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Category: Black History

Shirley Chisholm
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The Chisholm Trail

by Lyndia GrantApril 29, 2020December 21, 2021
Women's suffragists parade in New York City in 1917, carrying placards with the signatures of more than a million women (The New York Times Photo Archive via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inBlack History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Black Women Helped Spearhead Major Suffrage Parades in 1914

by Stacy M. BrownApril 29, 2020December 21, 2021
Matilda McCrear, last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBlack History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Remarkable Story of Final Transatlantic Slave Survivor Reveals She Died in 1940

by Stacy M. BrownApril 22, 2020December 21, 2021
Jackie Robinson
Posted inBlack History, Sports

Jackie Robinson Day – The Celebration Goes On, Albeit Virtually

by WI Guest AuthorApril 15, 2020December 21, 2021
Rosa Parks, seen here circa 1955 with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the background (National Archives)
Posted inBlack History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Remembering Rosa Parks: A Civil Rights Icon and Black Women’s Suffrage Champion

by Stacy M. BrownApril 15, 2020December 21, 2021
From left: DuBois Circle members Evelyn McClarry, Judith Smith, group President Sandye A. Wilson and Beverly Carter celebrate the unveiling of a marker honoring Baltimore suffragists on Druid Hill Avenue. (Jean Thompson via The AFRO)
Posted inBlack History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Baltimore Honors Neighbors Instrumental in Women’s Suffrage Movement

by Stacy M. BrownApril 1, 2020December 21, 2021
Rev. Joseph E. Lowery (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

Rev. Joseph Lowery, Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 98

by Hamil R. HarrisMarch 28, 2020December 21, 2021
Mary McLeod Bethune memorial in D.C. (Robert Berks via the Library of Congress)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown

Bipartisan Resolution Introduced for Mary McLeod Bethune Statue in Statuary Hall

by Stacy M. BrownMarch 25, 2020December 21, 2021
Today, the Black Press continues to tackle domestic and global issues, including the new novel coronavirus pandemic and its effects on all citizens — particularly African Americans. (NNPA Newswire)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown

Black Press of America Celebrates 193 Years of Freedom-Fighting Journalism

by WI Guest AuthorMarch 19, 2020December 21, 2021
Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBlack History, Stacy M. Brown, Women's Suffrage Movement

Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin: A Suffragist Leader Everyone Should Know

by Stacy M. BrownMarch 11, 2020December 21, 2021

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