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THE OBAMA FOUNDATION NEWS: Meet T ...
Posted Friday, March 17th 2023 at 7:08AM
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Charlotta Amanda Bass (1874-1969)
Newspaper publisher-editor, civil rights activist
Bass was born in Sumter, South Carolina on February 14, 1874. She relocated to California in 1910 for health reasons. Charlotta Bass took over control of The Cali ...
Posted Thursday, March 16th 2023 at 6:59PM
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Editors- Samuel E. Cornish and John B. Russwurm
Founded on March 16, 1827 as a four-page, four-column standard-sized weekly, Freedom's Journal was the first black-owned and operated newspaper in the United States, and was established the same year ...
Posted Thursday, March 16th 2023 at 6:00PM
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Rodney Peete (born March 16, 1966) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, and Carolina Panthers. He played coll ...
Posted Thursday, March 16th 2023 at 5:34PM
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This Day in Black History: March 16, 1846
Rebecca J. Cole, the second Black woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S., was born in Philadelphia.
Rebecca J. Cole, the second Black woman in the United States to earn a medical degree, was born i ...
Posted Thursday, March 16th 2023 at 2:13PM
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This Day in Black History: March 16, 1948
Singer Billie Holiday is released from prison on March 16, 1948.
Famed jazz singer Billie Holiday rose to fame in the 1930s and became one of the most iconic vocalists in music. But she also had several r ...
Posted Thursday, March 16th 2023 at 11:17AM
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Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901) was an American Republican politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a college administrator. Born free in North Carolina, he later lived and worked in Ohio, where ...
Posted Thursday, March 16th 2023 at 10:25AM
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There Is Nothing Hidden That Won’t Be Revealed
Junious Ricardo Stanton
“The tragic failure of reckless, unprecedented lockdowns that were contrary to established pandemic science, and the added massive harms of those policies on children, the eld ...
Posted Wednesday, March 15th 2023 at 12:41PM
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14 People Who Broke Barriers to Make Black History
They broke color barriers to make history in politics, academics, aviation, entertainment and more.
By Alamin Yohannes
In honor of Black History Month, here's a look at 14 people who broke c ...
Posted Wednesday, March 15th 2023 at 10:30AM
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Maurice Ashley (born 1966) is a Jamaican-born American chess player, author, and commentator. In 1999, he earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM), making him the first Black person to do so.
Ashley is well known as a commentator for high-prof ...
Posted Wednesday, March 15th 2023 at 9:08AM
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For Immediate Release From White House Iniative on Asian-American and NHPISs!
Meeting of the President’s Advisory Commission on AA and NHPIs Was Held YESTERDAY!
On March 14, 2023, from approximately 9:30am ET to 5:30pm ET, the President’s Adv ...
Posted Wednesday, March 15th 2023 at 7:00AM
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.them.us/story/jamie-lee-curtis-gendered-acting-awards-trans-daughter/amp
After winning her first Oscar on Sunday night for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once, which took home seven statues, acto ...
Posted Wednesday, March 15th 2023 at 2:57AM
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TANISHA LAVERNE GRANT
https://www.eonline.com/videos/353114/tanisha-laverne-grant-oscars-2023-e-glambot ...
Posted Wednesday, March 15th 2023 at 2:52AM
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Sasha Obama: 22 Facts About The Former First Daughter & What She's Doing Now
Ever since her father took office in 2009, Sasha Obama has been known almost solely as a president's daughter. Growing up both in the public eye, but also under extreme p ...
Posted Tuesday, March 14th 2023 at 12:54PM
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This Day in Black History: March 14, 1977
Voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer died on March 14, 1977, in Mound Bayou, Mississippi.
Fannie Lou Hamer, an activist who spent her career encouraging African-Americans to register to vote and to fig ...
Posted Tuesday, March 14th 2023 at 7:33AM
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Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years, with a record of 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Gram ...
Posted Tuesday, March 14th 2023 at 7:25AM
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Angela Bassett’s Initial Reaction After Not Winning The Oscar For Best Supporting Actress Strikes A Chord With Twitter
Angela Bassett’s initial reaction to not winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has ...
Posted Monday, March 13th 2023 at 6:47PM
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This Day in Black History: March 13, 1932
The Atlanta Daily World newspaper begins running as a daily publication.
On this day in 1932, the Atlanta Daily World newspaper began running as a daily publication. Founded by William A. Scott III in Au ...
Posted Monday, March 13th 2023 at 5:03PM
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This Day in Black History: March 13, 1962
Jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard was born in New Orleans, on March 13, 1962.
He got his first taste of music young, learning to play piano at age 5 and taking up the trumpet at age 8. While s ...
Posted Monday, March 13th 2023 at 1:34PM
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For Immediate Release From ODEP!
Judy Heumann: The Legacy of Leadership
Last Saturday, March 4, the world lost a leading light of the disability rights movement, Judy Heumann. In a tribute published on DOL’s blog this week, ODEP Assistant Sec ...
Posted Monday, March 13th 2023 at 11:00AM
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