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Laquan McDonald’s relative blasted for supporting Rahm Emanuel’s Ambassador nomination - The Chicago Crusader

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Reverend Marvin Hunter, the great uncle of murdered teenager Laquan McDonald, is under fire for sending a letter to Congress that supports former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s nomination for Ambassador […]

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
Mallory, Mark (1962-- )
On December 1, 2005, Mark Mallory was sworn in as the first black mayor elected by popular vote in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Three other black mayors preceded him but were chosen by the City Council.  Born on April 2, 1962, and raised on the West End of Cincinnati, Mallory attended high school at the
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Source: Black Past
Eutaw City Council meeting continues to discuss Water Department
Most of the City Council meeting was devoted to a continuing discussion of the need to correct problems of water meters, computers and software to read the meters, conformity in water billing and making sure that the water was generating sufficient revenues to support the City
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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper
Sponsored by Illinois Math and Science Academy
California After COVID – Recovery is Not Good Enough
OPINION (CBM) – The coronavirus crisis is testing most households and businesses in California, pushing some to the very brink of what they can bear before falling off
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Source: The Sacramento Observer
Atlanta mayor calls Ahmaud Arbery’s death a ‘lynching of an African American man’
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Sunday called the shooting death of an unarmed African American jogger a “lynching” and said arrests of two accused men would not have been made if there was not video of the
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Source: New Orleans News & Weather | New Orleans, LA | WGNO.com
Trump threatens to move RNC without assurances from governor
President Trump (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty
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Source: theGrio
Coleman, Michael B. (1954- )
Michael B. Coleman is the first African American Mayor of Columbus, Ohio.  Coleman was born on November 18, 1954 in Indianapolis, Indiana to John Coleman, a medical doctor, and Joan Coleman, a local civil rights activist.  His family relocated to Toledo when Michael turned
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Source: Black Past
Nov
18
1954
Al Mohler, Southern Baptist leader, says he was ‘stupid’ to defend slavery in 1998 CNN interview
(RNS) — In December of 2018, Albert Mohler, longtime president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, released a report detailing and denouncing the school’s legacy “in the horrifying realities of American slavery, Jim Crow segregation, racism, and even the avowal of white racial
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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News
(1857) Abraham Lincoln, “The Dred Scott Decision and Slavery,"
? The Dred Scott Decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857 was supposed to end the decades-long debate about slavery in the United States.  It did just the opposite, inflaming passions particularly in the North.  In the follow speech, Abraham Lincoln, then a private citizen, p
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Source: Black Past
New York declares Juneteenth a paid holiday for state employees | New York Carib News
Yesterday, New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo, signed an executive order recognizing Juneteenth as a paid holiday for state employees to commemorate the emancipation of slaves in the
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Source: The New York Carib News
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Jennifer Carroll Foy Jumps Into Virginia Governor's Race, Hoping To Make History
Jennifer Carroll Foy is jumping into the 2021 gubernatorial race in Virginia, making her the first Black woman to run for the job in 30
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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information
Chisholm, Shirley Anita St. Hill
Chisholm, Shirley Anita St. Hill | FactMonster
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Source: Fact Monster - Black History
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Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Clarifies Message to Black America
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent
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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California
Owens, Major Robert (1936- )
Former New York Congressman Major Robert Owens was born on June 28, 1936 in Collierville, Tennessee.  He graduated from Hamilton High School in Memphis in 1952 at the age of 16.  Owens received a bachelor’s degree from Morehouse College in 1956, and an M.S. in Library Science from Atlanta
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Source: Black Past
Jun
28
1936
American Civil War
698,000 (peak)[3] [better source
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Source: AA Studies Research Guide
‘I Can Hardly Think Of Him Without Crying’: Pastor Clementa Pinckney Remembered Five Years After Tragic Charleston Church Shooting
Written by Antjuan Seawright
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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Tavis Smiley To Host Joint Interview With African American Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) And Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
