On January 26, 1861, the U.S. state of Louisiana declared its secession from the United States and announced that it had joined the Confederate States1. Louisiana was the sixth slave state to secede from the U.S. and join the Confederacy1. The ordi ...
Posted Tuesday, September 26th 2023 at 6:12PM
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Maggie Lena (née Draper Mitchell) Walker (July 15, 1864 – December 15, 1934) was an American businesswoman and teacher. In 1903, Walker became both the first African American woman to charter a bank and the first African American woman to serve ...
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For Immediate Release From AOL!
Biden joins picket line with UAW workers in Michigan
President Biden on Tuesday joined the picket line alongside United Auto Workers union members in Michigan, taking up a megaphone as he encouraged workers ...
Posted Tuesday, September 26th 2023 at 2:50PM
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For Immediate Release From The Hill!
Churches and community groups across Florida are throwing themselves into efforts to teach Black history after the state’s controversial move to reject AP African American Studies.
While Florida has pul ...
Posted Tuesday, September 26th 2023 at 12:00PM
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For Immediate Release From Black Media Group, LLC!
YOU ARE INVITED TO BE A VENDOR!
WHAT: Women of Color Expo and Hair Show Vendors Needed
WHEN: April 26, 27, 28, 2024
WHERE: Double Tree Hotel Downtown
HOW: ...
Posted Tuesday, September 26th 2023 at 11:25AM
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Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) f ...
Posted Tuesday, September 26th 2023 at 10:40AM
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The Bible is Black History | American Black Journal Clip
A new book is addressing the age old question about whether people of African descent were present in biblical history. “The Bible is Black History” explores DNA evidence and the work of ...
Posted Monday, September 25th 2023 at 7:52PM
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This Day in Black History: Sept. 25, 1861
For the first time, the Union Navy admits Blacks to enlist during the Civil War.
On Sept. 25, 1861, for the first time, the Union Navy allowed Blacks to enlist for service during the Civil War.
Many ...
Posted Monday, September 25th 2023 at 6:55PM
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For Immediate Release From White House Initiative For HBCUs!
A Proclamation on National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, 2023
Our Nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are rooted in a fundamental ...
Posted Monday, September 25th 2023 at 12:59PM
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For Immediate Release!
HOUSTON — The family of a Black high school student in Texas on Saturday filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general over his ongoing suspension by his school district for hi ...
Posted Monday, September 25th 2023 at 12:08PM
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For Immediate Release!
By Andrea Shalal and Douglas Gillison
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to remove medical bills from Americans' credit reports in a push to end what it called coercive debt collection tact ...
Posted Friday, September 22nd 2023 at 10:40AM
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The black power struggle has long ago transcended beyond a standoff between the Black Panther Party and the white man and yet our battle cry remains power to the people. Today power to the people means, oil, gas, electricity, food, land, shelter and ...
Posted Thursday, September 21st 2023 at 9:34PM
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For Immediate Release From USDE!
The U.S. Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/rsa/index.html?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_t ...
Posted Thursday, September 21st 2023 at 2:15PM
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On This Day In Black History Sept 21 - From The Website Of The Atlanta Life Insurance Company
Biography: Vida Blue was an outstanding left-handed baseball pitcher in a 17-year MLB career between 1969 and 1986.
He is best known as an integral ...
Posted Thursday, September 21st 2023 at 1:03PM
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Colin Luther Powell ( April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021) was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who was the 65th United States secretary of state from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African American secreta ...
Posted Thursday, September 21st 2023 at 12:37PM
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For Immediate Release From USDE!
The Biden-Harris Administration announced that it will award more than $40 million to Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs https://www.ed.gov/category/keyword/hispanic-serving-institutions-hsis) to support Hisp ...
Posted Thursday, September 21st 2023 at 12:34PM
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Optimum Health As Resistance and Revolution
Junious Ricardo Stanton
We’ve known for quite some time now that we are being targeted by a diaboli ...
Posted Thursday, September 21st 2023 at 9:06AM
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For immediate Release From Assist. Democrat Leader Congressman James Clyburn!
Washington, D.C. – Today, on National Voter Registration Day, Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (SC-06) joined U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07), Ranking Mem ...
Posted Wednesday, September 20th 2023 at 1:06PM
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For Immediate Release From Kingdom Levine-Oliver Publisher, Inc.!
Table of Contents
THE OBAMA FOUNDATION NEWS: Earthquake In Morocco
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN NEWS: The PACT Act
USDE NEWS: Dr. Lisa Herring To Join USDE As Strategic Advi ...
Posted Tuesday, September 19th 2023 at 1:30PM
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On This Day In Black History Sept 19 - Carter Godwin Woodson Founded The Association For The Study Of Negro Life And History
Carter Godwin Woodson Founded The Association For The Study Of Negro Life And History
If you do not know your histo ...
Posted Tuesday, September 19th 2023 at 11:45AM
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Benjamin Franklin Peay (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988), better known as Brook Benton, was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s, ...
Posted Tuesday, September 19th 2023 at 11:01AM
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