National Negro Business League Founded By Booker T. Washington
On August 23, 1900, Booker T. Washington founded the National Negro Business League (NNBL) in Boston, Massachusetts. The organization received support from Andrew Carnegie. Washing ...
Posted Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 at 10:51AM
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UNESCO has chosen Aug. 23 to commemorate the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition, but the historical significance of that day may escape many. On the night that spanned August 22 and 23, 1791, slave rebels in ...
Posted Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 at 10:30AM
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Kobe Bean Bryant ( August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as ...
Posted Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 at 9:43AM
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For Immediate Release From Autism Research Institute!
Results from a study that focused on transition to adulthood in Autism will be presented, including considerations for advancing service access and navigation, employment support, and post- ...
Posted Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 at 2:05PM
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For Immediate Release From USDE!
Biden-Harris Administration Launches Most Affordable Repayment Plan Ever, Transforming Income-Driven Repayment by Cutting Undergraduate Payments in Half and Preventing Unpaid Interest Accumulation.
Administrat ...
Posted Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 at 11:19AM
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Regina Annette Taylor (born August 22, 1960) is an American actress and playwright. She has won several awards throughout her career, including a Golden Globe Award and NAACP Image Award. In July 2017, Taylor was announced as the new Denzel Washing ...
Posted Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 at 9:43AM
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Dr. Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was an African-American revolutionary and political activist. Newton was most notable for being founder of the Black Panther Party where he operated the organization as the leader. Newton ...
Posted Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 at 9:14AM
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On This Day In Black History "John Lee Hooker"
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-styl ...
Posted Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 at 8:25AM
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August 21: #Black August Day of Black Power
August 21, 2021
Black August honors Black freedom fighters — past and present — many of whom were killed by the state or imprisoned for defending Black lives.
August 21st itself marks three key mom ...
Posted Monday, August 21st 2023 at 9:30PM
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William James "Count" Basie ( August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first r ...
Posted Monday, August 21st 2023 at 11:55AM
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