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Torrence Boone

Torrence Boone is Vice President, Global Agency Sales & Services for Google. In this role, Boone is responsible for driving Google’s worldwide strategy and relationships with marketing and advertising agencies. Boone leads a team focused on large scale, global strategic partnerships spanning

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Black Chemists - African American History

Black scientists, engineers, and inventors have made important contributions to the science of chemistry. Learn about black chemists and chemical engineers and their projects. The focus is on African American

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Lecture 12 | African-American Freedom Struggle (Stanford)

Lecture 12 of Clay Carsons Introduction to African-American History Course (HIST 166) concentrating on the Modern Freedom Struggle (Fall 2007). This lecture is entitled Malcolm X and his Ambiguous Legacy. Recorded November 6, 2007 at Stanford

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Nov

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2007

Burroughs, Jr., John Andrew (1936–2014)

John Andrew Burroughs, Jr. was an equal opportunity advocate and diplomat who was born in Washington, D.C. on July 31, 1936. He spent his youth in Washington, D.C. before moving to the Midwest to attend the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. While there he played on the varsity football

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Source: Black Past

Manson B. Johnson II, Holman Street Baptist Church pastor, dies of COVID-19

Pastor Manson B. Johnson II, the shepherd of Holman Street Baptist Church for 43 years and a force in the Third Ward community, died May 31 from complications of

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

How Milton Lee Olive III fell on an enemy grenade to save comrades in battle

He was a member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam Pfc. Olive threw his body on a grenade saving four comrades in the

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Wooten, Howard A. (1920-1948)

Tuskegee Airman Howard Adolphus Wooten was born on April 20, 1920 in Lovelady, Texas to parents Johnnie C. Morris Wooten and Howard L. Wooten. His father was the principal of the “colored school” in Lovelady, a town 100 miles north of Houston, and his mother also was a teacher

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Source: Black Past

Aug

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A tale of two lynchings & two very different responses

This past week’s international civil disturbances, sparked by the ‘lynching’ of a Black man in Minneapolis, took me back four decades to the killing/murder of Earnest Lacy by Milwaukee police

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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

Former prep stars could impact NBA draft

Daniel Oturu (Cretin-Derham), Tyrell Terry (De LaSalle), Zeke Nnaji (Hopkins), Freddie Gillespie (East Ridge)) and Tre Jones (Duke), once among the top prep boys’ basketball prospects, now find themselves preparing for the 2020 NBA draft after each had an outstanding collegiate season this past

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Rice, Condoleezza (1954- )

Condoleezza Rice has earned distinction as a scholar, expert on international politics, and with her appointments as the first African American woman National Security Advisor and Secretary of State of the United

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Source: Black Past

Nov

14

1954

Jarrett, Valerie (1956- )

Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama, was born on November 14, 1956. She is a Chicago, Illinois attorney, businesswoman, and community leader most prominently known for her role as one of the three campaign co-chairs of Barack Obama’s historic 2008 presidential

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Source: Black Past

#MeToo, phase 2: Doc explores heavy burden on women of color

In the early morning darkness of Dec. 13, 2017, former music executive Drew Dixon walks to a coffee shop and buys the New York

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Shepherd Manson B. Johnson II, pastor of Holman Street Baptist Church, has died

Shepherd Dr. Manson B. Johnson II, the dynamic leader and teacher of Holman Street Baptist Church in Houston’s Third Ward, died Sunday, May 31, 2020 from complications of

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Dean Claudine Gay -Harvard University

Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Lecture 9 | African-American Freedom Struggle (Stanford)

Lecture 9 of Clay Carsons Introduction to African-American History Course (HIST 166) concentrating on the Modern Freedom Struggle (Fall 2007). This class session is entitled Bob Moses: Mississippi Organizer. Recorded October 23, 2007 at Stanford

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Oct

23

2007

Thomas, Debi (1967- )

Debi Thomas is a figure skater and physician, and the first African American woman to win a medal in the Winter Olympics. Thomas was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1967 and first started skating around the age of five. However she did not get serious and begin taking lessons until she was nine

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Source: Black Past

Rice, Susan Elizabeth (1964- )

Susan Rice is the current National Security Advisor for the Barack Obama Administration. She is the first African American, the third woman, and the second youngest person to hold the position. Prior to being selected by President Obama for the post, Rice served as a key foreign policy advisor

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Source: Black Past

Nov

17

1964

Martin Luther King Jr. 'Love Your Enemies' November 17, 1957

Martin Luther King The Three Evils of Society - Duration: 43:11. E. Joesph Doalmsavid 749,396 views

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Protesters in Cedar Hill Rally for Black Lives

More than 500 people joined the nation in protesting police brutality, the murder of unarmed black man George Floyd and racial oppression during its recent Black Lives Matter protest in Cedar

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History of African Americans in Texas

African Americans formed a unique ethnic identity in Texas while facing the problems of societal and institutional discrimination as well as colorism for many years. The first person of African heritage to arrive in Texas was Estevanico, who came to Texas in

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Source: ThoughtCo

Lecture 15 | African-American Freedom Struggle (Stanford)

Lecture 15 of Clay Carsons Introduction to African-American History Course (HIST 166) concentrating on the Modern Freedom Struggle (Fall 2007). This lecture is entitled Outlaw feminist Angela Davis. Recorded November 15, 2007 at Stanford

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Nov

15

2007

Akiba Solomon & Kenyra Rankin – AALAS 2019 Nominee

Akiba Solomon & Kenyra Rankin – How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance

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Source: Dale Dowdie

Here are options and proposals that would fund California schools

Integral to any policy discussion is a fully funded public sector, including schools and universities that are particularly well-poised to address everything from the achievement gap to unconscious bias throughout the

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

NY Times: New US memo highlights gaps in intelligence reports on Russian bounties - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Citing three officials, the paper reported that the National Intelligence Council, led by Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, wrote the two-and-a-half page memo, which was dated on Wednesday -- just days after the Times first reported last week on intelligence officials' knowledge of

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Bakersfield Native and Stanford Graduate Erica McCall Discusses Making a Difference in Her Community

This article highlights the impact basketball has had on Erica McCall

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Thomas Routt Scholarships

The Thomas H. Routt Scholarship Fund, in upholding the legacy of the late Judge Thomas H. Routt, has awarded $1,000 each in grants to Caleb J. James of North Shore High School and Jacob H. Boyd of Shadow Creek High School for

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

Stanford, John (1938-1998)

John Stanford was the superintendent of Seattle Public Schools from 1995 until his untimely death from leukemia in 1998. He was born in Darby, Pennsylvania on the outskirts of Philadelphia and graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He joined

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Source: Black Past

Nov

28

1998

Craig Anthony Washington: American Lawyer and Democratic Party Politician

Craig Anthony Washington is an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Texas who served in the Texas State Senate and the United States House of Representatives. Washington graduated from Prairie View AM University in 1966 and was originally interested in becoming a doctor, but as

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Source: Black Then

Systemic Racism Makes Covid-19 Much More Deadly For African-Americans

A long and well-documented history of systematic discrimination against Black people regularly leads to worse underlying health conditions for African-Americans that make it more likely they become severely ill during this pandemic and die from the

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