Ā Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965. The marchers were protesting white officialsā refusal to allow Black Alabamians to register to
Courtesy of the National Museum of African American History & Culture WhileĀ JuneteenthĀ is often associated with celebrations of physical emancipations from slavery, it also signaled another type of liberation for the newly freed. Between 1861 and 1900, more thanĀ 90 institutions of higher education were founded for Black Americans who could not otherwise attend predominantly white institutions
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By Claretta Bellamy Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs will make history Sunday whenĀ two Black quarterbacksĀ face each other in a Super Bowl for the first time. If Hurts leads his team to victory, he will be the fourth Black quarterback to do so, following Washingtonās Doug Williams
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By Terry Gross Journalist Mark Whitaker says that much of what’s happeningĀ in American race relations today traces back to 1966, the year when theĀ Black PanthersĀ were founded and the Black Power movement took full form. It’s also the year when whenĀ Stokely CarmichaelĀ replacedĀ John LewisĀ as chair of theĀ Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeĀ (SNCC), and challenged the tactic of non-violence. Whitaker
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By Claretta Bellamy New Jersey is honoring its Black history and culture with a new trail that will mark important sites throughout the Garden State. Gov. Phil Murphy signedĀ Bill A2677Ā into law Wednesday, which gives the New Jersey Historical Commission $1 million to develop the Black Heritage Trail, a path highlighting Black historical markers and sites
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By Bryan Mcclure Ask any knowledgeable person the most famous graduate to come from a Historically Black College and nine out of ten times the first person they will say is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a 1948 graduate of Morehouse. The long standing tradition of Morehouse, along with the fact that Blacks had very
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Black Poetry Day is celebrated every year on October 17 to honor all the talented African American poets, both past and present. If youāre a literature enthusiast, poet, or writer ā no matter your race ā youāll absolutely love Black Poetry Day where you can celebrate black heritage and history. Black Poetry Day is celebrated
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āRacism is part of our inheritance as Americans. Every city, every state and every region of this country has its own deep history with racism. And so does the labor movement.ā āRichard Trumka, Missouri AFL-CIO Convention Americaās Declaration of Independence asserts that āall men are created equalā and āthat they are endowed by their Creator
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First celebrated in 1979, Black August was created to commemorate famed Panther George Jacksonās fight for Black liberation. For Jonathan Peter Jackson, a direct relative of two prominent members ofĀ the Black Panther Party, revolutionary thought and family history have always been intertwined, particularly in August. Thatās the month in 1971 when his uncle, the famed
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By Fred Frommer As Jackie Robinson prepared to take the field as the first Black player in modern baseball history on Opening Day 75 years ago this Friday, an Associated Press reporter asked if he had any butterflies in his stomach. āNot a one,ā Robinson replied, with a grin. āI wish I could say I
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By Bria Bolden 54 years after his assassination, Memphis clergy and community members plan to honor the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Today, the anniversary of his death, the community is coming together to honor his life and legacy. 54 years ago today Dr. King traveled to Memphis in support of sanitation workers, and
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