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(1797) Abraham Johnstone, “Address To The People Of Color”
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A Classic Essay by Frederick Douglass, American Slave
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Known for: author of Uncle Toms Cabin, a book which helped build anti-slavery sentiment in America and abroad
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(1963) Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter From a Birmingham Jail”
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(2008) Senator Barack Obama, "A More Perfect Union"
Controversial remarks drawn from the sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, an unpaid campaign advisor to Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, and his pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, emerged as a lingering issue in the 2008 presidential campaign.  On March
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(1843) Henry Highland Garnet, "An Address To The Slaves Of The United States"
The National Negro Convention of 1843 was held in Buffalo, New York drawing some seventy delegates a dozen states. Among the delegates were young, rising leaders in the African American community including Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, Charles B. Ray and Charles L. Remond. Twenty-seven
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Rhythm and blues
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Is African Wildlife Headed for Extinction?
Dear EarthTalk: What is the population status of Africa’s large mammals, such as elephants, lions, rhinos, and hippos? Are they all headed for
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Nkom, Alice (1945- )
Alice Nkom broke barriers for women by becoming the first female barrister in her country of Cameroon. She is also well known among Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) activists worldwide because of her legal advocacy for gay
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Spelman College
Spelman College is a four-year liberal arts womens college located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The college is part of the Atlanta University Center academic consortium in Atlanta.[2] Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman was the fourth historically black female
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Hall v. DeCuir (1877)
January 14, 1878, Decided; OCTOBER, 1877 Term
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(1981) Audre Lorde, “The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism”
Racism. The belief in the inherent superiority of one race over all others and thereby the right to dominance, manifest and
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What Can I Do with A Black Studies Major? Five Hundred Answers Provided by Robert Fikes, Jr.
In the 1971 Woody Allen film, “Bananas,” a fellow employee asks Allen’s character, “What would you have been if you finished school?”  Allen’s character answers, “I was in the black studies program. By now I could have been black.”  Allen’s attempted humorous jab
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Duniway, Abigail Scott
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963: One Participant Remembers
In the account below Edith Lee-Payne recalls the day she was photographed as a 12 year old participant in the March on Washington, and the curious history of that photograph through
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Scenes from Djibouti, Camp Lemonier, and the U.S. military's Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa
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Talk:Black nationalism
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Desecration of Priceless Forests in Sierra Leone Halted by Coronavirus
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The Black Laws of Oregon, 1844-1857
Oregon passed exclusion laws against African Americans twice during the 1840s, considered another law in the 1850s, and in 1857 approved an exclusion clause as part of its constitution. Exclusion laws were also passed in Indiana and Illinois and considered in Ohio, but Oregon was the only free
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Bouncing back from COVID-19 setbacks
To assist in starting the process of personal and socioeconomic recovery, Ihama offered a psycho spiritual strategy of three keys in becoming resilient and
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Marian Anderson
Born: 2/27/1897 Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDied: 4/8/1993 Portland, OregonAn African American operatic and concert singer that was renowned thoughtout the world for her extraordinary contralto voice. The first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera.B40Awards / Achievements:
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Kelly, Samuel Eugene (1926-2009)
Samuel Eugene Kelly, soldier and educator, was born in Greenwich, Connecticut on January 26, 1926 to James Handy Kelly, a minister, and Essie Matilda Allen-Kelly, a homemaker.  Educated at Greenwich public schools, Kelly dropped out of high school in 1943 and joined the United States Army the
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Psalm One: The Who What and Where of a Good Man.
“How” has trumped the ‘who’, ‘what’ and ‘where’ of a good man for ages, based, as it is, upon the principle of immediate
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Schools, Health Face Deep Cuts In California’s $203 Billion Budget
Gov. Gavin Newsom revised California’s budget down to $203 billion Thursday as the coronavirus pandemic batters the state with record job losses and
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Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers , née Lula Carson Smith (born February 19, 1917, Columbus, Georgia, U.S.—died September 29, 1967, Nyack, New York), American writer of novels and stories that depict the inner lives of lonely
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#JamaicaTogether | COVID-19 laid us bare, but we are strong, says Keith Duncan
Keith Duncan as CEO of the JMMB Group and president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) must have had a lot on his mind while in an all-day board meeting last
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The Best of Reclaiming Kin: Helpful Tips on Researching Your Roots
Genealogist Robyn Smith discusses the “roots” of her new book, The Best of Reclaiming Kin: Helpful Tips On Researching Your Roots.” The book is acompilation of posts from the popular website that focus on teaching family historians genealogical research skills and introducing them
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