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Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Katherine Johnson is a powerhouse unlike any other. Entering college at the tender age of 15, Johnson’s advanced mathematical...
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In June of 1882, a 30-year-old shoemaker by the name of Homer Plessy of New Orleans led a revolution that aimed to overturn Jim...
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Black women and their commitment to freedom and equality has often been minimized in history books. However, with black women standing at the front...
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Shirley Chisholm is a political icon who paved the way for politics as we know it today. As an active participant for women’s rights...
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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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After years of requesting an all-black unit in the National Guard, the governor of New York finally put the order into place. In January...
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After joining the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became known as a human rights activist whose teachings led the charge of black progression during...
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In 1973, DJ Kool Herc set up his turntables and introduced a technique at a South Bronx house party that would change music as...
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Robert Smalls was born into slavery and pushed into fighting for the Confederacy during the Civil War. However, at the age of 23, he...
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The civil rights movement was an organized effort where African-Americans united and rallied to put black progressiveness at the forefront of a nation that...
