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William B. Gould—A Black contraband’s account of the Civil War

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When Professor William Gould IV’s father told him to take a close look at his diary, he discovered a priceless family heirloom. Not only...
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Black History of Health: Arthur Ashe

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by Jasmine Browley, BlackDoctor.com In 1963, the gifted tennis player made history as the first Black player to compete for the U.S. Davis Cup team. A...
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Cultural event celebrates West Haven’s Black heritage 

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By Michael P. Walsh, Public Relations Information Coordinator, City of West Haven, CT WEST HAVEN, Feb. 17, 2023 — The city recognized the “proud legacy,...
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The Day a Native American Tribe Drove the KKK Out of Town

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The North Carolina Klan thought burning crosses would scare the Lumbee tribe out of Robeson County. That’s not how things went down. Two crosses burned...
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Honoring the heroic Jesse LeRoy Brown, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart Medal and Air Medal recipient

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There is every indication that the film “Devotion” will do for Jesse LeRoy Brown what “Red Tails” did to bring wider recognition to the...
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Larry Doby, Hall of Fame major leaguer, and second Black in MLB

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by Herb Boyd No matter the event, contest or issue, second place finishers are rarely remembered, and for a while that was the fate of...
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Lusia Harris, ‘The Queen of Basketball’

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by John Thomas Currently, basketball legend Lusia “Lucy” Harris is getting the attention she received in the mid-seventies when she began earning the title of...
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James Jackson, by trade a chemist, by choice a revolutionary 

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by Herb Boyd Esther Cooper Jackson was not profiled in this column last week but the paper did feature her obituary, with scant mention of...
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Rep. Josiah Walls, Florida’s first Black Congress member

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by JOHN THOMAS In last week’s column we took a deep southern dive in our discussion of Vivian Malone. This week the dive continues to...
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Aristocratic British family to make history as it heads to Grenada to apologize for owning slaves

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by Francis Akhalbey, Face2FaceAfrica.com An aristocratic British family, whose ancestors owned over 1,000 enslaved Africans in Grenada, has announced it will be traveling to the...
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