African American History
Cleveland Leigh Abbott was born December 9, 1892 in Yankton, South Dakota. He is most remembered for his coaching career at Tuskegee Institute (now University) in Alabama. […]
Cleveland Leigh Abbott was born December 9, 1892 in Yankton, South Dakota. He is most remembered for his coaching career at Tuskegee Institute (now University) in Alabama. […]
The NCAA Division II Membership Committee informed Edward Waters University that it is has progressed toward becoming a Division II member. […]
The Pro Basketball Hall of Famer and NBA on TNT analyst provided what was described as “a generous and transformative” donation to Bethune-Cookman University in the first installment of a $1 million pledge. […]
According to a Scottsdale police report, Galchenyuk, who signed a $775,000 contract earlier this month with the Coyotes, was involved in a hit-and-run accident and subsequently confronted a Black police officer using racial slurs and making graphic threats. […]
Echols, known as “Kid Dynamite” because of his powerful punch, died Sunday in Davenport of complications from diabetes, according to his daughter, Antwunette Echols. […]
Ol’ Pete has some advice for New Pete. Take the job, prove yourself and re-negotiate the Super Majority in a couple years. […]
The case, representing the last three survivors of the violent assault that claimed the lives of approximately 300 Black Americans in the renowned “Black Wall Street” community, ended on Friday, July 7, according to court records. […]
Faith leader Reverend RB Holmes of Tallahassee leads the growing number of coalitions organizing to fight the assault on African American culture in Florida. ” It is critically important that all Floridians continue to raise our collective voices on the sacredness and significance of teaching African American History to all people. Florida law mandates teaching Black history in our public schools. We are calling on the Florida legislature to ensure the teaching of Black history. American history is Black history,” Holmes said. […]
Saying the case “arises from Florida’s latest assault on the right to vote,” a federal judge appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama blocked parts of a new elections law on Monday that was challenged by voter-registration groups. […]
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