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Biden Transition Live Updates: Biden Says He Will Ask Americans to Wear Masks During First 100 Days

A deal still appears out of reach as Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi discuss stimulus proposals. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced her top aides, including her chief of staff. The White House communications director for the Trump administration resigned.

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(1963) Malcolm X, “Message to the Grassroots”

On December 10, 1963, while still the leading spokesman for the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X gave a speech at a rally in Detroit, Michigan. That speech outlined his basic black nationalist philosophy and established him as a major critic of the civil rights movement. The speech appears

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The coronavirus crisis is testing most households and businesses in California, pushing some to the very brink of what they can bear before falling off

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Amazon Studios to release voting rights film featuring Stacey Abrams

The documentary, which prominently features insights from politician, lawyer and author Stacey Abrams, is directed by Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lisa

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ATLANTA (AP) — Pleading through grief and tears Monday, the family of a black man killed by Atlanta police outside a fast-food drive-thru called on protesters to refrain from violence and demanded changes in the criminal justice system to prevent such

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Clayton, Eva (1934- )

Best known for being the first black woman to be elected to Congress in the state of North Carolina, Eva Clayton, a Democrat, became known as a vigorous advocate for the concerns of African Americans and for social

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New Juneteenth meaning for Black Texans, while push to make holiday goes national

The activist and educator will lead her community on foot for two and a half miles — a distance that represents the number of additional years it took before enslaved people in Texas were informed of their freedom after the signing of the Emancipation

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(2013) Ben Carson's Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast

On February 7, 2013 prominent neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson became a nationally recognized political figure when he gave a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. that was critical of President Obamas policies and particularly Obamacare when the President and First Lady Michelle

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Has privilege caused white supremacists to be crybabies?

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Smith, Samuel J. (1922-1995)

Samuel J. Smith, a Washington State Legislator and Seattle City Councilmember was born on July 21, 1922, in Gibsland, Louisiana. Listening to speeches by Franklin Roosevelt broadcast on radio in the early 1930s persuaded young Smith that he wanted a future in

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King, Alveda (1951- )

Alveda King, a prominent conservative leader, evangelist, and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was born in Atlanta, Georgia, as the first of five children of Alfred Daniel King and Naomi Barber King on January 22, 1951. Her father worked heavily in the civil rights movement and was a pastor

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Cedric Richmond is the U.S. Representative for Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes much of New Orleans. Richmond, a Democrat, won the post after more than a decade of service in the Louisiana House of

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Chicago Investigating Officers ‘Lounging’ During Unrest

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Enough is Enough!

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Trotter, William Monroe (1872-1934)

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US Legislatures Slow To Pass Laws Limiting Use Of Force

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