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Maryland Officials Want Confederate Flag Off License Plates

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a day after he announced he is battling an aggressive cancer, said through a spokeswoman Tuesday…
LET’S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT SOME BLACK…

Now we’re going back in the day with SOME REAL BLACK HISTORY – as we feature “Commissioned” Originally from Detroit, Michigan,…
Rosa Parks Documents To Be Released To Public…

The black-and-white photograph of Rosa Parks on the bus looks familiar. She’s staring forward, reenacting her moment in history as…
Throwback Thursday: Rev. Charles Nicks & The St.…

We are taking it back on this Throwback Thursday..Remember this classic from Rev Charles Nicks & The St James Adult…
Historical Figures You Didn’t Know were Black.

Was Michelle Obama the first black First Lady? Do you know which one of your bills features a black man?…
Ruby Dee — Memorialized

Ruby Dee was memorialized in poetry and song on Saturday as the actress and civil rights activist was remembered by a large group…
THIS DAY IN BLACK HISTORY — JULY 23,…

JULY 23, 1984 — 21-year-old Vanessa Williams gives up her Miss America title, the first resignation in the pageant’s history,…
THIS DAY IN BLACK HISTORY — JULY 21,…

1940 – James E Clyburn – Congressman D-South Carolina was born in Sumter, South Carolina. The Highest Ranked Black in…
THIS DAY IN BLACK HISTORY — JULY 16,…

JULY 16, 1947 — ALEXIS HERMAN — 23rd U.S. Secretary of Labor was born in Mobile, Alabama. Alexis Margaret Herman (born…
THIS DAY IN BLACK HISTORY — JULY 15,…

JULY 15, 1968 — American comedian was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Edward “Eddie” Rubin Griffin (born July 15, 1968) is…
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