Protesters Converge on Richmond for Start of Lawmakers’ Special Session

Stokely Carmichael

Stokely Carmichael was a significant Trinidadian-American figure during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and the global Pan-African movement in which he actively participated. With time he gained prominence as a black leader as he led the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and served

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Jun

29

1941

Haiti

Throughout the 1990s the international community tried to establish democracy in Haiti. The countrys first elected chief executive, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a leftist Roman Catholic priest who seemed to promise a new era in Haiti, took office in Feb. 1991. The military, however, took control in

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One thousand march on Alabama State

Through the 30th, One thousand Alabama State students marched on state capitol and held protest meeting.

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Mar

1

1960

Southern University [New Orleans] (1956-- )

Southern University is a historically black university with a main campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Originally founded in 1880 in New Orleans as Southern University in New Orleans, it began its mission of providing post-secondary education for African Americans with 12 students and

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Nov

16

1972

Crowds Gather In Minneapolis To Protest Murder Of George Floyd, Tear Gas Deployed By Cops

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Police Arrest CNN Reporter, Crew Covering Minneapolis Protests Live On Air

Minnesota State Patrol officers arrested CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and two members of his crew while they were broadcasting live from protests in Minneapolis on Friday morning’s “New

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St. Paul Police Accused of Sabotaging George Floyd Protests After White Man Randomly Vandalizes AutoZone Store with Hammer

A Minnesota police department denied accusations from critics who believe they deployed undercover officers to undermine protests happening in

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“We Have The Right To Fight Back!”: Colin Kaepernick Supports George Floyd Protests

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Workers push back against COVID job risks

Frontline and essential workers’ concerns over safety and working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic have been steadily boiling over into organized protests across the

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Minneapolis Protests Spread to Other Cities Across The US

Developments across the United States in connection with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police

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Cash Money Records Donates $225K In Rent Money To Help Hometown Of New Orleans

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Jackson, Jesse Louis. Jr. (1965- )

Jesse Jackson, Jr., an African American Congressman, represented Illinois’ Second Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from December 12, 1995 to November 21, 2012. On March 11, 1965, in Greenville, South Carolina, in the middle of the voting rights campaign, Jesse

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African-American History Timeline: 1965 to 1969

During the month of March, several civil protests occurred throughout Alabama. On March 7, an estimated 600 civil rights activists held a march from Selma to Montgomery protesting the denial of African-American voting rights in the state. On March 21, Martin Luther King, Jr. spearheads

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Ice Cube cancels 'GMA' appearance due to George Floyd: 'I'm in no mood'

This week, rapper turned actor/producer/director Ice Cube canceled his scheduled appearance on Good Morning America saying that his feelings about the death of George Floyd made it impossible for him to go on TV and pretend everything was

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Southern University [Shreveport] (1964 -- )

Southern University is a historically black university with a main campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Originally founded in 1880 in New Orleans as Southern University in New Orleans, it began its mission of providing post-secondary education for African Americans with 12 students and

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Nov

16

1972

Phi Beta Sigma

FoundedJanuary 9, 1914; 103 years ago

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Protest in Spain over government's handling of COVID crisis

Thousands of supporters of Spain’s far-right Vox party gathered today in their cars and on motorbikes in the centre of Madrid and other Spanish cities to protest the Spanish government’s handling of the nation’s COVID-19 crisis, international news agencies

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‘It’s traumatizing’: Grand Strand activists discuss African American grief, frustrations after George Floyd’s killing

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was seen kneeling on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes in cell phone video on

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Tear Gas Flies as Minneapolis Rioters Protest Death of George Floyd in Police Custody | Afro

MINNEAPOLIS—Protests turned violent on Tuesday as anti-police activists smashed windows and vandalized police cars in response to the death of an African American man at the hands of four law enforcement

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Tribunal throws out plaint by Ruto allies

The Political Parties Tribunal has thrown out an application challenging the changes in Jubilee Party’s National management Committee (NMC), saying it has no jurisdiction to hear the

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The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington

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Feb

14

1936

Al Sharpton

Al Sharpton is a religious leader and political activist. He was born on October 3, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York. His father left the family and Sharpton was raised by his mother. They had to move to the public housing projects, where his mother worked as a maid and supported the family on her

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Oct

3

1954

Ice Cube Cancels ‘Good Morning America’ Appearance After George Floyd Murder

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Brazil

Throughout June 2013, nationwide protests were held over increases in bus fares. The protesters were mainly part of an organization called the Free Fare Movement and included students and political activists from leftist parties. The Free Fare Movement had been pushing for either decreasing public

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Jun

25

2013

Iran Condemns Killing of Black Americans

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the US must stop brutality against the oppressed people including the black

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Uganda

Musveni was elected to a fourth term in Feb. 2011 elections, taking 68.4% of the vote. Opposition leader Kizza Besigye garnered 26% and alleged fraud in the election. In late April, protests over rising food and fuel prices and corruption broke out in Kampala. The government responded with

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Police Officer Who Knelt on George Floyd’s Neck Arrested, Charged With Murder

The former Minneapolis police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed Black man who later died was arrested Friday after the incident sparked days of unrest and protests in the

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Lawmakers, advocates frustrated with lack of comprehensive COVID-19 racial data

As The Hill reports, 10 states have still haven’t released racial data on their coronavirus deaths, according to the COVID Tracking Project and the Antiracist Research & Policy

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John Parker, Underground Railroad Conductor died

Born: 1827

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Jan

30

1900

Barnes, Melody (1964- )

Melody Barnes was chosen by then President-elect Barack Obama to serve as the Director of Domestic Policy Council shortly after the presidential election in 2008, a position she held until her resignation at the end of 2011. Born in Richmond, Virginia to Charles and Mary Frances Barnes in

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