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By tackling racism head on in songs such as “Burn Hollywood Burn,” “911 Is a Joke” and “By the Time I Get to Arizona,” rap outfit Public Enemy emerged during the late 1980s as one of the most politically charged music groups in history. This Public Enemy

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Despite the presence of Jim Crow Era laws and politics, African-Americans attempted to reach achieve equality by creating organizations that would help them lobby few anti-lynching legislation and achieve prosperity. Here are several African-American men and women who worked to change life for

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OP-ED: Joe Biden attacks freethinking Black Americans while President Trump empowers them

At the end of a recent interview on the very popular radio show, “The Breakfast Club,” Joe Biden said, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you

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Tupac Shakur (also known by his stage name of 2Pac) was legendary rap and hip-hop musician. He was born in New York City in 1971 to Billy Garland and Afeni Shakur, both activists of a revolutionary black nationalist organization named “Black Panthers”. His name, Tupac Amaru

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Astros legend Bob ‘The Bull’ Watson dies at 74

HOUSTON — Bob “The Bull” Watson, the first African-American GM to win a World Series, died Thursday due to kidney

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Louis Farrakhan

Louis Farrakhan, born as Louis Eugene Wolcott, is a Muslim American, known most popularly as a leader of the Islamic organization Nation of Islam (NOI). He was born on May 11, 1933 in The Bronx, New York. Farrakhan’s family had a difficult life, as he never knew his biological father and the family

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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Mass Testing for Taxi Moto Operators

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Timbuktu tĭm˝bŭkto͞o´, tĭmbŭk´to͞o [key], city (1987 pop. 31,925), central Mali, near the Niger River. Connected with the Niger by a series of canals, Timbuktu is served by the small river port of Kabara. Its salt trade and handicraft industries make it an important meeting place for the nomadic

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Spike Lee talks drafting story for ‘NBA 2K16′ video game

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Congressman Denny Heck, Olympia, Washington

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Sims, Ronald Cordell (1948- )

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June 9 Democratic Primary Candidate Kylon Middleton Will Bring Moral Compass To Charleston County Council

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