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Category: Black History

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Dylan Pritchett Showcases Griot Tradition in Truest Form

by Sam P.K. CollinsFebruary 6, 2019October 31, 2020
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Former Freedom Riders Tell Their Story

by Hamil R. HarrisFebruary 2, 2019October 31, 2020
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A Slave’s African Medical Science Saves the Lives of Bostonians During the 1721 Smallpox Epidemic

by WI Guest AuthorJanuary 31, 2019October 31, 2020
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DC Celebration Committee, ASALH Ramp Up Lessons in Black History

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior EditorJanuary 30, 2019October 31, 2020
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Gregory Hines Honored with U.S. Postage Stamp

by WI Guest AuthorJanuary 29, 2019October 31, 2020
A mural depicting the Freedom's Journal mural is seen outside the offices of the Dallas Weekly, a newspaper that reports on events in the African-American community in Dallas. (NNPA Newswire)
Posted inBlack History

Black History Month: Two Centuries of Black History and the Black Press

by WI Guest AuthorJanuary 22, 2019October 31, 2020
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X waiting for press conference, March 26, 1964. (Photo: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

Little-Known Facts About MLK

by WI Guest AuthorJanuary 21, 2019October 31, 2020
The Full Circle Festival in Ghana (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

The Transatlantic Slave Trade – Africans Urged to ‘Come Home’

by WI Guest AuthorJanuary 18, 2019October 31, 2020
Much of the wealth generated by the transatlantic slave trade supported the creation of industries and institutions in modern North America and Europe. (iStockphoto/NNPA)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown

The Transatlantic Slave Trade: 500 Years Later, the Diaspora Still Suffers

by WI Guest AuthorJanuary 4, 2019October 31, 2020
Sharon Caples McDougle (right) and Mae Jemison (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)
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Sharon Caples McDougle, NASA’s Modern Day ‘Hidden Figure’

by WI Guest AuthorDecember 28, 2018October 31, 2020

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