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Category: Black History

Posted inBlack History

28 Days / 28 Ways Black Literacy Matters

by aniqaamirSeptember 23, 2024November 22, 2024

STATESMAN FREDERICK DOUGLASS WROTE THAT “KNOWLEDGE MAKES A MAN UNFIT TO BE A SLAVE.” THE WASHINGTON INFORMER CHARITIES BELIEVES LITERACY REMAINS THE CORNERSTONE OF KNOWLEDGE, AS WELL AS A PASSPORT TO GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP. BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2021 KICKS OFF OUR YEAR-LONG CELBRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERACY. PLEASE ENJOY THE 28 DAYS / 28 WAYS TO […]

During Black August, members of the Black radical left spend the entire month raising awareness about the women and men of the Black Power Era, and work to free the Black political prisoners such as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, who has been incarcerated since 2002. (Courtesy of Change.org)
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John Taylor Chapman, owner of the Manumission Tour Company, stands before a marker of Franklin & Armfield, a slave trading firm in pre-Civil War Alexandria, Virginia. (Courtesy photo)
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Tour Company Showcases Alexandria’s Black History

by James Wright Jr.August 14, 2024August 14, 2024
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MJBL’s 2024 Symposium Champions African American Legacy in Baseball

by Harrison C. BuckAugust 14, 2024August 14, 2024
The United States Postal Service and the Negro League Legends Hall of Fame are honoring legendary slugger Hank Aaron with a Forever stamp on Aug. 17 at the Prince George's County Stadium in Bowie, Maryland. (Courtesy of NLLLHOF)
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Negro League Legends Hall of Fame and USPS Team Up to Honor Hank Aaron with Forever Stamp

by WI Web EditorJuly 29, 2024August 1, 2024
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Smithsonian Black History Museum Spotlights Mary McLeod Bethune

by James Wright Jr.July 20, 2024July 21, 2024
**FILE** African American sailors of an ordnance battalion prepare 5-inch shells for packing at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in 1943. (U.S. Navy via Wikimedia Commons)
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U.S. Navy Exonerates Black WWII Sailors Convicted After Port Chicago Explosion

by Stacy M. BrownJuly 18, 2024July 18, 2024
The famed Apollo Theater's neon sign shines over 125th Street in New York's Harlem neighborhood. (Courtesy of HBO via AFI Docs Film Festival)
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Apollo Theater Makes History with Kennedy Center Honors

by Stacy M. BrownJuly 18, 2024July 18, 2024
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act as Martin Luther King Jr. and others watch on July 2, 1964. (Cecil Stoughton/White House Press Office via Wikimedia Commons)
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60th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act: Reflecting on Progress and Persistent Challenges

by Stacy M. BrownJuly 2, 2024July 2, 2024
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Celebrating 60 Years of Progress: The Civil Rights Act Anniversary

by WI Web EditorJuly 2, 2024July 2, 2024

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