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Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Best Actor Oscar and a titan of cinema, dead at 94 1 peppertree Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1573
Mayor Adams (NYC) Chancellor Banks Deliver Remarks at Concourse Village Elementary School 13 JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 Jan 2022 11 2168
Louisiana Governor to pardon Plessy, of 'separate but equal' ruling 0 Eugene Jan 2022 Jan 2022 10 1494
Nick Colionne, smooth jazz guitarist, dies on New Year's Day at 55 4 peppertree Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 2823
What you do on Hiring Day - you do all year 4 JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 1668
This message was self-deleted by its author 9 old as dirt Dec 2021 Jan 2022 4 2038
The vaccine gap between Black and White Americans narrowed. But it's back for booster shots. 1 Eugene Dec 2021 Dec 2021 4 1458
Frustration with Voting Rights Legislation 7 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 8 1729
Rachel, a Negro Woman v. James Cameron, Sheriff (1839-Iowa) 0 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 1521
Buying Black - What's Your Success Rate? 5 qwlauren35 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 1696
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 1511
MLK Day Celebrations will be a smack in my face 2 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1428
Kwanzaa Question - It's my first Kwanzaa, so I didn't know. 0 qwlauren35 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1361
Why Christmas was the best time of year to escape slavery 3 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 29 2297
Beware: The Feds Ain't Playing 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1650
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 1116
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 1120
Merry Christmas, everybody! 1 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1274
Archaeologists to expand search for graves underneath Clearwater business property 1 KG Dec 2021 Dec 2021 7 1437
Congressional hopeful vows to ensure white people "remain a majority" if he's elected 6 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 11 2034
Black News Channel announces layoffs a week before Christmas 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1812
This message was self-deleted by its author 4 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1635
Appeals court upholds murder conviction of ex-Dallas officer Amber Guyger, who killed neighbor Botha 2 Eugene Aug 2021 Dec 2021 11 2108
After extraordinary sacrifice, and years of delay, Alwyn Cashe gets his Medal of Honor 1 douglas9 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 15 1394
Enslaved African-Americans confront difficult choices 2 Sherman A1 Nov 2021 Dec 2021 5 1767
Biden to award three Medals of Honor for combat actions in Iraq, Afghanistan 1 douglas9 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 8 1606
NAACP US Senate Scorecard (Voting/Civil Rights) 0 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 1141
Black HerStory to highlight contributions by Black women in St. Louis history 1 Sherman A1 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 8 1234
Jacqueline Avant, wife of famed music executive Clarence Avant, has died. 5 spicysista Dec 2021 Dec 2021 4 2054
In the 1950s, rather than integrate its public schools, Virginia closed them 1 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2021 Nov 2021 13 1796

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Josephine Baker, 1st Black woman honored in French Pantheon 0 Sherman A1 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 7 1219
Will an innocent man be executed today? 🙏🏽 6 live love laugh Nov 2021 Nov 2021 9 2056
Veterans Day legislation targets GI Bill racial inequities 0 Omaha Steve Nov 2021 Nov 2021 3 1221
Why we should never forget the shameful treatment of Black service members 4 douglas9 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 29 2190
'Blewish' celebrates Black and Jewish intersectionality through children's animation 0 Behind the Aegis Nov 2021 Nov 2021 5 1435
Ahmaud Aubery - the fix is in 7 JustAnotherGen Nov 2021 Nov 2021 17 2301
Colin in Black in Black and White. Well done! 0 tulipsandroses Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1268
'HBCUs survived': Historically Black colleges poised to get billions in spending bill 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 4 1293
The Buffalo Soldiers in WWI 2 Sherman A1 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 21 2607
Buffalo Soldiers at Vancouver Barracks 2 Sherman A1 Oct 2021 Oct 2021 13 1611
Accounts of African American service during the War of 1812 2 Sherman A1 Oct 2021 Oct 2021 8 1446
Civil rights pioneer seeks expungement of '55 arrest record 0 Omaha Steve Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1204
NFL, players agree to end 'race-norming' in $1B settlement 0 Eugene Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1409
African American Civil War museum has a new home in DC 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 8 1509
2020 Census may have undercounted Black Americans, new analyses say 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1688
Why aren't there more black people in Oregon? 0 live love laugh Oct 2021 Oct 2021 9 2039
Haitian Immigrants 12 JustAnotherGen Sep 2021 Oct 2021 11 2536
VA Republican Party campaign flyers depicting Black male candidates tied in ropes 1 live love laugh Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 1817
Son of the South - Amazon 1 JustAnotherGen Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 1502
Dr. Joy DeGruy on the psychology of racism 3 live love laugh Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1736
Records of 3.5 million enslaved people are digitized, giving Black families ancestry clues 1 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 Sep 2021 9 1582
King Richard- can't wait to see this! I predict Oscar for Will Smith 4 tulipsandroses Sep 2021 Sep 2021 9 2260
The Rich History of Black Westerns Enters a New Era 0 left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1404
Little Women Remixed, But Not Reimagined 2 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1576
8 months after getting Pentagon approval, Alwyn Cashe still hasn't received the Medal of Honor 0 douglas9 Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1596
Working at Tesla 3 rogue emissary Sep 2021 Sep 2021 14 1916
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Eugene Sep 2021 Sep 2021 0 996
Black US farmers awaiting billions in promised debt relief 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 1404
A New Website Catalogs More Than 250 Black Films Currently Streaming 2 douglas9 Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1441
Interesting video of a language, Tut, created by enslaved Africans to communicate in code... 3 brush Aug 2021 Aug 2021 6 1864

African American Continued...

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The story of Nearest Green, America's first known Black master distiller 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1627
Movement for Black Lives: Feds targeted BLM protesters 0 Omaha Steve Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1259
found this interesting 0 llashram Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1874
Does anyone know anything about this image? AA couple 1890s 6 irisblue Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 2349
Ohio Court Sentences Black Woman to 18 Months in Prison 0 tishaLA Aug 2021 Aug 2021 21 2099
Black man assaulted at Indiana lake faces criminal charges 1 Eugene Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1532
Ronald Greene death: Police brass eyed in probe of Black man's deadly arrest 0 Eugene Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1303
About black men again... 3 live love laugh Jul 2021 Jul 2021 11 2329
You guys may like this - please enjoy 1 YoshidaYui Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 1557
France honours Rev. Jesse Jackson with the Legion d'Honneur 0 peppertree Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 1402
The Filibuster Optics 4 JustAnotherGen Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 1760
BET to air 'Black x Jewish,' a short special about Blacks and Jews in America 2 Behind the Aegis Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 2036
I Am Bolt. 0 sheshe2 Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 1309
Charles Robinson, who played court clerk on long-running 'Night Court,' dies at 75 1 peppertree Jul 2021 Jul 2021 6 1721
Black female WWII unit hoping to get congressional honor 0 Omaha Steve Jul 2021 Jul 2021 7 1797
Judge dismisses group's effort to remove Black Virginia state senator, Louise Lucas 1 Eugene Jul 2021 Jul 2021 7 2054
Randy Moore will be the first Black Chief of the Forest Service in its 116-Year history 2 peppertree Jun 2021 Jun 2021 13 2425
Death of Julian Lewis: No indictment for Georgia officer who killed Black driver 0 Eugene Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1527
The Ugly War Between a White Police Chief and a Black Mayor in the Deep South 1 KG Jun 2021 Jun 2021 8 1870
"Widen The Screen to Widen Our View" by Proctor & Gamble /OWN 1 Budi Jun 2021 Jun 2021 6 2243
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