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Families of Two California Black Men Found Hanging Incite Demands For Investigations
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf
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Hispanic Male Commits Suicide By Hanging in Houston; Not Black Male, as was Initially Reported
The Greater Houston area was on edge on Monday after a man, who was initially falsely reported by a freelance reporter to be a Black male hanging from a tree, was found to actually not be Black at
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Memorial Day: Why veterans are particularly vulnerable to the...
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Cleopatra's Family Tree - Ancestry
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Bunche, Ralph J. (ca. 1903-1971)
RalphJohnson Bunche, American political scientist, renowned scholar, award winner,and diplomat, was one of the most prominent African Americans of his era.  Bunche was born on August 7, 1903 or 1904(there is some disagreement about the year of his birth) in Detroit, Michigan. His father Fred was
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Black man found hanging from a tree, Palmdale City residents want an investigation
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Palo Conteh is not guilty of treason – says Jury
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Malcolm X
Malcolm X was a civil rights leader, spokesman for black nationalism and leader of the Nation of Islam, and had a major influence on the political and social thinking of African Americans. His birth name was Malcolm Little and he was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska to Louise and Earl
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Marcus Garvey
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Serial rapist’s sentence slashed - Court halves prison time for man who confessed to assaulting eight women
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African American Women In Their Own Words: Quotes
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European Exploration of Africa
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Change law that outlaws suicide, say activists
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