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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Samuel L. Gravely Jr.
Samuel Lee Gravely Jr. (June 4, 1922 – October 22, 2004) was a United States Navy officer. He was the first African American in the U.S. Navy to serve aboard a fighting ship as an officer, the first to command a Navy ship, th ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2023 at 9:46PM
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On This Day Amendment, abolishing slavery in US
On This Day in history: House passes 13th amendment, abolishing slavery in US
Detroit
BY SARA POWERS
(CBS DETROIT) - On this day in 1865, the House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment ...
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This Day in Black History: Jan. 31, 1943
Broadway star Etta Moten Barnett became the first Black person to sing at the White House.
Broadway star and film actress Etta Moten Barnett sang at the birthday party for President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...
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Coretta Scott King
American civil-rights activist
Coretta Scott King, née Coretta Scott, (born April 27, 1927, Marion, Alabama, U.S.—died January 30, 2006, Rosarito, Mexico), American civil rights activist who was the wife of Martin Luther King, ...
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James Baldwin
American author
James Baldwin, in full James Arthur Baldwin, (born August 2, 1924, New York, New York—died December 1, 1987, Saint-Paul, France), American essayist, novelist, and playwright whose eloquence and passion on the subject ...
Posted Tuesday, January 31st 2023 at 2:13PM
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