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7 Things You Didn’t Know About Marcus Garvey
As he wrote in The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, “Education is the medium by which a people are prepared for the creation of their own particular civilization, and the advancement and glory of their own
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Boycotting ‘The Woman King’ Makes No Sense - Atlanta Tribune
I’ll keep this as brief as possible. And before I get off into it, for full transparency, I’m that African American Studies lecturer that says boycotting The Woman King, a movie that tells the story of the Agojie, the epic female warrior unit that protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey from
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Boycotting ‘The Woman King’ Makes No Sense | Atlanta Daily World
Viola Davis as 'The Woman King.' Credit Sony Pictures via AP. I’ll keep this as brief as possible. And before I get off into it, for full transparency, I’m that African American Studies lecturer that says boycottingThe Woman King, a movie that tells the story of theAgojie, the epic female warrior
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A Rhetorical Analysis of Claude McKay's "Africa"
In this critical essay, student Heather Glover offers a concise rhetorical analysis of the sonnet Africa by Jamaican-American writer Claude McKay. McKays poem originally appeared in the collection Harlem Shadows (1922). Heather Glover composed her essay in April 2005 for a course in rhetoric at
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Trump's rally in Tulsa invokes the horror of the 'Red Summer' for Blacks
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Mother of three struggles to send children back to school
With the new academic year scheduled to begin in a month’s time, Cara Campbell-Ellis, a desperate mother of two teenagers and a two-year-old, is struggling. She is yet to collect school registration for one of her high-school children. With one...
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"Marcus Garvey and the Black Lives Matter in the 21st Century" | New York Carib News
It is now 15 years since my retirement from public life and my wish in these closing years is to contribute in whatever way I can to advance the cause of our racial identity as we seek to establish now and forever that no matter the color of our skin, we belong to one single race:  the human race.
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Boycotting ‘The Woman King’ Makes No Sense - Atlanta Tribune
I’ll keep this as brief as possible. And before I get off into it, for full transparency, I’m that African American Studies lecturer that says boycotting The Woman King, a movie that tells the story of the Agojie, the epic female warrior unit that protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey from
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McKay, Claude (1889-1948)
Harlem Renaissance writer Festus Claudius McKay was born on September 15, 1889, in Sunny Ville, in the Clarendon Hills of Jamaica, to peasant farmers Hannah Ann Elizabeth Edwards  and Thomas Frank McKay. Young Claude was tutored by his elder schoolmaster brother, Uriah Theodore McKay, who
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African-American culture
African-American culture, also known as Black-American culture, refers to the cultural contributions of African Americans to the culture of the United States, either as part of or distinct from mainstream American culture. The distinct identity of African-American culture is rooted in the
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This Black Woman's Commissioned Sculpture of President Roosevelt Is On Every American Dime
'Selma Burke's commissioned sculpture of President Roosevelt is on every American dime!' Dorothy Brangman Selma Burke (1900-1995) African American sculptor and educator who founded two art schools. In 1940 she opened the Selma Burke School of Sculpture in New York City and the following year
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Harlem Renaissance poet and author, author of the first best seller written by an African American, Claude McKay, dies
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Abrahams, Peter (1919-- )
Twentieth century African novelist and journalist Peter Henry Abrahams was born in Vrededorp (near Johannesburg), South Africa, on March 19, 1919. Abrahams’ father, James Henry Abrahams Deras was the son of former Ethiopian landowners who had taken him across Europe before settling in South
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They Will Never Be Forgotten: NAACP Commemorates The Lives Of People Killed By Police - The Seattle Medium
With pleas for remembrance and calls to action, the Seattle King County NAACP rallied the community on Saturday to commemorate the lives of Black and Brown men, women, and children killed by police in Washington State and throughout the U.S. The remembrance event was held at Martin Luther King
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Dorothy West
Dorothy West , (born June 2, 1907, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died August 16, 1998, Boston), American writer who explored the aspirations and conflicts of middle-class African Americans in many of her works and was one of the last surviving members of the prominent group of black
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Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro
On this day, Survey Graphic published a special issue titled Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro. By the end of the year, editor Alain Locke had reprinted and expanded upon the writings from this issue, producing a full-length anthology of African-American writing called The New Negro. This
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Brandon Calloway police beating and why we run
by Aswad Walker, defendernetwork.com Brandon Calloway, we feel your pain. Those cop car lights came on after you allegedly ran a stop sign (not a violent crime, by the way), and […] The post Brandon Calloway police beating and why we run appeared first on AFRO American Newspaper
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In the Land of Czars and Commissars: African Americans in Russia, the Soviet Union, and Post-Soviet Russia, 1824-2015
It was in May 1824 that Nancy Gardner Prince, rescued from alife of poverty and hardship in Massachusetts through a recent marriage, foundherself in a most surreal circumstance unlike any previously experienced by anAfrican American in this region of the world. After recently arriving in
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Harlem Renaissance Centenary Comes to Wolf Trap
Mwenso and the Shakes recreate the Harlem Renaissance vibe with "Harlem 100" at Wolf Trap on Thursday, Nov. 4. The post Harlem Renaissance Centenary Comes to Wolf Trap appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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Books on Black Heroes and History Appeal to Children, Adults Alike | Post News Group
Little ones will love turning the pages of “The ABCs of Black History,” a book filled with lively verse and colorful faces (illustrations by Lauren Summer) in all shades of brown—just like theirs! Author Rio Cortez also scrolls the alphabet letter by letter giving lessons in important words, words
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Russia’s Black Entertainment Empresario: The Remarkable Saga of Fyodor Fyodorovich Tomas (Frederick Bruce Thomas)
Yale University literature scholar and historian Vladimir Alexandrov introduces The Black Russian— his new biography of a forgotten African American who led an extraordinary life in Russia and Turkey at the beginning of the twentieth
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Iconic Quotes From Langston Hughes That We All Need In 2021
The legendary writer was born on Feb. 1, a date that would through no coincidence go on to mark the start of Black History Month.
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Harry Belafonte – Saluting Our Titan - New York Carib News
It is my great pleasure to wish Dr the Honourable Harold George Belafonte Jr., O.M., a happy 95th birthday. The post Harry Belafonte – Saluting Our Titan first appeared on New York Carib News.
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This Week In Black History September 14-20, 2022 | Chicago Defender
PAUL ROBESON September 14 1940—Blacks are allowed for the first time to enter all branches of the U.S. military when President Franklin D. Roosevelt, on this day, signs the Selective Service Act. 1973—Nasir Jones, known simply as Nas, was born in Queensbridge, N.Y. Nas is well known for his 1994
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Iconic Quotes From Langston Hughes That We All Need In 2022
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PJ Patterson – Africa and Caribbean must link | New York Carib News
It is now 15 years since my retirement from public life and my wish in these closing years is to contribute in whatever way I can to advance the cause of our racial identity as we seek to establish now and forever that no matter the color of our skin, we belong to one single race:  the human race.
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Black Studies lecturer: Boycotting ‘The Woman King’ makes no sense - DefenderNetwork.com
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A Walk Through Harlem, New York’s Most Storied Neighborhood
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Coard: What if Chauvin is acquitted of murdering Floyd? | New Pittsburgh Courier
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Toomer, Jean (1894-1967)
Jean Toomer was born into an elite black family in Washington, D.C. in 1894. Abandoned by his father as a newborn and losing his mother to appendicitis as a teenager, Toomer spent his formative years in the home of his grandparents, P.B.S. and Nina Pinchback. P.B.S. Pinchback served as a state
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