For Immediate Release From The White House!
The promise of America is that we are all created equal in the image of God and deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives. While we’ve never fully lived up to that promise, we’ve never fully w ...
Posted Saturday, July 22nd 2023 at 10:21AM
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For Immediate Release From White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities!
The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universit ...
Posted Friday, July 21st 2023 at 1:44PM
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For Immediate Release From USDE!
Last week, the Department of Education began notifying impacted borrowers they were eligible for automatic loan relief
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today released state-by-state data on t ...
Posted Friday, July 21st 2023 at 12:18PM
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Burned Out of Homes and History: Unearthing the Silenced Voices of the Tulsa Massacre
Teaching Activity. By Linda Christensen. Rethinking Schools. 20 pages.
Teaching about racist patterns of murder, theft, displacement, and wealth inequality thro ...
Posted Friday, July 21st 2023 at 11:39AM
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Racial segregation characterizes every metropolitan area in the United States and bears responsibility for our most serious social and economic problems — it corrupts our criminal justice system, exacerbates economic inequality, and produces large ...
Posted Friday, July 21st 2023 at 12:06AM
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities ca ...
Posted Thursday, July 20th 2023 at 11:19PM
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For Immediate Release From Assistant Democratic Leader Rep. James E. Clyburn!
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Today, Congressman James E. Clyburn is pleased to announce South Carolina will receive $342,000 in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Areas of P ...
Posted Thursday, July 20th 2023 at 2:01PM
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Elevate Your Consciousness
Junious Ricardo Stanton
“The ultimate explanation of all things is a state of consciousne ...
Posted Thursday, July 20th 2023 at 8:03AM
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Hastie, William Henry (1904-1976)
WilliamHenry Hastie, attorney and diplomat, was born on November 17, 1904 in Knoxville, Tennessee. He spent his childhood in Tennessee until hisfamily moved to Washington, D.C. Hastie graduated from Dunbar Hi ...
Posted Wednesday, July 19th 2023 at 4:33PM
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July 19, 1919: White Mobs in Uniform Attack African Americans — Who Fight Back — in Washington, D.C.
On Saturday, July 19, 1919 a major “race riot” broke out across Washington, D.C. as white mobs attacked the African American community and Afr ...
Posted Wednesday, July 19th 2023 at 4:25PM
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For Immediate Release From White House Initiative For Hispanics!
On Thursday, July 20th from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. EDT, the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics will convene in ...
Posted Wednesday, July 19th 2023 at 1:00PM
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This Day in Black History: July 19, 1949
The president of Old Westbury College, Calvin O. Butts III was born on July 19, 1949.
Educator and pastor Dr. Calvin O. Butts III was born on July 19, 1949, in New York City.
Since September 1999, Butts ...
Posted Wednesday, July 19th 2023 at 8:55AM
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July 18, 1966: Hough Uprising
Time Periods: People’s Movement: 1961 - 1974
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Racism & Racial Identity
On July 18, 1966, protests and riots broke out in Cleveland following years of escalation of ...
Posted Tuesday, July 18th 2023 at 5:27PM
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Nelson Mandela marries Graça Machel on his 80th birthday 18 July 1998
Nelson Mandela first married in 1944. He and his wife Evelyn had 2 children and divorced in 1957. A year later, he married Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Their marriage survived his ...
Posted Tuesday, July 18th 2023 at 4:53PM
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For Immediate Release From Assistant Democratic Leader Rep. James E. Clyburn!
BIDENOMICS BUILDS ON EFFORTS TO INVEST IN STRUGGLING COMMUNITIES
By: Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (SC-06)
There is an increased focus on “Bide ...
Posted Tuesday, July 18th 2023 at 2:38PM
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For Immediate Release From NAMI-Maryland!
We're excited to announce that we have begun to put together the program for the 41st NAMI Maryland Annual Conference, which will be held virtually on October 13th and 14th, 2023!: https://lp.constantco ...
Posted Tuesday, July 18th 2023 at 1:04PM
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For Immediate Release From Kingdom-Levine-Oliver Publisher, Inc.!
THE OBAMA FOUNDATION NEWS: “OBAMA VISITS ATHENS”
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN NEWS: “Student Debt Relief”
SENATOR BEN CARDIN NEWS: “Thank you, Maryland”
ED TRUST NEWS: ‘She J ...
Posted Monday, July 17th 2023 at 12:40PM
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Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. ...
Posted Monday, July 17th 2023 at 9:06AM
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*John Standard was born on this date in 1868. He was a Black inventor.
From Newark, New Jersey, there is little known about his early life other than that he was born to Mary and Joseph Standard.
Standard's improvements to kitchen applianc ...
Posted Friday, July 14th 2023 at 8:47PM
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Today In Black History July 14, 1822, • Denmark Vesey Uprising in Charleston, South Carolina
On this day July 14, 1822, revolutionary Denmark Vesey planned a slave revolt to take place in Charleston, South Carolina, intending for thousands of ...
Posted Friday, July 14th 2023 at 8:35PM
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On July 14, 1955, a monument and National Park were dedicated to George Washington Carver in Diamond, Missouri. This was the first National Park named in honor of an African American. The 210 acre park offers a visitors center containing a museum w ...
Posted Friday, July 14th 2023 at 8:28PM
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For Immediate Release From Catholic Standard!
Three events in July are bringing Black and African Catholics from across the country together in faith, fellowship and a deeper understanding of missionary discipleship.
From July 13-19, the K ...
Posted Thursday, July 13th 2023 at 3:13PM
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For Immediate Release!
In a significant move aimed at addressing longstanding grievances https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2023/04/17/justice-for-black-farmers-act-seeks-to-end-discrimination/, the Biden-Harris Administration has officially laun ...
Posted Thursday, July 13th 2023 at 1:24PM
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