Why is It Important to Continue to Preserve Controversial Monuments?

VIDEO: Activists demand D.C. ‘Defund’ police amid peaceful protests after city renames street ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’ | Afro

Washington — Thousands marched and protested against police brutality in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, keeping the May 25 death of George Floyd on the White House’s collective mind by demanding the city defund its police

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Mississippi Lawmakers Vote to Remove Rebel Emblem from Flag

By Emily Wagster Pettus

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We Of Black America Are Not Afraid To Use Our Voice

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African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968)

African-American Civil Rights Movement redirects here. For the movement in the early 20th century, see African-American Civil Rights Movement (1896–1954). For the movement in the 19th century, see African-American Civil Rights Movement

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Charles Rangel

Charles Bernard Rangel is a lawyer, politician and civil rights activist. He was born on June 11, 1930, in New York City. His parents married at a very young age, and his eldest brother Ralph was born three years after their marriage. Charles followed seven years after that and his sister Frances

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11

1930

Bill in Georgia senate would prohibit Confederate monuments

ATLANTA, GA – In light of recent protests against systemic racism, and outrage resurfacing about Confederate monuments, State Rep. Shelly Hutchinson (D – Snellville) filed House Bill 1212, to prohibit the display of monuments and other markers related to the Confederate States of America on public

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Important Cities in African-American History

African Americans have contributed tremendously to the culture of the United States. First brought to America hundreds of years ago to work as slaves, blacks won their freedom after the 19th century Civil War. However, many blacks remained very poor and moved throughout the country seeking better

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Lowry, Henry Berry (c. 1846-1872)

In 1853, the Lumbee Indians, a triracial people who are descendants of several southeastern Indian tribes, whites, and African Americans, named themselves after the Lumber River, which flows through their homeland in North Carolina. According to the Lumbee historian Adolph Dial, they are also

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Josephine Baker

Who Was Josephine

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June 12, 1963: Medgar Evers Was Assassinated

In the early morning, just hours after President John F. Kennedy’s speech on national television in support of civil rights, Evers pulled into his driveway after returning from a meeting with NAACP

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Wisconsin man spotted walking his dog in KKK robe, hood

A distressing photo emerged online over the weekend showing a man wearing a KKK hood and robe while walking his dog in rural

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The klan gains to many members

Study compiled by the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith indicated a sharp rise in Ku Klux Klan activity. Study said Klan membership in 22 states increased from 8,000 to 10,000 in the twenty-month period ending in November, 1979, and that the number of sympathizers grew from 30,000 to 100,000.

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Nov

15

1979

Denver Neighborhood with Ties to KKK Recommends Name Change

DENVER (AP) — A Denver neighborhood voted Wednesday to recommend changing its name after a yearslong debate over its association with a former mayor with ties to the Ku Klux

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KKK member behind 1963 bombing of 16th St Baptist Church dies

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Clergy and Residents to City: Address Police Brutality and Socioeconomic Inequities

Rev. Nelson Johnson of Beloved Community Center spoke on the group’s recommendations to address policing, including an apology from the City of Greensboro on the police department’s role in the 1979 Greensboro

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Malcolm X

Malcolm X was a civil rights leader, spokesman for black nationalism and leader of the Nation of Islam, and had a major influence on the political and social thinking of African Americans. His birth name was Malcolm Little and he was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska to Louise and Earl

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Feb

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1965

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest , (born July 13, 1821, near Chapel Hill, Tennessee, U.S.—died October 29, 1877, Memphis, Tennessee), Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War (1861–65) who was often described as a “born military genius.” His rule of action, “Get there first

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Source: Brittanica

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1821

25 Facts about Marcus Mosiah Garvey – Black History Studies

Marcus Garvey worked at the offices of the African Times and Orient Review journal under the leadership of Duse Mohammed Ali, the famous Black nationalist and

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Evers Fight Against Injustice Lives Through Current Athletes

Evers led the march for desegregation of public schools in his home state of Mississippi as an activist following the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board decision which ruled segregated public schools were

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Olympia, Washington activists at George Floyd protest chant ‘All cops are bastards!’

OLYMPIA, Washington—Protesters who marched Tuesday in Olympia, Washington remained peaceful but made their feelings about law enforcement plain, chanting on the steps of the state capitol that Americans who wear law-enforcement badges are

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The 1928 Bunion Derby: America’s Brush with Integrated Sports

In the following account sports historian Charles Kastner describes the Bunion Derby, the 1928 cross country footrace that captured the nation’s attention in the spring of 1928 and the remarkable group of black runners who participated in that event. For a detailed discussion of the race, see

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May

26

1928

KKK activities effects Oklahoma

Governor said Oklahoma was in a state of Virtual rebellion and insurrection because of KKK activities. Martial Law was declared.

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Sep

15

1923

Tennessee lawmakers adjourn without addressing race, reform

NASHVILLE — Tennessee’s Black lawmakers came back to the Capitol earlier this month with a request for their White colleagues: Advance public policy to send modest signals that say, “Yes, Black lives do

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Ku Klux Klan received charter from Fulton County,

Ku Klux Klan received charter from Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court. Modern Klan spread to Alabama and other Southern state and reached height of its influence in the twenties. By 1924 the organization was strong in Oklahoma, Indiana, California, Oregon, Indiana, and Ohio. At the height of its

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Dec

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1915

Ku Klux Klan

First national meeting of the Ku Klux Klan held at the Maxwell House in Nashville, Tenn.

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Apr

24

1867

From Finland to “Not in My Neighborhood”: Antero Pietila's Journey To and Through Racially Divided America

In the article below Antero Pietila, longtime reporter for the Baltimore Sun, describes his arrival as a Finnish immigrant in the United States as the nation was being convulsed by the Civil Rights Movement. Pietila describes his initial introduction into the nations racial dilemma through Harlem

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How artist Emma Amos challenged racism and sexism through anonymous groups

Art museum director, Sharon Patton, summarizes her works thus: “Amos’s sequence of paintings is anecdotal, but the objective of each is the same: to argue constructively against norms in the field of art as well as

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A. Philip Randolph

Asa Philip Randolph[1] (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, and socialist political

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Trading racism claims, Tennessee House stays in tense divide

“I see people that look like me unarmed and getting killed in these streets, and our budget doesn’t address it,” said Democratic Rep. Antonio Parkinson, an African American lawmaker from

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(1951) Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Addresses the NAACP National Convention

In 1951 Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, then President of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, was, was already one of the most prominent African American educators in the United States. He influenced hundreds of young African Americans who came under his tutelage including undergraduate students at

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