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Nat King Cole’s often overlooked role in the Civil Rights Movement

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Nat King Cole performs in Copenhagen, Denmark, in April 1960. Ebbe Wrae/JP Jazz Archive/Getty Images by Donna M. Cox, University of Dayton Six decades after Nat...
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The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as White

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A 1910 watercolor portrait of Belle da Costa Greene by Laura Coombs Hills. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, gift of the Estate...
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I am not your nice ‘Mammy’: How racist stereotypes still impact women

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The historical depiction of ‘the mammy’ is a racist stereotype, with an enduring impact. Hattie McDaniel (right) won an Oscar for her role in...
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From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture

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Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house and hip-hop....
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This Week In Black History October 9-15, 2024

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1945: Jesse James Payne was lynched in Madison County, Florida OCTOBER 9 1806—Benjamin Banneker dies in Ellicott Mills, Md., at age 74. Banneker was a brilliant...
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A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit

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Alice Augusta Ball, who came up with The Ball Method, a treatment for leprosy that didn’t come with unmanageable side effects. by Mark M. Lambert,...
Black History

This Week In Black History February 28-March 5, 2024

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GARRETT A. MORGAN FEBRUARY 28 1708—One of the first recorded slave revolts in American history takes place on Newton, Long Island (New York). Seven Whites...
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Shattering the glass ceiling at the National Baptist Convention

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Dr. Gina Stewart. Courtesy photo   Rev. Dr. Gina Marcia Stewart is the first woman ever to preach at the event — the latest gender equity...
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A Black history primer on African Americans’ fight for equality – 5 essential reads

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  President Barack Obama presents NBA champion and human rights advocate Bill Russell the Medal of Freedom on Feb. 15, 2011. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Howard Manly, The...
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Black communities are using mapping to document and restore a sense of place

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by Joshua F.J. Inwood, Penn State and Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee When historian Carter Woodson created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became...
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