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Tougaloo College (1869-- )
Tougaloo College is one of the United States premier historically black colleges and universities. The American Missionary Association (AMA) founded Tougaloo in 1869. Early in that year the AMA had commissioned Allen P. Huggins, a former Union officer, to look for land for a normal-agricultural
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Source: Black Past
Revels, Hiram Rhoades (1827?–1901)
Hiram Rhoades Revels was the first African American United States Senator, filling the seat left vacant by Jefferson Davis in 1861 when Mississippi seceded from the
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Mississippi legislature takes step toward removing Confederate image from its state flag
A bill will erase the current Mississippi flag from state
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With a Pen Stroke, Mississippi Drops Confederate-themed Flag
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — With a stroke of the governor’s pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem — a symbol that’s widely condemned as
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Mississippi Drops Confederate-Themed Flag - Black News Channel
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press/ BNC Contributor JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — With a stroke of the governors pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem — a symbol thats widely condemned as racist. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed the historic
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Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
On June 1, 1956, all NAACP offices in Alabama were forced to close, as a result of Attorney General John Patterson’s nine-year injunction against the civil rights organization. This left a void in local civil rights leadership and a desperate need for a new group to lead Birmingham’s black
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Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove Confederate emblem from flag : TheGrio
Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from their state flag, triggering raucous applause and cheers more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War. Mississippis House and Senate voted
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Trump rally in Tulsa spurs renewed call for 1921 racial massacre reparations
Donald Trump’s decision to stage a campaign rally in a sports stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is spurring a renewed push for reparations for the racial massacre that devastated the city’s black community just 10 blocks away from where the president will be speaking on
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Being Black In America Today: Share Your Experience : NPR
By choosing “I agree” below, you agree that NPR’s sites use cookies, similar tracking and storage technologies, and information about the device you use to access our sites to enhance your viewing, listening and user experience, personalize content, personalize messages from NPR’s sponsors, provide
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Evers Fight Against Injustice Lives Through Current Athletes
Evers led the march for desegregation of public schools in his home state of Mississippi as an activist following the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board decision which ruled segregated public schools were
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Former Atlanta mayor's daughter takes the stage at the Jazz Festival
When her father created the Atlanta Jazz Festival some 36 years ago, vocalist Alexandra Jackson was waiting to be
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Mexico tops 35, 000 deaths, fourth highest toll
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican officials say the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths has passed 35,000, making it the country with the fourth highest total. A count by Johns Hopkins University has only the United States, Brazil and Britain with more...
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Incoming Wits VC already knows that 'inequality and exclusion' will be his big challenge
If there is an issue that incoming Wits Vice-Chancellor Professor Zeblon Vilakazi is looking to face and challenge head on, when he steps in next year, it will be inequality and exclusion, he
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Two Tulsa Brothers Speak Out After Being Wrongfully Convicted Of Separate Crimes
On Friday, an NBC Dateline special takes a look at the story of Corey Atchison and Malcolm Scott, two Tulsa brothers wrongfully convicted of two separate murders, and who were both serving life sentences for crimes they say they did not
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Through Dorris’ Eyes Wake Up America! - My WordPress
Wake up America is the title of an essay I wrote in 1969. Yes, that is the title. No, I do not have a hard paper copy, for it would have more than likely yellowed out by now if it was not archived in an acid-free box or imported to microfilm or upgraded to a []
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A ‘Frank’ conversation about race, slavery and the Mississippi flag - TSDMemphis.com
Frank Hurdle and I have a number of things in common. We are both born and raised in Holly Springs, sons of respected families in the town. Though he’s a few years older than me, we both went to Ole Miss. We both were in journalism there, where we both eventually ascended to become the []
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Chance The Rapper Backs Kanye West Over Joe Biden And Twitter Users Aren't Happy
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Teach Your Children To Avoid The Mistakes You Made With Money - Milwaukee Community Journal
Numerous surveys show that many Americans live paycheck to paycheck, have little saved for retirement, and lack fundamental financial knowledge. Part of the problem, experts say, is that financial literacy has not been emphasized in American education; only 21 states require high school students
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Pilots trying to squeeze SAA dry, says government ahead of crucial creditors vote | Fin24
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Farrakhan is Betraying Today’s Black Slaves - Free Press of Jacksonville
Unlike alt-right rallies, a Farrakhan event will never be shut down by toughs throwing fists. Unlike the white anti-Semites, Farrakhan has open sympathizers in positions of power. What Louis Farrakhan says about Jews will only reach more and more people. His July 4 address to the nation was pulled
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
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Howard Beach Incident
White teens in Howard Beach chased Michael Griffith, an African-American youth, onto a freeway where he was hit by a motorist. Griffith died from his injuries setting off a wave of protests and racial tensions in New York.
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6-Year-Old’s Exuberant Video Promotes Tourism in Italy - Free Press of Jacksonville
An irresistible invitation to visit the popular Marche region of Italy is being promoted not by any tourism agency, but by a charming 6-year-old. She made the video, in part, to help sadness over the [...]
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Abbott, Anderson Ruffin (1837-1913)
Anderson Ruffin Abbott, Canada’s first black doctor, was born April 7, 1837 in Toronto, Ontario.  He was the son of free black property owners William Ruffin Abbott and his wife Ellen (Toyer) Abbott who left Alabama after their store had been destroyed.  They settled briefly in New York until
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Confederate Monuments And Symbols Are Advertisements For A Product No One Wants Anymore
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Van Jones: A 'white, liberal Hillary Clinton supporter' can pose a greater threat to black Americans than the KKK
CNN's Van Jones argued Friday during an analysis on racial tensions that a “white, liberal Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonTop Democratic pollster advised Biden campaign to pick Warren as VP Longtime Democratic pollster: Warren 'obvious solution' for Biden's VP pick How Obama just
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Bob Marley 'Legend' album back at No. 1 as sales surge during pandemic | New York Carib News
Songs like “Burnin’ Looting” and “War” resonate with the current racial unrest and social injustices prominent
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Voices of the Civil War Episode 18: "New York Draft Riot"
The New York City Draft Riot, similar to the Detroit Draft Riot, was caused by the exemption clause of the Enrollment Act of Conscription and racial tensions between African Americans and white citizens. On July 13, 1863, rioters gathered outside of the Provost Marshal office, attacking the
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Critics Accuse Trump Of Fueling Racial Tensions For Political Purposes : NPR
After the president tweeted and deleted a video of an apparent supporter shouting "white power," NPR's Noel King asks conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg if that was part of a political strategy.
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Young Elected Officials Share Black Lives & Policing Resource Portal to Push Activism, Reimagine Public Safety Nationwide - Milwaukee Community Journal
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the midst of a new wave of activism calling for transformative, systemic change that affirms Black lives and radically reimagines community-centered public safety, People For the American Way Foundation’s Young Elected Officials Network (YEO), today, released its latest online
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