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Dr. Stephen G. Hall

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LEADER JEFFRIES: WE'RE NOT GOING TO BEND THE KNEE TO DONALD TRUMP'S WILL WHEN HE'S GUTTING HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYDAY AMERICANS Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's Deadline White House to discuss how House Democrats are aggressively pushing back against Donald Trump's efforts to continue to gut the healthcare of the American people and threaten the American people with a painful government shutdown.

The fact is Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are gutting healthcare. Jeffries and Dems are right to to fight for lower healthcare costs. democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-...

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AAHIAH SPECIAL: "The Civil Rights Act of 1968"
YouTube video by African American History Is AMERICAN History AAHIAH SPECIAL: "The Civil Rights Act of 1968"

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Following the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Johnson pressured Congress to pass additional civil rights legislation. The U. S. Congress finally passed the Civil Rights Act on April 10, 1968. It was signed into law the following day.

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Colleges Affected by DEI (Part III) Louisiana

Colleges Affected by DEI (Part III)
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Red Summer, 1919 On July 27th 1919, a white mob, many of them World War I veterans, began assaulting random Black Americans after a white woman was allegedly attacked in Washington, D.C. Weeks prior, newspapers had fanned hysteria with ...

Red Summer, 1919
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner:A Man of Purpose, Pride, and Power Maurice Woodson

Malcolm-Jamal Warner:A Man of Purpose, Pride, and Power
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Two New PhD Programs in African American Studies Despite the anti-Black Studies atmosphere in the country and attempts to undermine diverstiy, inclusion and equity, African American Studies continues to thrive, nonetheless. Below please find links to two of the newest...

Two New PhD Programs in African American Studies
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Colleges Affected by DEI (Part II) (Florida cont'd)

Colleges Affected by DEI (Part II)
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Colleges Affected by DEI Changes (Part 1) This is the first installment in a five part series that tracks current DEI changes in all fifty states.

Colleges Affected by DEI Changes (Part 1)
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African American Troops and the Korean War, 1950 On July 24th 1950, African-American troops of the U.S. Army’s 24th Infantry Regiment began the 16-hour offensive that enabled them to recapture Yechon, South Korea. For the U.S. forces, it marked the first South Korean ...

African American Troops and the Korean War, 1950
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Kwame Nkrumah, Pan Africanist Visionary *Kwame Nkrumah, the first prime minister (1957-1960) and president (1960-1966) of the Republic of Ghana, was the leader of the first sub-Saharan African nation to gain its independence. He subsequently became a leading f...

Kwame Nkrumah, Pan Africanist Visionary
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United Front Against Fascism, 1969 On 18 July 1969, Black Panthers held a conference in Oakland alongside the predominantly white anti-racist Young Patriots Organisation and Puerto Rican street gang-turned-radical group the Young Lords.

United Front Against Fascism, 1969
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Harlem Riots, 1964 On 18 July 1964, riots broke out in Harlem, New York – the first of a series of summer racial riots in Brooklyn (on the 20th), Rochester, Paterson, Elizabeth, Newark, Philadelphia and suburban Chicago – after a police o...

Harlem Riots, 1964
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Murder of Eric Garner, 2014 On 17 July 2014, Eric Garner, an unarmed Black man, was murdered by white NYPD officers whilst arresting him after they suspected him of illegally selling cigarettes. He was choked to death using a banned chokehold mano...

Murder of Eric Garner, 2014
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"Our Black Shining Prince" LeslΓ© HonorΓ©

"Our Black Shining Prince"
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"The Good Ones Die Too Young" Mustafa Santiago Ali

"The Good Ones Die Too Young"
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Brick Road Protests in Bengali Community in London, 1978 On 16 July 1978, a mass anti-racist, sit-down protest occurred on the corner of Brick Lane and Bethnal Green Road in London's biggest Bengali community in an attempt to prevent fascist National Front literature from bein...

Brick Road Protests in Bengali Community in London, 1978
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Assata Shakur, 1947 On 16 July 1947, Black revolutionary Assata Shakur was born in Queens, New York City.

Assata Shakur, 1947
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The Way to Sesame Mustafa Santiago Ali

The Way to Sesame
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Competing Conspiracy Theories Consume Trump’s Washington

Competing Conspiracy Theories Consume Trump’s Washington www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...

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"Spirituality does not come from religion. It comes from our soul."
Halie Selaissie I

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"You can't be what you can't see."

Marian Wright Edelman

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"My blessings outweigh all of the negative things that have occurred in my life."

Marvin Gaye



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"Lead from the back--and let others beleive they are in front."

Nelson Mandela

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"If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else."

Marvin Gaye


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"Don't follow the path. Go where there is no path and begin the trail."

Ruby Bridges

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"Our heritage is Africa. We should never seek to break the ties, nor should the Africans."

Martin Luther King Jr.

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"Invest yourself in everything you do. There's fun in being serious."

John Coltrane

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"Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living."

Mary McLeod Bethune

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"The time is always right to do what is right."

Martin Luther King

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"Speaking like this doesn't mean that were anti-white, but it does mean were anti-exploitation, were anti-degradation, were anti-oppression."

Malcolm X

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