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Two All-Black Fighting Units
There were two all-Black units, the Massasoit Guards and the Liberty Guards in Boston in the 1850s, but they were not attached to the militia of the State because there was opposition 'to there being any Colored men belonging to the State Militia.' Many of these men eventually joined the
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
Dockers Names Adrienne Lofton Shaw Its Chief Marketing Officer
The Dockers brand announced that Adrienne Lofton Shaw will join the company as vice president and chief marketing officer. In this role, she will be responsible for creating and leading the Dockers® brand strategy and overseeing Dockers® global marketing efforts. Mrs.Lofton Shaw will report to Seth
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Five Things You Don't Know About Africa
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(1865) Abraham Lincoln, “Second Inaugural Address”
On Saturday March 4, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated and began his second term as President.  His address to the audience of thousands of spectators was brief, one of the shortest inaugural addresses on record.  The Civil War was drawing to a close as Union Armies were bearing down
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Source: Black Past
(1905) Theodore Roosevelt, “Lincoln and the Race Problem”
On February 13, 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech at the New York City Republican Club as a tribute to Abraham Lincoln.  The speech, which also allowed Roosevelt to expound on his contemporary views of race in the United States, appears
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Source: Black Past
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13
1905
Ahmaud Arbery's death was 'lynching' and White House rhetoric emboldening racism, mayor says
Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has said that the killing of Ahmaud Arbery was a “lynching” and that the White House’s rhetoric is emboldening racists in the
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Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, dies.
Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman, dies. Born into slavery, she ran away form her owners after mistreatment by her masters wife. She petitioned successfully for her freedom, citing her knowledge of the Bill of Rights and the new constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in her argument that all men
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28
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Voices of the Civil War Episode 20: "Medal of Honor"
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(1838) Angelina Grimké Weld, “Speech in Pennsylvania Hall”
In the speech below Angelina Grimke Weld, who was born to a prominent slaveholding family in Charleston, South Carolina, invites the women and men of Philadelphia to join  her in the campaign against
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Source: Black Past
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The Legacy of World War I in Africa
When World War I broke out, Europe had already colonized much of Africa, but the need for manpower and resources during the war led to the consolidation of colonial power and sowed the seeds for future
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Rwanda: Basketball League to Resume September 4
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Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth began life as a slave and ended it as a celebrated anti-slavery activist. She was born in New York and was sold several times before escaping to freedom with an infant daughter in 1827. She worked as a housekeeper, lived in a religious commune, and eventually became a travelling
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Sarah Gertrude Millin
Sarah Gertrude Millin , née Liebson (born March 19, 1888, Žagarė, Lithuania, Russian Empire—died July 6, 1968, Johannesburg, South Africa), South African writer whose novels deal with the problems of South African
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(1918) Rev. Francis J. Grimke, “Victory for the Allies and the United States a Ground of Rejoicing, of Thanksgiving”
Francis J. Grimke was born a slave in Charleston, South Carolina on November 4, 1850.  After the war he and his older brother, Archibald, went north to Lincoln University.  Francis graduated from Lincoln in 1870.  After working briefly at Lincoln, Grimke attended Princeton Theological Seminary from
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Nov
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1850
An Urgent Call to Establish a Federal Office of Men’s Health: A Critical Component of Addressing Future Pandemics
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Pacific Bound: California’s 1852 Fugitive Slave Law
In 1852, California legislators passed a harsh fugitive slave law that condemned dozens of African American migrants to deportation and lifelong slavery. Historian Stacey L. Smith examines the legal travails of three accused fugitive slaves to illuminate the social relations of slavery in gold rush
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Mauritius
On March 30, 2012, President Anerood Jugnauth resigned. He cited his disagreement with new government policies and programs as well as a lack of accord with other members of the government. Recently, he had a very public conflict with Prime Minister Ramgoolam. Earlier in March, the tension between
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South Africa: British Citizens Who Entered Nation During Lockdown Get Suspended Fine
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Libya
On Sept. 1, 1969, 27-year-old Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi deposed the king and revolutionized the country, making it a pro-Arabic, anti-Western, Islamic republic with socialist leanings. It was also rabidly anti-Israeli. A notorious firebrand, Qaddafi aligned himself with dictators, such as Ugandas Idi
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1986
A. Philip Randolph
Asa Philip Randolph was born on April 15, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida, to a Methodist Minister, James Randolph. In 1891, the Randolph family, strong supporters of equal rights for African Americans, moved to
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(1857) Abraham Lincoln, “The Dred Scott Decision and Slavery,"
? The Dred Scott Decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857 was supposed to end the decades-long debate about slavery in the United States.  It did just the opposite, inflaming passions particularly in the North.  In the follow speech, Abraham Lincoln, then a private citizen, p
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Source: Black Past
WATCH: Charlamagne tha God suggests African-Americans legally buy firearms so they don’t end up like Ahmaud Arbery
During a panel discussion on MSNBC on Sunday afternoon, radio personality and commentator Charlamagne tha God briefly stunned host Alex Witt by first saying he wished shooting victim Ahmaud Arbery had been armed to defend himself before being gunned down by two white Georgia men — then advised
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Morehouse College [Atlanta] (1867- )
A private, historically-black college for men, Morehouse College opened in 1867 to train former slaves to be Protestant ministers and educators. Today, Morehouse is one of five colleges in the Atlanta University Center, a complex that has included Morehouse’s sister school, Spelman College, as well
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Source: Black Past
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Senegal
When the economy continued to stagnate, and with it Senghors popularity, he resigned after 20 years at the helm in favor of his protégé, Abdou Diouf. Diouf, who led the country for the next 20 years, initiated further economic and political liberalization, including the sale of government companies
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Kenya
As the 2013 presidential election approached, many feared a repeat of the deadly violence that plagued the disputed 2007 race and left about 1,300 dead. Those fears did not play out in the tight race between top contenders Prime Minister Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta, the richest man in the country and
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(1916) Robert R. Moton, “A Life of Achievement”
Robert Russa Moton is best known as the successor to Booker T. Washington as president of Tuskegee Institute. He assumed the presidency of the institution shortly after Washington’s death in 1915. Moton’s life reflects striking parallels to his predecessor. Like Washington, he was born on
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11
1916
Bennett College [Greensboro] (1873- )
Bennett College opened in 1873 when seventy African American women and men began gathering for primary and secondary studies in the basement of Warnersville Methodist Episcopal Church in Greensboro, North Carolina.  White northern philanthropists contributed tremendously to the school, including
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She comes home from a long day at work, then has to prepare food for the kids and spend quality time with them, then do stuff around the house, then prepare them for the next day… and then she's expected to be sexy, willing, and able for her man after all
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Gen. A. J. Smith
Gen. A. J. Smith with fourteen thousand men, including a brigade of Black troops, defeated Nathan B. Forrest at Harrisburg, near Tupelo, Mississippi.
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