Ida B. Wells Barnett

Saint James AME Church, Helena, Montana (1888- )

When African American citizens founded the St. James African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Helena, Montana, in 1888, their population topped 250 people in a city of roughly 12,000 souls. Located in Helena’s eastside residential district on 114 N. Hoback, the church building rested on

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Ulysses S

Ulysses S. Grant crossed the Rapidan and began his duel with Robert E. Lee. At the same time Ben Butlers Army of the James moved on Lees forces. Black division in Grants army did not play a prominent role in Wilderness Campaign, but Ben Butler gave his Black infantrymen and his eighteen hundred

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African Methodist Episcopal Church

For individual church buildings/congregations of this name, see African Methodist Episcopal Church

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Foxx, Anthony Renard (1971- ) - Birthday

Anthony Foxx, the seventeenth United States Secretary of Transportation, was born April 30, 1971 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and raised by his mother, Laura Foxx, and grandparents James and Mary Foxx.

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COVID-19 Shutdown Means NBA Players Will Have to Pay the League Back

The NBA had proposed a 50 percent pay cut starting in April but settled on half of that to start in

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Guion "Guy" Bluford: First African American In Space

Guion Guy Bluford, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 22, 1942. His mother Lolita was a special education teacher and his father, Guion Sr. was a mechanical engineer. The Blufords encouraged all four of their sons to work hard and set their goals

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I AM Eugene H. McLin

Eugene H. McLin was city recreational director, football coach, baseball official, sports writer for the St. Petersburg Times, teacher and amateur actor and

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GoFundMe bid for brain tumour student picks up steam

The past students’ association of Anchovy High School in St James has established a GoFundMe account for Kalylia Pinnock, the 15-year-old student facing a J$242,000 monthly bill to get medical help for her Stage Two brain

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Documentary Films on Blackpast.org - Global African History - Director

Films - By Director | Films - By Title | Films - Year | Films - By Subject | Entire Site Bibliography

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Wray & Nephew pumps $35m into community bar revival

More than 500 bars in western Jamaica are set to be resuscitated from the COVID-19 slump in fortunes as Campari’s J. Wray and Nephew (JWN) pumps $35 million into a ‘Restart Pack’ initiative aimed at having an islandwide

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Cleaner seas in Kingston, MoBay

The polluted Kingston Harbour has appeared much clearer in recent weeks, with some marine scientists suggesting that the economic malaise brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is possibly a contributing

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Renovated Golf View Hotel set to reopen June 8

Peter Campbell, who along with his wife Kemilee, bought the property from the James family last year, says the break allowed major renovation which will make the hotel an even better facility, in time for its planned reopening on June

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Serena Williams is Sports Illustrated’s 2015 Sportsperson of the Year

Sports Illustrated names Serena Williams the 2015 Sportsperson of the Year. The tennis superstar dominated the sport by winning three major titles and completing her second “Serena Slam” – she won four consecutive Grand Slam titles dating back to the 2014 U.S. Open. Williams won 53 of

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Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Ida B. Wells-Barnett , née Ida Bell Wells (born July 16, 1862, Holly Springs, Mississippi, U.S.—died March 25, 1931, Chicago, Illinois), African American journalist who led an antilynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She later was active in promoting justice for African

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Blackpast.org Awards and Distinctions, 2009 to present

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Amid pain, Coke loyalty lingers

The ear-splitting sounds of mortars and the haunting memories of blood-soaked bodies are fresh in the mind of long-time Tivoli Gardens resident Jacqueline

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Local agency helps Housing Authority assist residents –

May connected HACDB with Halifax Urban Ministries (HUM), and a public-private partnership providing free food assistance for Housing Authority residents was

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LeBron James and other athletes start organization to help African Americans vote | The Atlanta Voice

NBA superstar LeBron James has partnered with other black athletes and entertainers to start a group aimed at protecting the voting rights of African Americans, The New York Times

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Obituary: Janet M. Fielder “Lady J” dies in Las Vegas at 84

Janet M. Fielder, 84, originally of Pittsburgh, died Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Las Vegas following a long battle with

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Trotter, William Monroe (1872-1934)

WilliamMonroe Trotter was a major early twentieth century civil rights activist knownprimarily for launching the first major challenge to the political dominance ofTuskegee Institute founder Booker T. Washington and as an inspiration for the formation of theNational Association for the Advancement

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Apr

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1934

Barack And Michelle Obama To Deliver Virtual Graduation Speeches To Class Of 2020

Barack and Michelle Obama will deliver a number of virtual commencement addresses to the class of 2020, as schools have adjusted, postponed or canceled their in-person graduation ceremonies due to the coronavirus

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Pray today and change your world Pray today and change your world

As people of God, we flourish when we have a good prayer

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Holly, James Theodore (1829-1911)

James Theodore Holly emigrationist, missionary, and bishop, was born in Washington, D.C on October 3, 1829. At age fourteen his family relocated to Brooklyn, New York. His father taught him the shoemaking trade. Then in 1848 he began working as an abolitionist with Lewis Tappan, one of the

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1829

The Air Jordan III Could Have Been The Last Dance For Michael Jordan & Nike

We already learned from the exceptional 10-part ESPN x Netflix documentary that Michael Jordan’s mother, Deloris, was the main reason he even took a meeting with Nike, ultimately signing with the brand and luring him away from

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After restocking, sports bar owner learns not allowed to reopen

SOME sports bar owners who have been excluded by the Government in its controlled reopening of bars say they are equipped to follow the established

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LeBron James joins athletes voicing outrage over death of unarmed black man after arrest

(Reuters) – LeBron James was among a number of high-profile athletes who took to social media to speak out on the death of an unarmed black man seen in a video lying face down in the street while a white police officer knelt on his neck for several

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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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Ida Bell Wells-Barnett

Born: 7/16/1862 Holly Springs, MississippiDied: 3/25/1931 Chicago, IllinoisIda Bell Wells-Barnett, more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, Georgist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights MovementBusiness

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Better days coming

For almost 50 years Riley Maragh has operated his craft shop across from the Kingston Craft Market on Harbour Street in the capital city's downtown business district and he has seen good and bad

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James Brown profile - History of Soul - Oldies music

James Joseph Brown, Jr., May 3, 1933, Barnwell, SC; d. December 25, 2006, Atlanta, GA

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