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Volunteer with My Block, My Hood, My City This Weekend
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Minneapolis burning should not come as a surprise
This has been building in Minneapolis for years, and it likely started boiling as protesters reminded us, in December of 1990 with the murder of Tycel Nelson by cowardly Minneapolis cop Dan May, who ironically is still with the department as a high-ranking
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‘The Pandemic Of Racism’ Killed George Floyd, Says Family Attorney At Memorial
The attorney for George Floyd’s family, Ben Crump, said the “pandemic of racism” was responsible for Floyd’s death last week at the hands of
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READ: Former President Barack Obama's 'Graduate Together' speech | The Atlanta Voice
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Scholarships for African Americans - Black Scholarships
Education is the ultimate right of every child regardless of which race, religion or nation he or she belongs to. To promote this ideal and get as many children to get educated, various incentives are given to people who can’t afford it. The early education is free for most people but it is the
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Online art sale to help Woodson Museum scholarship recipients whose education is now in jeopardy
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(1884), Alexander Crummell, “Excellence, an End of the Trained Intellect”
In an address to women of  the graduating class of the Colored High School in Washington, D.C. on  June 6th 1884, Rev. Alexander Crummell urges them to put their intellect and their education in the service of racial advancement.  The address appears
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Africa: Harnessing Tech to Employ Last-Mile Tree Planters in a COVID-19 World
The year 2020 started with such optimism and hope for nature-based solutions and environmental social and governance investments were high on the agenda at Davos; the World Economic Forum launched the 1 Trillion Trees campaign, backed by Salesforce; BlackRock's CEO sent an open letter to industry
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Pandemic Power: Black women mayors shine during COVID-19 Crisis
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Sports Icons And Influencers Come Together To Support The Jesse Owens Foundation
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NAACP Educational Counseling Committee
The Boston Branch of the NAACP founded its Educational Counseling Committee in 1948 to provide higher education information and guidance to Black young people in Boston high schools. Twenty years later in 1968 the Committee counseled over 340 students and awarded $20,000 in direct college aid to 60
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Dr. Conrad Worrill goes home to his ancestors | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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Ella Jones makes history as Ferguson’s first black mayor
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A young farmer's desire to speak with Audley Shaw
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Nkom, Alice (1945- )
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MLB and City of Houston Parks Department Agree to Continue MLB Youth Academy at Sylvester Turner Park
The Houston Parks and Recreation Department recently announced the Houston Parks and Recreation Department, Major League Baseball Youth Foundation and the Astros Foundation, are extending the operating agreement between the entities for the MLB Youth Academy at Sylvester Turner
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Uganda: MPs Query Nytil Masks Contract
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Tupac in Sarajevo: The Rise of Rebellion Rap in Eastern Europe
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On October 20, 1946, seventy-eight year old W.E.B DuBois delivered the address at the closing session of the Southern Youth Legislature in Columbia South Carolina.  Although this was one of his last major orations, he used the occasion to inspire his audience to continue the struggle for racial
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Africa's Young People Get Boost From New Partnership
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Black Indians: A Personal and Historic Journey
William Loren Katz has devoted his life to researching and writing African American history.  In the following account written to describe the reissue of one of his most successful books, Black Indians, he describes how he became an historian of African America and particularly the black
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A. Philip Randolph Institute (1965- )
The A. Philip Randolph Institute was founded by and named for labor leader Asa Philip Randolph, who was the longtime president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union. Randolph and his friend and fellow activist Bayard Rustin founded APRI in 1965 after their successful 1963 March on
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University of California to Eliminate ACT and SAT Test Requirements Until 2024
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(2013) Ben Carson's Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast
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