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University of Texas Acquires Collection of Papers From Black Performer Ethel Waters

Black History, University of Texas Acquires Collection of Papers From Black Performer Ethel Waters /

The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin has recently acquired a collection of materials on Ethel Waters, a pioneering twentieth-century Black singer and actress. Born in 1896 as a result of the rape of her teenage Black mother Louise Anderson, Waters was raised in poverty by her grandmother in Philadelphia. Speaking […]

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A Complete Guide To Celebrating Kwanzaa

A Complete Guide To Celebrating Kwanzaa, Black History /

By Shannon Dawson Kwanzaa, an annual celebration of African culture spanning from Dec. 26 to Jan.1, originated in 1966 amid the Black Freedom Movement. The celebration was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga, an activist and esteemed professor of Africana studies at California State University, Long Beach. Rooted in the early harvest festivities of Africa, this

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Kerry Washington’s ‘Six Triple Eight’ shows the important role Black women played in WWII

Black History, Kerry Washington's 'Six Triple Eight' shows the important role Black women played in WWII /

By Ronda Racha Penrice The job was considered impossible: Clear 17 million pieces of backlogged mail. In a war zone. Maj. Charity Adams knew it was a mission that could not fail, not just for the sake of morale of World War II troops, but also for the reputation of Black people in the eyes of the country’s

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Frederic Davison (’38, ’40): The First Black Man to Command White Soldiers in Combat

’40): The First Black Man to Command White Soldiers in Combat, Black History, Frederic Davison (’38 /

By Cedric Mobley For decades, Black Americans fought in the U.S. military to bring liberty to people around the world, even though those rights were often denied to them at home. Nevertheless, these heroes have sacrificed their safety and devoted their lives to protecting the promise of America— that the country will one day truly facilitate “liberty

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Howard’s Extraordinary Legacy of Civic Leadership

Black History, Howard's Extraordinary Legacy of Civic Leadership, Politics /

By Cedric Mobley For 157 years, Howard University has served as the nexus of intellectual engagement and social advocacy to ensure that all Americans can fully exercise all the rights of citizenship. Even before the end of slavery, the work of Frederick Douglass, who would become a Howard trustee, served as the foundation for universal

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1960s civil rights protesters who staged historic sit-in finally have arrest records cleared

1960s civil rights protesters who staged historic sit-in finally have arrest records cleared, Black History, National News /

Simon Bouie told his mother and grandmother he wasn’t going to get in trouble back in 1960. Then the Black Benedict College student sat at a whites-only lunch counter in South Carolina and got himself arrested. Finally on Friday, that arrest and the records of six of his friends were erased as a judge signed an order

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Justice Department launches first federal review of 1921 Tulsa race massacre

Black History, Justice Department launches first federal review of 1921 Tulsa race massacre, National News /

By Reuters and Michelle Garcia The U.S. Justice Department has launched a review and evaluation of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said. The massacre started on May 31, 1921, when white attackers killed as many as 300 people, most of them Black, in Tulsa’s prosperous Greenwood neighborhood, which had gained the nickname

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5 HBCUs Leading the Charge in Creating Black Excellence

5 HBCUs Leading the Charge in Creating Black Excellence, Black History /

By Aziah Siid What do Martin Luther King Jr., Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and Vice President Kamala Harris have in common? They’re all graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The schools saw a surge in applications from high school seniors after the murder of George Floyd. And along with increasingly being seen by Black

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Wally Amos’ Famous Cookies Reached the World With Marvin Gaye’s Help

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The world is slightly less sweet after the death of Black icon Wally Amos, who lived many different lives across his 88 years here. Following his youth in Tallahassee, the multi-talent moved to Harlem to live with his aunt, Della Bryant, while he was still a teen. Amos dropped out of high school but later

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Gail Lumet Buckley, Chronicler of Black Family History, Dies at 86

Black History, Gail Lumet Buckley /

By Richard Sandomir Gail Lumet Buckley, who rather than follow her mother, Lena Horne, into show business, wrote two multigenerational books about their ambitious Black middle-class family, died on July 18 at her home in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 86. Her daughter Jenny Lumet, a screenwriter and film and television producer, said the cause

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