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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Rosa Parks!
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack History: Special Delivery!! Rosa Parks is a civil rights icon who is well known for not giving up her…7/22/15: PBS Documentary “Slavery By Another Name”
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack Mail: Special Delivery!! "SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME" is a PBS documentary that chronicles the beginnings of using forced labor…
7/22/15 Ella Baker Quote
Reading time: 1 minutesBlack Mail: Special Delivery! It is both ironic and sad that the these words spoken in 1964 are still true today…
7/22/15 Carter G. Woodson Quote
Reading time: 0 minutes7/21/15 Black Mail: History of Black Hair
Reading time: 1 minutesThis video shares a brief history about the evolution of the "care" and "control" of black hair from Africa to America! …7/22/15 Carter G. Woodson Quote
Reading time: 0 minutesBefore Misty Copeland There Was Janet Collins!
Reading time: 1 minutesLearn more about Janet Collins who paved the way for dancers like Misty Copeland! http://blacktimetravel.com/before-misty-copeland-there-was-janet-collins/7/21/15 DEACONS OF DEFENSE
Reading time: 1 minutesBLACK MAIL: SPECIAL DELIVERY!! The Deacons of Defense emerged as one of the first visibly armed self-defense forces in the South during the…
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Reading time: 1 minutesLittle Known Facts About Garrett Morgan Many of you may know about African American Inventor, Garrett Morgan (1887-1963). He is…
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