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Black In America: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Arrest A Result of Racial Profiling
“”There are one million black men in jail in this country and last Thursday I was one of them. This is outrageous and that this is how poor black men across the country are treated everyda… more →
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Michelle Obama’s 'slave roots' traced
quierosaber wrote 2 months ago: US First Lady Michelle Obama’s ‘slave roots’ has been established, according to genealogist Megan Sm … more →
Black In America: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Arrest A Result of Racial Profiling
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artofficial26 wrote 5 months ago: “”There are one million black men in jail in this country and last Thursday I was one of … more →
Black Aviators
sostewar wrote 1 year ago: WHY IS THIS RELEVANT NOW? I’m so pleased that 119 pilots and 211 ground crew of Tuskegee Airme … more →
Freedmen's Schools
sostewar wrote 1 year ago: WHY IS THIS RELEVANT NOW? The first family, The Obamas have made decisions about where Malia and Sas … more →
Nineteenth-Century Black Republicans
sostewar wrote 1 year ago: WHY IS THIS RELEVANT NOW? An African-American, radio talk show host attracted a lot of attention rec … more →
Black WACs (Women Army Corps)
sostewar wrote 1 year ago: SCOPE NOTE Although segregated in their military accomodations and limited advancement in ranks, a f … more →
African Americans in WWII
sostewar wrote 1 year ago: WHY IS THIS RELEVANT NOW? Spike Lee’s new movie, Miracle of St. Anne has just been released. I … more →
Washington-DuBois: The Great DuBois
sostewar wrote 1 year ago: WHY IS THIS RELEVANT NOW? OTHER RELATED POSTS that I will create today are: The Niagara Movement and … more →
Exoduster Movement
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sostewar wrote 1 year ago: SCOPE NOTE west headed for Kansas. Another incentive to leave was the cruel slave owners who often t … more →
Black Settlements
sostewar wrote 1 year ago: WHY IS THIS RELEVANT NOW? This is particularly disturbing to what was a growing middle class of Afri … more →
Golden Thirteen
sostewar wrote 2 years ago: WHY IS THIS RELEVANT NOW? The increasing discussion of why military recruitment of blacks is down is … more →
Black Press
sostewar wrote 2 years ago: WHY IS THIS RELEVANT NOW? For years, african americans have lamented their relationship with the pre … more →
Freedom Journal
sostewar wrote 2 years ago: SCOPE NOTE PUBLISHED MATERIAL(S) Black Americans of Achievement: John Russwurm by Janice Borzendowsk … more →
Red Summer
sostewar wrote 2 years ago: WHY IS THIS RELEVANT TODAY? I’m in the nation’s capital today having just flown from Dal … more →
The Brownsville Affair
sostewar wrote 2 years ago: SCOPE NOTE A heartbreaking story of injustice. In 1906, in my home state of Texas, two whites were s … more →
Freedmen's Bureau
sostewar wrote 1 year ago: SCOPE NOTE The Black Seminole Scouts evolved from a union between black slaves and the Seminole Indi … more →
Fort Pillow Massacre
sostewar wrote 2 years ago: SCOPE NOTE Historians have described this as one of the ugliest marks on American history. What make … more →
Early Black Muslims
sostewar wrote 2 years ago: WHY IS THIS RELEVANT NOW? I happened to catch a spoof that Jon Stewart did on the controversy brewin … more →
