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Whitehouse Proclamation on Juneteenth

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On June 19, 1865, freedom finally came for the 250,000 enslaved people of Texas. That day, which would become known as Juneteenth, the Army arrived to enforce what had already been the law of the land for two and a half years — the Emancipation Proclamation. Today, we recognize that Juneteenth not only marks the…

On June 19, 1865, freedom finally came for the 250,000 enslaved people of Texas. That day, which would become known as Juneteenth, the Army arrived to…

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Malcolm X – God’s Judgment of White America (The Chickens Come Home to Roost) Speech

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The Negro "revolution" is controlled by these foxy white liberals, by the government itself. But the black revolution is controlled only by God.

Born: Malcolm Little, May 19, 1925, Omaha, Nebraska Died: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, February 21, 1965, Audubon Ballroom, Harlem, New York City New York City, December 4,…

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Speech – I’ve Been to the Mountaintop

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land. Confusion all around. That's a strange statement. But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation workers at Mason Temple in Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968 —…

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Common Threads – Philadelphia Wall Mural

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The mural was sponsored by: Mid- Atlantic Arts Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Ellis Gimbel Charitable Trust, Ernst & Young,National Endowment for the Arts, City of Philadelphia.

The mural was sponsored by: Mid- Atlantic Arts Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Ellis Gimbel Charitable Trust, Ernst & Young,National Endowment for the…

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International Women’s Day

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International Women’s Day Website

International Women's Day Website

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Black History Month – Malcolm X – God’s Judgment of White America (The Chickens Come Home to Roost) Speech – New York City, December 4, 1963

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The Negro "revolution" is controlled by these foxy white liberals, by the government itself. But the black revolution is controlled only by God.

Malcolm X Born: Malcolm Little, May 19, 1925, Omaha, Nebraska Died: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, February 21, 1965, Audubon Ballroom, Harlem, New York City Edited by Benjamin…

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Black History Month BC Remembers Atlanta’s White Race Riots of 1906

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Over five days at least ten black people were killed while Atlanta’s police did nothing to protect black citizens.

The riots that broke out in Atlanta, Georgia between 1898 and 1906 were part of a pattern of anti-black violence that included several hundred lynchings each…

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Thanksgiving: The National Day of Mourning – Text of 1970 speech by Wampsutta An Aquinnah Wampanoag Elder

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This is a time of celebration for you - celebrating an anniversary of a beginning for the white man in America. A time of looking back, of reflection. It is with a heavy heart that I look back upon what happened to my People.

When Frank James (1923 - February 20, 2001), known to the Wampanoag people as Wampsutta, was invited to speak by the Commonwealth of Massachusettsat the 1970…

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