President Grant sent federal troops to Vicksburg,

Why A History Professor Says 'Racist' Emancipation Memorial Shouldn't Come Down

Protesters want to remove the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Yale history professor David Blight about why he thinks the memorial should stay

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Kandeh Yumkella’s “Garden of Eden Syndrome” theory on corruption – Op ed

KKY’s theory on why corruption in Sierra Leone (and nearly all of Africa) has festered – he dubbed the “Garden of Eden

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

John Henry Murphy Sr.

John Henry Murphy Sr. (December 25, 1840 – April 5, 1922) was an African-American newspaper publisher based in

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John Hope Franklin

John Hope Franklin , (born Jan. 2, 1915, Rentiesville, Okla., U.S.—died March 25, 2009, Durham, N.C.), American historian and educator noted for his scholarly reappraisal of the American Civil War era and the importance of the black struggle in shaping modern American identity. He also helped

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Burdett, Dr. Samuel (1849- ? )

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Celebrating Bro. Malcolm X, A Warrior and Master Teacher

That’s why I believe that the best way to celebrate Brother Malcolm’s 95th birthday on May 19, 2020 is to honor his role as a superb deliverer of

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Bolton Book: Judge rules Bolton can publish book despite efforts to block it

In this Sept. 30, 2019, file photo, former national security adviser John Bolton gestures while speakings at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in

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Mother relives painful event after losing two sons

AFTER THE alleged brutal slaying of her two sons 10 years ago during the so-called Tivoli incursion, Marjorie Williams is struggling to erase from her thoughts nightmarish flashbacks that remind her of the horrific

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Mike Pence refuses to acknowledge 'Black lives matter' in TV interview

(Photo by Brendan Smialowski

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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

March on Washington redirects here. For other marches on Washington, D.C., see List of protest marches on

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Larry Aubry was never afraid to write ‘black’ commentary

I haven’t written my weekly column for five years, moving on to digital content and films, and running a think tank at Cal State Dominguez

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Kenya: Amina Mohamed Among Favourites for WTO Top Job

Kenya's Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has become one of the top picks for the World Trade Organization's director general post, according to a UK

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Source: allAfrica.com

Slave narrative

The slave narrative is a type of literary work that is made up of the written accounts of enslaved Africans in Great Britain and its colonies, including the later United States, Canada, and Caribbean nations. Some six thousand former slaves from North America and the Caribbean gave accounts of

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African Americans in the Shadow of Mt. Shasta: The Black Community of Weed, California

In the following article, James Langford, the first black teacher in Weed, briefly describes the history of the African American community there. Langford, who graduated from California State University at San Francisco with an elementary teaching credential in the spring of 1974, began teaching

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(1905) Theodore Roosevelt, “Lincoln and the Race Problem”

On February 13, 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech at the New York City Republican Club as a tribute to Abraham Lincoln. The speech, which also allowed Roosevelt to expound on his contemporary views of race in the United States, appears

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African Americans in New York City

African Americans constitute one of the longer-running ethnic presences in New York City. The majority of the African American population largely claims descent from West and Central Africa by way of importation to the American South via the Atlantic slave trade (and a rarer presence of those

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Trump to issue executive order targeting social media companies

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Definition of Reconstruction

The period of Reconstruction took place in the southern United States from the end of the Civil War in 1865 until 1877. The era was marked by intense controversies, which included the impeachment of a president, outbreaks of racial violence, and the passage of Constitutional

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African American History and Women Timeline 1870-1899

[Previous] [Next] Women and African American History: 1870-1899 • 15th Amendment to the US Constitution gave the right to vote without regard to race, color, or previous condition of servitude -- but the Amendment did not apply to African American women (or any other women) • Susan McKinney Stewart,

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Grant Chapel AME Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1883- )

GrantChapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church was the first black church in NewMexico and was organized during the state’s territorial period. Although New Mexico Territory had a few slavesbefore the Civil War, African Americans began arriving in the region insignificant numbers after

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Black Power movement

The Black Power movement was a political movement to achieve a form of Black Power and the many philosophies it contains. The movement saw various forms of activism some violent and some peaceful, all hoping to achieve black empowerment. The Black Power movement also represented socialist

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Trump blames China for 'mass worldwide killing'

US President Donald Trump again lashed out at China Wednesday over the coronavirus pandemic, blaming Beijing for "mass worldwide

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8-y-o battles on after suffering three strokes

HANNAHLISA HALL is just eight years old but she is a battle-hardened soldier who has survived three

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African Americans in Louisiana

African Americans in Louisiana are residents of the state of Louisiana who are of African-American

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Partin the Waters: Do not give legs to creeping fascism

She arrived in America with her father and family seeking liberty from an authoritarian black hearted oppressive regime that denied individual

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Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest , (born July 13, 1821, near Chapel Hill, Tennessee, U.S.—died October 29, 1877, Memphis, Tennessee), Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War (1861–65) who was often described as a “born military genius.” His rule of action, “Get there first

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Amanda Smith

Amanda Smith , née Berry (born Jan. 23, 1837, Long Green, Md., U.S.—died Feb. 24, 1915, Sebring, Fla.), American evangelist and missionary who opened an orphanage for African-American

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Former JFF president, Hugh Perry, dead

Former president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Hugh Perry has

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China says virus pushing US ties to brink of 'Cold War'

BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said yesterday that relations with the United States were “on the brink of a new Cold War”, fuelled in part by tensions over the new coronavirus pandemic that has killed nearly 350,000 people worldwide and pitched the global economy into a massive

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Boos for back-to-work order - PM urged not to prejudice task force plan

The high-ranking official has also suggested that the decision might prejudice the proposals of the Economic Recovery Task Force, which is mandated to roll out the road map to firing up

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