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https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/01/13/archives-president-reagan-designates-martin-luther-king-jr-day-federal-holiday RONALD REAGAN AND THE REWRITING OF MARTIN LUTHER KING’S LEGACY It’s become an MLK Day tradition for conservatives to point to King’s speeches on nonviolence and equality as a way to criticize modern black activists. Meanwhile, King’s popular image—transmitted in elementary school lessons for the holiday—has been drained of its radical social critiques and has […]

Do You Know Marie Daly?

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| History, Women

Marie M. Daly Chemist, Scientist, Scientist(1921–2003) Marie M. Daly is best known for being the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States. Marie M. Daly was born on April 16, 1921, in Queens, New York. She was raised in an education-oriented family, and Daly quickly received her B.S. and M.S. […]

HOW AN EX-SLAVE SUCCESSFULLY WON A CASE FOR REPARATIONS IN 1783

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HOW AN EX-SLAVE SUCCESSFULLY WON A CASE FOR REPARATIONS IN 1783 Grandchildren of slaves. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. Inspired in part by journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, conversations about reparations for slavery and its aftermath have become mainstream. But they aren’t new: […]

REMEMBERING BILLIE HOLIDAY

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| Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights, History

REMEMBERING BILLIE HOLIDAY Columbia Records/Courtesy Neal Peters Collection This April marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Billie Holiday, the recording artist fondly known as “Lady Day.” Known as much for her demons as her pioneering jazz vocals, Holiday is a member of both the Grammy and the Rock and Roll Halls of […]

MLK and the Sanitation Worker’s Strike

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Presented by Patricia Smith I’m standing here before you this morning because I’m sad about something that I saw on TV last Tuesday night. It bothered me so much that on Wednesday I called Pastor Camp and told him about what I had seen and how I thought that something should be mentioned in church […]

WHEN POVERTY PERMEATES THE CLASSROOM

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| Black Lives Matter, Children, Community, Courts, Education, History, News!, Public Schools

TROUBLED SCHOOLS ON TRIAL: FIRST OF SEVEN STORIES WHEN POVERTY PERMEATES THE CLASSROOM Struggling to cope with past sexual abuse and a mother who works long hours at a low-wage job, Alex regularly breaks down while at school. The screaming, crawling and crying of this 5-year-old at North Windham Elementary School – and the arrival […]

Women’s History: Mae C Jemison

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Mae C. Jemison is the first African-American female astronaut. In 1992, she flew into space aboard the Endeavour, becoming the first African-American woman in space. When Jemison was chosen on June 4, 1987, she became the first African-American woman to be admitted into the astronaut training program. After more than a year of training, she […]

A town of freed slaves was destroyed to make Arlington cemetery

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Heather Gilligan Senior Editor @Timeline_Now A town of freed slaves — on Robert E. Lee’s old estate — was destroyed to make Arlington cemetery Residents of Freedman’s Village reading books outside their barracks in Arlington, Virginia, between 1863 and 1865. (Library of Congress) Freedman’s Village was a haven for so-called ‘contraband’ people Sojourner Truth was outraged, but her feelings […]

Who Was Hiram Revels?

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2 days ago On February 25, 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels became first African-American member of the United States Senate. His swearing in drew both large crowds and significant debate. Those who objected to his being sworn in claimed that Revels did not meet the constitutional requirement of having been a citizen for nine years. […]

First Blacks in the Americas

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‘First Blacks in the Americas’: New Educational Website Touches on Untold History of Dominican Republic’s Earliest Black Africans By Tanasia Kenney December 28, 2016 atlantablackstar.com Today’s students are commonly taught the early history of America’s colonization, along with the dark, disturbing details of how the transport and enslavement of millions of Africans built the […]