This Day in Black History: Feb. 6, 1988
Michael Jordan won the Nestle Crunch Slam Dunk with a perfect score on Feb. 6, 1988.
There are a number of superlatives in the life of Michael Jordan, from his role as the preeminent basketball player of hi ...
Posted Monday, February 6th 2023 at 10:30AM
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This Day in Black History: Feb. 6, 1990
Barack Obama named president of Harvard Law Review. Also, Bob Marley is born.
Before he was the first African-American elected as president of the United States, then-Harvard student Barack Obama was named ...
Posted Monday, February 6th 2023 at 10:19AM
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This Day in Black History: Feb. 6, 1820
On Feb. 6, 1820, 88 free Black men and women set sail for the British colony of Sierra Leone aboard a ship called the Mayflower of Liberia.
The group’s travel was funded by the U.S. Congress and organized ...
Posted Monday, February 6th 2023 at 9:58AM
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Viola Davis Becomes 3rd Black Woman in History to EGOT
Story by Laura Bassett •
Viola Davis finally achieved EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) status on Sunday, winning the Grammy award for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recordin ...
Posted Sunday, February 5th 2023 at 8:08PM
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This Day in Black History: Feb. 5, 1934
Baseball legend Hank Aaron is born in Mobile, Alabama.
Hank Aaron, who is hailed by many as one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game, was born in Mobile, AL, on this day in 1934. Afte ...
Posted Sunday, February 5th 2023 at 10:09AM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM HIS ROYAL EMINENCE GENERAL CARDINAL WILTON GREGORY - CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON, DC!
VISIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCJSv3eJJEA for BHM Mass Celebration or Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/adw.or ...
Posted Sunday, February 5th 2023 at 8:12AM
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The 37 Negro Leagues legends in the HOF
January 31st, 2022
The National Baseball Hall of Fame features over 300 members in its famous Plaque Gallery, but the path for 37 of them was longer than the rest.
The Negro Leagues and Black baseball at ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2023 at 1:25PM
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This Day in Black History: Feb. 4, 1986
On Feb. 4, 1986, the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth as part of its Black Heritage series.
Sojourner Truth was ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2023 at 10:36AM
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This Day in Black History: Feb. 4, 1913
Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks is born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Civil rights icon Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Ala., on this day in 1913.
On Dec. 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white p ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2023 at 10:11AM
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For Immediate Release From Vatican News!
"I thank you from my heart, my brothers and sisters, for who you are and what you do, for your witness to the Church and to the world. Do not be discouraged, because we need you! You are precious and imp ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2023 at 9:48AM
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HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH!!! ON FEBRUARY 3…
in 1870, the 15TH AMENDMENT, giving BLACKS THE RIGHT TO VOTE was ratified
in 1874, in Mississippi, BLANCHE KELSO BRUCE was elected to a full 6-year term in the US Senate becoming the FIRST BLACK SENAT ...
Posted Friday, February 3rd 2023 at 1:37PM
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Remembering Three Lynchings in Montgomery County
Historian Anthony Cohen of The Menare Foundation, Inc. reveals the stories of three racial terror lynchings that occurred in Montgomery County in 1880 & 1896.
George Washington Peck was the first ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 10:12PM
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For Immediate Release From Vatican News!
Bishops of nations split by conflict unite around the Pope
Amid ongoing tensions between the bordering nations, Bishops from DRC and Rwanda come together during Pope Francis' Apostolic Visit to the Dem ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 5:21PM
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Black Americans Who Broke Barriers in the Business World
Story by Kris Scott •
Taking Care of Business
Historically, we've tended to hear about the major successes of Black Americans only when they happen on the field or on a stage, and that ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 4:52PM
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(1955) CONGRESSMAN ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR., “SPEECH ON CIVIL RIGHTS”
On February 2, 1955, New York Representative Adam Clayton Powell, then one of only three African Americans in the U.S. Congress, rose to argue that his colleagues should support ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 11:00AM
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Black History in Automotive: Edmond Berger Invented the Spark Plug
Edmond Berger was born in Bolivia, the city of CumGyauy (Birthdate: Unknown).
Some historians have reported that Edmond Berger invented an early spark plug (sometimes in British ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 10:23AM
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Eric Holder
On February 2, 2009, the United States Senate confirmed Eric Holder as the first African American Attorney General in the United States by a vote in the affirmative of 75-21.
Holder had been nominated by President Barack Obama on De ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 10:01AM
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About Black History Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Mu ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2023 at 6:57PM
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Sharpton's message to 5 Black officers accused of killing Tyre Nichols: 'How dare you!'
Story by David Knowles
In his eulogy for Tyre Nichols on Wednesday, the Rev. Al Sharpton singled out the five Black Memphis police officers indicted for thei ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2023 at 6:33PM
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Why Black Newborns Are 3 Times More Likely to Die in the Care of White Doctors
Story by Kaitlin Stanford •
It's a statistic so shocking, it almost seems hard to believe. But, according to a recent study led by researchers at George Mason Universi ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2023 at 5:47PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM HIS ROYAL MAJESTY BRETHERN GENERAL BISHOP DR. JAMAL BRYANT!
Freddie Gray. Rayshard Brooks. George Floyd. Tyre Nichols.
I’m tired, y’all. I’m tired of hashtags. I’m tired of trying to comfort families who must bury ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2023 at 4:36PM
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