The Greensboro sit-in
The Greensboro sit-in was a civil rights protest that started in 1960, when young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave after ...
Posted Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 at 8:34AM
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Nina Simone's 89th birthday: The enduring legacy left by the North Carolina-born High Priestess of Soul
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(WGHP) - In February, we take the time to celebrate and remember Black history across the country.
As the month draws ...
Posted Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 at 7:32AM
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5 years ago, these women launched a side hustle for Black figure skaters — now Olympians are wearing their tights
Imani Rickerby and Jasmine Snead had a problem.
It was 2017, and the College Park, Maryland-based synchronized skating coaches had ...
Posted Monday, February 21st 2022 at 10:49PM
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Black Americans’ lack of participation in the stock market likely to widen post-pandemic wealth gap 14 February 2022
Many Black Americans missed out on the hefty gains from the stock market due to historically low equity ownership.
Only 34% of ...
Posted Monday, February 21st 2022 at 6:03PM
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Maroon Communities in Early America
Junious Ricardo Stanton
We have been taught and brainwashed to believe kidnapped, enslaved Africans in the colonies and the US lived in passive acceptance and acquiescence to the slavocracy without personal ...
Posted Monday, February 21st 2022 at 1:26PM
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The first Black woman to win an Olympic speed skating gold medal 'cried so much' she wore her medal backward on the podium
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Erin Jackson made history as the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in speed ...
Posted Monday, February 21st 2022 at 11:32AM
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Kim Potter sentenced to prison for Daunte Wright killing
The former Minnesota police officer was convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright.
By Ja'han Jones
Kim Potter, the former police officer convicte ...
Posted Sunday, February 20th 2022 at 7:38PM
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Conservatives are dragging millions of kids into poverty. Here's proof.
Conservatives refusing to extend the child tax credit authorized in last year's Covid stimulus package have helped drive a spike in child poverty.
By Ja'han Jones
Conser ...
Posted Sunday, February 20th 2022 at 6:47PM
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Sen. Tim Scott on Sunday expressed a willingness to become former President Donald Trump's running mate if the former president pursues a 2024 White House bid.
During an interview on the Fox News program "Sunday Morning Futures," the South Carolin ...
Posted Sunday, February 20th 2022 at 6:18PM
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Mom, you are my stargate is a tribute to our mothers. If it wasn't for her, we wouldn't be here. It's nice neo soul music with the beautiful spoken word poetry of Kamal Imani
Kamal Imani (c) 2/19/22
You ae my Stargate
You are my Stargate, my p ...
Posted Sunday, February 20th 2022 at 11:31AM
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For Immediate Release From Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, DC!
The entire Catholic Church is called to participate in the upcoming Synod of Bishops! This Synod is entitled: “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Missi ...
Posted Sunday, February 20th 2022 at 10:44AM
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Ukraine's president urges sanctions against Russia before possible invasion, not after
Haley Ott - 1h ago
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Western leaders gathered at a security conference in Munich on Saturday that he wants sanctions ...
Posted Saturday, February 19th 2022 at 1:04PM
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Bernie Sanders takes thinly-veiled swipe at Manchin for siding with the GOP and opposing child tax credit checks
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Sanders indirectly jabbed at Manchin for siding with the GOP ...
Posted Friday, February 18th 2022 at 6:37PM
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6 Changemakers Currently Making Black History
Christopher Rhodes -
Black History Month, the time set aside to recognize the contributions of Black Americans to the nation’s story and the challenges we have faced, comes at a challenging time this ...
Posted Friday, February 18th 2022 at 6:28PM
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Enjoying working on my next novel: Emerson Rides A Blue Bike.---
Emerson (Emmy) Macy peddled hard, almost to exhaustion, like two car pistons as he motored around the Laurel Mist sub-division. Sweat dripped from his forehead and splattered onto the ...
Posted Friday, February 18th 2022 at 5:09PM
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Trump lashes out after N.Y. judge rules he must testify under oath
By Dave Goldiner
Will or won’t he take the fifth?
That is the question Donald Trump is expected to face after a New York judge ordered the former president and his two children ...
Posted Friday, February 18th 2022 at 3:55PM
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Florida Judge Dismissed George Zimmerman's Lawsuit Against Trayvon Martin's Parents
Yolanda Baruch -
A Florida judge tossed out a lawsuit filed by George Zimmerman against Trayvon Martin's parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin. Trayvon was in S ...
Posted Friday, February 18th 2022 at 8:40AM
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