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(1966) Stokely Carmichael, “Black Power”

Soon after he was named chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Stokely Carmichael began to tout the slogan and philosophy of Black Power. In the speech below he explains Black Power to an audience at the University of

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(2017) President Barack Obama's Farewell Address

On January 10, 2017, Barack Obama delivered his last farewell address in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. His speech is appears

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Source: Black Past

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10

2017

Edward Waters College [Jacksonville] (1866- )

Edward Waters College was founded in 1866 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) for the education of newly freed slaves. Located near downtown Jacksonville, Florida, the college currently sits on 23 acres and houses Centennial Hall (a nationally registered historic structure), the

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Source: Black Past

African American Crisis Response Team seeks to fill gaps caused by...

At the beginning of the launch of “distance learning” for school children forced to stay at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, it was reported that 40% of Minneapolis Public School students did not have access to the devices needed to support a digital distance learning

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Brown v. Board of Education, II (1955)

These cases were decided on May 17, 1954. The opinions of that date, n1 declaring the fundamental principle that racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional, are incorporated herein by reference. All provisions of federal, state, or local law requiring or permitting such

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Source: Black Past

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17

1954

Gibson, Althea (1927-2003)

Althea Gibson, a sharecropper’s daughter, entered the world of sports when segregation severely limited opportunities for African Americans. She eventually became the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis and

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Source: Black Past

Aug

25

1927

McCollum, Ruby (1909-1992)

Born Ruby Jackson on August 31, 1909, Jackson was a wealthy married African American woman in Live Oak, Florida, who was arrested and convicted for killing a prominent white doctor in 1952, who at the time was also a Florida State

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Sweatt v. Painter (1950)

SWEATT v. PAINTER, 339 U.S. 629

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Forty-second Congress convened

Forty-second Congress convened (1871-73) with five Black congressmen: Joseph H. Rainey, Robert Carlos Delarge and Robert Brown Elliott,South Carolina; Benjamin S. Turner, Alabama; Josiah T. Walls, Florida. Walls was elected in an at-large election and was the first Black congressman to represent an

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Mar

4

1869

Al Sharpton

Al Sharpton is a religious leader and political activist. He was born on October 3, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York. His father left the family and Sharpton was raised by his mother. They had to move to the public housing projects, where his mother worked as a maid and supported the family on her

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Source: Black History Resources

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3

1954

Josiah T. Walls

Born on this day in Winchester, VA, Josiah T. Walls was elected to the U.S. Congress for the state of Florida.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

30

1842

Africa: COVID-19 Strategies Africa Can Learn From

There are of course huge differences between US states and African countries, but consider for a moment that the US has one international

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Source: allAfrica.com

African Americans in Florida

African Americans in Florida are residents of the state of Florida who are of African American ancestry. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, African Americans were 16.6% of the states population.[1] This page was last edited on 27 June 2017, at 16:56.

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Source: ThoughtCo

Boykin, Keith (1965- )

Author, commentator, speaker, political advisor, and columnist Keith Boykin was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 28, 1965 but was raised in the suburb of

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Source: Black Past

Aug

28

1965

List of African-American Republicans

Houston A.P. Bassett (1857–1920), member of the Texas House of Representatives

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Coleman, William T. Jr. (1920-2017)

William T. Coleman, Jr., a prominent Republican lawyer and businessman, served as Secretary of Transportation under President Gerald Ford. Born in 1920 to a middle class Philadelphia, Pennsylvania family, Coleman attended a segregated elementary school. When he moved to Germantown High School he

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Source: Black Past

Mar

31

2017

Shooting of Tamir Rice

The shooting of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old African-American boy (June 25, 2002 – November 23, 2014), occurred on November 22, 2014, in Cleveland, Ohio. Two police officers, 26-year-old Timothy Loehmann and 46-year-old Frank Garmback, responded after receiving a police dispatch call of a male black

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Uganda: Gang Attacks Two Police Posts, Take Three Guns

A gang of suspected thugs operating in Eastern parts of the country raided two police posts and took three

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Source: allAfrica.com

Guion "Guy" Bluford: First African American In Space

Guion Guy Bluford, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 22, 1942. His mother Lolita was a special education teacher and his father, Guion Sr. was a mechanical engineer. The Blufords encouraged all four of their sons to work hard and set their goals

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Source: ThoughtCo

Nov

22

1942

2020 graduates are getting the VIP, special treatment –

This year, we had a pretty gloomy Class of 2020 who couldn’t think of anything worse than not being able to walk across the stage in that cap and gown, have the college president or school principal shake their hand and celebrate their

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Source: Florida Courier

Meet the clergy who won’t stop in-person preaching during COVID-19

Dozens of Christian conservative activists and clergy members defied Virginia’s stay-at-home order and gathered Saturday for a “Pray for VA, Pray for USA

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

He Lives On: “Scarface” Remake Finally Has A New Director

Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty

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Source: Cassius | born unapologetic | News, Style, Culture

Hillary, Barbara (1931- )

Barbara Hillary is the first African American woman on record to reach both the North and South Poles. Born in New York City, New York on June 12, 1931 to Viola Jones Hillary and raised in Harlem, Hillary attended the New School University in New York, N.Y. where she earned both her Bachelor of

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Source: Black Past

26 June 2014 breaking news - Fans adorn Michael Jackson's Hollywood star, five years on.

26 June 2014 breaking news - Fans adorn Michael Jacksons Hollywood star, five years on. - YouTube

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Source: Smithsonian Black History Teaching Resources

Thomas Mensah

Thomas Mensah was born in Kumasi, Ghana in 1950. His father, J.K. Mensah, was a businessman who shipped cocoa products to chocolate manufacturers in France. Thomas was an exceptionally bright child, learning to read newspapers at an early age and becoming fluent in French. As a child, he often

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Source: Black History Resources

Nov

26

2012

American Beach, Jacksonville, Florida (1936- )

American Beach, the only beach in Florida that welcomed black Americans and offered safe, secure overnight accommodations during Jim Crow segregation, was founded in 1935 by the Afro-American Life Insurance Company (AALIC) which was established in 1901 to provide the Jacksonville, Florida black

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Man charged with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition

Detectives from the May Pen Police Division have charged 30-year-old Robert Johnson, otherwise called ‘Shibby', of Midway Avenue, May Pen, Clarendon, with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition on Thursday, May

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Black businesses reopen with caution due to coronavirus –

As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis eases stay-at-home restrictions to reopen the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, local businesses in the area are doing all they can to reopen under those

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Source: Daytona Times

Henry Brown

Henry Brown was an inventor who saw a need for a convenient and secure way to store money, valuables and important papers. At that time, people commonly kept those type of items in wooden or cardboard boxes in their homes or entrusted them to local banks. Both of these options presented

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Source: Black History Resources

Nov

2

1886

Samsung and All Def Digital Collaborate to Discover The Next Big Thing in Music

l to r: Steve Rifkind, Russell Simmons, Todd Pendleton and DJ Skee at launch of ADD52 at SXSW

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