Malcolm X - Birthday

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was an internationally acclaimed African American author, poet, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. She was born as Marguerite Annie Johnson in 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. She had a rough childhood and was sent to live with her grandparents after her own parents’ divorce. At

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Denzel Washington

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is a renowned Hollywood actor and producer, known for his powerfully portrayed performances in film and television. Washington was born on December 28, 1954 near New York City. His father, Reverend Denzel Hayes Washington Sr. was a minister, and his mother Lennis owned

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1954

New film ‘1 Angry Black Man’ harrowingly speaks to today’s social climate | The Crusader Newspaper Group

“1 Angry Black Man” tells the story of Mike Anderson, a senior at a New England liberal arts

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African American History and Women Timeline 1940-1949

During the 1940s and 1950s, many African Americans from the South migrated to the North to work in industry there, in what is called the Great

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6 Revealing Autobiographies by African-American Thinkers

Like the narratives written by former enslaved African-Americans, the ability to tell ones story has played an important role in the lives of African-American men and women. Below are six autobiographies that highlight the important contributions men such as Malcolm X and women such as Zora Neale

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Spike Lee on honorary Oscar: 'This came out of nowhere, but that's how blessings often come'

Spike Lee was surprised to learn that he was being honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — a group he hadn’t been afraid to criticize in the past for its lack of

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Jamie, Denzel, Angela? Debate Breaks Out Over Who Portrayed Their Real-Life Figures the Best

Some of the names tossed around include Denzel Washington’s portrayal of Malcolm X, Jamie Foxx playing Ray Charles, Chadwick Boseman as James Brown, and Morgan Freeman playing Nelson

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Here’s What You Can Watch, Hear And Celebrate On Juneteenth

From HBO streaming the first season of its timely Watchmen series—which centers its story on the aftermath of the Black Wall Street massacre—to Spotify dedicating their Times Square New Music Friday billboards to Black artists all day long, there’s a celebration for

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Stevie Wonder, Rep. Ayanna Presley, Rev. Al Sharpton and More to Pay Tribute to Malcolm X's Birthday

Stevie Wonder, Rep. Ayanna Presley, Rev. Al Sharpton and More to Pay Tribute to Malcolm X’s Instagram

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Leland, Mickey (1944-1989)

George Thomas Mickey Leland, III was born in Lubbock, Texas on November 27, 1944, to Alice and George Thomas Leland, Jr. Mickey Leland and his family soon moved to Houston’s Fifth Ward where he attended Phillis Wheatley High School and later Texas Southern University where he earned a Bachelors

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Oct

30

1989

Church Of God In Christ, Memphis (1907- )

The Church of God In Christ (COGIC) with over six million members worldwide is one the largest Pentecostal churches in the world. It was founded by Bishop Charles Harrison Mason in

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Black Fact of the Day

Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X, passed away after suffering burns to 80% of her body, 1997 Brought to you by the Black365 Calendar. Find out more at Black365.com

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Huey P. Newton

Huey Percy Newton was an African American leader and co-founder of the Black Panther Party. He was the youngest of seven children born to Armelia Johnson and Walter Newton on February 17, 1942 in Monroe, Louisiana and named after the former Governor of Louisiana, Huey Long. His family was not very

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Aug

22

1989

'Running For Your Life': A Community Poem For Ahmaud Arbery

John Bazemore/AP

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AP Exclusive: Black Lives Matter groups plan national convention | The Atlanta Voice

Spurred by broad public support for the Black Lives Matter movement, thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold a virtual convention in August to produce a new political agenda that seeks to build on the success of the protests that followed George

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Ohio Stylist Attacks And Jumps Female Client Over Pay Dispute

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Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka , also called Imamu Amiri Baraka, original name Everett Leroy Jones, called Leroy Jones, Leroy later changed to LeRoi (born October 7, 1934, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.—died January 9, 2014, Newark), American poet and playwright who published provocative works that assiduously presented

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2014

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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Hayden, Earl Robert (1913-1980)

The son of Asa and Ruth Sheffey who named him Asa Bundy at birth, poet Robert Hayden was born in Detroit, Michigan and reared in “Paradise Valley,” an inner city ghetto. Adoptive parents, William and Sue Ellen Westerfield Hayden, gave him the name by which he is known. A graduate of

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Wallace Fard Muhammad

Wallace D. Fard aka Wallace Fard Muhammad /f ə . ˈ r ɑː d/ (born February 26, 1877[2]) was a co-founder of the Nation of Islam. He arrived in Detroit in 1930 with an obscure background and several aliases, and taught a distinctive form of Islam to members of the citys African-American

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26

1877

Hip-hop Violinist Ezinma Is Giving Children of Color Access to Classical Music

Ezinma, the classically-trained violinist who became a viral sensation after her video covers of trap music went viral, is sharing her gift of music with inner-city

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Baltimore High School Students Lead Protest To Urge City And State Education Policymakers To Support Black Lives Matter – Free Press of Jacksonville

By Daniel Oyefusi- Several hundred demonstrators gathered Wednesday afternoon at Baltimore School for the Arts to demand that the Maryland State Department of Education and Baltimore City Public Schools show “full and public support” for the Black Lives Matter

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Top 10 Most Famous Black Actors of All Time

Hollywood is a giant industry which provides work to hundreds of actors. At the advent of this industry only white actors ruled the silver screen and the blacks were given only minor roles. As the time progressed, blacks were given the voice in the society and eventually allowed white collar

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Newswire : #MalcolmXDay: 20 quotes relevant to the movement today

Written By D.L. Chandler, Newsone

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“Our Participation Is Mandatory For Change”: Symone Sanders Lends Her Powerful Voice To My Black Is Beautiful’s #HowWeWin Initiative

My Black Is Beautiful, a cultural platform founded by a dynamic group of Black women in 2016, is aiming to use its reach with over 2.5 million members, to shine a light on the effects of COVID-19, racism and voter suppression, all of which disproportionately affect Black people in America and

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Worker Shortage Concerns Loom In Immigrant-Heavy Meatpacking | Afro

Lacking English skills, the brothers took jobs at Smithfield Foods’ Sioux Falls pork plant, grueling and increasingly risky work as the coronavirus sickened thousands of meatpacking workers

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Really? Why are we Celebrating Black History Month - Carter G Woodson

We want to create content MORE FREQUENTLY and keep this information FREE TO THE

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It's time for Asian Americans to unite in solidarity with black Americans

(CNN) There's a quote from Cathy Park Hong's provocative and brilliant essay collection " Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning " that's one of the most jarringly apt summaries of the insidious nature of silence I've ever

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OMAHA MUNICIPAL LAND BANK NO SILVER BULLET : Omaha Star

by Lynn Sanchez After the national housing bubble burst, Omaha was in the same leaky boat as a lot of other cities. Saddled with bad properties no one wanted, the city ended up holding on to them indefinitely. Located in the oldest, poorest parts of town, they were a detriment to neighborhoods and

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Outrage After Bar Owner Not Charged For Killing 22-Year Old Black Protester in Omaha

Nationwide — James Scurlock, a 22-year old African American protester, was killed on May 28th by a white bar owner in Omaha, Nebraska, during what witnesses say was a peaceful protest to honor George Floyd who was killed by a Minneapolis police

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