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Northwest Enterprise (1920-1954?)
Founded in 1920, The Northwest Enterprise served an important role in supporting and maintaining an emerging African American community in Seattle, Washington and throughout the Northwest.  The newspaper served its community in five specific ways:  visibility, success, support of black
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Source: Black Past
Nkurunziza: Burundi's leader who believed he was chosen by God | News24
Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza believed he was chosen by God to lead the east African nation and he did so with an iron fist, his efforts to stay in power plunging the country into chaos in his final years.
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Williams, Camilla (1919-2012)
Professional opera singer Camilla Williams was born October 18, 1919 in Danville, Virginia to Fannie Carey Williams and Cornelius Booker Williams. The youngest of four siblings, Williams began singing at a young age and was performing at her local church by age eight. At age 12, she began taking
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Book Addresses Whether or Not the Killing of George Floyd Was a Tipping Point for Racism in America
Nationwide CNN News Host Chris Cuomo made a powerful statement when he said that we must know our history to truly understand why the killing of George Floyd is []
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David Crosthwait Jr.
Born: 5/27/1827 Nashville, TennesseeDied: 2/25/1976 West Lafayette, IndianaDavid Crosthwait Jr. was an African-American mechanical and electrical engineer, inventor, and writer. He was born in the city of Nashville, Tennessee. He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. Once he completed high school he
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Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton is a religious leader and political activist. He was born on October 3, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York. His father left the family and Sharpton was raised by his mother. They had to move to the public housing projects, where his mother worked as a maid and supported the family on her
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Source: Black History Resources
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Denver School Principal On How Black Students Led Swift Changes To History Curriculum : Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice : NPR
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Breast cancer: Zim woman’s struggle to avoid mastectomy
A 44-year-old woman in Zimbabwe, Tendayi Gwata, is battling to avoid a mastectomy after her breast cancer treatment abruptly ended when the only radiotherapy machine in the capital, Harare, stopped working. Gwata, a marketing consultant, had already lost all her hair during chemotherapy. Then she
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Owens, Jesse
Owens, Jesse, 1913–80, U.S. track star, b. Alabama. He was also called John Cleveland Owens, although his original name was said to be simply J. C. Owens. After his family moved to Cleveland he excelled at track and field events in high school. He won the broad-jump titles at the outdoor
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Jeter, Howard Franklin (1947- )
Howard Jeter, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana and later to Nigeria, was born in Maple Ridge, Union County, South Carolina on March 6, 1947 to James Walter Jeter, Jr. and Emma Mattocks Jeter. Howard Jeter first attended school in a one-room schoolhouse in Maple Ridge. The school had no
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6
1947
Warren Moon
Warren Moon is a retired football player, who played for the Canadian and American football leagues. He was born in Los Angeles, California on November 18, 1956 and was the only brother of 6 sisters. His father was a laborer who died of liver disease when Warren was a young child and his mother was
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Tonya Lee Williams
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Cardi B Has Some Vital Advice For Young Folks Heading To College
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EXCLUSIVE: Lauren London, Erica Ford, Jada Pinkett Smith Discuss Gun Violence And Raising Black Boys On ‘Red Table Talk’
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Perry, Cynthia Shepard (1928- )
Cynthia Shepard Perry, a Republican and 25 year career diplomat, has served three Republican presidents. President Ronald Reagan appointed her as Chief of Education and Human Resources of the U.S. Agency for International Development where she served from 1982 to 1986, and named her Ambassador to
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Several students, staff at Georgia school in viral picture contract virus : TheGrio
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat was a famous twentieth century Haitian-American artist. He earned his reputation being part of an informal graffiti group called SAMO. He drew graffiti and wrote enigmatic epigrams in the lower east side of Manhattan known as a cultural hotbed. Later in his career he earned
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22
1960
Did Ajak Deng Just Quit Modeling for Good?
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LeBron James Gave Powerful Farewell Speech on 'Space Jam' Set, Hear the Audio - African American News Today - EIN News
… the inner city, as an African-American kid, there’s no way … who I am as an African-American adult now with 3 kids …
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Usher
American singer Usher is a teen sensation turned R&B icon who has several bestselling albums, numerous awards and his own recording label. He was born Usher Terry Raymond IV on October 14, 1978 in Tennessee. His father abandoned the family when Usher was only a year old. As a child, he
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Debbie Allen
Deborrah Kaye Allen, better known as Debbie Allen, is an American choreographer and dancer from Houston, Texas. She was born on January 16, 1950 to Arthur Allen and Vivian Ayers. Her mother was a strong role model in her life, who took care of Debbie and her siblings when her parents got
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1950
Eugenia Charles
Eugenia Charles, lawyer and politician who served as prime minister of Dominica from 1980 to 1995. She was the country’s first woman lawyer and the first woman prime minister to serve in the Caribbean. Learn more about Charles’s life and career, including her tenure as prime minister.
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Alan Parker, director of ‘Midnight Express’ and ‘Mississippi Burning,’ dies at 76 - African American News Today - EIN News
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Nearly 100K children test positive for COVID-19 as schools reopen - TheGrio
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, more children are testing positive for the deadly disease. READ MORE: Several students, staff at... View Article The post Nearly 100K children test positive for COVID-19 as schools reopen appeared first on TheGrio.
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LeBron James
LeBron James is an American basketball superstar who currently plays for the National Basketball Association (NBA) team “Cleveland Cavaliers”. He is six feet, eight inches tall and weighs 250 pounds. He was born to a 16 year old single mother named Gloria Marie James on December
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Marion Jones
Marion Lois Jones, also called Marion Jones-Thompson is a respected retired American athlete and basketball player. She was born on October 12, 1975 Los Angeles, California and specialized in track and field races. Standing at 5 feet 10 inches and weighing 68 kilograms, Jones is most often
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Eugene Kinckle Jones
Eugene Kinkle Jones was one of the seven founders or Jewels of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Executive Director of the National Urban League during its early formative period.  Jones was born in 1…
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Sgt. James S. Griffin: First Black Police Officer in St. Paul, Minnesota
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Bell Smith, Leopoldine Emma Doualla (1939– )
Leopoldine Emma Doualla-Bell Smith is the world’s first black flight attendant. Smith was born in Cameroon which, at the time, France controlled. Smith was a princess of the royal Douala family of Cameroon. She was offered a rare after-school employment opportunity in her hometown of Douala, then
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. was a legendary singer and recording artist who came to be known as the “Prince of Soul”. Gaye was born on April 2, 1939 in Washington, D.C. He was raised by his father “Reverend Marvin Gay Sr.” who was a very strict guardian. Gaye was musically
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