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A List of Holidays of Interest to African Americans
More holidays appear on U.S. calendars each year than Americans can keep up with, including those of particular interest to African Americans. But the general public may not understand what such holidays commemorate. Take Kwanzaa, for instance. Much of the public has at least heard of the holiday
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Jordan Brand Donates to NAACP, FICPFM and Black Voters Matter
Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand announce recipients of first $2.5 million in donations as part of its commitment of $100 million over 10 years.
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The Slogan ‘Black Lives Matter’ Is Right and Exact
The organization of Black Lives Matter started out as a hashtag on the social media website called Facebook by a Black woman named Alicia Garza on July
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Do you understand the significance of the sit-ins that occurred during the early months of the civil rights movements? In 1960, four freshman students at North Carolina A&T went into Woolworth and at the lunch counter they sat,” waiting for service that never came. This move sparked a new
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(1890) T. Thomas Fortune, “It Is Time To Call A Halt,”
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Mo Gilligan and Slay in Your Lane's Yomi Adegoke to create shows for Channel 4's Black History Month series - Voice Online
MO GILLIGAN and writer and journalist Yomi Adegoke have been announced as the creators of... The post Mo Gilligan and Slay in Your Lane's Yomi Adegoke to create shows for Channel 4's Black History Month series appeared first on Voice Online.
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As the rapper and fashion mogul presses ahead with his Presidential bid following a tearful rally, his positions have raised eyebrows with some and been lauded by others
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24 Books Written By Black Authors That We Can’t Wait To Read This Winter – Free Press of Jacksonville
By Joi Marie McKenzie- With temperatures dropping, it’s the perfect time of year to pick up a good
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A unique opportunity to tell our story - Voice Online
THE BIRMINGHAM collective that won another lengthy commission to deliver the city’s official Black History... The post A unique opportunity to tell our story appeared first on Voice Online.
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Carter G Woodson and the Origins of Black History Month - Death
Woodson died on April 3, 1950 and Black History Month is his legacy.
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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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1945
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INTERVIEW: “Motorsports in America: Do Black Lives Matter?”
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The NNPA is the global media partner for the African Renaissance and Diaspora Network (ARDN), an advocacy and marketing partner of the United Nations, and we had an opportunity to interview an African American leader in motorsports, Chris Miles, Global Motorsport Marketing Advisor
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a former slave who became one of the great American anti-slavery leaders of the 1800s. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland but in 1838, at age 20, he escaped to freedom in New York. A few years later he went to work for abolitionist William Lloyd
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Black History Month on BlackPast.org
Every month is Black History Month here at BlackPast.org.  Nonetheless we recognize that hundreds of thousands of our visitors specifically seek out the website for information on African American history during the month of February.   We have gathered much of that data that may be helpful for
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Children's Books on African American Freedom Fighters
The following childrens books not only provide an introduction to the lives of African-American freedom fighters your children should know about, but among them they also provide a historical overview of the fight for civil rights in the last several centuries up to the present, including the eras
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Black History Month Creation and Overview
Black History Month is a month set aside to learn, honor, and celebrate the achievements of black men and women throughout history. Since its inception, Black History Month has always been celebrated in February. Find out how Black History Month originated, why February was chosen, and what the
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Rare Video Footage of Historic Alabama 1965 Civil Rights Marches, MLK's Famous Montgomery Speech
To see much more from the film, King: A Filmed Record, on Democracy Now!, visit http://owl.li/i1B3S. In a Black History Month special, Democracy Now! airs excerpts of the 1970 documentary, King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis, a rarely seen Oscar-nominated feature about Dr. Martin Luther
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AHF to Commemorate MLK Holiday at Parades and Through Free HIV Testing Events Across the Country
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observed on January 18 by participating in MLK parades and hosting free HIV awareness and testing events in almost a dozen U.S. cities across the country, including Los
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