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Year: 2020
Voting Rights for African Americans
Madam C.J. Walker invented a line of African American hair products after suffering from a scalp ailment that resulted in her own hair loss. She promoted her products by traveling around the country giving lecture-demonstrations and eventually established Madame C.J. Walker Laboratories to manufacture cosmetics and train sales beauticians.
The polling also showed that former Vice President Joe Biden at 16% of the Latino and Hispanic vote, former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 9%, billionaire activist Tom Steyer with 8% and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren with 7%.
When Did African Americans Actually Get the Right to Vote
The founding Charity Ladies were pioneers, women, who along with their husbands, purchased plots of land in Carver Ranches, which included the Hyde Park section first developed by the Veteran Administration to provide veteran housing for their families within the Carver Ranches.
The City of North Miami’s 2020 Black History Month Celebration will conclude at The Rap UP, the official NoMi Music Fest After Party. The Rap UP will take place Saturday, Feb. 29, at 10 p.m. at the NoMi Red Garden, 12351 N.W. Seventh Ave, North Miami.
The City of Miramar’s Vice Mayor Alexandra P. Davis will host the Afro Carib Festival at the Miramar Amphitheater, 16801 Miramar Parkway on Saturday, Feb. 29 from 6 to 11 p.m. This signature event is part of a month-long celebration of Black History Month.
The Haitian American Chamber of Commerce (HAAMCC) is proud to present internationally known folksinger, TiCorn, in concert with BélO on Saturday, March 7th 2020, at 7 p.m. The concert will be held at the NSU Art Museum 1 East Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Fla., and tickets are at $30 and available at Eventbrite.
For some time, concerns about Parchman have rankled inmates, family members, and others, including hip-hop superstar Jay-Z who is suing the state demanding better conditions at the prison. Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, and others, have lobbied for officials to shut down the controversial prison. The conditions at Parchman, which once was a plantation that contained hundreds of slaves, were highlighted in January when cell phone video made its way to the internet displaying a cache of problems.