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Black History Month 2011

Cab Calloway tv special on PBS during Black History Month

The good folks at PBS have advised us that next month,Black History Month, the American Masters series will air a special tribute to pioneering...
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This Day in Black Sports History: February 28, 2003

Although he excelled at cricket and soccer growing up in Kingston, Jamaica, Patrick Aloysius Ewing rose from poor beginnings to become one of the...
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Sounder & The Current National Discussions Of Race & Class

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  • February 28, 2011
Are we able to discuss class as openly as we are race?In the news, class differences are playing a part in what is happening in Wisconsin, Indiana,...
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This Day in Black Sports History: February 27, 2006

In an era when women and blacks were viewed as second-class citizens and were not considered qualified to compete at baseball’s highest level...
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Mentoring diversity – notable South Carolinians in African -American History

Educator, Administrator, & Community LeaderGist received his Bachelor’s degree from Benedict College and Master’s degree from the...
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'Brilliant minds from the past and present' by Patricia Tramble

As the celebration of Black History Monthcomes to a close let us reflect and remember the brilliant minds that changed the course of history. They...
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Baltimore celebrates Paul Lawrence Dunbar

During Black History Month, everyone has been studying the biographies of famous African Americans. Names like Arthur Ashe, Harriet Tubman,...
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This Day in Black Sports History: February 26, 1973

Compared to Gale Sayers, Roger Craig and Thurman Thomas coming out of San Diego State University, Marshall William Faulk would live up to the hype...
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This Day in Black Sports History: February 25, 1964

“I don’t have a mark on my face and I upset Sonny Liston and I just turned 22 years old; I must be the greatest!” Those were the...
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Michelle Obama wears Cathy Waterman

First Lady Michelle Obama celebrated Black History Month by hosting a history of Motown event for students at the White House on Thursday.What did...
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