For Immediate Release From Vatican News!
Bishops of nations split by conflict unite around the Pope
Amid ongoing tensions between the bordering nations, Bishops from DRC and Rwanda come together during Pope Francis' Apostolic Visit to the Dem ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 5:21PM
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Black Americans Who Broke Barriers in the Business World
Story by Kris Scott •
Taking Care of Business
Historically, we've tended to hear about the major successes of Black Americans only when they happen on the field or on a stage, and that ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 4:52PM
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(1955) CONGRESSMAN ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR., “SPEECH ON CIVIL RIGHTS”
On February 2, 1955, New York Representative Adam Clayton Powell, then one of only three African Americans in the U.S. Congress, rose to argue that his colleagues should support ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 11:00AM
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Black History in Automotive: Edmond Berger Invented the Spark Plug
Edmond Berger was born in Bolivia, the city of CumGyauy (Birthdate: Unknown).
Some historians have reported that Edmond Berger invented an early spark plug (sometimes in British ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 10:23AM
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Eric Holder
On February 2, 2009, the United States Senate confirmed Eric Holder as the first African American Attorney General in the United States by a vote in the affirmative of 75-21.
Holder had been nominated by President Barack Obama on De ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2023 at 10:01AM
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About Black History Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Mu ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2023 at 6:57PM
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Sharpton's message to 5 Black officers accused of killing Tyre Nichols: 'How dare you!'
Story by David Knowles
In his eulogy for Tyre Nichols on Wednesday, the Rev. Al Sharpton singled out the five Black Memphis police officers indicted for thei ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2023 at 6:33PM
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Why Black Newborns Are 3 Times More Likely to Die in the Care of White Doctors
Story by Kaitlin Stanford •
It's a statistic so shocking, it almost seems hard to believe. But, according to a recent study led by researchers at George Mason Universi ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2023 at 5:47PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM HIS ROYAL MAJESTY BRETHERN GENERAL BISHOP DR. JAMAL BRYANT!
Freddie Gray. Rayshard Brooks. George Floyd. Tyre Nichols.
I’m tired, y’all. I’m tired of hashtags. I’m tired of trying to comfort families who must bury ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2023 at 4:36PM
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