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As former President Donald Trump gears up to face a District of Columbia jury on charges related to his alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election, the battle over whether the chaos and violence that unfolded at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, should play a central role in his trial has taken
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African-American History Timeline: 1840 to 1849
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African-American Civil Rights Movement (1865–1896)
The African-American Civil Rights Movement (1865–1896) refers to the post-Civil War reform movements in the United States aimed at eliminating racial discrimination against African Americans, improving educational and employment opportunities, and establishing electoral power. This period between
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Ferguson, Clarence Clyde, Jr. (1924-1983)
Clarence Clyde Ferguson was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Uganda on March 17, 1970 by President Richard Nixon. He presented his credentials June 30, 1970 and terminated his mission on July 19, 1972. Ferguson was born November 4, 1924 in Wilmington, North Carolina to
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U.S. Supreme Court decision (Plessy v. Ferguson)
U.S. Supreme Court decision (Plessy v. Ferguson) upheld doctrine of separate but equal and began age of Jim Crow.
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MY TRUTH: The least of Us - Texas Metro News
Have you ever been hungry, wondering where your next meal would come from? What about shelter? When you’re in your warm, comfy bed, do you think about the thousands, right in your city, that not only don’t have a pillow to place their heads on at the end of the day, but also are lacking
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African-American Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement began decades before 19th century that resulted in the Emancipation Proclamation. Initially, abolition of slavery was not on Abraham Lincoln’s agenda list. However, his ever increasing reliance on black soldiers to punish the rebellious states rendered him to issue the
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Ahmaud Arbery video was leaked by suspect to clear up local rumors
(Photo: Twitter) The video capturing the killing of Ahmaud Arbery by Travis and Gregory McMichael in Georgia has captured the national spotlight and sparked discourse about race. According to WSB-TV in Atlanta, McMichael gave the video footage to a local radio station himself in effo
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Where the Black Church Is in the Black Lives Matter Movement – Free Press of Jacksonville
“While you may have had many black pastors and clergy who may have shown up at events, and you may have had a lot of people from black churches who were at these marches and protests, from 2014 to the present, by and large, this has not been a theological movement,” said Watson Jones III, the
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TIAA Virtual Commencement Celebrates Difference Makers
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'Karen' Takes Offense To Korean News Anchor Who Mentioned Eating Traditional Food On New Year's Day - Blavity
Michelle Li, a St. Louis, Missouri news anchor, received a voicemail from a “Karen” after she mentioned traditional meals Koreans eat to celebrate New Year’s Day, Today  reports . Li, who works for NBC affiliate KSDK news, mentioned her cultural traditions during a news segment, saying "I ate
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Unbothered Black Woman Called 'f–kin' Black B-Word' By Racist 'Karen' At A Ross Store
A viral video on Sunday shows a Black female manager at Ross getting curse out by a racist Karen. Although Karen was not seen using a racial slur, she did emphasize the manager was Black, as if that was something worth shaming her for.
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Racial segregation in the United States
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Roger W. Ferguson
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., is President and Chief Executive Officer of TIAA-CREF, the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical, and cultural fields. Ferguson is the former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. Ferguson represented
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Early Voting Numbers Are Low Ahead Of Election Day In Metro Atlanta | Atlanta Daily World
Early voting numbers are low several days ahead of 2023 Election Day in Metro Atlanta. With today being the final day of early voting for local elections, only 1% of residents in Fulton County had voted early. And early voters in DeKalb County represented about 2% of residents. The actual number of
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Melissa Barrera Axed From 'Scream 7' Over Israel-Hamas Posts
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Lawyer Helped Man Charged In Ahmaud Arbery Leak Video Because He ‘Didn’t Want the Neighborhood to Become a Ferguson’
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Ferguson, Missouri Elects First-Ever African American and Woman Mayor
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Congresswoman Cori Bush Lauds Black Press Ahead Of Receiving Prestigious Award - The Seattle Medium
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights in the United States
This year the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People celebrates its 100th anniversary.  In the article below historian Susan Bragg provides a brief introduction to the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the oldest continually
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How AAMU Quarterback Aqeel Glass Became One of HBCU’s Best
Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times What’s in a name? Ask Alabama Agriculture & Mechanical (AAMU) quarterback Aqeel Glass, who went through every school year with at least one teacher often telling him he was misspelling his personal designation. They thought this first name was missing
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Court Case of Brown v. Board of Education
The 1954 case of Brown v. Board of Education ended with a Supreme Court decision that helped lead to the desegregation of schools throughout America. Prior to the ruling, African-American children in Topeka, Kansas were denied access to all-white schools due to laws allowing for separate but equal
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Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall , originally Thoroughgood Marshall (born July 2, 1908, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—died January 24, 1993, Bethesda), lawyer, civil rights activist, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1967–91), the first African American member of the Supreme Court. As
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