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(1857) Charles Lenox Remond, “An Anti-Slavery Discourse”

By 1857 “Bleeding Kansas’ and the Dred Scott Decision had intensified sectional tensions over slavery and moved the nation closer to civil war. Against that backdrop, Charles Lenox Remond, on July 10, 1857, addressed the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society where he joined a growing chorus of

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10

1857

Why Byron Allen’s Comcast Settlement Win Is an “L” for Black America

Earlier this year, Allen’s legal challenge reached the United States Supreme Court to determine whether Allen could proceed with his civil action under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

8 transgender men and women killed in 7 days

NEW YORK — Brayla Stone, a 17-year-old Black trans girl, was murdered in Sherwood, Arkansas near Little Rock on June

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

Judge Clarence Thomas is confirmed as the 106th associate justice of the U.S. Su

Judge Clarence Thomas is confirmed as the 106th associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, its second African American.

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Oct

15

1991

Racial terror: 2,000 black Americans were lynched in Reconstruction era, report says

The report, Reconstruction in America, documents more than 2,000 black victims of racial terror lynchings killed between the end of the civil war in 1865 and the collapse of federal efforts to protect the lives and voting rights of black Americans in

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(1893) Ida B. Wells, “Lynch Law In All Its Phases,”

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AMHVoices: Khupe shredding MDC constitution

THE feud within the MDC family is a result of the perception by the Supreme Court that processes made to appoint people into positions, from the appointments of Nelson Chamisa and Elias Mudzuri as deputy presidents and that of Chamisa first as acting president and then as president were made ultra

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Ben Jealous - Wikipedia

After completing his degree at Oxford and returning to the US, Jealous worked as Executive Director of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a federation of more than 200 black community

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The overturned draft evasion conviction

U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned the draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali.

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Jun

28

1971

Andile Lungisa given until Thursday to begin his jail term - NPA | News24

ANC Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Andile Lungisa has until Thursday to hand himself over to the correctional services department, the National Prosecuting Authority says.

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Fabiana Pierre-Louis to become first black woman ever on New Jersey’s Supreme Court - Face2Face Africa

Fabiana Pierre-Louis has made history as the first black woman to sit on New Jersey’s Supreme Court after Governor Phil Murphy named her to the states highest court. A partner in Montgomery McCracken’s White Collar and Government Investigations practice group, Pierre-Louis who focuses on complex

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Anita Hill

Anita Hill is a lawyer, activist and educationist who laid allegations of sexual harassment against a U.S. Supreme Court Justice named Clarence Thomas. She was born on July 30, 1956 in Oklahoma and was the youngest of 13 children born to Albert and Erma Hill. Her family were farmers from Arkansas

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Oct

16

1991

Negro Baseball League Timeline

The Negro Baseball Leagues were professional leagues in the United States for players of African descent. At its height of popularity--from 1920 through World War II--Negro Baseball Leagues were an integral part of African-American life and culture during the Jim Crow

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Housing discrimination banned

Supreme Court banned racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing.

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Jun

18

1968

Even if SOE ends today, attorney anxiously awaiting detention judgement

MONTEGO BAY, St James - President of the Cornwall Bar Association Lambert Johnson has reacted with relief over the possible ending of the states of public emergency (SOE) across the island today.

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Title VII of Civil Rights Act Protects LGBTQ Workers

In an historic and majority 6-3 decision this morning, the United States Supreme Court ruled that workplace discrimination against LGBTQ workers is prohibited by federal

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Source: GOOD BLACK NEWS

Supreme Court decision

Supreme Court decision (Nixon v. Herndon) struck down Texas law which barred Blacks from voting in white primary.

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Mar

7

1927

African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans[3]) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.[4] [5] The term may also be used to include only those individuals who are descended from enslaved

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Laverne Cox Speaks Out On Supreme Court Ruling Protecting LGBTQ Workers

It was legal to fire LGBTQ workers.

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Racial segregation in the United States

Racial segregation in the United States, as a general term, includes the segregation or hypersegregation of facilities, services, and opportunities such as housing, medical care, education, employment, and transportation along racial lines. The expression most often refers to the legally or

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(1850) John S. Rock, “Address to the Citizens of New Jersey”

Philadelphia Dentist John S. Rock would eventually become a medical doctor and attorney who in 1865 would become the first African American lawyer to argue a case before the United States Supreme Court. In 1850, however, he was also an abolitionist and civil rights activist. In that year 25 year

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Feb

8

1850

Robert H. Jackson

Robert H. Jackson , in full Robert Houghwout Jackson (born February 13, 1892, Spring Creek, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died October 9, 1954, Washington, D.C.), associate justice of the United States Supreme Court

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Oct

9

1954

Supreme Court ruling jeopardizes consumer protection - The Bay State Banner

A June 29 U.S. Supreme Court split decision represents a major setback to both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the consumers who have come to rely upon the agency. Since 2010, more than 25 million consumers were helped by the agency’s efforts that returned over $11

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Source: The Bay State Banner

Second Great Migration (African American)

In the context of the 20th-century history of the United States, the Second Great Migration was the migration of more than 5 million African Americans from the South to the North, Midwest and West. It began in 1940, through World War II, and lasted until 1970.[1] It was much larger and of

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U.S. Supreme Court Protects California’s Dreamers – Voice and Viewpoint

On June 18, the United States Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

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Shelby Davidson

While Shelby Davidson could not viewed as a prolific inventor, he is significant in that he served as a great example of education, determination and

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U.S. Supreme Court Reversed Conviction

U.S. Supreme Court reversed conviction of sixteen sit-in students who had been arrested in Baton Rouge.

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Dec

11

1961

Sudan Does an About-Turn in U.S. Relations

Sudan's transitional government and the United States (US) are poised to reach an agreement for Khartoum to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to victims of a 1998 al-Qaeda

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Supreme Court ruling could overturn convictions in Oklahoma - Dallas Post Tribune

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared much of eastern Oklahoma part of the Creek Indian reservation, Oklahoma state and federal officials are debating their next steps. The ruling could create a wave of Native Americans trying to overturn their convictions if they were

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Washington Farm Workers Ask State Supreme Court For Overtime Pay : NPR

Farmworkers in Washington state have gone to court to demand overtime pay. Coronavirus outbreaks in agricultural communities have focused new attention on working conditions and pay on farms.

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