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Coronavirus Update: Black Churches Nationwide Are Losing Their Leaders to COVID-19

A recent ABC News analysis of coronavirus deaths found that many African American faith leaders have lost their

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African-American History Timeline: 1900 to 1909

In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal was constitutional through the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Immediately local and state laws were created and in some cases, enhanced to prohibit African-Americans from participating fully in American society. However, almost

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Freedom House

Since 1949 Freedom House in Roxbury, founded by Muriel and Otto Snowden, has worked through bi-racial efforts to reduce barriers to education, employment, and housing opportunities for African-Americans in Boston. Growing from the ' Upper Roxbury Community Project,' started in the

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

NAACP 'Black Media Speaks' forum omits voice of African-American newspapers

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – A recent NAACP “Black Media Speaks” forum plummeted into a conversation in which the future of hard-copy, black-owned newspapers was all but pronounced

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Alex Haley

Alex Haley wrote Roots, one of the most celebrated novels of the 1970s. Haley spent 20 years in the Coast Guard (1939-59) then began a second career as a writer, working for magazines ranging from Readers Digest to Playboy. Haley was a ghostwriter on his first major book: The Autobiography of

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Racial integration

Racial integration, or simply integration, includes desegregation (the process of ending systematic racial segregation). In addition to desegregation, integration includes goals such as leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity regardless of race, and the development of a culture

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Memphis Massacre

On May 1-3, white civilians and police killed forty-six African-Americans and injured many more, burning ninety houses, twelve schools, and four churches in Memphis, Tennessee.

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May

3

1866

5 Unforgettable Slave Rebellions

One of the ways that enslaved African-Americans resisted their oppression was through rebellions. According to historian Herbert Apthekers text American Negro Slave Revolts an estimated 250 slave revolts, uprisings and conspiracies have been

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Death of Richard Allen

Death of Richard Allen (71), who was nominated by author Vernon Loggins for the title Father of the

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Mar

26

1831

NAACP Black Media Forum Excludes Black Newspapers – A President and Black Publishers Call for Clarification and Inclusion

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – A recent NAACP “Black Media Speaks” forum plummeted into a conversation in which the future of hard-copy Black-owned newspapers was all but pronounced

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Nicholas Payton - Wikipedia

After touring with Marcus Roberts and Elvin Jones in the early '90s, Payton signed a contract with Verve Records; his first album, From This Moment, appeared in

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University President Creates George Floyd Scholarship Fund, Challenges Other Schools To Do The Same - Blavity

"I want to announce, as president of this school, the institution of the George Floyd memorial

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Harold Washington

For the professor of Hebrew Bible, see Harold

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African-American History Timeline: 1970 to 1979

The 1970s is known as the beginning of the Post-Civil Rights Movement Era. With several federal acts of legislation established to protect the rights of all Americans, the 1970s marked the start of a new era for African-Americans. During this decade, African-Americans made great strides in

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Flip Wilson

Flip Wilson was an American Comedian and Actor who was extremely famous due to his own weekly series, “The Flip Wilson Show”. Wilson was one of the first African-Americans to not only have a title show of his own, but one that primarily had a white audience. Wilson was featured on Time

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Dec

8

1933

Mistreatment of Africans in China: Trump questions WHO's silence

“On April 11, 2020, several African Ambassadors wrote to the Chinese Foreign Ministry about the discriminatory treatment of Africans related to the pandemic in Guangzhou and other cities in

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WHY HOLDING BIDEN HOSTAGE TO BLACK FEMALE VP PICK COULD BACKFIRE | Black Star News

Seven prominent Black women activists have made a strong case, and a bit of stir, in a Washington Post Op-Ed, "Biden Still Needs Black

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How Muhammad Ali Influenced Hip-Hop

The death of Muhammad Ali is a reminder that his political candor, distinctive voice, and outsized personality helped shape hip-hop

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Matthews, William Dominick (ca. 1833-ca. 1910)

William Dominick Matthews was a Civil War officer in the Union Army and is best known for leading the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry. Matthews was born a free man in October 25th, 1827, on the eastern shore of Maryland to parents who were interracially married. His father Joseph was

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Oct

29

1862

Stagecoach Mary Fields - African American Pioneer

When people think of pioneers of the wild west several images come to mind: the gritty gunslinger, the uncompromising lawman, or even the wagon train families. People like Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp , or Doc Holliday come up. However, there is a much different image to be had for those that

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Nation of Islam Leader

Minister Louis Farrakhan, raised in Roxbury and a 1950 graduate of English High School, has been the national leader of the Nation of Islam since 1977, following the death of the founder of the Nation, Elijah Muhammad. While viewed by some as controversial, Minister Farrakhan and the Nation of

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Alex Haley, renowned author, dies

American biographer, scriptwriter, author who became famous with the publication of the novel ROOTS, which traces his ancestry back to Africa and covers seven American generations as they are taken slaves to the United States. The book was adapted to television series, and woke up an interest in

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Feb

10

1992

Alfred W. Zollar

Alfred W. Zollar was the General Manager of IBM Tivoli Software from July 2004 until January 2011. In this role, Zollar was responsible for the executive leadership, strategy and P&L of the Tivoli brand, a global, multi-billion dollar business within IBM’s $20 Billion Software

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Stanfield, Sylvia Gaye (1943- )

Sylvia Stanfield, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor, took up her post as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Brunei in November 1999. President William J. Clinton appointed Ambassador Stanfield to the

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Sep

9

1999

List of landmark African-American legislation

Ordinance of 1787: The Northwest Territorial Government (Northwest

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More Latinas Are Choosing to Identify as Afro-Latina

When Aisha Cort walks into a convenience store with her rich brown skin and tiny dark locs, she knows she has the power to cause confusion by speaking

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African-American Firsts in the 18th Century

By the 18th Century the 13 colonies were growing in population. To support this growth, Africans were bought to the colonies to be sold into enslavement. Being in bondage caused many to respond in various

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Wharton Sr., Clifton Reginald (1899-1990)

Clifton R. Wharton, one of the first African-Americans to hold a professional position in the U.S. State Department, was born in 1899 in Baltimore, Maryland. Described as a “scholastic marvel,” Wharton attended English High School in Boston, Massachusetts, skipped college and was

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May

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2006

THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD UNCOVERS “THE MYTH OF AMERICAN JUSTICE” – Voice and Viewpoint

The 1965 Watts Riots were a reaction to police mistreatment of Marquette Frye, a young African-American motorist who was stopped and detained by an officer of the California Highway

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