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Need for organs greater than rate of donation in minority communities
organ
March 28, 2011
Though their donation rates have increased dramatically over the last twenty years, the need for organ transplants among some ethnic groups is such...
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'Visualizing Emancipation'
Civil War
May 1, 2012
Throughout this sesquicentennial, students around the United States will learn about the Civil War, primarily as a series of battles fought by...
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After Trayvon Martin: What to Say to Our Black Sons
racial profiling
April 19, 2012
One day in 1996, I was preparing to leave work when I received a panicked phone call from my friend Sally, who lived on a farm some distance from...
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Lectures announced for the 2012 International Black Genealogy Summit
genealogy
March 24, 2012
The 2012 International Black Genealogy Summit will be held at theRadisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown (215 West South Temple;Salt Lake City, Utah...
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A new look for Lowcountry Africana website
genealogy
March 21, 2012
The website Lowcountry Africana, focusing on African American genealogy in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, has recently debuted a sharp new...
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Exploring African American patriots of the Revolutionary War
genealogy
February 26, 2012
When Karen Batchelor became the first African American member of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1977, she did so under the military...
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Buffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers
February 3, 2012
Last week, the US House passed a proposal to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of alternatives for commemorating and...
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South Carolina Freedmen's Bureau records now available on Lowcountry Africana
genealogy
January 5, 2012
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands was established under the U. S. Department of War at the end of the Civil War in 1865,...
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Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
Books
December 9, 2011
Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson is a stunningly lovely, beautifully written history of America and the African Americans who helped build her into...
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Directory of African American genealogical societies
genealogy
November 6, 2011
Earlier this year I compiled and published, without announcement, a directory of African American genealogical, historical, and heritage societies...
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