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2020, the year of Americas fall - Dallas Examiner
By SUSAN K. SMITH Crazy Faith Ministries It seems that America’s privileged White citizens are running scared. The people – not just Black people – but a huge swath of America’s people – [...] The post 2020, the year of Americas fall appeared first on Dallas Examiner.
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Aint Ready for This Jelly: Networks Ban Ad Featuring Thick Women in Panties
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Kanye West Says He’s ‘Definitely Voting’ This Election And ‘We Know’ Who He’s Supporting
He won’t be told "which white person I can vote on.”
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Hampton Inn employee fired after calling police on Black family at pool - TheGrio
A white Hampton Inn employee has been fired a viral Facebook Live video showed her calling the police on a Black family just for using the hotels swimming pool in Williamston, North Carolina. In a nearly 10-minute clip, a white hotel employee and two Williamston police officers are shown
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Singer Roberta Flack born
b. 10 February 1937, Asheville, North Carolina, USA. Born into a musical family, Flack graduated from Howard University with a BA in music. She was discovered singing and playing jazz in a Washington nightclub by pianist Les McCann, who recommended her talents to Atlantic Records. Two classy
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Feb
10
1940
Toms Surprise: Chante Moore
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Aha- First Dynastic King of Egypt
Ka Ma Ma ha, or Narmer Mena (Menes of the Greeks), was born to a petty king of Upper Egypt (Southern Egypt) around 3200BC. Not much is known of Ahas father other than he was ruler in Egypts southern lands where the totemic symbol of the Horus-falcon was prevalent. Most probably Ahas family bore
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1998
3.7 million Blacks Not Counted in 2010 Census — The Sacramento Observer
(TriceEdneyWire.com) - A special report released by the National Urban League reveals that the U. S. Census Bureau omitted at least 3.7 million African-Americans from its 2010 count, nearly five times the 800,000 'undercount' that the bureau has long reported. Largely due to the Coronavirus, the
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Homegrown: Featuring Lenora - Houston Forward Times
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Chenault Promoted in American Express
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Jan
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1997
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By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War. A broad coalition of
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(2004) Bill Cosby, “The Pound Cake Speech”
On May 17, 2004, the NAACP staged a gala celebration at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Comedian, actor, and philanthropist Bill Cosby was asked to deliver the main address. Cosby
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17
2004
Black People Suffer Disproportionately from Dementia Crisis
By Dr. Lucille Ridgill Alzheimer’s disease (the most common type of dementia) is the 6th leading cause of death among White people, but the 4th leading cause of death for Black people like me. The Black population age 65+ is projected to more than double in size in the next 10 years, which means
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Reparations, White Philanthropy And HBCUs: Why Funding Black Education Would Be A Great Start Towards Repairing Historical Inequities
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Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louis Norton Little, was a homemaker occupied with the familys eight children. His father, Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Earls civil
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May
19
1925
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On July 1, 1987, for the first time in history, there were three African American women serving as Presidents of Four Year Colleges and Universities in America.They were - Dr. Niara Sudarkasa- President of Lincoln University in Pennslyvania; Dr. Johnetta Cole, President of Spelman College in
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Jul
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1987
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Jul
16
2009
Naomi Campbell Goes Full Hazmat Legend On Airplane
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Negro History week originated by Carter G.Woodson isobserved for the first tim
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Feb
7
1926
The Ethel Waters Show
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Jun
14
1939
Social Movements Throughout History Prove Change Takes Time
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Starz Announces ‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Will Premiere In September
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21
1832
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24
1965
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