Agrippa Hull, a free Black soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War, was the assistant of Polish […]
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Profiling Sebastian Toral, One Of The Early Black Conquistadores
Sebastian Toral was an early Black conquistador with little information about his life. This could be because […]
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The Legacy Of Frederick McKinley Jones, A Black Inventor In The Refrigeration And Cinema Industries
Frederick McKinley Jones, one of the most prolific Black inventors of all time, patented over 60 inventions […]
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Who Was Pio Pico, The Last Governor Of Alta California?
Pio Pico is best known for being the third and final governor of Alta California, a former […]
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Get To Know Wendy Raquel Robinson, An Afro-American Actress
Wendy Raquel Robinson is a well-known Afro-American actress. Robinson is best known for her roles as Regina […]
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Lloyd “Fig” Newton: The First Black Person To Perform As A Pilot With U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Team
Lloyd “Fig” Newton became the first black pilot with the United States Air Force Aerial Demonstration Team, […]
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Jose Torres: Former Boxing World Champion And Olympic Medalist From Puerto Rico
Jose Torres is a former Puerto Rican boxing world champion and Olympic medalist. Born on May 3, […]
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Who Was Thelma Johnson Streat, Black American Artist Who Earned International Fame For Her Visual And Performance Art?
WPA artist Thelma Johnson Streat achieved international acclaim for her visual and performance art. Johnson was born […]
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Facts About The Dessalines And The 1804 Haiti Massacre
The European colonial superpowers were losing their foothold in the Americas during the late 18th and early […]
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Meet Fannie Cobb Carter, The First Black Woman To Work In Newspapers In West Virginia
Fannie Cobb was a pioneer educator who established the West Virginia Colored Institute’s teacher-training department. Cobb […]
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Profiling Claude Albert Barnett, Founder Of The Associated Negro Press
Claude Albert Barnett, a journalist, entrepreneur, and social justice advocate, founded the Associated Negro Press. Barnett attended […]
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The Legacy of Honoring the Black Americans in the U.S. National Parks
Throughout the month of February, the United States commemorates National African American History Month by honoring African-Americans’ […]
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Remembering Oliver W. Hill, The Lead Attorney for the Virginia State Conference of NAACP
Oliver W. Hill was a civil rights activist and African American attorney. Hill and his colleagues filed […]
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Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy Not Guilty Of Sexual Assault Charge
Manchester City’s defender, Benjamin Mendy, has been found not guilty of seven of the nine charges against […]
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Kanye West Weds Yeezy Designer In Private Ceremony – Report
American rapper and business mogul, Kanye West, has secretly married Bianca Censori, an architectural designer at his […]
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Djibouti Is All Set To Build Africa’s First Rocket-Launch Site
Djibouti, a small country in the Horn of Africa, has agreed to build Africa’s first rocket launch […]
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How Rich Homie Quan Made Over $1 Million Recently With No Music Check Involved
Rich Homie Quan sued his label Think It’s A Game Entertainment and its CEO in 2015 for […]
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Why Mariah Carey Reportedly Wants Primary Custody Of Children With Nick Cannon
Nick Cannon and his wife Alyssa Scott recently welcomed their 12th child. Cannon, 42, has children with […]
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London Mom Dies On Day Of Her Wedding In Trinidad
An East London mother’s family is in mourning after she died unexpectedly on the morning of her […]
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Akpema, Togo’s Initiation Rites That Prepare A Girl From The Age Of One To Become A Woman
Akpema is a rite of passage for young maidens in Togo, a West African country. It takes […]
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Watts Truce: The Historic Meeting Of Two Rival Gangs That Brought An End To 30 Years Of Street Violence In Los Angeles
Though many local activists and public officials were skeptical of the peace agreement, the Watts Truce signed […]