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Danville, VA coup and massacre
A political coup and a race riot. On November 3, white conservatives in Danville, Virginia, seized control of the local government, racially integrated and popularly elected, killing four African-Americans in the process.
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Nov
3
1883
Arthur E. Johnson
Arthur E. Johnson was Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategic Development for Lockheed Martin Corporation. Johnson contributed over 20 years of senior leadership experience in the information technology and defense industry. Prior to Lockheed Martin, Johnson served as President and Chief
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Kimberly A. Nelson
Kim Nelson is senior vice president of External Relations, and president of the General Mills
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Black Entertainment Television (BET) (1980-- )
Black Entertainment Television (BET) is a Viacom–owned cable network based in Washington, D.C. The cable channel is viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide. As of 2010 it was the most prominent television network targeting young black-American audiences and was the leading provider of black
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Alexander, Archer (ca. 1810-1879)
Archer Alexander was born into slavery on a Virginia plantation around the year 1810.  His likeness, in face and figure, immortalizes all American slaves on a monument to emancipation that stands in Lincoln Park in Washington, D. C. The bronze monument Emancipation, also known as the Freedmens
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Black Population in 1970
In 1970, 51 percent of Boston's African-Americans had been born outside of Massachusetts and had migrated to the state, and most of the newcomers (29 percent of the entire Black population) were of southern origin.
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) (1986- )
Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD), founded in 1986 in New York City, is one of the oldest organizations working toward the welfare of black gay men in the United States. They began offering services for persons with AIDS toward the beginning of the US pandemic which started in
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The need for a national Black coronavirus task force –
Need for task force There are spotty scientific and educational research and statistics concerning racial demographics across the country and limited conversations with discussions about the state of Black America during this age of the coronavirus
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Temperance Society
In the early 1830s Jane Putnam and Susan Paul formed a temperance society. In 1833 the group was responsible for 114 African-Americans taking the 'cold water pledge' denouncing liquor. Two years later in 1835 the New England Temperance Society of People of Color was formed.
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
Biography of W.E.B. Du Bois
Throughout his career as a sociologist, historian, educator, and sociopolitical activist, William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois argued for immediate racial equality for African-Americans. His emergence as an African-American leader paralleled the rise of  Jim Crow laws of the South and the
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Feb
23
1868
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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Liberia
Liberia /l aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə/  (  listen), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its west, Guinea to its north and Ivory Coast to its east. It covers an area of 111,369 square kilometers (43,000 sq mi) and has a population of
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Jul
26
1847
Charles Chesnutt Born
Charles Chesnutt, one of the first African-Americans to gain a national audience, is born in Cleveland Ohio.
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Jun
20
1858
Danny Glover
Daniel Lebern Glover, or more commonly known as Danny Glover, is an American actor who has starred in over 70 Hollywood films. Born in San Francisco, California on July 22, 1946, the 68 year old actor officially started a career in acting in 1979. Glover also occasionally enjoys the role of
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Jul
22
1946
Coronavirus Update: Black Churches Nationwide Are Losing Their Leaders to COVID-19
A recent ABC News analysis of coronavirus deaths found that many African American faith leaders have lost their
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Still Unbroken: Acknowledging African-American Community Leaders during COVID-19
Black leaders, along with state and city officials have largely been the heroes to assume the responsibility of protecting their constituents from both the virus and federal
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Coronavirus reaches Dadaab refugee camp
Two residents of the Dadaab complex have tested positive for Covid-19, the United Nations refugee agency has
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Really? Why are we Celebrating Black History Month - Carter G Woodson
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February 11, Robert Weaver sworn in as
February 11, Robert Weaver sworn in as administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, highest federal post to date by a Black American.
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Feb
11
1961
The Best of Reclaiming Kin: Helpful Tips on Researching Your Roots
Genealogist Robyn Smith discusses the “roots” of her new book, The Best of Reclaiming Kin: Helpful Tips On Researching Your Roots.” The book is acompilation of posts from the popular website that focus on teaching family historians genealogical research skills and introducing them
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Miss. Plan disenfranchises Blacks
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Nov
1
1890
Nation of Islam Leader
Minister Louis Farrakhan, raised in Roxbury and a 1950 graduate of English High School, has been the national leader of the Nation of Islam since 1977, following the death of the founder of the Nation, Elijah Muhammad. While viewed by some as controversial, Minister Farrakhan and the Nation of
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Birmingham Mayor Woodfin joins ‘HBCU Students for Biden’ Town Hall
On Thursday, Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin joined the national Co-Chairs of “HBCU Students for Biden” to discuss Vice President Biden’s policies and to answer
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Why Not Everyone Supports Black History Month
Black History Month originated in 1925 when the second week of February was made Negro History Week since it contained the birthdays of abolitionist Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln. Hari Sreenivasan reports on how some African-Americans now oppose the idea of dedicating a special
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African-American musical theater
African-American musical theater relates to the historic musical theater of the African American community, particularly prominent in New York City during the first half of the 20th
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Dr. Carter G Woodson: "The Father of Black History"
Woodson would choose the second week of February to celebrate Negro History Week because of the birth days of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. He also would provide many different types of black institutions with information and instruction on what Negro History Week was and why it had
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Mental Health and Me: A Discussion About Blackness and Mental Health
Dr. Ragsdale (BG): We look at mental health as black people based on our
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Stanfield, Sylvia Gaye (1943- )
Sylvia Stanfield, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor, took up her post as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Brunei in November 1999. President William J. Clinton appointed Ambassador Stanfield to the
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9
1999
African-Americans in 1790
There were 766 African-Americans (4 percent of the population) counted in Boston in the first United State Census in 1790.
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Charles Mahoney, first Black Americandelegate to the UN, dies
Charles Mahoney, first Black American delegate to the UN, dies
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29
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