South Carolina Republicans carried election with a

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Black student Harvey Gantt entered Clemson College in South Carolina, the last s

Black student Harvey Gantt entered Clemson College in South Carolina, the last state to hold out against integration.

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Jan

28

1963

Anthony Hamilton Connects us All with Hit New Single, “Back Together” Featuring Rick James

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New Call Me MISTER Scholarship Honors CofC Interim Provost Frances Welch

It wasn’t until he was encouraged to enroll in the South Carolina Teacher Cadet program during his senior year of high school that his “eyes were opened” to a career in

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Lynch, Loretta Elizabeth (1959- ) - Birthday

Attorney and public prosecutor Loretta Elizabeth Lynch was born on May 21, 1959 in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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May

21

1959

Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft (1902-1985) and the Long Civil Rights Movement in Texas

A small but growing number of black women are slowly being recognized for their contributions to the “long” civil rights movement, the nearly century-long struggle by African Americans against all forms of racial discrimination. In the account below University of Texas-El Paso

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Oct

4

2013

(1867) Thaddeus Stevens, “Reconstruction”

In 1867 Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens and Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner led the campaign for full voting rights for African Americans across the nation. In the speech below which Stevens gave in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 3, 1867 supporting the Reconstruction

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Jan

3

1867

2 Dead, 7 Wounded in Shooting at North Carolina Block Party

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two people were killed and seven others were wounded in an early Monday shooting in North Carolina’s largest city, police said, while five others were hit by

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Job market remains grim even as U.S. reopens | Dallas Weekly

Yet with millions more Americans seeking unemployment aid last week, the U.S. job market remains as bleak as it’s been in

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Business League Hosts Virtual Recovery and Relief Roundtable

With the state of North Carolina slowly heading towards reopening, local organizations are collaborating to assist COVID-19 recovery efforts in Guilford

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Field Order No. 15

Gen. William T. Sherman issued his Field Order No. 15 setting aside the islands from Charleston, south, the abandoned rice fields along the river for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. Johns River, Florida, for exclusive settlement by Blacks. The order provided that

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Jan

16

1865

Isaac Burrell: One of Roanoke, Virginia’s First Black Doctors

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(1860) Abraham Lincoln, “Cooper Union Address”

On February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln, a presidential candidate who had yet to win the Republican nomination, accepted an invitation to speak to the Young Mens Republican Union at Cooper Union Hall before a capacity crowd of 1,500. Lincoln used the occasion to outline his views on slavery in the

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Feb

27

1860

Black press hit hard by COVID-19 but we will not shut down!

An estimated 1,800 newspapers closed between 2004 and 2018 after the number of people buying print editions dropped, and now during the pandemic, it appears most small publications – especially minority-based ones – will be phased out

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Stacey Abrams endorses candidates in 7 US Senate contests

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alongside discussions of her own national political ambitions, former Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams is wading into elections outside her home state, endorsing the campaigns of seven Democrats vying for U.S. Senate

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Darius Rucker - Birthday

Rucker was born on May 13, 1966 in Charleston, South Carolina.

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May

13

1966

Biden says he was too 'cavalier' about black Trump backers

ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Biden declared he “should not have been so cavalier” on Friday when he told a prominent black radio host that African Americans who back President Donald Trump

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The Baptist War (1831-1832)

The Baptist War, also known as the Christmas Rebellion, was an eleven-day rebellion that mobilized as many as sixty thousand of Jamaica’s three hundred thousand slaves in 1831–1832. It was considered the largest slave rebellion in the British Caribbean. The name Christmas Rebellion came from the

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Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy

Find out more about this film, featured in The Unwritten Record, the National Archives blog of the Special Media Archives Services

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Andrea Harris, Black Economic Development Leader, Dies

The death of activist and Black economic development leader Andrea Lynette Harris, 72, last week, co-founder of the nonprofit N.C. Institute of Minority Economic Development (aka “The Institute”) came as a shock to those who knew, loved and respected

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Murray, George Washington (1853–1926) - Birthday

South Carolina Congressman George Washington Murray was born near Rembert, Sumter County, South Carolina, on September 22, 1853 to slave parents.

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Sep

22

1853

54th Massachusetts Infantry (1863-1865)

The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry was the first Northern black volunteer regiment enlisted to fight in the Civil War. Its accomplished combat record led to the general recruitment of African-Americans as soldiers. They ultimately comprised ten percent of Union Army and Navy. The

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Chris Paul Looking to Put a Spotlight on HBCU Basketball Programs In Upcoming Docuseries

NBA Star Chris Paul says now is the perfect time to highlight HBCU sports programs, while Black folks are having a racial

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Bob Jones University v. United States (1983)

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

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Little Known Black History Fact: Judge Matthew Perry, Jr.

Matthew James Perry Jr. first made history by becoming the first federally-appointed judge from the Deep South in

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Jennings, Gladys (1925- )

GladysE. Kidd, educator, nutritionist, mentor, philanthropist, and granddaughter ofslaves was born on October 11, 1925 in Columbus,Ohio to Henry Wesley Cooper, aPresbyterian minister and Charlotte Melinda Cooper, a schoolteacher. She attended the all black elementary andmiddle schools. While in

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Oct

11

1925

Marion Jones

Marion Lois Jones, also called Marion Jones-Thompson is a respected retired American athlete and basketball player. She was born on October 12, 1975 Los Angeles, California and specialized in track and field races. Standing at 5 feet 10 inches and weighing 68 kilograms, Jones is most often

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Oct

12

1975

Teross Young

Teross Young is Vice President, Government Relations for Delhaize America. In this role, Young leads all government affairs work for Delhaize’s U.S. banners, including Food Lion, Bottom Dollar Food, Hannaford, Sweetbay, Harvey’s and Reids. Young monitors, analyzes and communicates current and

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White South Carolina Woman Charged After Assaulting 11-Year-Old Black Girl And Accusing Her Of Stealing Mail - Blavity

Elizabeth Shirey, 38, confronted Skhylur Davis as she was gathering the mail for her grandmother, Alice Patterson, on May 11 in a South Carolina

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Rep. Jim Clyburn Will Lead House Oversight Committee on Coronavirus

During an exclusive live broadcast, Clyburn told National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decided to impanel a committee after she recalled a similar body selected by President Harry S. Truman after World War

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