Responding to COVID-19: It’s on Us If We Repeat the Past

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Responding to COVID-19: It’s on Us If We Repeat the Past

I am living through my second significant pandemic.

The behaviors that contribute to the spread of COVID-19, are not social distancing, not wearing a mask or not performing good hygiene.

HIV — A vaccine is on the way (1987).

COVID-19 — A vaccine is on the way.

Bottom line is, we need to learn from what we should have done better in the HIV pandemic.

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Daniel Hale Williams was born on January 18, 1856 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He was the fifth of seven children born to Daniel and Sarah Williams. Daniel’s father was a barber and moved the family to Annapolis, Maryland but died shortly thereafter of tuberculosis. Daniel’s mother realized she

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GirlTrek Brings #DaughtersOf Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz Together for 1st-Ever Public Conversation this Friday

On Friday, May 15th, GirlTrek’s #DaughtersOf LIVE discussions continue with Dr. Bernice A. King and Ilyasah Shabazz uniting for a first-ever public conversation on their families’ legacies, debunking the myths that have followed them and sharing the lessons they learned from their legendary mothers

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Progressive party convention

Progressive party convention, meeting in Philadelphia, nominated Henry Wallace for President. New Party made major effort to attract Blacks. Approximately 150 Black delegates and alternates attended the convention. The keynote speaker was Charles P. Howard, and attorney, publisher and former

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Jul

1948

First Slave revolt in America

The first slave revolt in America actually occurred 93 years

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Jan

1526

Black and Mormon

Bringhurst, Newell G. ed., Smith, Darron T. ed., Black and Mormon

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Source: Black Past

In Memoriam

It is at Uptown Records where Harrell famously discovered future music mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, who started at the company as an intern and rose to the ranks of a Vice-President of A&R signing such acts as Mary J. Blige, Jodeci and Father

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William Monroe Trotter's Equal Rights League

In 1901 William Monroe Trotter (1873-1934) founded the Boston Equal Rights League to push for civil and human rights for Black people. The league operated nine years before the establishment of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Carter G Woodson and the Origins of Black History Month

What we now call Black History Month originated in 1926, founded by Carter G Woodson as Negro History Week. The month of February was selected in deference to Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln who were both born in that

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Dec

1875

MLK " Last Speech" 1968

the great the great I been to the mountain top speech

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Aug

1967

Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer , in full Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1970, Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.), American actress who was known for her numerous small, generally comic roles before she shot to stardom as one of the lead characters in the film The Help (2011). Spencer won an Academy Award, a Golden

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May

1970

Malcolm X

Malcolm X, formerly Malcolm Little (1925-1965), was one of the most fiery, controversial leaders of his time and one of the major Black leaders of the 20th century. Growing up in Boston during the 1940s, he became involved in criminal activities which landed him a ten-year prison sentence. While in

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

Black Hebrew Israelites

Black Hebrew Israelites (also called Black Hebrews, African Hebrew Israelites, and Hebrew Israelites) are groups of African Americans who believe that they are descendants of the ancient Israelites. Black Hebrews adhere in varying degrees to the religious beliefs and practices of both Christianity

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Commentary: Old, Sick and Incarcerated

Yet the federal correctional institution that housed Manafort had no coronavirus cases, and Manafort had served fewer than two years of his more than seven-year

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(1981) Audre Lorde, “The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism”

Racism. The belief in the inherent superiority of one race over all others and thereby the right to dominance, manifest and

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Congress of Racial Equality

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. Founded in 1942, its stated mission is to bring about equality for all people regardless of

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List of African-American inventors and scientists

This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse

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Testing where the people are –

Harper and Santiago know each other, but Santiago doesn’t represent Daytona Beach’s Black community in the Florida

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Source: Florida Courier

We shouldn’t try to hold Biden hostage on black woman running mate

Seven prominent Black women activists have made a strong case, and a bit of stir, in a Washington Post Op-Ed, “Biden Still Needs Black

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Source: Chicago Defender

Distinguished Psychiatrist

Dr. Alvin Poussaint, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, is a nationally recognized authority on the social and psychological dynamics related to African-American life and culture in this country. For more than 20 years his numerous articles on male-female

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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years

(1982) Audre Lorde, “Learning from the 60s”

In February, 1982, Audre Lorde delivered the address, “Learning from the 60s” as part of the celebration of the Malcolm X weekend at Harvard University. Her presentation appears

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Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett

Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett, Principal of the Institute for Colored Youth, Philadelphia, named minister to Haiti and became the first major Black diplomat and the first American Black to receive a major appointment from the United Stated Government.

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Apr

1869

Mississippi legislature enacted Black Codes

Mississippi legislature enacted Black Codes which restricted the rights and freedom of movement of the freedmen. The Black Codes enacted in Mississippi and other Southern states virtually reenslaved the freedmen. In some states any white could arrest any Black. In order states minor officials could

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Nov

1865

South Carolina citizens endorsed constitutional

South Carolina citizens endorsed constitutional convention and selected delegates. Records indicated that 66,418 Blacks and 2350 whites voted for the convention and 2278 whites voted against holding a convention. The total vote cast was 71,046. Not a single Black voted against the convention.

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Nov

1867

If there were a vaccine to protect against covid-19, would you get it? (Part 1)

Black people are trapped between a rock and a hard place when it comes to medical

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George Murray

George Murray was, without a doubt, one of the most remarkable citizens of his time. A teacher, farmer, land developer and federal customs inspector, the former slave would go on to become a United States Congressman and a noted

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Nov

2012

Bill Picket National Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame

Bill Picket became the fist Black elected to the National Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame.

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Dec

1971

Guest Editorial: Decisions to reopen will be evaluated at the polls

Those who feel most vulnerable to the novel coronavirus disease—COVID-19 —are moving with extreme caution, while others are ignoring social distancing guidelines and protesting mask-less for business to reopen as

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MLB and City of Houston Parks Department Agree to Continue MLB Youth Academy at Sylvester Turner Park

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Honors Our Nation’s Veterans, Service Members and Their Families with a Congressional Memorial Day Ceremony

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The Loss of a Big Brother

Migos’ Quavo Celebrates High School Graduation by Dropping a New Song

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“Equal Protection under the Law”

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