For Immediate Release From African National Eucharist Congress (ANEC)!
ANEC Mission Statement
The African National Eucharistic Congress (ANEC) shall bring together African Catholics in the United States to experience mutual support, renewal ...
Posted Thursday, April 28th 2022 at 8:46AM
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Alice Walker Biography (1944–)
Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, African American novelist and poet most famous for authoring 'The Color Purple.'
Who Is Alice Walker?
Born to sharecropper parents, Alice Walker grew up to become a hig ...
Posted Wednesday, April 27th 2022 at 12:30PM
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Maggie Lena Walker Biography (1864–1934)
Maggie Lena Walker was grand secretary of the Independent Order of St. Luke, an organization dedicated to the social and financial advancement of African Americans.
Who Was Maggie Lena Walker?
Maggie ...
Posted Wednesday, April 27th 2022 at 12:21PM
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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 27, 1945.
On April 27, 1945, celebrated playwright August Wilson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Studying African-American writers like Ralph E ...
Posted Wednesday, April 27th 2022 at 11:57AM
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Civil rights activist Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was born in Marion, Alabama.
This Day in Black History: April 27, 1927
Coretta Scott was born in Marion, Alabama. She would marry civil rights leader Dr. Martin Lut ...
Posted Wednesday, April 27th 2022 at 11:35AM
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For Immediate Release From USDE!
Today, during Second Chance Month https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/03/31/a-proclamation-on-second-chance-month-2022/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdeliver ...
Posted Tuesday, April 26th 2022 at 11:27AM
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40 Years a Slave: The Extraordinary Tale of an African Prince Stolen from His Kingdom
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori was West African royalty before he was enslaved on a Mississippi plantation.
By ABIGAIL HIGGINS
After a shackled journey across ...
Posted Tuesday, April 26th 2022 at 11:06AM
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The Fair-Skinned Black Actress Who Refused to 'Pass' in 1930s Hollywood
Fredi Washington embraced her race at the height of Jim Crow.
By ERIN BLAKEMORE
When Duke Ellington and his band toured the segregated South in the early 1930s, they enc ...
Posted Tuesday, April 26th 2022 at 10:55AM
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Nelson Mandela: His Written Legacy
Read excerpts from letters, speeches and memoirs reflecting on each stage of his life—from the innocence of a tribal village boy to the triumphs and pressures of being South Africa's first black president.
By DA ...
Posted Tuesday, April 26th 2022 at 10:34AM
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Friends, please enjoy this great Blog Talk Radio interview with John T. Wells and Julius Thompson: https://soundcloud.com/author-je-thompson/john-t-wills-chronicles ...
Posted Monday, April 25th 2022 at 8:29PM
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‘Boilerplate Doesn’t Cut It’: Judge Finds Donald Trump in Contempt of Court for Flouting an Order to Comply with Letitia James’ Subpoena
Adam Klasfeld
Former President Donald Trump is in civil contempt of court for flouting an order to comply ...
Posted Monday, April 25th 2022 at 5:12PM
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WILLIAM LEVI DAWSON (1898-1990)
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE TO CHAIR A COMMITTEE IN CONGRESS BORN
April 26, 1883 - November 9, 1970 (87)
William Levi Dawson was an African American composer, choir director, and professor specializing ...
Posted Monday, April 25th 2022 at 1:23PM
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