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Nationwide - Believe it or not, but many people don't celebrate Mother's Day. But why? What's so wrong with a special day to show love to one's mom? Well, the […]

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Sojourner Truth, an abolitionist, women’s rights activist, emancipated slave and itinerant evangelist, became arguably the most well-known 19th Century African American woman. Born around 1791, Isabella (her birth name) was the daughter of James and Betsey, slaves of Colonel Ardinburgh

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The U.S. launched airstrikes south of the capital, Mogadishu, in early September 2014, targeting the leader of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab, Ahmed Abdi Godane. Days after the attacks, the U.S. confirmed that Godane had been killed. One of the most wanted men in Africa, Godane was believed

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Miller, M.D., Earl V. (1923-2005)

Dr. Earl V. Miller was the first African American board certified urologist in the State of Washington and the first west of the Mississippi. He was born in Natchez, Mississippi, and received his B.A. degree from Dillard University in New Orleans in 1943. He joined the Army Specialized Training

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Nation of Islam Leader

Minister Louis Farrakhan, raised in Roxbury and a 1950 graduate of English High School, has been the national leader of the Nation of Islam since 1977, following the death of the founder of the Nation, Elijah Muhammad. While viewed by some as controversial, Minister Farrakhan and the Nation of

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Willard, Frances Elizabeth

Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839–98, American temperance leader and reformer, b. Churchville, N.Y., grad. Northwestern Female College, 1859. She was president of Evanston College for Ladies and dean of women at Northwestern Univ. After leaving the university, she helped organize (1874) the Womans

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Black leader of the Union League Lynched

Wyatt Outlaw, Black leader of the Union League in Alamance County, N.C., Lynched.

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1870

Sir Grantley H. Adams

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12

1898

First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Seattle, Washington (1886- )

Established in 1886 when Washington was still a territory, the First African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Seattle, Washington is the state’s oldest black church. Initially, members began by meeting in each other’s homes. These meetings eventually led to the opening of a home based Sunday

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Innis, Roy (Roy Emile Alfredo Innis), 1934–, American civil-rights leader, b. St. Croix, Virgin Islands. A member of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) since 1963, he has been its national director (1968–82) and has served as national chairman since 1970. In the late 1960s he traded the

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Barnett, Powell S. (1883-1971)

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Claire Babineaux-Fontenot

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Julian Bond, 59,legislator, civil rights leader, born Nashville, Tn, Jan 14, 1940.

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1940

A commemorative stamp of Martin Luther King, Jr. is issued by the U.S. Postal Se

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1979

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1956

Mary A. Winston

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3

1934

John Hope honored by NAACP

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1936

Commissioner of Community Affairs

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James Weldon Johnson

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Mary McLeod Bethune

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