Kenny Thomas (basketball)
Kenneth Cornelius Thomas (born July 25, 1977) is an American retired professional basketball player who played eleven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
High school career
He attended Austin High ...
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Walter Payton
One of the greatest players in NFL history, Walter Payton earned nine Pro Bowl selections and set several rushing records during his 13 years with the Chicago Bears.
Who Was Walter Payton?
Nicknamed "Sweetness," Walter Payton was ...
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Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid (Somali: Iimaan Maxamed Cabdulmajiid, born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid, 25 July 1955), known mononymously as Iman, is a Somali–American model and actress. A muse of the designers Gianni Versace, Thierry Mugler, Calvin Klein ...
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This Day in Black History: July 25, 1992
Gen. Colin Powell dedicates Buffalo Soldiers monument at Fort Leavenworth on July 25, 1992.
While serving as a one-star general at Missouri's Fort Leavenworth Army base in 1982, Colin Powell decided th ...
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Erik Ki La Salle (born July 23, 1962), professionally known as Eriq La Salle, is an American actor, director, writer and producer. La Salle is best known for his performance in the film Coming to America (1988) and especially as Dr. Peter Benton ...
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Brandon Dawayne Roy (born July 23, 1984) is an American basketball coach and former player. He serves as the head coach of the boys' basketball team at Garfield High School in Seattle. Roy played six seasons in the National Basketball Association ...
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Black Women in Tech Are Dominating in Every Way—Now There's an Event To Celebrate It
Story by Savannah M. Taylor
Black women in tech are always going to get the job done. As women of color from all backgrounds continue to dominate various indu ...
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Burned Out of Homes and History: Unearthing the Silenced Voices of the Tulsa Massacre
Teaching Activity. By Linda Christensen. Rethinking Schools. 20 pages.
Teaching about racist patterns of murder, theft, displacement, and wealth inequality thro ...
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Racial segregation characterizes every metropolitan area in the United States and bears responsibility for our most serious social and economic problems — it corrupts our criminal justice system, exacerbates economic inequality, and produces larg ...
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America’s cities ...
Posted Thursday, July 20th 2023 at 11:19PM
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Hastie, William Henry (1904-1976)
WilliamHenry Hastie, attorney and diplomat, was born on November 17, 1904 in Knoxville, Tennessee. He spent his childhood in Tennessee until hisfamily moved to Washington, D.C. Hastie graduated from Dunbar Hi ...
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July 19, 1919: White Mobs in Uniform Attack African Americans — Who Fight Back — in Washington, D.C.
On Saturday, July 19, 1919 a major “race riot” broke out across Washington, D.C. as white mobs attacked the African American community ...
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This Day in Black History: July 19, 1949
The president of Old Westbury College, Calvin O. Butts III was born on July 19, 1949.
Educator and pastor Dr. Calvin O. Butts III was born on July 19, 1949, in New York City.
Since September 1999, Butts ...
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July 18, 1966: Hough Uprising
Time Periods: People’s Movement: 1961 - 1974
Themes: African American, Democracy & Citizenship, Racism & Racial Identity
On July 18, 1966, protests and riots broke out in Cleveland following years of escalation ...
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Nelson Mandela marries Graça Machel on his 80th birthday 18 July 1998
Nelson Mandela first married in 1944. He and his wife Evelyn had 2 children and divorced in 1957. A year later, he married Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Their marriage survived hi ...
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Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing ...
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*John Standard was born on this date in 1868. He was a Black inventor.
From Newark, New Jersey, there is little known about his early life other than that he was born to Mary and Joseph Standard.
Standard's improvements to kitchen applianc ...
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Today In Black History July 14, 1822, • Denmark Vesey Uprising in Charleston, South Carolina
On this day July 14, 1822, revolutionary Denmark Vesey planned a slave revolt to take place in Charleston, South Carolina, intending for thousands o ...
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On July 14, 1955, a monument and National Park were dedicated to George Washington Carver in Diamond, Missouri. This was the first National Park named in honor of an African American. The 210 acre park offers a visitors center containing a museum w ...
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George Washington Carver (c. 1864 – January 5, 1943) was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of th ...
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*Isaiah Montgomery was born on this date in 1847. He was a Black politician, administrator, and civil rights, activist.
Born into slavery, he was the son of Ben Montgomery, a slave whose owner, Joseph Davis, promoted him to overseer. The young ...
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On July 12, 1976, Barbara Jordan became the first African American to deliver a Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention. Jordan also gave a keynote address at the 1992 Democratic Convention. Congresswoman Barbara Charline Jordan wa ...
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Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1974), better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper. She was born and raised in New York City and lived much of her adolescent life on the streets after being expelled from home. In her teens, ...
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On July 9, 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the first successful open heart surgery. Dr. Williams founded Provident Hospital and Training School for Nurses in Chicago, Illinois on May 4, 1891, the nations first interracial hospital and nurs ...
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