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Saturday marked the first annual celebration of National Shirley Chisholm Day – a day dedicated to honor the life and legacy of the first Black congresswoman elected to Congress.
Outside the Rayner Funeral Home, a woman holds a Black American Heritage flag while waiting to pay last respects to slain Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton, after he was killed in a police...
Take this World History quiz at Encyclopaedia Britannica to test your knowledge of the American civil rights movement.
Unleashing the collective power of a resilient people, our celebration honors the unwavering strength of African American individuals who have shaped the world through their courage, perseverance and unwavering commitment to progress.
A group of young black women raise their fists in a black power salute. Photo credit: Getty Does anyone know when this photo was taken, who the photographer was, and where it was taken?
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Drawing on the federal census, wills, mortgage bills of sale, tax returns, and newspaper advertisements, this authoritative study describes the nature of African-American slaveholding, its complexity, and its rationales. It reveals how some African-American slave masters had earned their freedom and how some free Blacks purchased slaves for their own use. The book provides a fresh perspective on slavery in the antebellum South and underscores the importance of African Americans in the…
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The civil rights movement and the African independence Movements were influential in their respective struggles and there was communication at all levels.
Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike (1968) Beaucoup d'entre nous savent que Martin Luther King a été assassiné à Memphis, dans le Tennessee, mais ils ne savent peut-être pas pourquoi il s'y trouvait. Le chef de file du mouvement en faveur des droits civiques était venu manifester sa solidarité avec les 1300 éboueurs en grève, principalement des Afro-Américains, qui protestaient contre leurs pénibles conditions de travail, leur salaire de misère et le refus de la ville de reconnaître leur…
Leonard Freed, USA , New York City , 1963. © Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos
Donna Jean Barksdale, 11, took a front-row seat and was left alone by white students when Hoxie, Arkansas voluntarily integrated schools in 1955. In part because the Hoxie School District did not have the funds to maintain separate schools, the District moved to abolish its dual educational system by integrating black children into its all-white schools, where approximately 1,000 white children attended. Twenty-one Black students attended on the first day of classes. Although there were no…
People deprived of their liberty, primarily prisoners of war, became slaves. This phenomenon has been for many… by huku
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