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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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Uganda: Gang Attacks Two Police Posts, Take Three Guns
A gang of suspected thugs operating in Eastern parts of the country raided two police posts and took three
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9th Annual ParkScore Released As Park Use Increases During COVID - Milwaukee Ranked 28th
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Libya
U.S. special operations troops captured Ahmed Abu Khattala in a secret raid in Benghazi on June 15, 2014. He is believed to be the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate that killed four Americans, including U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. In July 2014, the
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2014
Guinn v. United States (1915): The Grandfather Clause
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'What's The Matter With Kansas?' - A Deconstruction
Apart from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont - all Eastern seaboard states - only states boasting an overwhelming majority of white voters (ranging from 93.5% to 84.5% of the total population) were considered (since to include states with higher percentages of African-Americans and other minorities
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Garmin releases new GPS Running Watches
Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., today announced two of the company’s latest GPS running watches –the Forerunner 230 and the Forerunner 235. Tracking distance, pace, time, heart rate1 and more, the 230 and 235 keep runners on pace for their next personal record. The Forerunner 235
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Four national chain stores announced
Four national chain stores announced on October 17 that counters in about 150 stores in 112 cities in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland, Florida and Oklahoma had been integrated.
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1960
Businessman charged with murdering teen miner at Puruni Landing
Junior France, the licensed firearm holder who allegedly shot and killed a 17-year-old miner two Sundays ago at Puruni Landing, Mazaruni River has been charged with murder and remanded to
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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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Ku Klux Klan received charter from Fulton County,
Ku Klux Klan received charter from Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court. Modern Klan spread to Alabama and other Southern state and reached height of its influence in the twenties. By 1924 the organization was strong in Oklahoma, Indiana, California, Oregon, Indiana, and Ohio. At the height of its
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Berry Lawson Case (1938)
On March 26, 1938, Berry Lawson, a twenty-seven-year-old African American waiter staying at the Mt. Fuji Hotel located on Yesler Way in downtown Seattle, Washington, was reportedly asleep in a chair in the hotel lobby. He was spotted by three Seattle Police Department officers, who approached
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Sheck Wes Popped In NYC On Weapons & Drugs Charges In Lamborghini, Has No Driver’s License
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James West
James Edward West was born on February 10, 1931 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He was an inquisitive young boy, fascinated with electronics and always ready to take things apart to discover how they worked. His curiosity almost got the better of him when he was eight years old and decided
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Four term mayor of Langston Okla.
Melvin B. Tolson was mayor of Langston Oklahoma for four terms beginning in 1954. Tolson was a member of the Langston University faculty from 1947-1965.
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Racial Uplift, Black Power, and Reparations on the Kansas Frontier: Abram T. Hall, Edward P. McCabe, and John W. Niles
In the article below independent historian Charlotte Hinger explores the concept of racial uplift, black electoral power and reparations for slavery in the ideals of three early citizens of Nicodemus, the most famous 19th Century black town in the
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Bessie Coleman, African American Woman Pilot
Known for: pioneer in aviation; first African American woman with a pilots license, first African American woman to fly a plane; first American with an international pilots
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Washington Redskins Wide Receiver Cody Latimer Arrested On Assault & Multiple Firearm Charges
Cody Latimer, who is a wide receiver for the Washington Redskins, was arrested on assault and firearm charges on Saturday after reportedly firing shots inside an
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Turner, James Milton (1840-1915)
James Milton Turner was an African American Missourian who was a prominent politician, education advocate, and diplomat in the years after the Civil War. Turner was born a slave in St. Louis, Missouri in 1840. His father, John Turner (also known as John Colburn), was a well-known “horse
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Hanover man accused of abducting, robbing and raping woman charged
A Hanover man accused of abducting, robbing and raping a woman has been charged by the
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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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ARM unveils new chip tech for high-end Android devices
ARM, the semiconductor firm owned by Japan’s Softbank Group, on Tuesday released new technology aimed at helping Android devices catch up to Apple’s iPhones for certain computing tasks such as
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Ellison, Ralph
Ellison, Ralph (Ralph Waldo Ellison), 1914–94, African-American author, b. Oklahoma City studied Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee Univ.). Originally a trumpet player and aspiring composer, he moved (1936) to New York City, where he met Langston Hughes , who became his mentor, and became friends
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Africa: Retail and Online Sales Survey for Mobile Handsets and Tablets in 6 African Countries Shows How Sales Will Be Hit and Looks At the Bounce Back After Lockdown Ends
London — This week I have been given access to a retail and online sales survey of six Sub-Saharan African countries' mobile handset and tablet
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Man charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition
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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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Jim Crow laws
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Report: Man Who Fired Shotgun at 14-Year-Old Black Boy Wants Sentence Tossed, Argues He Should Not Be Judged By Criminal Record
In April 2018, 14-year-old Brennan Walker missed a school bus in Oakland County and decided to knock on Jeffrey Zeigler’s door to ask for directions, according to Fox
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