‘I Have Been Quiet Long Enough’ Quavo’s Sister Kashara Marshall and Saweetie’s Aunt Whitney Harp Argue on Social Media Following the Rappers’ Split – Atlanta Black Star

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‘I Have Been Quiet Long Enough’ Quavo’s Sister Kashara Marshall and Saweetie’s Aunt Whitney Harp Argue on Social Media Following the Rappers’ Split – Atlanta Black Star

Quavo's sister Kashara Marshall and Saweetie's aunt Whitney Harp argued on social media on March 20, one day after the rappers confirmed their breakup. Marshall […]

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(1899) Rev. D. A. Graham, “Some Facts About Southern Lynchings,”

Little is known about Reverend D. A. Graham, the A.M.E. minister who delivered the speech that appears below. However the ministers words were recorded as part of a nationwide protest in 1899 against lynchings of African Americans across the nation. In May of 1899 the newly formed African

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Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson was a highly renowned classical singer who became the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. She was born on February 27, 1897 to John and Annie Anderson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father ran an ice and coal business and his mother was a babysitter. She

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1897

Twenty Million Dollar Gift to Spelman College

Bill and Camille Cosby gave an unprecedented gift of $20 million to Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Nov

4

1988

The Trillion Dollar African American Consumer Market: Economic Empowerment or Economic Dependency?

Collective African American net income (spending power) now exceeds $1 trillion dollars annually. Because of this economic reality, a wide variety of contemporary companies continually create marketing campaigns to effectively reach this important segment of the U.S. consumer market. Yet, in the

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Somalia, situated in the Horn of Africa, lies along the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. It is bounded by Djibouti in the northwest, Ethiopia in the west, and Kenya in the southwest. In area it is slightly smaller than Texas. Generally arid and barren, Somalia has two chief rivers, the Shebelle

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Washington (State) Omnibus Civil Rights Act of 1957

Washington (State) Omnibus Civil Rights Act of 1957

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(1963) Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter From a Birmingham Jail”

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Wilkens, Lenny (1937- )

Leonard Randolph Wilkens was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 28, 1937, son of an African American father and white mother. He grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section, one of the toughest sections in the city, where he endured many hardships, including the loss of his father at a young

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(2013) Ben Carson's Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast

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Williams v. Mississippi (1898)

? Submitted March 18, 1898. Decided April 25, 1898. At June term 1896 of the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, the plaintiff in error was indicted by a grand jury composed entirely of white men for the crime of murder. On the 15th day of June he made a motion to quash the indic

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Walter Francis White Born in Atlanta, Georgia

Walter Francis White Born in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Jul

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1893

Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama

In the article below, Kimberley Mangun, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, describes her ongoing research on the Birmingham (Alabama) World and its longtime editor, Emory O. Jackson. Mangun is writing a cultural biography of Jackson and the

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Reed, Judy W. (c. 1826- ? )

Little is known about Judy W. Reed, considered to be the first African American woman to receive a United States

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1884

Lloyd Hall was born on June 20, 1894 in Elgin, Illinois. He was an honor student while attending West Side High School in Aurora, Illinois and captained the school debate team while competing in baseball, football and track. Lloyd graduated High School in the top 10 of his class and had to choose

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Coretta Scott is born

Coretta Scott is born in Marion, Ala. She will marry Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1953 and be an integral part of his civil rights activities. After his assassination in 1968, she will continue her civil rights activities, founding the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change in

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Apr

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1927

Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr.

Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr., 1932–, African-American leader, clergyman, and public official, b. New Orleans. He was a leading civil-rights activist in the 1960s and, as a Democrat from Georgia, served (1973–77) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Under President Carter , Young was permanent

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Scottie Pippen is a retired American basketball player who played along with Michael Jordan on the team Chicago Bulls. He was born on September 25, 1965, in Hamburg, Arkansas to Ethel and Preston Pippen. His mother and father stood at 6 feet and 6 feet 1 inch respectively, and Pippen was the

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Sep

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1965

The Martin L. King, Jr, federal Building is dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the

The Martin L. King, Jr, federal Building is dedicated in Atlanta, Ga. It is the first federal building in the nation to bear the name of the slain civil rights leader.

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Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen (1932-).

On June 6, 1950, Frank Petersen enlisted in the Navy. At the age of 20, he was the first Afro-American to be named a naval aviator in the Marine Corp. He was also the first African American to command a fighter squadon, a fighter air group, an air wing, and a major

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1950

The Passing of Passing: A Peculiarly American Racial Tradition Approaches Irrelevance

In the article below, independent scholar Robert Fikes Jr., explores a centuries-old process in the United States where African Americans with no visible African ancestry “pass” into the Caucasian race or other races to avoid the stigma associated with anti-black racial discrimination

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22

1981

Majette, Denise L. (1955- )

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James Edward West was born on February 10, 1931 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He was an inquisitive young boy, fascinated with electronics and always ready to take things apart to discover how they worked. His curiosity almost got the better of him when he was eight years old and decided

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Distant Whistles, Muted Flutes: Ada Wright in Glasgow, 1932

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(1896) Hugh M. Browne, “The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South”

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Harry Belafonte

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1927

(1920) Archibald Grimke, “The Shame of America, or the Negro’s Case Against the Republic”

Archibald Grimke was born enslaved in Charleston, South Carolina in 1849. After the Civil War, Archibald and his younger brother Francis, enrolled at Lincoln University. Archibald graduated in 1872 and then entered Harvard Law School. After graduation he practiced in Boston. By the 1880s Grimke

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Rawles, George Washington (1845–1922)

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