What the Bible Says About Reparations for Slavery
Opinion by Gerard Leval
The case for paying reparations to descendants of slaves has been gaining momentum nationwide. In 2019, Evanston, Ill., became the first municipality to adopt such a progra ...
Posted Friday, August 18th 2023 at 9:39AM
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Freeman calls for people to ’embrace’ black history and ‘move on’
Story by Hannah Roberts
Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman has said that black history needs to be embraced so that people can “move on”.
The 86-year-old is part of a new documentar ...
Posted Friday, August 18th 2023 at 9:32AM
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Bill Barr rejects Trump's plea that it's unfair to try him while he's running: 'You don't get immunity' by being a presidential candidate.
Bill Barr said Trump shouldn't get avoid trials simply because he's running for president.
Trump and his de ...
Posted Friday, August 18th 2023 at 9:17AM
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Kelvin Mercer (born August 17, 1969), also known by his stage name Posdnuos, Plug 1 and occasionally Pos, is an American rapper and record producer from The Bronx, New York, best known for his work as one third of the hip hop trio De La Soul. Throu ...
Posted Thursday, August 17th 2023 at 5:55PM
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Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL, commonly known a ...
Posted Thursday, August 17th 2023 at 5:48PM
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An Alarming US Trend
Junious Ricardo Stanton
“Suicide is a major contributor to premature death in the United States, especially among people aged 10–34, fo ...
Posted Thursday, August 17th 2023 at 8:11AM
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James "J.T." Warren Taylor (born August 16, 1953) is an American singer and actor who achieved worldwide fame as the lead singer of Kool & the Gang between 1979 and 1988.
Taylor joined Kool & the Gang in 1979, and remained with the group for 9 y ...
Posted Wednesday, August 16th 2023 at 9:09PM
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Meet America's First Ever Black Female Senator
Carol Moseley Braun was born on August 16, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois. From an early age she showed a great interest in political and social issues. This interest resulted in her becoming the first ...
Posted Wednesday, August 16th 2023 at 8:59PM
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For Immediate Release From USDE!
Apply for the SAVE plan during the beta period and you won’t have to reapply later!
Have you heard of the new income-drive repayment plan, Saving on A Valuable Education (SAVE)? It’s the most affordable st ...
Posted Wednesday, August 16th 2023 at 11:22AM
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On This Day in Black History: Aug. 15, 1938
California Rep. Maxine Waters was born in Kinloch, Missouri, on Aug. 15, 1938.
On Aug. 15, 1938, United States House Representative Maxine Waters was born in Kinloch, Missouri. She represents Californ ...
Posted Tuesday, August 15th 2023 at 2:42PM
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This Day in Black History: April 14, 1955
Elston Howard became the first Black man to play for the New York Yankees baseball team on April 14, 1955.
Elston Howard joined the New York Yankees on April 14, 1955, and made history as the first Afri ...
Posted Monday, August 14th 2023 at 7:23PM
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Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. He is often regarded as the greatest point guard of all time. Johnson played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association ( ...
Posted Monday, August 14th 2023 at 4:00PM
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Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the Miss World ...
Posted Monday, August 14th 2023 at 3:52PM
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Antonio Juan Fargas (born August 14, 1946) is an American actor known for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation and comedy movies, as well as his portrayal as Huggy Bear in the 1970s TV series Starsky & Hutch.
Early life
Fargas was born in New Yo ...
Posted Monday, August 14th 2023 at 10:48AM
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Lillian Evanti (August 12, 1890 – December 6, 1967), was an African American opera singer. Evanti was the first African American to perform with a major European opera company.
Life
She was born in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Armstro ...
Posted Saturday, August 12th 2023 at 8:47AM
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Frederick Douglas Home Dedicated
One of America's greatest orators Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) home became a national memorial on August 12, 1922.
He was named Minister-Resident and Consul-General to Haiti ...
Posted Saturday, August 12th 2023 at 8:39AM
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When we talk about wealth, sometimes it can feel like Black people are consistently excluded from the conversation. Thanks to systemic and systematic discriminatory practices, countless Black Americans are often shut out of the surest path to perso ...
Posted Saturday, August 12th 2023 at 8:31AM
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LL Cool J has made it known that he never entered the music industry for the sake of money, but he fully believes in equity.
During an interview with “The Breakfast Club,” the music legend recalled having a deep passion for rapping from a young ...
Posted Friday, August 11th 2023 at 6:00PM
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Kris Kross CHRIS "MAC DADDY" KELLY
August 11, 1978 was an American hip hop duo, consisting of Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith.
Kris Kross was the youngest hip-hop duo to gain success, with gold and platinum albums at 12 and 13 ...
Posted Friday, August 11th 2023 at 4:22PM
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For Immediate Release From College Promise!
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Posted Friday, August 11th 2023 at 1:55PM
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The Watts Riot, also known as the Watts Rebellion, occurred in Los Angeles, California from August 11 to August 16, 1965. The riot took 34 lives and injured 1,032 people. There were nearly 4,000 arrests and $40 million in property damage in what wa ...
Posted Friday, August 11th 2023 at 1:40PM
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Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 ...
Posted Friday, August 11th 2023 at 8:48AM
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On this day in Balck History, August 10, 1989 Four Star General Colin Powell was nominated as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President H.W. Bush. He was the first African American and the youngest person at age 52 to hold the highest mil ...
Posted Thursday, August 10th 2023 at 6:37PM
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