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Virginia State University (1882 - )
Virginia State Universityis a public, historically black college located in Petersburg, Virginia.  The university is the first fully supported,four year institution for African Americans in the UnitedStates and is one of two land-grant colleges in the Stateof
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Remembering Little Richard
Personal memories of Little Richard and his connection to Milwaukee
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Central Area Civil Rights Committee
In 1963, prominent Seattle, Washington civil rights leaders united to form the Central Area Civil Rights Committee (CACRC).  Members were typically notable figures in other existing groups like the Urban League (Edwin Pratt), CORE (Walter Hundley), and the NAACP (Charles Johnson), although some
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African American Studies faculty members send response to Schapiro email
A day after President Morton Schapiro wrote a community email condemning the protests about abolishing University Police, African American Studies department members sent a letter in response. In an email obtained by The Daily, faculty and affiliates wrote to Schapiro that they were
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How HBCU Homecomings Are Going Virtual Amid COVID-19
To keep the homecoming tradition alive despite the viral outbreak, HBCUs have opted to take the celebration online, creating virtual events for students to attend.
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Wallace, George Corley
Wallace, George Corley, 1919–98, governor of Alabama (1963–67, 1971–79, 1983–87), b. Clio, Ala. Admitted to the bar in 1942, he was active in the Alabama Democratic party, serving in the state assembly (1947–53) and as a district court judge (1953–59). In 1962 he won election as governor as an
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The Power of Race and Inequality in Amerikkka: The Miseducation of a Poor Black Girl from the North Side
Other experiences such as being followed around stores as a customer, being pulled out of a car during a ‘traffic stop’ being asked “where are the drugs” before asking for identification, being pulled over for having tinted windows, being pulled over and asked “what are you doing out here” every
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Why Black History Should be Taught Starting in Elementary School
With the recent deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd maybe it’s time to look at how African American history is taught in our educational system to help some understand why blacks are feeling frustrated and
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L.A.’s Premiere Social Justice Warrior, Passes
Aubry’s beliefs were likely nurtured during his early childhood in New Orleans, Louisiana, and further instilled when he and other Black students integrated L.A.’s Fremont High School in the late
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Google Announces $1 Million to Upskill HBCU Students | Afro
By AFRO Staff A Maryland HBCU will be among the inaugural group of Black tertiary education institutions to participate in the Grow with Google HBCU Career Readiness Program, which was announced by the technology giant on Oct. 16. Bowie State University will be among the first of 20
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Netflix CEO Seeks to Set Example with $120 Million Donation to Black Colleges, Morehouse President Responds
The multimillion-dollar gift is especially notable for its size: It’s reportedly the largest individual gift in support of student scholarships at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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Trump mulls opening historically black college in Detroit, Twitter reacts
Now comes word that during a meeting with Black Michigan leaders on Thursday, Trump is mulling bringing a new historically Black college to Detroit after prompting from a state elected
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DeSoto ISD Superintendent Speaks on Social Justice | Dallas Weekly
As an educator, I’ve seen our public education system fail at effectively ensuring that students not only learn core content at equitably rigorous levels, but also fail at helping students learn about the realities of race, class, privilege, and collective
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African-American studies
African-American Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of Black Americans. Taken broadly, the field studies not only the cultures of people of African descent in the United States, but the cultures of the entire African diaspora
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Author discusses book on Jackson State shootings of 1970
Eleven days later, (white) employees of the Jackson, Miss., police and the Mississippi Highway Patrol opened fire on a protest outside a women's dormitory at historically black Jackson State College (now
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W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois also known as William Edward Burghardt (b. Feburary 23, 1868) was a an African-American historian, civil rights activist and the first sociologist to ever have an article published on the rights of African-Americans. His great-grandfather was French-American and his family had
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Several students, staff at Georgia school in viral picture contract virus : TheGrio
Days after a photo showing students in a jam-packed hallway at a Georgia high school made rounds on the internet,... View Article The post Several students, staff at Georgia high school in viral picture contract coronavirus appeared first on TheGrio.
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Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
On June 1, 1956, all NAACP offices in Alabama were forced to close, as a result of Attorney General John Patterson’s nine-year injunction against the civil rights organization. This left a void in local civil rights leadership and a desperate need for a new group to lead Birmingham’s black
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Biography of Black Historian Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson is known as the father of black history. He worked tirelessly to establish the field of African-American history in the early 1900s. Born on Dec. 19, 1875, Woodson was the son of two former slaves who had nine children; he was the seventh. He rose from these modest origins to
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How Old Were You When You First Learned About Black Wall Street?
It’s no secret that the many of the history curricula required to be taught in public schools do a piss-poor job of teaching about Black history outside of slavery and perhaps the Civil Rights
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Deaf TikToker Nakia Smith Speaks Volumes With Videos on Black American Sign Language
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Black Students Are Shaking Up Student Government At Universities
Black men and women are taking on a new position at some of the most prestigious and whitest colleges in the country: student body president.
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Africa: South Africa's First Black Miss Universe Uses Platform to Fight Racism
Using her hairstyle and social media platforms, Zozibini Tunzi is calling out racism and challenging perceptions of beauty
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Jim Crow Laws: Tennessee, 1866-1955
The State of Tennessee enacted 20 Jim Crow laws between 1866 and 1955, including six requiring school segregation, four which outlawed miscegenation, three which segregated railroads, two requiring segregation for public accommodations, and one which mandated segregation on streetcars.  The 1869
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A Blueprint California’s Black Students Need: Educators Conference to Focus on Equity - Los Angeles Sentinel
The California Association of Black School Educators (CABSE) will hold its fourth annual conference in a virtual setting this year.  The post A Blueprint California’s Black Students Need: Educators Conference to Focus on Equity appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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This University President Knows Why America Can’t Afford to Neglect HBCUs
… the country. One in five Black American college graduates received their bachelor … means of social mobility for Black Americans. As a biochemist and immunologist … mobility and mortality in the African American population during the current crises …
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Study Examines Parents’ Perceptions and Interactions With Educators
Idara Essien, PhD and J. Luke Wood, PhD, a married couple,  is looking for parents who have Black children enrolled in preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third
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Loyola Marymount seeks to eradicate systemic racism
In a letter to the school community dated June 16, LMU President Timothy Law Snyder said he was reminded during a June 6 Black Lives Matter march he participated in “that the police violence and systemic racism that infects our society by killing Black people is a system in which I, as a white
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