Red Carpet Rundown: The Hottest Looks From The 2022 NAACP Image Awards

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Red Carpet Rundown: The Hottest Looks From The 2022 NAACP Image Awards

From Meagan Good to Bianca Lawson, check out the hottest red-carpet looks from the 53rdlNAACP Image Awards.

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Gibson, Althea (1927-2003)

Althea Gibson, a sharecropper’s daughter, entered the world of sports when segregation severely limited opportunities for African Americans. She eventually became the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis and

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Aug

25

1927

Second Executive Director of the NAACP, Roy Wilkins was born, 1901

Second Executive Director of the NAACP, Roy Wilkins was born, 1901

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Aug

30

1901

American actress Pamela Suzette Grier was born on May 26, 1949, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Her parents were Gwendolyn Sylvia who worked as a nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier, Jr. who worked as a mechanic in U.S. Air Force. As a result, the family travelled a lot, and Grier lived in several

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May

26

1949

Ethiopia defeats Italy at Battle of Adowa

The Battle of Adwa and the Victory of Adwa Centenary Medal

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Mar

2

1896

(1856) Sara G. Stanley Addresses The Convention Of Disfranchised Citizens Of Ohio

In January 1856, Sara G. Stanley, representing the Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society of Delaware, Ohio, addressed the all-male Convention of Disfranchised Citizens of Ohio who met at the Columbus City Hall. She called upon the forty delegates who included among their ranks John Mercer Langston, Peter

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LeBron James is an American basketball superstar who currently plays for the National Basketball Association (NBA) team “Cleveland Cavaliers”. He is six feet, eight inches tall and weighs 250 pounds. He was born to a 16 year old single mother named Gloria Marie James on December

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Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte was shown with actress Janet Leigh and film star Tony Curtis on the cover of Ebony magazine. It was the first time a black person and two Caucasians were seen together on a U.S. magazine cover.

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Jul

3

1953

Josephine Baker

Born: 6/3/1906 St. Louis, MissouriDied: 4/12/1975 Paris, FranceJosephine Baker was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress who came to be known in various circles as the Black Pearl, Bronze Venus and even the Creole Goddess. Born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri,Baker was

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Death of Emperor Haile Selassie

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia died in 1975 at the age of 83. During his reign, Selassies main ambitions included the modernization of Ethiopia, international recognition for his nation, the abolishment of slavery, expanded eduacation and the elimination of foreign intervention. In 1936, a year

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Aug

27

1975

City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. (1989)

? APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 87-998. Argued October 5, 1988 Decided January 23, 1989 Appellant city adopted a Minority Business Utilization Plan (Plan) requiring prime contractors awarded city construction contracts to subcontract at least 30%

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(1890) Joseph C. Price, “Education and the Problem,”

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lsiah Lord Thomas is born

lsiah Lord Thomas is born in Chicago, Ill. One of nine children raised by a single mother, Thomas will become a basketball star, first for Indiana University and later for the Detroit Pistons, where he will lead the team to 1989 and 1990 NBA championships.

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Apr

30

1961

Ida B. Wells Barnett

Ida Wells was born a slave on July 16, 1862, in Holly Springs, Mississippi, to James and Elizabeth (Warrenton) Wells. The oldest in a family of four boys and four girls, she acquired from her parents a love of liberty and self-sufficiency that characterized her

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Mar

25

1931

Spingarn Medal: Clarence Mitchell Jr.

Clarence Mitchell Jr., director of the Washington Bureau of the NAACP, awarded the Spingarn Medal for the pivotal role he....played in enactment of civil rights

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Dec

4

1969

Baseball star Ernie Banks born

Baseball great Ernie Banks, former Chicago Cub star, was born in Dallas, TX.

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Jan

31

1931

First warship named for a Black person, SS Leonard Roy Harmon was launched in Qu

First warship named for a Black person, SS Leonard Roy Harmon was launched in Quincy, MA, 1943

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Jul

25

1943

Many people assume thatFebruary is the shortest monthof the whole year to be

Many people assume that February is the shortest month of the whole year to be entitled of Black History Month. But, did you know that is celebrates the birthday of Fredrick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln?

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Feb

0

1998

Howell, Abner Leonard (1877-1966)

Abner Leonard Howell was a star athlete in Utah whose accomplishments went largely ignored during the peak of his football career because of his

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Aug

9

1877

Founder of the NAACP, Arthur Spingarn was born, 1878

Founder of the NAACP, Arthur Spingarn was born, 1878

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Dec

1

1878

Barnett, Powell S. (1883-1971)

Powell S. Barnett was a child when his father arrived in Roslyn to work in the coal mines. Seeing no future in mining, Powell left for Seattle in 1906, and quickly found work. Years later, after working in construction and for hotels, he served as a clerk for State Senator Frank Connor. Barnett

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Whitney Houston, singer born

Whitney Houston

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Aug

9

1963

Negro History Week Begins

What is now known as Black History Month, was first celebrated on this date as Negro History Week by Carter G. Woodson. It became a month long celebration in 1976.

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Feb

1

1926

METCO (Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity), is Americas longest running voluntary school desegregation

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Dec

13

1960

Ninety-ninth Pursuit Squadron flew first combat mission, strafing enemy positions on the heavily fortified Italian Island of Pantelleria.

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Jun

2

1943

Activist Kweisi Mfume born

Birthday of Rep. Kweisi Mfume who was born Frizzell Gray in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1996 Mfume became president of the NAACP.

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Oct

24

1948

Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama

In the article below, Kimberley Mangun, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, describes her ongoing research on the Birmingham (Alabama) World and its longtime editor, Emory O. Jackson. Mangun is writing a cultural biography of Jackson and the

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Italy invaded Ethiopia

Italy invaded Ethiopia. American Blacks held mass meetings of protest and raised funds for the Ethiopian defenders.

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Oct

24

1935

March 24,1837 Canada gives Blacks the right to vote.1865 Black troops ar

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Jan

0

2001

Youth from the NAACP Council begins sit-ins at lunch counters in Oklahoma City,

Youth from the NAACP Council begins sit-ins at lunch counters in Oklahoma City, 1963

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Aug

19

1963

Death of Mary McLeod Bethune, educator/activist

Death of Mary McLeod Bethune (79), educator and civil rights leader, Daytona

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May

18

1955

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