Shooting on bus, a result to a fight

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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Source: Oprah Magazine - Life and Career Advice, Beauty Tips, Wellness Trends

Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer , in full Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1970, Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.), American actress who was known for her numerous small, generally comic roles before she shot to stardom as one of the lead characters in the film The Help (2011). Spencer won an Academy Award, a Golden

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Source: Brittanica

May

25

1970

Movement

Students protest at Yale University in support of the Black panthers.

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Apr

22

1970

Mother Arrested In Front of Her Child for Not Wearing Mask Properly, NYPD Commissioner Claims Cops Are 'Dealing with Gang Members' In Response to Criticism

Kaleemah Rozier, 22, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon following a heated confrontation with several NYPD officers, reported

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Hundreds of Black Women Responding to Home Business Opportunity in the Travel Industry

Nationwide — A new movement has been launched that is targeting African American female entrepreneurs who want to work from home in the travel and lifestyle

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Source: http://www.blacknews.com

Black is beautiful through photographer’s lens –

“Little Black girl, you are princess too,” she wrote in an Instagram

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Source: Florida Courier

Martha's Vineyard

For more than 100 years the island of Martha's Vineyard (seven miles off the southeast coast of Massachusetts) has been an important summertime haven for Black Bostonians. In the late 1800s Blacks first came to the island to work for whites and some earned enough money to gain small summer vacation

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Gwendolyn Brooks

Born on June 7, 1917, to a family who belonged to Kansas but later moved to Chicago, Gwendolyn Brooks was an American poet and teacher. Even though both of her parents wanted to pursue their careers as doctors but were unable to do so due to financial constraints, they were supportive of their

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Source: Black History Resources

Jun

7

1917

Students Seize Columbia University Buildings

Columbia University operations virtually ended for the year by Black and white students who seized five buildings on campus.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Apr

23

1971

David Walker's Appeal

With his publication ofAppeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, urging slaves to fight for their freedom, David Walker created an influential piece of anti-slavery literature that helped shape the posture of Black militancy of the 1830s and beyond.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Afro-Colombians

Colombia has the second largest African descendant population in Latin America. According to the census of 2005, the government estimates that Afro-descendants make up 10.6% of the total population. This is 16% down from the government's previous estimations in 2002, which put the total

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Source: Minority Rights Group

The first NBA Black Assistant Coach and first Black chief scout, Earl Lloyd, bec

The first NBA Black Assistant Coach and first Black chief scout, Earl Lloyd, becomes the first Black person to play in an NBA game (beating out Charles Cooper and Nat Clifton by a day), 1950

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Oct

21

1950

Joe Biden’s Plan for Empowering Black America

In a news release, the campaign noted that Biden “knows we need a comprehensive agenda for African Americans with an ambition that matches the scale of the challenge and with a recognition that race-neutral policies are not a sufficient response to race-based

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Bessie Coleman, African American Woman Pilot

Known for: pioneer in aviation; first African American woman with a pilots license, first African American woman to fly a plane; first American with an international pilots

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Jan

26

1892

We shouldn’t try to hold Biden hostage on black woman running mate

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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Source: Chicago Defender

Nella Larsen is born

Nella Larsen is born in Chicago, Ill. She will write two important novels of the Harlem Renaissance, Quicksand and

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Apr

13

1891

Congress of Racial Equality

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. Founded in 1942, its stated mission is to bring about equality for all people regardless of

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Source: ThoughtCo

We can’t breathe: Trump’s EPA is slowly suffocating Black America | The Crusader Newspaper Group

OPINION: Representative Bobby Rush calls out the administration for not enforcing pollution and clean air regulations that disproportionately harm African Americans

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Bill Picket National Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame

Bill Picket became the fist Black elected to the National Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

9

1971

Daniel Hale Williams - Death

Williams died on August 4, 1931, having set standards and examples for surgeons, both Black and White, for years to come.

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Source: Black History Resources

Aug

4

1931

Riggs, Marlon (1957-1994)

Marlon Riggs was a black gay writer, filmmaker, and social activist. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas to a military family on February 3, 1957, and spent his childhood at various military posts, including time spent living in Georgia and Germany. Riggs graduated with honors from Harvard University

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Source: Black Past

Apr

5

1994

Common, Angela Davis, Pete Rock, Ilyasah Shabazz to honor Malcolm X

Portrait of American political activist and radical civil rights leader Malcolm X (1925 - 1965) as he holds an 8mm movie camera in London Airport, London, England, July

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Left of Black with Monica R. Miller

Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal and Monica R. Miller discuss the Black Lives Matter movement from a variety of angles- religion, hip hop and

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Lorraine Hansberry

The granddaughter of a freed slave, Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930, to a successful real estate broker and a school teacher who resided in Chicago, Illinois. In 1938, the family moved to a white neighborhood and was violently attacked by its inhabitants but the former refused to

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Source: Black History Resources

May

19

1930

COMMENTARY: Old, Sick and Incarcerated | Afro

Yet the federal correctional institution that housed Manafort had no coronavirus cases, and Manafort had served fewer than two years of his more than seven-year

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Hugo Black

Hugo Black , in full Hugo La Fayette Black (born February 27, 1886, Harlan, Clay county, Alabama, U.S.—died September 25, 1971, Bethesda, Maryland), lawyer, politician, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1937–71). Black’s legacy as a Supreme Court justice derives from

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First Female Bishop

The Reverend Barbara C. Harris was elected Sufragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in September, 1988 and was consecrated bishop in February, 1989. She was the first woman, Black or white, to be elected a bishop in the Anglican Communion.

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

A Conversation with Consumption: Why I, A Black Man, Gave Up On Air Jordans

Multiply the many delicious things denied to you by the very nature of one’s Blackness, and it becomes impossible to not understand why Black men have a desire for

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Malcolm X

Malcolm X, formerly Malcolm Little (1925-1965), was one of the most fiery, controversial leaders of his time and one of the major Black leaders of the 20th century. Growing up in Boston during the 1940s, he became involved in criminal activities which landed him a ten-year prison sentence. While in

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

The Black Crisis in The Midst Of The Coronavirus Crisis | Afro

Dr. Maulana Karenga, chair of the Department of Africana Studies at CSU Long Beach, wants the Black community to make sure that physical distancing during the pandemic does not interfere with relationships or establishing

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