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First man to have a self contained artificial hear
Robert Tools, the first man to have a self contained artificial heart implanted speaks for the first time on national television.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Aug
21
2001
Africa: COVID-19 - Tabichi Calls for Long Term Education Plan for Africa
The 2019 Global Teacher Award winner Peter Tabichi has joined African top tutors to address education among the poor during the Covid-19
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Say Hello To My Little Reboot: A New ‘Scarface’ Adaptation Is On The Way
As spotted on Variety Universal Pictures is moving forward with a reboot of the classic film
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Source: The Urban Daily
Meagan Good Speaks Out On The Reason Why Her Skin Appears Lighter
Meagan Good swiftly corrected one of her followers who commented under one of her social media posts accusing her of bleaching her
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Source: Black America Web
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US Autoworkers Return, While Possible Vaccine Shows Promise
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to restart American industry, while an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results in a small and
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Source: Black America Web
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Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte was shown with actress Janet Leigh and film star Tony Curtis on the cover of Ebony magazine. It was the first time a black person and two Caucasians were seen together on a U.S. magazine cover.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
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Jul
3
1953
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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Source: Savoy Network
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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Source: Black Past
Coleman, John A.(1852- ? )
John A. Coleman was born a slave in 1852 in Talladega County, Alabama. After he received his freedom at the end of the Civil War, Coleman attended the newly established Talladega College for three years. He worked on a Mississippi River steamboat and then migrated to New York
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Source: Black Past
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Blacks voted for the first time in a state
Blacks voted for the first time in a state election in the South, contributing to Republican sweep in Tennessee.
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Aug
1
1867
The Role of the Black Church During a Pandemic
As I processed the article and the dialogue it generated, my personal and pastoral PTSD was kicked into overdrive recalling the pummeling my church (New Birth) and I took just a few weeks earlier when we announced that we’d formulated a partnership with a telemedicine firm and a community health
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Source: Chicago Defender
The Pan-African Congresses, 1900-1945
Pan-Africanist ideals emerged in the late nineteenth century in response to European colonization and exploitation of the African continent. Pan-Africanist philosophy held that slavery and colonialism depended on and encouraged negative, unfounded categorizations of the race, culture, and values of
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Source: Black Past
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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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Source: Black Past
Oct
4
2013
Ozzie Smith
Osborne Earl Smith, better known as Ozzie Smith, is a retired professional baseball player who played for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals. He was born on December 26, 1954 in Mobile, Alabama and was one of six children born to Clovi and Marvella Smith. Smith quotes his mother as being
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Source: Black History Resources
Dec
26
1954
Alabama A&M University [Normal] (1875-- )
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical (Alabama A & M) University is a historically black university located in the city of Normal, Alabama.  The school began in 1875 when Alabama officials used the Morrill Act of 1862 allowing state governments to establish colleges for African American
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Source: Black Past
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Jul
16
2009
First Liberian Civil War (1989–1996)
The First Liberian Civil War was one of Africa’s bloodiest civil conflicts in the post-independence era. The war claimed more than two hundred thousand Liberian lives in a nation of 2.1 million people and displaced a million other citizens in refugee camps in neighboring countries. On December
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Source: Black Past
Kirby Puckett
Kirby Puckett was a professional baseball player for the Minnesota Twins of the Major Baseball League. He was born on March 14, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in a public housing project in Chicago. He attended and graduated from Calumet High School, where he played baseball. Due to his short
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Source: Black History Resources
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Mar
14
1960
Smith, Barbara (1946- )
Beginning in the 1970s, Barbara Smith broke new ground as a black feminist, lesbian, activist, author, and book publisher of women of color.  She and her twin sister, Beverly Smith, were born on December 16, 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio.  Their mother, Hilda Smith, maternal grandmother, and a great aunt
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Source: Black Past
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Dec
16
1946
Albert, Octavia Victoria Rogers (1853-1890)
Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert, a 19th century author and religious leader, was born in December 25, 1853 in Oglethorpe, Georgia into slavery.  She draws inspiration from that experience for her book The House of Bondage which was published after her death by her husband and daughter in 1890.  In
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Source: Black Past
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Dec
25
1853
(1865) Abraham Lincoln, “Abraham Lincoln’s Last Public Address”
? F.A.Q. On April 11, 1865, two days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, President Abraham Lincoln addressed a jubilant crowd that had gathered outside the White House in Washington, D.C.  While the crowd expected an address celebrating t
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Source: Black Past
“Fight For It” Zonnique Shares The Relationship Advice Her Mother Tiny Has Given Her For Dating Rappers
And I don’t know about your house but in mine, my mother, grandmother, and aunties had quite a bit to say when it came to love, dating, and relationships with
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Source: MadameNoire
Serena Williams
Born: 9/26/1981 Saginaw, MichiganAmerican professional tennis player who is ranked No. 1 in womens singles tennis. The Womens Tennis Association (WTA) has ranked her world No. 1 in singles on six separate occasions. She became the world No. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002, and achieved this
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Small Business Series: Three Black-Owned Beauty and Wellness Brands Everyone Should Know
Black people have found and will continue to find ways to contribute to the expansion of the beauty and wellness industry, through the creation of their own
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Source: Chicago Defender
U.S. Senate imposed cloture for first time
U.S. Senate imposed cloture for first time on a civil rights measure, ending Southern Filibuster by a vote of 71-29. Civil rights bill, with public accommodation and fair employment sections, was signed by President Johnson on July 2.
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Sponsored by New York University
Jun
10
1964
Leslie, Lisa Deshaun (1972- )
Lisa Deshaun Leslie is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Los Angeles Sparks in the Women’s Basketball Association (WNBA) for her twelve-year career from 1997 to 2009. She is a two-time WNBA champion, three-time WNBA MVP, and a four-time Olympic gold medal
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Source: Black Past
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(1951) Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Addresses the NAACP National Convention
In 1951 Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, then President of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, was, was already one of the most prominent African American educators in the United States.  He influenced hundreds of young African Americans who came under his tutelage including undergraduate students at
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Source: Black Past
Dymally, Mervyn (1923- )
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally, an African American politician from Los Angeles, California who has served in the California Assembly, the State Senate and as a U.S. Congressman.  He is also the first African American Lt. Governor of California.  Dymally is now once again in the California
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Source: Black Past
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May
12
1923
'My Biggest Inspiration': 13-Year-Old Rising Star Aria Brooks Credits Marsai Martin, Other Young Black Actresses for Allowing Her to Dream Big
Rising star Aria Brooks is the newest member of Nickelodeon’s “All That” reboot cast, but don’t box her in as only an
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Moore's Ford Lynching
During the late afternoon of the 25th of July 1946 four African-Americans were shot dead by a lynch mob at Moores Ford, Walton county, Georgia, about eight miles from the town of Monroe. The grotesquely sprawled bodies of the victims--the Coroner said at least sixty bullets were pumped into
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Source: Blackfacts.com
Jul
25
1946
Roberta Flack / Killing Me Softly With His Song
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