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Hiawatha Williams Recreation Center named! - Garland Journal

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Dallas Park Board recently voted to rename Cummings Recreation Center to Hiawatha Williams Recreation Center in honor of the community philanthropist and founder of Williams Chicken.

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Edythe Turnham Orchestra
Also called Edythe Turnham and her Knights of Syncopation, the Edythe Turnham Orchestra was a prominent fixture in the Seattle music scene during its “Jazz Age” (1920-1933).  It was led by the husband and wife team of Edythe and Floyd Turnham and was one of the two main Seattle bands to
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Apr
30
1926
Reggie Bush
Name at birth: Reginald Alfred Bush II
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Texas Admitted as a Slave State
Texas became a slave state.
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Dec
29
1845
Border Love on the Rio Grande: African American Men and Latinas in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas (1850-1940)
The area of South Texas known as the Lower Rio Grande Valley became in the period between the U.S. Civil War and World War I one of the few regions south of the Mason-Dixon Line where racial miscegenation laws were frequently challenged.  As a consequence a small but significant number of prominent
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Craig Washington wins a special congressional election in Texas' 18 th District
Craig Washington wins a special congressional election in Texas 18 th District to fill the seat vacated by the death of Mickey Leland.
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Dec
9
1989
House Judiciary Committee opened hearings to
House Judiciary Committee opened hearings to decide whether to recommend the impeachment of President Nixon in the Watergate controversy. Two Blacks Rep. John Conyers of Michigan and Rep. Barbara Jordan of Texas were members of the committee.
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Sponsored by Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (MBLA)
May
9
1974
A List of Holidays of Interest to African Americans
More holidays appear on U.S. calendars each year than Americans can keep up with, including those of particular interest to African Americans. But the general public may not understand what such holidays commemorate. Take Kwanzaa, for instance. Much of the public has at least heard of the holiday
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Race riots, Longview and Gregg counties
Race riots, Longview and Gregg counties, Texas. Martial law declared. There were twenty-six riots during the Red Summer of 1919.
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Jul
13
1919
Black Art Posters|Black Art Prints|Slavery In America|Affordable And Historical Art
http://bit.ly/M6R5tf Our Black History Art Prints & Posters Collection consists of fine art prints and posters that showcase some of the most memorable moments, personalities, images and themes from the Slavery Era in US
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Appiah, Kwame Anthony and Henry Louis Gates Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience Yes
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10 Best New Hip-Hop Artists of 2011
Big Sean has been patiently waiting in Kanyes wings for years now. He signed to G.O.O.D Music in 2007 but only has a bunch of guest verses and two ominously titled mixtapes to show for it. Look for Sean to expand on his Finally Famous mixtape series with the release of a similarly titled debut
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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
Why Black Men Are A Laughing Stock In America?
Why Women Love Chasing Thugs? - Duration: 2:42:46. Advise Show Media 111,629 views
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Ailey, Alvin (1931-1989)
Alvin Ailey was born in Rodgers, Texas during the Great Depression. He overcame racism, poverty, and homophobia to become one of the most celebrated choreographers in American history. His single teenage mother Lula Ailey washed clothes, picked cotton, and worked in domestic service in various
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Cleaver, Emanuel (1944- )
Reverend Emanuel Cleaver II, born in Waxahachie, Texas in 1944, is best known as the first African American mayor of Kansas City, Missouri.  Cleaver, who grew up in a public housing project in Wichita Falls, Texas, graduated from Prairie View A & M University in Texas with a B.S. in Sociology
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Texas constitutional convention
Texas constitutional convention (nine Blacks, eighty-one whites) met in Austin.
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Jun
1
1868
Edmonia Lewis: First Acclaimed African-American Sculptor
In 1865, Edmonia Lewis set sail for Rome. On her passport it was written, M. Edmonia Lewis is a Black girl sent by subscription to Italy having displayed great talents as a sculptor. Lewis was the first African-American woman to be recognized as a sculptor. Throughout her life and career, Lewis
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William Hooper Councill’s Letter to the White People of Alabama, 1901
Most scholars of today imagine Booker T. Washington as the major accommodationist and black political conservative of the era.  There were others including Professor William Hooper Councill, the founder and  first President of the Huntsville Normal School which today is Alabama
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Nov
28
1901
Chamillionaire
Name at birth: Hakeem Seriki
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Algeria
Nearly four times the size of Texas and the largest country on the continent, Algeria is bordered on the west by Morocco and Western Sahara and on the east by Tunisia and Libya. The Mediterranean Sea is to the north, and to the south are Mauritania, Mali, and Niger. The Saharan region, which is
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The Texas Emancipation Proclamation (June 19, 1865)
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Jun
19
1865
Black Indians: A Personal and Historic Journey
William Loren Katz has devoted his life to researching and writing African American history.  In the following account written to describe the reissue of one of his most successful books, Black Indians, he describes how he became an historian of African America and particularly the black
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Kirk, Ronald (1954-- )
Ronald Ron Kirk is the U.S. Trade Representative for U.S. President Barack Obama.  Kirk was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 18, 2009, and officially sworn in two days later.  Kirk is the 16th trade representative and the first African American to hold the Cabinet-level post.  As trade
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Sponsored by APEX Museum
Mar
18
2009
Gleaton, Tony (1948-2015)
Leo Antony Tony Gleaton is an African American photographer, scholar, and artist who is best known for his photographic images capturing and documenting the African influence in the American West and Central and South America. Gleaton, the youngest son of an elementary school teacher and police
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Sponsored by BARBinc
Jul
23
2015
(1949) Ralph J. Bunche, “The Barriers of Race Can be Surmounted”
In his years as a Howard University professor in the 1930s, Ralph J. Bunche subscribed to Marxist ideas.  However by 1949 Bunche was Acting United Nations Mediator for Palestine and had become much more conservative.  His then contemporary views were reflected in a commencement address given at
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May
30
1949
The Record - March 1998 | National Archives
Exploring the Life and History of the Buffalo Soldiers
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Sponsored by Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA) Boston Professional Chapter
(1988) Rev. Jesse Jackson, “Keep Hope Alive.”
In 1988, Rev. Jesse Jackson made a second unsuccessful run for the Democratic Nomination for President, losing out to Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis.  Jackson, however, gave another major address at the Democratic National Convention which met in Atlanta, Georgia.  The address, delivered on
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Thurman Thomas
Thurman Lee Thomas is a retired professional football player who played as a running back with the Buffalo Bills. He was born on May 16, 1966 in Houston Texas. He started playing football at a young age. He was part of his high school football team at Missouri City Junior High School and
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May
16
1966
Beatrice Morrow Cannady and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Oregon, 1912-1936
In the article below, Kimberley Mangun, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at The University of Utah, describes how she “discovered” Beatrice Morrow Cannady, an editor who spent nearly 25 years advocating civil rights in Oregon. Cannady used her Portland-based
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Aug
19
1974
Jackson-Lee, Sheila (1950 - )
Sheila Jackson-Lee was born on January 12, 1950 in Queens, New York.   She graduated from Jamaica High School in Queens, New York in 1968.  She then graduated from Yale University in Connecticut with a B.A. in political science in 1972 followed in 1975 by a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law
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12
1950

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