Black History In Two Minutes

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December 3, 2021 December 23, 2022

The lynching of Emmett Till in 1955 became a pivotal point for race relations in the United States. Instead of sitting by silently,...

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December 4, 2020 December 23, 2022

With the formal ending of slavery in place, many freed black people saw this as an opportunity to start anew. But, for those in the...

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October 23, 2020 December 23, 2022

Marcus Garvey was born in Jamaica and experienced the impacts of colonization at the hands of the British. As a result, he developed...

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November 22, 2019 December 23, 2022

After joining the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became known as a human rights activist whose teachings led the charge of black progres...

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September 5, 2019 December 23, 2022

Born as Marguerite Johnson in 1928, Maya Angelou is a 20th Century renaissance woman who was catapulted into international fame with...

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May 16, 2019 December 23, 2022

One of the pioneers of the hair care industry is an African-American woman named Sarah Breedlove. After becoming a widow at the age...

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