Tavis Smiley on PBS, returning for its 12th season on Monday, Jan. 12, will feature a two-part, exclusive joint interview during its premiere week with the only two African Americans in the U.S. Senate – New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker, and South Carolina Republican Tim
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Source: Savoy Network
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'He Can't be Serious': 'Black Ink Crew' Star Ceaser Emanuel Accused of Not Caring About Social Injustice After Posting This
The “Black Ink Crew” star recently riled up Instagram users after he posted a photo of himself instead of the current issues inflaming the Black
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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information
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How Martin Luther King Day Became a Federal Holiday
On Nov. 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill making Martin Luther King Day a federal holiday, effective Jan. 20, 1986. As a result of this bill, Americans commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.s birthday on the third Monday in January. Few Americans are aware of the history of Martin Luther
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Source: ThoughtCo
(2015) President Barack Obama's Eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney
VIDEO OF SPEECH
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Source: Black Past
Smith, Samuel J. (1922-1995)
Samuel J. Smith, a Washington State Legislator and Seattle City Councilmember was born on July 21, 1922, in Gibsland, Louisiana.  Listening to speeches by Franklin Roosevelt broadcast on radio in the early 1930s persuaded young Smith that he wanted a future in
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Source: Black Past
Jul
21
1922
First Black elected to Congress
First Black elected to Congress John W. Menard, defeated a white candidate, 5,107 to 2,833, in an election in Louisianas Second Congressional District to fill an unexpired term in the Fortieth Congress. U.S. Grant elected president with Black voters in the South providing the decisive margin. Grant
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Nov
3
1868
Man Kills Girlfriend and Her Two Daughters Because She Wanted To Leave Him
According to authorities, Jordan got angry that his one-time girlfriend, 37-year-old Shanta Renee Singleton, was leaving him for another
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Source: Your Black World
Sen. Tim Scott Says His GOP Police Reform Bill Similar To Democrats’ Plan
In response to both the outcry for police reforms in the wake of the death of George Floyd and a Democratic police reform bill introduced last week, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott announced on Wednesday (June 17) a Republican proposal to address improving police accountability, transparency and
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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Trump threatens to 'shut' social media
US President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to shutter social media platforms after Twitter for the first time acted against his false tweets, prompting the enraged Republican to double down on unsubstantiated claims and conspiracy
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Source: The East African
Belton, Sharon Sayles (1951- )
An activist, politician, and leader of her community, Sharon Sayles Belton was the first African American and first woman mayor of the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. A St. Paul native, Belton was born on May 13, 1951.  For most of her life she fought for racial equality, women, family and child
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Source: Black Past
May
13
1951
Watson, Barbara Mae (1918-1983)
Barbara M. Watson, businesswoman, lawyer, government executive, and diplomat, was born in New York City, New York on November 5, 1918. She was the daughter of James S. Watson, the first black judge elected in New York State, and his wife, Violet Lopez Watson, one of the founders of the National
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Source: Black Past
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. , (born Nov. 29, 1908, New Haven, Conn., U.S.—died April 4, 1972, Miami, Fla.), black American public official and pastor who became a prominent liberal legislator and civil-rights
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Source: Brittanica
Apr
4
1972
Mississippi Official: Black People 'Dependent' Since Slavery
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After rejecting a proposal to move a Confederate monument, a white elected official in Mississippi said this week that African Americans “became dependent” during slavery and as a result, have had a harder time “assimilating” into American life than other mistreated
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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0
(1963) George Wallace, “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever”
By 1963 Alabama Governor George Corley Wallace had emerged as the leading opponent to the growing civil rights movement.  Six months later he gained international notoriety for his stand in the door of the University of Alabama to block the entrance of two black students, Vivian Malone and James
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Source: Black Past
Jan
14
1963
Trump Keeps Raising 'Obamagate.' What's That?
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor Barack Obama of seeking to damage his presidency, repeatedly referring to it as “Obamagate” but offering no
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