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Black Tennessee Lawmakers Expelled for Gun Violence Demonstration Despite Broad Support

Tennessee State Representatives Justin Jones, Justin Pearson and Gloria Johnson call or gun reform in wake of Nashville school shooting Tennessee GOP lawmakers on Thursday,...

The Legacy of the Pullman Porters Lives Today

The Pullman Porters were more than men shining shoes, carrying bags, cleaning, and setting up the sleeping berth. These hardworking men were architects of...

Fannie Lou Hamer’s America Explores Her Humanity and Legacy of Activism

Photo Credit:  (Original Caption) 8/25/1964-Atlantic City, NJ- Convention Hall. Mrs. Fannie Hamer, member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, was one of the exciting...

Segregation in Chicago Explored in New Docuseries

Photo: Courtney Jones, a Real Estate Broker who uses tools of the trade to spread the wealth.  Photo by Davon Clark WTTW Chicago debuts its...

The Importance of Biden’s Supreme Court Justice Nominee

President Biden has an opportunity to nominate a new Supreme Court Justice to the bench after the announcement of liberal judge liberal Justice Stephen...

NICOR Provides $25K Grant for Black Creativity Programs

NICOR Gas provided the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago’s (MSI) Black Creativity Program with a $25,000 grant in celebration of African American achievements...

Black History is a Lifestyle

Lifestyle. A word often defined as a way of living or existing that reflects the attitudes, styles, or beliefs of a person or group...

Serengeti Historical Associates Helping African American Families Find their Black History Year-Round

Serengeti Historical Associates Helping African American Families Find their Black History Year-Round     By Donald James   February is Black History Month, a time when the achievement...

International Black Aviation Day to Honor Black Aviators

Casey Grant, one of the first African American stewardesses of Delta Air Lines, is on a mission to honor the unsung men and women...

Don’t Ban Black History–Teach It

By Tracey L. Rogers   When President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, he urged all Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected...
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