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BLACK HISTORY

National Museum of African American History and Culture Opens Two Exhibitions Exploring the Power of Abstraction Across Art and Design

By BlackPressUSA Newswire The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will open two companion exhibitions, “Revelation: A Journey into Abstraction” and...

Matthew Alexander Henson

On April 6, 1909, U.S. citizens Matthew Alexander Henson and Robert Edwin Peary, and four Inuit assistants, became the first human beings to set foot...

Althea Gibson

The sociological and historical significance of August 25, 1950 was enormous for African-Americans in their pursuit of breaking down color lines and paving the...

Baldwin as Witness

James Baldwin was a powerful voice in the modern Civil Rights Movement. As a journalist, he reported on significant historical events, particularly in the...

Delilah L. Beasley, a crusading journalist and California historian

Delilah Beasley was only recently brought to our attention and given her remarkable career as a crusading journalist and historian she warrants more than...

Bobby Seale

Bobby Seale (born October 22, 1936) is an African American revolutionary, political activist and author. Seale co-founded the Marxist–Leninist and Black power political organization...

Black History Month 2025: African Americans and Labor

by Association for the Study of African American Life and History The 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans and Labor, focuses on the various...

Kathleen Cleaver (May 13, 1945)

Kathleen Neal Cleaver was born in Dallas, Texas and spent much of her childhood living abroad with her family due to her father’s position...

Dr. Ruth Ella Moore, the first Black female natural scientist

Following my usual pattern of seeking to tie one week’s profile with another led me to Ruth Ella Moore, who like last week’s feature...

Amateur era

Octavius Catto, black baseball pioneer Because black people were not being accepted into the major and minor baseball leagues due to racism which established the...
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