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Church in Faneuil Hall
While Black people in Boston attended white churches after the American Revolution, increasing incidents of racial discrimination moved them to request the use of Fanueil Hall for religious meetings. Permission was granted in 1789 and the non-denominational prayer services led to the establishment
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
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The Black Crisis in the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis
Dr. Maulana Karenga, chair of the Department of Africana Studies at CSU Long Beach, wants the Black community to make sure that physical distancing during the pandemic does not interfere with relationships or establishing
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Author discusses book on Jackson State shootings of 1970
Eleven days later, (white) employees of the Jackson, Miss., police and the Mississippi Highway Patrol opened fire on a protest outside a women's dormitory at historically black Jackson State College (now
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Gary Declaration, National Black Political Convention, 1972
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List of topics related to the African diaspora
List of topics related to the African diaspora - Wikipedia
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Watts riots
The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion,[1] took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to
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11
1965
Alice Walker Quotes
Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, has written fiction about African American womens experience. Alice Walker has also been an activist on environmental, feminist, and womanist causes, as well as working for racial and economic
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NAACP launches #WeAreDoneDying Campaign to take action against killings of African Americans
Washington, D.C. – The NAACP has launched its #WeAreDoneDying campaign, aimed at exposing the inequities embedded into the American health care system and the country at
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Stanley Crouch
Stanley Crouch , (born December 14, 1945, Los Angeles, California, U.S.), American journalist and critic noted for his range of interests and for his outspoken essays on African American arts, politics, and
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Source: Brittanica
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1945
Mathews, Meredith (1919-1992)
Prominent social and civic leader in African American Seattle, Washington, Meredith Mathews was born in Thomaston, Georgia on September 14, 1919.  He attended public schools in Georgia and then moved to Ohio for college.  He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Wilberforce University in
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Source: Black Past
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1992
History of African Americans in Detroit
In 2002, within the city of Detroit there were 771,966 black residents, making up 81.2% of the population.[1] That year it was also, out of all of the U.S. cities with 100,000 or more people, the city with the second highest percentage of black people.[2] Southfield had a black population
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The Fly Jock: Black Twitter Gives Strong Salute To The Legend Tom Joyner
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Frenchtown, Houston, Texas (1922- )
Frenchtown, a community built in 1922 in Houston, Texas, was constructed by hundreds of Creole descendants of free French, Spanish, and African people living in southwestern Louisiana in the eighteenth century. Coming to Houston for economic opportunities, they settled and created this community
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Source: Black Past
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Jones, Bill T. (1952- )
Bill T. Jones, Artistic Director/Co-Founder/Dancer/Choreographer of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company was born on February 15, 1952 in Bunnell, Florida. Jones’ prolific career as a choreographer has brought him international acclaim. Awards include: 2007 Tony Award for his choreography in
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Source: Black Past
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Feb
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1952
Africans Vs African Americans The Split
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C. Delores Tucker: Social Activist and Politician
Cynthia Delores Tucker was a civil rights activist, politician and advocate for African-American women. Best known for her participation in theand later for taking a strongly condemning misogynistic and violent rap lyrics, Tucker advocated for the rights of women and minority groups in the United
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2005
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a research library of the New York Public Library (NYPL) and an archive repository for information on people of African descent worldwide. Located at 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue) between West 135th and 136th Streets in the Harlem
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Source: Black Past
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Black Lives Matter: The Growth of a New Social Justice Movement
In the article below, Syracuse University historian Herbert Ruffin explores the rapid rise of the Black Lives Matter Movement as the most recent development in the ongoing struggle for racial and social justice in the United
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Lecture 14 | African-American Freedom Struggle (Stanford)
Lecture 14 of Clay Carsons Introduction to African-American History Course (HIST 166) concentrating on the Modern Freedom Struggle (Fall 2007). This class session is a guest lecture by Elaine Brown on the Black Panther Party. Recorded November 13, 2007 at Stanford
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2007
Leland, Mickey (1944-1989)
George Thomas Mickey Leland, III was born in Lubbock, Texas on November 27, 1944, to Alice and George Thomas Leland, Jr. Mickey Leland and his family soon moved to Houston’s Fifth Ward where he attended Phillis Wheatley High School and later Texas Southern University where he earned a Bachelors
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Source: Black Past
Oct
30
1989
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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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A Definition of Grand Apartheid
Apartheid is often loosely divided into two parts: petty and grand apartheid. Petty Apartheid was the most visible side of Apartheid. It was the segregation of facilities based on race. Grand Apartheid refers to the underlying limitations placed on black South Africans’ access to land and political
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Kiratiana’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival
Many think Rio de Janeiro only has an elaborate Samba school parade every year that features half-naked
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Mental health treatment still stigmatized by some
Blacks are 20% more likely to experience serious mental health problems than the general
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When Blacks Succeed: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
This is part six, the final section of the award winning documentary, When Blacks Succeed: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot
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Black Nova Scotians
Black Nova Scotians are Black Canadians whose ancestors fled the Colonial United States as slaves or freemen, and later settled in Nova Scotia, Canada during the 18th and early 19th centuries.[5] As of the 2011 Census of Canada, 20,790 black people live in Nova Scotia,[2] most in Halifax, though
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Hundreds Demand Justice for Ahmaud Arbery at Georgia Rally
— Justice for Ahmaud Arbery, a black man killed during a pursuit by a white man and his son in Georgia, isn’t just prison time for his killers — it’s changes in a local justice system that never charged them with a crime, rallygoers said
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African-American newspapers
African-American newspapers are newspapers in the United States that cater to primarily African-American audiences. Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm started the first African-American periodical called Freedoms Journal in 1827. During the antebellum South, other African-American newspapers
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