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Booker T. Washington
In 1872, Booker T. Washington traveled 500 miles on foot to the Hampton Institute in Virginia. That journey, in turn, laid the found...
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Brenda Travis
Brenda Travis of McComb, Mississippi, encountered the dangers of merely existing in Jim Crow’s America as a child after witnessing h...
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Chicago Sound (The Birth of Modern Gospel)
As Black families left the South, their migration allowed them to bring their religion and musical practices along with them. But it...
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Congressional Black Caucus
In 1955, Charles Diggs Jr. became the first Black person from Michigan elected to the House of Representatives. His election paved t...
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Convict Leasing | Black History in Two Minutes or So
Although the 13th Amendment passed the Senate in 1864 and the House in 1865, the loopholes that exist continue to wreak havoc on the...
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Dr. Gates Calling for Webby Award Votes!! | Black History in Two Minutes!
?Webby Awards Peoples Choice Voting ends tonight at midnight! Click ?’s below to cast yours now! ?? 1) Podcast: Documentary https://...
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Elite Black Public High Schools
In November 1870, four Black students created their own safe space to study in a Washington D.C. church. That space would eventually...
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Ella Baker – ‘The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement’
After graduating from Shaw University, Ella Baker moved to New York City and began her career as a grassroots organizer. Joining the...
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Father Divine
As the nation dealt with the darkness of the Great Depression, a Black leader by the name of Father Major Jealous Divine rose from t...
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Filibuster
Today, many are familiar with the term “filibuster,” a procedure to prolong debate and delay a vote — but less well-known is its com...
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