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Calvary Baptist Church, Spokane, Washington (1890- )
Early in 1890, in Spokane, Washington, a small group of African American citizens gathered “to consider the propriety of organizing a church.”  The name Calvary Baptist Church was adopted, and thus was founded the citys first historically black church.  Its founding transcended race and
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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System
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More Latinas Are Choosing to Identify as Afro-Latina
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Africa: Uneca Encourages Africa to Invest On Digital Transformation
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Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895)
Frederick Douglass was born into Maryland slavery in 1817 to a slave mother and a slave master father. Young Douglass toiled on a rural plantation and later in Baltimore’s shipyards as a caulker. Douglass, however, learned to read and soon sought out abolitionist literature that alleviated what he
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First inauguration of Barack Obama
The first inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The inauguration, which set a record attendance for any event held in Washington, D.C., marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Barack Obama as President and Joe
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“Coronavirus (A.K.A. COVID-19): Don’t Believe the Hype”
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An Urgent Call to Establish a Federal Office of Men’s Health: A Critical Component of Addressing Future Pandemics
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Jubilee purge: Ruto's supporters anxious
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Father Divine
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Reed, Judy W. (c. 1826- ? )
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Trump Says Strong Economy Will Bring Racial Justice
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Civil and political rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure ones ability to participate in the civil and political life of the society and state without discrimination or
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African Leader Rips China’s Racism: ‘As If The Black Person Is Carrying The Covid-19!’ – Free Press of Jacksonville
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Africa: Gender Lens Essential to Addressing Linked Climate Change and Security Crises, Urges Joint UN Report
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New Rule Could Deny Black Developers Access to $4 Billion-Plus in State Housing Funds
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When civil rights crusader Ida B. Wells-Barnett died in 1931, the Chicago Defender described her  as elegant, striking, and always well groomed . . . regal though somewhat intolerant and impulsive. Throughout Wells-Barnetts career as a journalist, social-political organizer and suffragist, she
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