Daniel Hale Williams

George Floyd’s Brother, Pres. Obama Call for People to “Vote” for Change | Post News Group

As protests and unrest continued to sweep the country in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month, Floyd’s brother Terrence Floyd urged protesters to remain peaceful and push for change another way: by

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Slave states and free states

An animation showing the free/slave status of U.S. states and territories, 1789-1861 (see also: separate yearly maps below). The American Civil War began in 1861. The 13th Amendment, effective December 1865, abolished slavery in thje

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(1839) Daniel A. Payne, “Slavery Brutalizes Man”

? Daniel A. Payne was born on February 24, 1811, in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of free blacks. Educated at a Charleston school established by free blacks and by a private tutor, he mastered mathematics, Greek, Latin, and French. In 1826 Payne joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and t

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Carter, W. Beverly (1921-1982)

Ambassador William Beverly Carter is the first Ambassador-at-Large, and the second African American, to be appointed an ambassador by three Presidents. In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon appointed him ambassador to Tanzania. Four years later, President Gerald R. Ford named him ambassador to

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Source: Black Past

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1981

An Obama Academy student interviews her grandma about civil rights, Malcolm X and ‘being radical’

ML: Do you understand, though, where someone might be influenced through a “by any means necessary” as Malcolm X has

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Quit Playin’: Mandate My Ass!

Gil was formally introduced to the stark realities of Black life in America as a young

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Carter, Rubin "The Hurricane" (1937-2014)

Rubin Carter was an American middleweight boxer, who is best known not because of his sports career but because of his murder conviction in 1967 and exoneration in 1985. Carter, born in Clifton, New Jersey on May 6, 1937, the fourth of seven children. Shortly after his fourteenth birthday, he was

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Source: Black Past

(BPRW) 2020 HBCU Competitiveness Scholars Announced | Press releases

(BPRW) 2020 HBCU Competitiveness Scholars Announced

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Biden, Trump Stage Rare Dueling Events in Pandemic Era

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Both President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, are swinging through key battleground states on Thursday, presenting dueling events in a way that hasn’t happened much in the age of coronavirus and that will showcase their contrasting styles in response to

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Black Fireworks Industry Left Out of Local Festivities

While James P. Peters III, a local fireworks wholesaler in a legal battle with the D.C. government, didn't go so far to draw that conclusion, he argued that the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs' (DCRA) decision to allow Costco Wholesale Corporation to sell fireworks while denying

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Source: The Washington Informer

HBCUs: They have overcome and will do so again

I have every confidence that, like Harvard, flagship HBCUs such as Hampton and Howard Universities will adapt and continue to provide excellence in education and opportunities for the next generation to learn and develop the skills needed to compete in the domestic and global

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Joe Biden’s Lead In Polls Growing Against Donald Trump –

New polls are showing former Vice President Joe Biden pulling further ahead of President Donald Trump, less than five months from the presidential

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin (/ˈ b aɪ ər d/; March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania, where his family was involved in civil rights work. In 1936, he moved to Harlem, New York

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Allegheny County COVID-19 cases top 2,000; no new deaths reported

Allegheny County reported 14 new COVID-19 cases Sunday and surpassed 2,000 total cases since the first case was confirmed here in

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Trump Takes Credit For Making Juneteenth 'Very Famous'

Despite history’s efforts, Donald J. Trump said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal this week that it was he who made the day so

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Emeka Igwe, the attorney who worked tirelessly for no fee to get Elmer Daniels freed after 39 yrs

When African-American Elmer Daniels gave a talk at a forum about his brutal life sentence and wrongful incarceration over alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl, Attorney Emeka Igwe was in the

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Task force may have acted hastily in denying request for Region Nine lockdown

She referred to Prof. Owen Gross’ book, Laws in Times of Crisis, 2006, in which he suggested that “crises (pandemics, national security threats, citizen insecurity, natural disasters etc.); produce an expansion of governmental powers and the concentration of powers in the hands of the

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Timeline of African-American history

Timeline of African-American history - Wikipedia

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Bill Cosby’s Sex Crime Conviction Will Be Reviewed As Pennsylvania’s Top Court Accepts His Appeal

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Lawmakers Use Protest Momentum to Push State Racial Reforms | Afro

They are prompting “very real conversations I didn’t think the country has ever really had because none of them are comfortable,” said Sydney Kamlager, a member of the Legislative Black Caucus in the California state

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Obituary: Janet M. Fielder “Lady J” dies in Las Vegas at 84

Janet M. Fielder, 84, originally of Pittsburgh, died Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Las Vegas following a long battle with

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Walton, Lester Aglar (1882-1965)

Lester Walton was a journalist, entertainment professional, and diplomat who promoted civil rights at home and abroad. Born Lester Aglar Walton on April 20, 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri, his early life was spent as a journalist. At the age of 20 in 1902, when he was hired by the St. Louis Star to be

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Source: Black Past

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1882

Black COVID-19 Patients Have Died Disproportionately in Hospitals

There is only a global cure that requires global cooperation not seen since the end of World War

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Bill Cosby Appeal

In a significant legal victory for Bill Cosby, the state Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear the appeal of his 2018 conviction on charges of indecent aggravated

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Source: The Washington Informer

Pioneer in surgery, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams dies, 1931

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Aug

4

1931

Security Perimeter Around White House Expanded By Several Blocks

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Harrowing Blame Game Over COVID-19 Toll In Nursing Homes | Afro

The Trump administration has been pointing to a segment of the industry — facilities with low federal ratings for infection control — and to some Democratic governors who required nursing homes to take recovering coronavirus

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cosby Appeal

In a significant legal victory for Bill Cosby, the state Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of his 2018 conviction on charges of indecent aggravated

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Source: The Florida Star

Malcolm Jenkins isn't sure the NFL should play this season

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The Collective Is Launching A Campign To Register 250,000 Black Voters

The Collective Political Action Committee has announced a campaign to register 250,000 African American voters on

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