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Los Angeles Black History

Black History - Not Just a Black Thang!

America is celebrated around the world based on the diversity of the people who call it home. People from all over the world have immigrated to the...
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Celebrating a unique black family group

Black history month is usually filled with stories of people like Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, and other iconic figures who...
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Why is February Black History Month?

Dear LA Teacher,Why is February Black History Month?Curious StudentDear Curious Student,Actually, historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson initially called...
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“I have a dream” speech and Jim Crow

Dear LA Teacher, My seventh grade social studies teacher at Portola Middle School in Tarzana wants us to study about the contributions of African...
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"If we should ever get to Heaven, we shall find nobody to reproach us for being Black,

or for being a Slave." Author: Jupiter Hammon on September 24, 1786, in New York, while addressing the Negroes of New York on the effects of...
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Black History Month and housing discrimination in Long Beach

As Long Beach celebrates Black History Month, it is important to remember that African Americans not long ago could not buy a home or rent an...
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Black History lies hidden beneath rolling hills of Ohio college town

Of the 1,932 patients buried in cemeteries of the Athens State Hospital situated near Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, 110 confirmed African...
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White pastor works to achieve Dr. King’s vision of the beloved community

Decades after the Montgomery, Alabama Bus Boycott, which launched the modern Civil Rights Movement into the forefront of the US political scene,...
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Why is Black History Month celebrated during the shortest month of the year?

A few African-American comedians have gotten big laughs when they talk about the conspiracy of Black History Month being in February, the shortest...
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Black History Series – Henry Johnson, WWI Soldier

Schools across the nation celebrate February as Black History Month. In this series of articles, teachers and students are presented with a unique...
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