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Black History

Black History

Sports history is Black history as its intersection paves social and racial progress

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by JAIME C. HARRIS AmNews Sports Editor Woodson, a historian, journalist and author aptly referred to as the “father of Black history” for his extensive...
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Sorority Spotlight on Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

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by KAYLYN KENDALL DINES In this edition of The Divine Nine News, we recognize the enduring legacy of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., which was...
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Sgt. Joe Harris, a heroic pioneering paratrooper during WWII

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by Herb Boyd On Saturday, April 5, as thousands took to the streets to protest the draconian policies of Trump, several family members and military...
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Sam Greenlee, author of ‘The Spook Who Sat by the Door’

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by Herb Boyd In a forthcoming book on Malcolm X and the CIA, an epigram reads “You know they call CIA agents spooks? First time...
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Rev. Robert Dixon, Sr., last of the Buffalo Soldiers

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by Herb Boyd Mixed views arise when it comes to a discussion about the famed Buffalo Soldiers. Should they be honored or despised? What role...
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Nannie Helen Burroughs, renowned activist and artist

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by Herb Boyd Nannie Helen Burroughs was born May 2, 1879, in Orange, Virginia. She was the eldest daughter of enslaved parents, John and Jennie...
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first nurse to break the U.S. Army color barrier

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by Herb Boyd Each day, as we have learned, brings new information about another first for Black Americans. It is something that may go on...
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Mildred Joanne Smith co-starred with Sidney Poitier, both debuting in ‘No Way Out’

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by Herb Boyd Mildred Joanne Smith was literally and figuratively flying high when the plane carrying her and other passengers to Newark Airport crashed. She...
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Louise (Norton) Langdon Little, Malcolm X’s mother and Garveyite

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by Herb Boyd This is also an occasion to correct some of the facts first attributed here and elsewhere. According to Find A Grave, a...
Black History

Louis Johnson, a Black trailblazer in ballet and modern dance

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by Herb Boyd The recent publication of “The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History”...
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