This Day in Black History: Feb. 6, 1990
Barack Obama named president of Harvard Law Review. Also, Bob Marley is born.
Before he was the first African-American elected as president of the United States, then-Harvard student Barack Obama was named ...
Posted Monday, February 6th 2023 at 10:19AM
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This Day in Black History: Feb. 6, 1820
On Feb. 6, 1820, 88 free Black men and women set sail for the British colony of Sierra Leone aboard a ship called the Mayflower of Liberia.
The group’s travel was funded by the U.S. Congress and organized ...
Posted Monday, February 6th 2023 at 9:58AM
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Viola Davis Becomes 3rd Black Woman in History to EGOT
Story by Laura Bassett •
Viola Davis finally achieved EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) status on Sunday, winning the Grammy award for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recordin ...
Posted Sunday, February 5th 2023 at 8:08PM
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This Day in Black History: Feb. 5, 1934
Baseball legend Hank Aaron is born in Mobile, Alabama.
Hank Aaron, who is hailed by many as one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game, was born in Mobile, AL, on this day in 1934. Afte ...
Posted Sunday, February 5th 2023 at 10:09AM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM HIS ROYAL EMINENCE GENERAL CARDINAL WILTON GREGORY - CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON, DC!
VISIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCJSv3eJJEA for BHM Mass Celebration or Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/adw.or ...
Posted Sunday, February 5th 2023 at 8:12AM
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The 37 Negro Leagues legends in the HOF
January 31st, 2022
The National Baseball Hall of Fame features over 300 members in its famous Plaque Gallery, but the path for 37 of them was longer than the rest.
The Negro Leagues and Black baseball at ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2023 at 1:25PM
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This Day in Black History: Feb. 4, 1986
On Feb. 4, 1986, the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative postage stamp honoring abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth as part of its Black Heritage series.
Sojourner Truth was ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2023 at 10:36AM
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This Day in Black History: Feb. 4, 1913
Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks is born in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Civil rights icon Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Ala., on this day in 1913.
On Dec. 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white p ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2023 at 10:11AM
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For Immediate Release From Vatican News!
"I thank you from my heart, my brothers and sisters, for who you are and what you do, for your witness to the Church and to the world. Do not be discouraged, because we need you! You are precious and imp ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2023 at 9:48AM
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HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH!!! ON FEBRUARY 3…
in 1870, the 15TH AMENDMENT, giving BLACKS THE RIGHT TO VOTE was ratified
in 1874, in Mississippi, BLANCHE KELSO BRUCE was elected to a full 6-year term in the US Senate becoming the FIRST BLACK SENAT ...
Posted Friday, February 3rd 2023 at 1:37PM
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Remembering Three Lynchings in Montgomery County
Historian Anthony Cohen of The Menare Foundation, Inc. reveals the stories of three racial terror lynchings that occurred in Montgomery County in 1880 & 1896.
George Washington Peck was the first ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 10:12PM
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