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Injustice 101: Government Higher Education Act Denies Financial Aid to Students with Drug Convictions
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Jul
1
2000
Gov. Bryan Urges Florida Gov. to Reconsider Law on Cruise Ships | USVI News | WCVI-TV
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VIDEO: The White Stuff: How Brave Fish Use Great White Sharks As Giant Scrubbing Brushes
By Peter Barker Small fish that rub their bodies against great white sharks could be exfoliating their skin and trying to remove parasites, researchers say. The risky behavior exhibited by the fish could play a significant ecological role, according to a team of researchers led by the University of
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Owens, Major Robert (1936- )
Former New York Congressman Major Robert Owens was born on June 28, 1936 in Collierville, Tennessee.  He graduated from Hamilton High School in Memphis in 1952 at the age of 16.  Owens received a bachelor’s degree from Morehouse College in 1956, and an M.S. in Library Science from Atlanta
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Source: Black Past
Jun
28
1936
Lowry, Henry Berry (c. 1846-1872)
In 1853, the Lumbee Indians, a triracial people who are descendants of several southeastern Indian tribes, whites, and African Americans, named themselves after the Lumber River, which flows through their homeland in North Carolina.  According to the Lumbee historian Adolph Dial, they are also
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Anita Hill
Anita Hill is a lawyer, activist and educationist who laid allegations of sexual harassment against a U.S. Supreme Court Justice named Clarence Thomas. She was born on July 30, 1956 in Oklahoma and was the youngest of 13 children born to Albert and Erma Hill. Her family were farmers from Arkansas
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Oct
16
1991
Emmett Till
Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, died in 2003 at age 81, still holding out hope for a rehearing of the case. Her book, Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime that Changed America, was published by Random House that year… When the grand jury considered the case in 2006, Carolyn Bryant was
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New Jersey begins to abolish slavery
The New Jersey Legislature approved a law calling for gradual emancipation of African Americans. In so doing, New Jersey became the last Northern state to outlaw slavery.
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Feb
15
1804
VIDEO: Otterly Unique: Scientists Baffled By Iguana-Eating Otter  | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Researchers on an expedition in Colombia filmed what they believe to be a first: A giant otter hunting an iguana. The giant otter has been known to eat small snakes and small caiman when fish abundance is low, according to the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. The team had been
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VIDEO: I Just Can’t Bear Feeling Grubby: Young Bruin Takes A Bath In The Woods
By Joseph Golder A small bear in Colorado took a bath in a large puddle in the woods — to the delight of viewers. The footage was shared online Nov. 7 by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife North-East Region, which said: “A bear finds a little water in the forest to cool off in.” The bear rolls around
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Austin, Roy L. (1939- )
Ambassador Roy Leslie Austin spent most of his life as a university scholar before becoming a U.S. diplomat at the age of 61. When Austin was nominated by President George W. Bush to be Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago he was a sociology professor at Pennsylvania State University.  After
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Source: Black Past
Fauntroy, Walter E. (1933- )
Reverend Walter E. Fauntroy, pastor, Congressional representative, and civil rights activist, was born in Washington, D.C., on February, 6, 1933. The son of Ethel Vines Fauntroy and William Thomas Fauntroy, who worked in the U.S. Patent Office, Walter Fauntroy graduated from Dunbar High School in
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Aug
3
1957
Black Code in Arkansas
A law went into effect in Arkansas which prohibited the emplotyment of free blacks on boats and ships navigating the rivers of that state.
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Jan
1
1860
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth, born November 26, 1797 was an African American abolitionist and women’s right activist. She was born as Isabella to James who was an African captured from the Gold Coast and Elizabeth Baumfree. James and Elizabeth were bought by Colonel Hardenbergh from slave
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Source: Black History Resources
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Nov
26
1797
In His 65th Book, Black Entrepreneur Tells His Story — From Welfare to Building a Multi-Million Dollar Publishing Firm news -The Black Chronicle
Nationwide - Readers of The Making of a Black Millionaire by C. Sunny Martin will be inspired by the journey of a fatherless young man who grew up in
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Virginia legislature enacts a law declaring that thestatus of the mother deter
Virginia legislature enacts a law declaring that the status of the mother determines whether children are slaves or free; Christians who fornicate with blacks are to pay double fines.
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Jan
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1662
VIDEO: Drone Footage Reveals The Secret Social Lives Of Killer Whales | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
This stunning aerial footage of a pod of killer whales has helped researchers uncover the predators’ secret social lives, during which they pick and choose friends and become less sociable as they grow old. A study by the University of Exeter and the Center for Whale Research has found that killer
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Michelle Obama
Born: 1/17/1964 Chicago, IllinoisMichelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American lawyer and writer. She is married to the 44th and current President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United StatesBusiness / Schooling: Awards / Achievements:
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(BPRW) Getty Images Partners with The United Negro College Fund to Create an HBCU Scholarship | Press releases news -The Black Chronicle
(BPRW) Getty Images Partners with The United Negro College Fund to Create an HBCU Scholarship (Black PR Wire) Getty Images and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) have announced
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1722 - In South Carolina, law punishes runaway slaves with death.
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Jan
0
1722
the Bronze Muse
On this day, the Bronze Muse died in
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Feb
22
1911
African-American couple who escaped slavery in US honoured with blue plaque
A married African-American couple who escaped enslavement in … as her mother was an African-American who had been raped by …
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Black History Month 2014: 101 African American Firsts
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Nader, Ralph
Nader, Ralph nā´dər [key], 1934–, U.S. consumer advocate and political reformer, b. Winsted, Conn. Admitted to the bar in 1958, he practiced law in Connecticut and was a lecturer (1961–63) in history and government at the Univ. of Hartford. In 1965, Nader published Unsafe at Any
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Six notorious robbers arrested, one shot dead - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY VANESSA GUZHA SIX armed robbers were on Saturday nabbed by the police during a shootout in Harare, which killed one of The post Six notorious robbers arrested, one shot dead appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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James, Charles A. (1922- )
Ambassador Charles A. James was born in 1922 in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he attended public schools.  After high school, James enrolled at Westchester State Teachers College in Pennsylvania (now Westchester University) where he studied for one year before
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Sep
16
1976
Kelly, Sharon Pratt Dixon (1944- )
Sharon Pratt Dixon was born on January 30, 1944 in Washington, D.C. to parents Carlisle Pratt and Mildred (Petticord) Pratt.  Carlisle was a Washington, D.C. Superior Court Judge.  Mildred Pratt died of breast cancer when Sharon was four years old.  Pratt’s father played a major role in her life by
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Jan
30
1944
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Clarence was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in October and was the subject of a Netflix documentary in 2019 titled The Black Godfather, highlighting his influence… The post Jacqueline Avant, Wife Of Clarence Avant, Shot & Killed appeared first on The Black Chronicle.
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Romeo Miller Recounts Being Held At Gunpoint After Police Pull Him Over
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Youth Literature Authors & Editors
This section of the BlackPast.org bibliographies profiles youth literature. Listed below are the works on African American and global African history that are specifically written for children and young adults. The bibliography is a searchable database where information can be sorted and listed
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