For Immediate Release From The Obama Foundation!
The Obama Presidential Center, in addition to being a community hub, will also be a place to honor those who came before us so we can share their legacies with the next generation.
One of those ...
Posted Monday, February 26th 2024 at 4:00PM
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Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New Orleans to a ...
Posted Monday, February 26th 2024 at 1:00PM
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At the height of the civil rights movement, Andrew Brimmer became the first African-American governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Feb. 26, 1966. He was appointed to the position by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Before becoming a gove ...
Posted Monday, February 26th 2024 at 11:52AM
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For Immediate Release From Vatican News!
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Pope Francis notes the anniversary of the beginning of the large-scale war in Ukraine, and pleads for a diplomatic solution aimed at “a just and lasting peace.” By Christopher W ...
Posted Monday, February 26th 2024 at 11:43AM
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CHICAGO, Feb. 25 Elijah Muhammad, spiritual leader of the nation's Black Muslims, died here today of congestive heart failure.
The death of the 77 °Messenger of Allah,¡± as his followers called him, came as thousands of Muslims were gathering ...
Posted Sunday, February 25th 2024 at 8:17PM
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For Immediate Release From Gen-Z For Change!
JOIN us NOW as we sit down with educators, community organizers, and others for 12 HOURS STRAIGHT today to talk Palestine.
Join our livestream on YouTube, Tiktok, and Twitch and help suppo ...
Posted Saturday, February 24th 2024 at 1:22PM
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Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante ONH GBE PC (born William Alexander Clarke; 24 February 1884 – 6 August 1977) was a Jamaican politician and labour leader, who, in 1962, became the first prime minister of Jamaica.
Early life and education
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Posted Saturday, February 24th 2024 at 10:58AM
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Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (né Sinclair; born February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed between 1996 and 2017. He retired with an undefeated record and won 15 major world championships from super fe ...
Posted Saturday, February 24th 2024 at 10:45AM
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One of the most important figures in the African Methodist Episcopal Church during the nineteenth century in America, Bishop Daniel A Payne was born a free man on February 24, 1811 in Charleston, South Carolina. Serving for over four decades as a b ...
Posted Saturday, February 24th 2024 at 10:28AM
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America's first female African American United States Senator and the first African American Senator from the Democratic Party, Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun was born on August 16, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. She received her undergraduate degree from ...
Posted Saturday, February 24th 2024 at 10:18AM
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For Immediate Release From President Biden!
The 153,000 Americans enrolled in my Administration's SAVE Plan will get an email just like this that reads:
"Congratulations! A portion of your federal student loans will be forgiven because you q ...
Posted Thursday, February 22nd 2024 at 10:29AM
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A Look at All Black Settlements
Junious Ricardo Stanton
Little is known of the all black settlements and towns in the US ...
Posted Thursday, February 22nd 2024 at 9:11AM
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