Black History

John Conyers
Black Is: On This Day…
June 9, 2011, No Comments

On this day, June 9th: 1989 – Call for Reparations. Congressman John Conyers D-Michigan announced a call for a re ...

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Black History & Google!
February 22, 2011, 1 Comment

Google to host panel on The Future of Black History in America.

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Black History: Hiram Revels
February 15, 2011, 1 Comment

The first Black senator in the United States.

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Black History: Allen Allensworth
February 15, 2011, 1 Comment

Founder of the all-black town Allensworth, California

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Black History: John Hope Franklin
February 3, 2011, 1 Comment

American historian and educator.

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Black History: Lewis Temple
January 30, 2011, 1 Comment

The blacksmith who impacted the whaling industry with his invention.

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This day in BLACK History
October 19, 2010, Comments Off

October 20, 1898: On this date, the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company was the first African American owned in ...

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BLACK is…Funny (but I wish you would laugh!)
August 12, 2010, 2 Comments

When I was younger, history was my worst, and least enjoyable subject. But as I got older, I began to realize that histo ...

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Happy Juneteenth!
June 19, 2010, Comments Off

June 19th marks the 145th anniversary of the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery known as Junet ...