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Fisk University was founded in Nashville, Tenn. in 1866. As an institution for African-American students, their first years of inception were pivotal. In 1871,...
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Born into a world awash in racism and sexism, the singer Billie Holiday soon became a beloved voice, known for her unique, jazz-influenced style....
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In 1965, James Baldwin and William F. Buckley — thought leaders from dramatically different backgrounds — made plans to debate race relations and the...
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Today, many are familiar with the term “filibuster,” a procedure to prolong debate and delay a vote — but less well-known is its complicated...
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One vital but less-known story from early America is that of Onesimus, an African man enslaved in the colonies who helped change the shape...
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With a Jim Crow south alive and well, many black Americans migrated north. This migration resulted in the formation of a creative urban hub...
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In February 1951, a young African-American woman by the name of Henrietta Lacks was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cervical cancer. Unbeknownst to...
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In 1915, D.W. Griffith, released a film that would go down as one of the most disturbing representations of black Americans ever, The Birth...
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President Lyndon B. Johnson made it clear that a shift was greatly needed in America. No longer could we preach about a land of...
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Be Woke Presents Black History in Two Minutes (or so) In 1861, the south’s threats of seceding the union led to the start of...
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After the Civil War, the Reconstruction era brought about hope and change in the form of citizenship and equality in America. Black men were...
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In 1932 the United States Public Health Service commissioned a study on the effects of untreated syphilis. 600 poor black men from Alabama were...
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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...
