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The Cost of Water Could Help Determine Who Wins the Election in Michigan

… identified two groups of African American voters in Detroit – … an outsize impact on Black Americans, who were nearly … over 90 percent – of African Americans nationwide stated that concerns about … over 90 percent of Black Americans believe that the presidential …

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Alex Haley wrote Roots, one of the most celebrated novels of the 1970s. Haley spent 20 years in the Coast Guard (1939-59) then began a second career as a writer, working for magazines ranging from Readers Digest to Playboy. Haley was a ghostwriter on his first major book: The Autobiography of

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There is one profound truth this coming November – the Democratic Party knows it needs the support of black voters to win the 2020 presidential

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Elijah Muhammad

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In 1896, the Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal was constitutional through the Plessy v. Ferguson case. Immediately local and state laws were created and in some cases, enhanced to prohibit African-Americans from participating fully in American society. However, almost

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The 1850s were a turbulent time in American history. For African-Americans—freed and enslaved— the decade was marked by great achievements as well as setbacks. For instance, several states established personal liberty laws to counter the negative impact of the Fugitive Slave Law of

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'Train Up a Child': North Carolina Father Goes Viral for Teaching 8-Year-Old Son Financial Literacy

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Africa: Diaspora African Forum Demands Justice for George Floyd

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