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1951
Clarence's Hollywood
Katherine Stockett’s excellent novel, The Help, is about the African American maids who worked in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1960s. Stockett reflects the brutal realties of 20th Century slavery being carried out in pretentious southern white households that continued from
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With hard hats and T-squares at the ready, students from the University of Memphis are taking part in a learning opportunity offered by the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change. Renovations under the management of RKA Construction and A2H Engineers Architects and Planners are underway at
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What is the future for Saudi Arabia in Africa? [BusinessAfrica] | Africanews
Investing in Africa is certainly nothing new for Riyadh, but this time it seems that the Saudis are determined to catch up on the African continent.
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Ghana- Reparations Summit Proposes Global Fund to Compensate for Slavery
At a reparations conference in Ghana, delegates decided to create a Global Reparation Fund to advocate for the long-overdue payment of reparations to the millions of Africans who were held as slaves during the transatlantic slave trade centuries ago. Over 12 million Africans were forcibly abducted
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Octavia Spencer
Octavia Spencer is a contemporary African American actress. She is recognized for her role in the film, The Help, as an outspoken maid. For her remarkable performance she won the prestigious Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award among other
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Josephine Baker
Born: 6/3/1906 St. Louis, MissouriDied: 4/12/1975 Paris, FranceJosephine Baker was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress who came to be known in various circles as the Black Pearl, Bronze Venus and even the Creole Goddess. Born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri,Baker was
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Black ThenMurray Henderson: Philanthropist & Funeral Home Operator
Murray Henderson was a philanthropist who started and operated his own funeral home. Henderson was born January 2, 1883 in Algiers. He attended McDonogh No. 5 Elementary School. He later studied as an apprentice at the John A. Barrett Funeral Home. Henderson started his funeral home business in
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Gordon Parks
Belonging to Fort Scott, Kansas, Gordon Parks was born on November 30, 1912 to a family whose head was a vegetable farmer. Being black, Parks faced extreme forms of discrimination as a child and was forced to attend a segregated elementary school. His race also prohibited him from active
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12 Must See Black History Movies
Decades of struggle and hardship paid off when United States elected a black president. It is still too early to say that discrimination has been completely abolished from U.S as different races are being targeted instead of blacks. The blacks who used to be traded to western countries and kept as
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'Gone With The Wind' Returns To HBO Max With Intro By Expert In African American Film
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