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The Real Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall—perhaps best known as the first African American Supreme Court justice, He also had a profound contribution to the NAACP with his pursuit of racial justice and promoting racial equality during the civil rights movement. As a...
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July 29, 2021
The Real Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall—perhaps best known as the first African American Supreme Court justice, He also had a profound contribution to …
July 15, 2021
The History of Lynching in America
Lynching, a form of violence in which a mob, under the pretext of administering justice without trial, executes a presumed offend…
July 1, 2021
The New Negro Movement - Intelligent Speech Conference
The end of World War I fostered a new way of thinking for African Americans. Thousands of African Americans migrated from the Jim…
June 17, 2021
The Story of Juneteenth
Juneteenth is annual holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States, its a mix of June …
June 1, 2021
The Tulsa Massacre Pt.3 - The Invasion of Greenwood and Aftermath of …
The entire 35 blocks of the Greenwood commercial district were completely destroyed. A total of 191 Black-owned businesses, sever…
May 31, 2021
The Tulsa Massacre Pt.2 -The Spark
It was May, 30th 1921 and on this day Dick Rowland was on his way to the Drexel building. Which was mostly closed for the Memoria…
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