You Have Choices, Okay? 5 Mental Health Lessons From That Roller Coaster Ride Of An ‘Insecure’ Episode

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You Have Choices, Okay? 5 Mental Health Lessons From That Roller Coaster Ride Of An ‘Insecure’ Episode

See what I’m saying? Just last week, when I first unpacked the mental health issues the characters of Insecure are dealing with, I was writing about decisions…and healing from decisions. […]

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(1857) Charles Lenox Remond, “An Anti-Slavery Discourse”

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Dash, Julie (1952- )

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New York Slave Revolt. April 7, 1712 Nine whites were killed in a slave revolt in New York City. Planned by 27 slaves, the rebellion was begun by setting fire to an outhouse; as whites came to put the fire out, there were shot. The state militia was called out to capture the rebels and the city of

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In the following article, Janie L. Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix and the younger sister of music legend Jimi Hendrix, reflects on the lives of their grandparents, Bertram Philander Ross Hendrix and Zenora Moore. Her article reminds us of the rich entertainment heritage dating

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Percy Julian was born on April 11, 1899 in Birmingham, Alabama, one of six children. His father, a railroad mail clerk, and his mother, a school teacher stressed education to their children. This emphasis would ultimately prove successful as two sons went on to become physicians and three daughters

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Jackson Street Community Council (1946-1967)

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Stevie Wonder is an internationally renowned singer, song writer and musician. He was born on May 13, 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan. His birth name was Steveland Hardaway Judkins and as a result of being born premature, he was kept in the incubator where an over exposure to oxygen caused him to lose

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Henry McNeal Turner Born

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Kelly, Robin L. (1956– )

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(1963) Malcolm X, “Message to the Grassroots”

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(1849) Charles Sumner, “Equality Before the Law: Unconstitutionality of Separate Colored Schools in Massachusetts”

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Baird, Harry (1931-2005)

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