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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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Sep
9
1915
The Changing Definition of African-American History
Since the origins of the field in the late 19th century, scholars have devised more than one definition of what constitutes African-American history. Some intellectuals have viewed the field as an extension or corollary to American history. Some have stressed the influence of Africa on
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L.A. County Starts to Move Rapidly into Economic Recovery; COVID-19 Related Death Rate Remains the Same
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Graduation Memories of Yesteryear | The Crusader Newspaper Group
He described how the commencement speaker for the Stanford University class of 1975 was former New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan: “We were shocked and dismayed because Moynihan, within that decade, had made a name for himself by raising questions about the stability of single-parent, black
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
AS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND APPROACHES, L.A. COUNTY ANNOUNCES NEW OPENINGS OF BEACH BIKE PATHS, INDOOR MALL CURBSIDE SERVICE, AND PERMISSION FOR CAR PARADES
AS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND APPROACHES, L.A. COUNTY ANNOUNCES NEW OPENINGS OF BEACH BIKE PATHS, INDOOR MALL CURBSIDE SERVICE, AND PERMISSION FOR CAR PARADES
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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News
GAO Finds Racial Discrimination in K-12 Public Education
Whether by choice or necessity, students in U.S. public schools with mostly poor, Black or Hispanic students are more likely to suffer educational discrimination than in other schools, according to a federal government
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Law Matters: Celebrating African-Americans' contributions to Missouri's justice system
Walter Farmer was the first African-American to serve in a judicial capacity in Missouri when he was appointed special judge in the St. Louis municipal court at the beginning of the 20th
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Historically Black Colleges Work To Help Students Amid Virus
The school of 268 students helped Johnson, and others like her, despite its somewhat shaky financial condition and concerns that COVID-19 could make things
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California After COVID – Recovery is Not Good Enough – Voice and Viewpoint
The coronavirus crisis is testing most households and businesses in California, pushing some to the very brink of what they can bear before falling off
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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper
Black Parents Be Vigilant . . . Though Rare, Much Remains Unknown About MIS-C, a Mysterious COVID-19 Related Illness in Children | Black Voice News
COVID-19 cases average two percent nationally for persons under the age of 18; yet this statistic offers little comfort to parents in Los Angeles whose children are currently battling
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
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Over Ninety Percent of COVID-19 Victims With Preexisting Medical Conditions Have Died.
The Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer shared the latest statistics behind COVID-19 positive cases and death
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4 Ways Racial Inequity Harms American Schoolchildren
"Our students of color are treated differently in our schools," Kim Ellison, who chairs the Minneapolis Board of Education, told NPR earlier this
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Source: Stories About Black History
John Boyega Says He's Not Sure What Will Happen with His Career After Igniting Crowd During London Protest Against Police Brutality
A megaphone is all John Boyega needed to ignite a crowd of London protesters who gathered for George Floyd on Wednesday in the city’s Hyde
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Negro History Week
Carter G. Woddson started Negro History Week. This week would later become Black History Month.
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Feb
26
1926
Jacobs, Harriet (c.1815-1897)
Born into slavery in Edenton, North Carolina, Harriet Ann Jacobs was the daughter of slaves, Delilah and Daniel Jacobs.  Harriet Jacobs is best known for her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, edited by white abolitionist Lydia Maria Child, and published in 1852.   Using the
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Source: Black Past
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School Enrollment in Apartheid South Africa
It is well known that one of the fundamental differences between the experiences of Whites and Blacks in Apartheid era South Africa was education. Whilst the battle against enforced education in Afrikaans was eventually won, the Apartheid governments Bantu education policy meant that Black children
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L.A. Public Officials Announce New Openings of Beach Bike Paths, Indoor Mall Curbside Service, and Permission for Car Parades.
L.A. Public Officials Announce New Openings of Beach Bike Paths, Indoor Mall Curbside Service, and Permission for Car
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Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News
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DePriest, Oscar (1871-1951)
A child of the early post-reconstruction south, Oscar DePriest was born in Florence, Alabama on March 9, 1871.  In 1878 his family moved to Salina, Kansas. Sometime in the late 1880s DePriest moved to Chicago, Illinois where he found work as a house painter and decorator.  DePriest created his own
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Source: Black Past
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May
12
1951
Keisha Lance Bottoms Makes Emotionally Charged Appeal To Atlanta Protestors Following Riots: 'This Is Not A Protest' - Blavity
When Dr. King was assassinated, we didn’t do this to our
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OP-ED: A Warning to Joe Biden and the Democratic Party About Black Voters | Afro
There is one profound truth this coming November – the Democratic Party knows it needs the support of black voters to win the 2020 presidential
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Andrea Harris, Black Economic Development Leader, Dies
The death of activist and Black economic development leader Andrea Lynette Harris, 72, last week, co-founder of the nonprofit N.C. Institute of Minority Economic Development (aka “The Institute”) came as a shock to those who knew, loved and respected
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The History of Black History Month
In the following article Daryl Michael Scott, Professor of History at Howard University and Vice President of Program for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, describes the history of the Black History Month
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Source: Black Past
Black Mental Health: Longer History Of Harm Than Covid-19
To understand how COVID-19 is affecting the mental health of Black America, maybe this will jog your
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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel
Black History Month 2014
Sign in now to see your channels and recommendations! ASCAC 2014 Conference|The 31st Ancient Kemetic (Egyptian) Studies Conference - Duration: 82 seconds. Black History Month 2014 - Modern Slavery - Duration: 60 seconds.
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Second Great Migration (African American)
In the context of the 20th-century history of the United States, the Second Great Migration was the migration of more than 5 million African Americans from the South to the North, Midwest and West. It began in 1940, through World War II, and lasted until 1970.[1] It was much larger and of
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Collins, Seaborn J. (1852- ? )
Seaborn J. Collins was born and raised in Georgia. He migrated to Seattle, Washington with his wife Alzada and son William in 1885, where he worked as a mechanic and a carpenter.  Collins also invested in local real estate. In 1888 Collins bought property in the Yesler neighborhood, and built
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Source: Black Past
Killer Mike Urges Atlanta Protesters “Not To Burn Your Own House Down” In Emotional Speech
Atlanta Hip-Hop stars, Killer Mike and T.I. joined Mayor Keshia Lance Bottoms emotionally, urging ATLiens not to burn down their city as protests erupted in response to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other victims at the hands of law
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African-American history
African-American history is the part of American history that looks at the African-American or Black American ethnic groups in the United States. Most African Americans are the descendants of Africans forcibly brought to and held captive in the United States from 1555 to 1865. Blacks from the
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1
1863
PANDEMIC. PROTESTS. POSSIBILITIES. | Dallas Weekly
Understand this: Until Black children, Black women, Black men, Black families, Black culture, Black institutions thrive, this cycle of palatable pain, rage, and mistrust will continue to
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Millennial on a mission, Dora Drake
Candidates for state offices will also reference the nation-leading Black incarceration rate, and the abysmal state of education, which some experts posit is at the root of the other social
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