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seeking the freedom to unlock the opportunities technology brings. Taylor leads approximately 225 professionals globally and is responsible for the Fortune 500 company’s legal work and intellectual property portfolio in addition to its government affairs, public policy, corporate responsibility and
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Mali
In March 2012, President Touré was overthrown in a coup by mutineering soldiers who said they were acting in response to the governments response to the rebellion by the Tuaregs, nomadic insurgents of Berber and Arab descent who live in the north. The troops said they did not received adequate
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1
2007
Freedmen's Bank closed
Freedmens Bank closed. Black depositors had some $3 Million in the bank, which had an imposing headquarters in Washington and branches in various cities President Frederick Douglass said later that the Freedmens Bank had been the Black mans cow and the white mans milk.
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1
Tennessee Voices, Episode 32: Steven Lewis, curator, National Museum of African American Music
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Henry Brown
Henry Brown was an inventor who saw a need for a convenient and secure way to store money, valuables and important papers. At that time, people commonly kept those type of items in wooden or cardboard boxes in their homes or entrusted them to local banks. Both of these options presented
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2
1886
The Slaughter House Cases (1873)
? SLAUGHTER-HOUSE CASES.; THE BUTCHERS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW ORLEANS v. THE CRESCENT CITY LIVE-STOCK LANDING AND SLAUGHTER-HOUSE COMPANY.; PAUL ESTEBEN, L. RUCH, J. P. ROUEDE, W. MAYLIE, S. FIRMBERG, B. BEAUBAY, WILLIAM FAGAN, J. D. BRODERICK, N. SEIBEL, M. LANNES, J. GITZINGER, J. P. A
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14
1873
BBVA Compass, WNBA and NBA treat Phoenix students to a lesson in financial education
BBVA Compass teamed up with WNBA and NBA stars Thursday to share with students at Machan Elementary School in Phoenix the importance of financial literacy and how a solid foundation can open doors to a brighter
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Donald C. Johanson
Donald C. Johanson , in full Donald Carl Johanson (born June 28, 1943, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.), American paleoanthropologist best known for his discovery of “ Lucy,” one of the most complete skeletons of Australopithecus afarensis known, in the Afar region of Ethiopia in
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28
1943
True Reformers Bank, The (1888-1910)
The Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers was the first bank owned by African Americans in the United States. It was founded on March 2, 1888 by Reverend William Washington Browne and opened on April 3, 1889. Although the True Reformers bank was the first black-owned
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Weber Shandwick: Diversity and Inclusion- Empowering our People and our Business
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(1963) Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream”
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.  Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon
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Burris, Roland (1937- )
On January 15, 2009 Roland Wallace Burris was sworn in as the U.S. Senator from Illinois.  Burriss appointment made him the third African American U.S. Senator from the state and the sixth black U.S. Senator in the history of the United States.  The appointment, however, was marred by controversy
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2009
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African-American businesses
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Two new music releases celebrate the 90th birthday of Miles Davis
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Voices of the Civil War Episode 20: "Medal of Honor"
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Florence Griffith Joyner
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21
1959
(1963) Robert C. Weaver, "The Negro as an American"
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Jun
13
1963
Tavis Smiley and Corporate Diversity Featured in Savoy Summer Issue
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Collecting African American Art: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Obama Era
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Black press hit hard by COVID-19 but we will not shut down!
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(1932) Angelo Herndon Addresses His Jury
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1933
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Morgan Freeman
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1937
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Hannibal
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