vote fraud | The Atlanta Voice
So it was this past week when he took very personally a scientific study that should give pause to anyone thinking of following Trump’s lead and ingesting a potentially risky drug for the
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This Newspaper Has Never Forgotten The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — And Its Fight Continues | The Oklahoma Eagle
Walk through the Greenwood neighborhood, Goodwin says, and you can’t miss the metal plaques on sidewalks commemorating the hundreds of black-owned businesses set ablaze during the 1921 Tulsa Race
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Community Elders Share Valuable Insight In Black Wall Street History Class | The Oklahoma Eagle
The class is open to credit-seeking students and non-credit-seeking community members who are interested in discovering more about Tulsa’s historic Greenwood district from 1850 to present, including the massacre on May 31-June
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Anthony Davis: The Man Behind the Pulitzer Prize – Voice and Viewpoint
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Fauci Warns: More Death, Econ Damage If US Reopens Too Fast | Afro
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Oklahoma cop faces backlash but won't apologize after saying African Americans 'probably ought to be' shot more by police
"Chief Wendell Franklin and the Tulsa Police Department want to make it very clear we do not endorse, condone or support Yates’ comments made on the show," the department said in a Facebook post on Wednesday, adding "This matter has been referred to our Internal Affairs
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History of Black Civil Rights in America
The history of black civil rights is the story of Americas caste system. It is the story of how for centuries upper-class whites made African Americans into a slave class, easily identifiable because of their dark skin, and then reaped the benefits—sometimes using law, sometimes using
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