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Remembering Henry Marsh III, Richmond’s first African American mayor
Henry taught us all that the fight for civil rights is never truly over – that it is one of constant effort, requiring us to ...
America’s first Black Rockette comes to Montclair Public Library to discuss her memoir
On Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 6:30 p.m., Jennifer Jones, the first African American Rockette, will visit the Montclair Public ...
Trump’s executive orders signal an all-out assault on racial progress by Black Americans
The president's actions — and the speed with which he is moving — demonstrate he is determined to implement policies that ...
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New children's book tells tale of local man who became the first African American to run for President
Now, one of their members has authored a book about one of the figures they've featured.
San Benito marking Valley's first Black community
On a memorial getting ready to stand outside an old schoolhouse built for Black children, Lonnie Davis is helping etch the ...
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Henry Marsh, first Black mayor of Richmond, dies at 91
Henry L. Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond and a figure who embodied the rise of African American power in the ...
Biden urges Americans to ‘keep the faith’ as he spends final full day as president in South Carolina
President Joe Biden has spent his final full day in office in South Carolina, where he urged Americans to “keep the faith in ...
Mary McLeod Bethune, known as the ‘First Lady of Negro America,’ also sought to unify the African diaspora
In 1935, Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women, an “organization of organizations” to unify African American women’s organizations under one major umbrella. The Mary McLeod Bethune ...
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'I think you’ve got the real deal' - American challenge in place for South African wonder One Stripe
This horse has got that same spirit, don’t give up." The next stage of the colt’s career involved Anthony Delpech, a ...
The First African-American President: Barack Obama
Did you know that in 2008, Barack Obama became the first African American President of the United States? The founders of the ...
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UT Austin names architecture and planning school library after John Chase, the U.S. South’s first licensed African American architect
To recognize John Chase and his achievements, the UT Austin School of Architecture library is now named after him. The John S. Chase Architecture and Planning Library was made possible thanks to a ...
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Colorado Springs' first African American church honors MLK Jr. Day as fight for social justice continues
COLORADO SPRINGS — As the first Christian church for people of color in Colorado Springs, Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) is more than a place of worship. It’s a powerful reminder of ...