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The walk of discovery: meeting the artist of the Depot Street Renaissance Mural - WS Chronicle
The walk of discovery: meeting the artist of the Depot Street Renaissance Mural The post The walk of discovery: meeting the artist of the Depot Street Renaissance Mural appeared first on WS Chronicle.
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African American History and Women Timeline 1700-1799
[Previous] [Next] Women and African American History: 1700-1799 New York passed a law prohibiting public gatherings by three or more enslaved Africans, prohibiting testimony in court by enslaved Africans against white colonists, and prohibiting trade with enslaved Africans. Virginia Slave Codes of 1
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African American History and Women Timeline 1870-1899
[Previous] [Next] Women and African American History: 1870-1899 • 15th Amendment to the US Constitution gave the right to vote without regard to race, color, or previous condition of servitude -- but the Amendment did not apply to African American women (or any other women) • Susan McKinney Stewart,
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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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The 50 Most Influential Novels Written on the Black West
The authors & editors listed below are excellent sources of general information for research on African American History in the West. We at BlackPast.org would like to thank Professor Bruce Glasrud, formerly of Sul Ross University in Alpine, Texas, for his invaluable help in compiling this
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Blacks, Puerto Ricans Boycott NYC Public Schools
School officials reported that 464,000 Black and Puerto Rican students boycotted New York City public schools. More than 267,000 were absent during second boycott, March 16.
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1964
Black Student Accepted into Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Launches Company to End Gun Violence – Free Press of Jacksonville
Nationwide — RuQuan “Ru” Brown, a 17-year old high school senior from Seattle who has excelled in his classes and sports, has been recently accepted into 24 colleges including Harvard, Yale, and
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The 101 Most Influential Novels Written by African Americans
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Here Are the 15 Best And Worst Cities For Black Women To Flourish
MoneyGeek, a personal finance website, has listed the 15 best and worst cities for Black women to feel supported and flourish financially,
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Louis E. Lomax: Introduced the Nation of Islam & Malcolm X to the World
Louis E. Lomax: Introduced the Nation of Islam & Malcolm X to the World
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Documentary Films on Blackpast.org - African American History in the West - Director
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Ware, Flo (1912-1981)
Florasina Ware was the quintessential activist, known in Seattle for raising a strong voice on behalf of children, the elderly, and the poor.  Dissatisfied with the quality of the Central Area schools attended by most of the city’s black students, she pressed school officials for academic
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Blood On The Leaves and Blood At The Roots | Afro
We should burn some incense, light some sage, and then do to White supremacy what White folks did to Black Wall Street and
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How Black history is taught in schools faces new scrutiny
The state’s new standards are going out to schools as a national conversation on racial injustice brings new scrutiny to how African American history is taught
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Black-Owned Drive-in Theater Offers an Old School Solution for Fun While Social Distancing, plus a Exclusive
Mr. Percy Scott, one of the Chicago Defender’s 2016 “Men of Excellence” honorees and President/Founder of Global 360 Marketing, exemplifies beating the odds and booming in
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African-American studies
African-American Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of Black Americans. Taken broadly, the field studies not only the cultures of people of African descent in the United States, but the cultures of the entire African diaspora
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The Spencer Haywood story continues: The rise to stardom -
Fresh off his 1968 Olympics performance, Spencer Haywood resumed his college playing, this time back home in Motown at the city’s only Division I school. Source
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UAlbany Experts Available to Discuss Black History Month 2021
… of an unprecedented year for Black Americans – from widespread protests over … the sacrifice and contribution of African Americans.” Janell Hobson, Professor and … historical and contemporary contributions of Black Americans, and to connect their struggles …
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NAACP Black Media Forum Excludes Black Newspapers NNPA President and Black Publishers Call for Clarification and Inclusion
“In 2020, for there to be a virtual panel on Black Media and not invite or involve the NNPA or any of our member publishers to be on the panel goes beyond a mere oversight,” said NNPA President/CEO Benjamin Chavis in an interview about the May 20
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Cornel West
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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Texas Board approves African American studies course
Starting next fall, high schools around the state will be able to offer African American Studies as an elective course, making Texas the first state to approve both that course and Mexican American
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(1890) T. Thomas Fortune, “It Is Time To Call A Halt,”
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Booker Washington in Seattle, 1913
An unusual incidence of interracial solidarity between blacks and Asian Americans occurred during Booker T. Washington’s visit to Seattle. In March 1913, Washington embarked on a national speaking tour in order to raise money for Tuskegee Institute, the chronically underfunded “Normal and
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Win for Reparations: California Assembly Committee Votes Yes on Bill
On May 11, the California Assembly Judiciary Committee voted yes on a bill that would mandate the state to set up an 8-member commission to examine how California engaged in — and benefited from — the enslavement of Black men, women, and
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Louisville Western Branch Library (1905- )
The Louisville Western Branch Library in Louisville, Kentucky, first opened in 1905. This library was the first public library in the nation to serve and be fully operated by black residents. In 1905 virtually all other public libraries around the country were closed to African
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Left of Black with Anne-Maria Makhulu
Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal sits down with Anne-Maria Makhulu to talk about her new book, Making Freedom: Apartheid, Squatter Politics, and the Struggle for Home, the Fees Must Fall movement, and the elusive South African middle
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Steve Bass is a native of Seattle.  He graduated from Queen Anne High School in 1969 and from the University of Washington in 1973.  He is a partner with the national accounting firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP.  His clients include many types of nonprofit organizations, including social welfare
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Africa: Strive Masiyiwa Appointed AU Special Envoy
Zimbabwean business mogul, Strive Masiyiwa has been appointed African Union (AU) Special envoy in the global mobilization of medical test kits and personal protective equipment (PPE) for African countries during the Covid-19
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