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Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993)[1] was an American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. Music critic Alan Blyth said: Her voice was a rich, vibrant contralto of intrinsic beauty.[2] Most of her singing career was spent performing in concert
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The country's oldest law school names its first Black dean
A. Benjamin Spencer is nationally renowned civil procedure and federal courts expert and current professor of law at the University of Virginia will begin at William Mary Law School July
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Beloved Holman Street ‘Shepherd’ Manson Johnson dies due to COVID-19
HOUSTON – Family, friends and the community is mourning the loss of Pastor Manson B. Johnson, of Holman Street Baptist Church, who died Sunday after suffering complications due to
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Mellody L. Hobson
Mellody L. Hobson is President of Ariel Investments, LLC. In this role, Hobson is responsible for firm wide management and strategic planning, and oversight of all operations outside of research and portfolio management. Previously, Hobson served as a Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing
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Racial discrimination
Racial discrimination refers to discrimination against individuals on the basis of their race. Policies of racial segregation may formalize it, but it is also often exerted without being
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FEED 5000 AT PAUL QUINN COLLEGE | Dallas Weekly
Minnie’s Food Pantry, 10th Episcopal District of the AME Church, K104 and Smooth RB 105.7 have joined forces to “Feed 5000” at Paul Quinn
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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland (1785- )
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Bethel A.M.E.), Baltimore lays claim to the designation as the oldest independent continuously operating African American church in the state of Maryland tracing its origins back to 1785 when a group of African Americans met at the Strawberry Alley
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Dr. Cornelius Golightly (1917-1976): The Life of an Academic and Public Intellectual
In the following article Michigan State University professor John McClendon explores the remarkable life of  little know early 20th Century black intellectual Cornelius
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Despite COVID-19 related economic challenges, retailers joined the“No Menthol Sunday” effort by agreeing not to sell menthol tobacco
In the midst of a pandemic that has jeopardized small businesses across the country, more than 40 tobacco retailers in Milwaukee risked a loss of sales by not selling menthol tobacco products Sunday, May 17, as part of “No Menthol
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Mayor: Officer Who Put Knee on Man’s Neck Should Be Charged
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mayor of Minneapolis called Wednesday for criminal charges against the white police officer seen on video kneeling against the neck of a handcuffed black man who complained that he could not breathe and died in police
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Paige, Roderick Raynor (1933- )
Roderick Raynor Paige, the first African American and the first school superintendent to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Education, was born on June 17, 1933 in Monticello, Mississippi. The eldest of five children, Paige was born to his mother Sophie, a librarian, and father, Raynor
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Evers outlines $1.17B plan to combat spread of coronavirus
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For the greater good : University leadership’s impact during the pandemic –
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VIDEO: Activists demand D.C. ‘Defund’ police amid peaceful protests after city renames street ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’
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Robert L. Johnson
Robert L. Johnson , in full Robert Louis Johnson (born April 8, 1946, Hickory, Miss., U.S.), American businessman, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), and the first African American majority owner of a major professional sports team in the United
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Minneapolis: Swift firings for officers in death of black man
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer in Minneapolis pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was
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Jet’s Pizza helps Roseland and other hospitals | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Having already donated more than 1,000 pizzas to charitable organizations in April and looking to pay it forward to essential workers throughout Chicago during Illinois’ elongated stay-at-home order through May 31, Jet’s Pizza is extending its new “Buy A Pizza, Give A Pizza” initiative for guests
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HISD Board to consider $2B budget, pay increases for teachers
The Houston Independent School District will consider passage today of a $2 billion budget for the 2020-2021 academic year which includes a $34.4 million salary and benefits package as well as an increase in employer contribution to health insurance premiums for
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Gerrymandering - Definition and Examples in Politics
Gerrymandering is the act of drawing of congressional, state legislative or other political boundaries to favor a political party or one particular candidate for elected office. The purpose of gerrymandering is to grant one party power over another by creating districts that hold dense
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HISD Board approves 'Innovation' designation in 7-2 vote
The Houston Independent School District Board of Education at its virtual meeting on Thursday voted 7-2 in favor of a resolution to initiate the process of designating HISD as a District of
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Meredith Mathews East Madison YMCA
This Seattle branch of the YMCA is located at 23rd Avenue and East Madison Street.  The site was formerly used as a tennis club by members of the community.  The property was owned by the Colman family, long-time supporters of the YMCA.  Members of the black community persuaded the owners to deed
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African American History and Women Timeline 2000-
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Dillard University [New Orleans] (1869- )
Dillard University is a private, Historically Black liberal arts college located in New Orleans, Louisiana.  It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church.  Dillard University is a result of the merger between Straight College and New Orleans University in
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History of Black Civil Rights in America
The history of black civil rights is the story of Americas caste system. It is the story of how for centuries upper-class whites made African Americans into a slave class, easily identifiable because of their dark skin, and then reaped the benefits—sometimes using law, sometimes using
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Shepherd Manson B. Johnson II, pastor of Holman Street Baptist Church, has died
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Laurence C. Morse
Laurence C. Morse, Ph.D is the Managing Partner of Fairview Capital Partners, Inc., a West Hartford, CT based investment management firm established in 1994, that oversees venture capital funds, some of which invest capital in venture capital partnerships and similar investment vehicles that
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Paul Cuffee
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John "Long John" Woodruff: First Black Gold Medalist in 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics
Woodruff was a 21-year-old college freshman, an unsophisticated and, at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m), an ungainly
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