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Category: History

Posted inHistory

Johnnie A. Jones Sr. Dies at 102; a Civil Rights Lawyer Early On

by Article submittedMay 9, 2022May 9, 2022

Johnnie A. Jones Sr. was 24 years old and a future civil rights lawyer not yet graduated from college when he landed on the beaches of Normandy in the D-Day invasion of 1944. He nearly died before his ship reached the shore, when the explosion of a mine sent him flying “sky high into the […]

Posted inBlack History

In Memoriam: Autherine Lucy Foster, A Critical Figure In The Civil Rights Movement, Dies At 92

by Article submittedMarch 11, 2022March 11, 2022
Posted inHistory

The Preacher Who Stole Lincoln’s Past — By The Carload

by Article submittedMarch 8, 2022March 8, 2022
Posted inBlack History

57 Years After Bloody Selma, The Fight For Equal Voting Rights Continues! 

by Article submittedMarch 7, 2022March 8, 2022
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Features Special Programming for Women’s History Month

by Article submittedFebruary 24, 2022February 24, 2022
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Resistance and Revolts: 5 Significant Uprisings By Enslaved People in US History 

by Article submittedFebruary 20, 2022February 22, 2022
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First Female African American Anesthetist Identified By Meharry Librarians

by Article submittedFebruary 20, 2022February 20, 2022
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Black History: Celebrating Franklin TN’s Black Women Leaders

by Article submittedFebruary 20, 2022February 20, 2022
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America’s Forgotten Black Cowboys

by Article submittedFebruary 18, 2022February 18, 2022
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Richardson Funeral Home, Inc. Donates Funeral Programs to Nurturing Our Roots for Preservation 

by Article submittedFebruary 16, 2022February 16, 2022

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