Black History
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Sep- 2019 -20 September#NNPA BlackPress
Military veteran and sports enthusiast impacts African American history
CHICAGO CRUSADER — As a civil rights leader, military veteran, sports enthusiast, educator and advocate for social justice, Hyde Park resident…
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13 September#NNPA BlackPress
Birmingham Unveils First Historical Lynching Marker at Sloss Furnaces
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — More than 300 people joined members of the Jefferson County Memorial Project (JCMP), city and county officials, residents…
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6 September#NNPA BlackPress
‘Talk About It Tuesday’ tackles 400 years of trials, triumphs
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — The Withers Collection teamed with the Memphis Branch of the Association for the The Withers Collection and…
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6 September#NNPA BlackPress
Bessemer’s Historic Lincoln Theatre Being Revitalized
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Built as a 400-seat “picture house” to show first-run movies for African American audiences, the historic Lincoln Theatre…
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6 September#NNPA BlackPress
Reframing the History of Slavery in Angola and the U.S.
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — If the U.S. has 35,000 museums, a writer asked in 2014, why is only one about slavery?…
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4 September#NNPA BlackPress
Defining Movements, Marches, and Milestones
OAKLAND POST — The March on Washington Movement was the most militant and important force in African-American politics in the early…
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2 September#NNPA BlackPress
COMMENTARY: Commemorating 400 Years of the African Diaspora Experience
THE AFRO — History commonly and most often points to late August in the year 1619 when some “20 and…
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Aug- 2019 -30 August#NNPA BlackPress
LeMoyne-Owen College ceremony marks 400-year odyssey of Africans in America
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — It was 400 years ago when the first Africans arrived in Jamestown, Va., marking the beginning of…
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27 August#NNPA BlackPress
Miami aviation association to honor Tuskegee Airman
FLORDIA COURIER — A Tuskegee Airman and other aviation luminaries will be honored at the Greater Miami Aviation Association’s 92th…
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27 August#NNPA BlackPress
When South Africans Declared ‘Liberation’ at Two Whites-Only Beaches
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — South Africa witnessed the beginning of the end of Whites-only beaches thirty years ago this week after…
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