by CobbinsQuinNitaF | Nov 30, 2009 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
Founded in 1871, Alcorn State University is the oldest historically Black land-grant institution in the United States and the second oldest state-supported institution in the state of Mississippi. The college is located outside of Lorman in Claiborne County. Alcorn...
by BrackettJohnK | Nov 23, 2009 | African American History, People
William J. Jefferson is a former Democratic politician who represented Louisiana’s Second Congressional District from 1991 to 2009. He was the first African American congressman elected from the state since Reconstruction. His career ended in a bribery scandal that...
by PittsVanessa | Nov 22, 2009 | Global African History, Places
The Kingdom of Kush with its three major cities of Meroe, Kerma, and Napata, emerged in the Nubian Desert south of Egypt along the Upper Nile River Valley from the 2nd millennium B.C. to the fourth century A.D. Archaeology, architecture, art, and burials provide the...
by MunroRobert | Nov 22, 2009 | African American History, Events
The Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) was created on December 4, 1967, by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to address the issues of unemployment, housing shortages for the poor, and the impact of poverty on the lives of millions of Americans....
by SwansonAbigail | Nov 22, 2009 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
Florida Memorial University is a private university located in Miami, Florida and is the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Southern Florida. The school’s history dates back to two separate institutions, the Florida Baptist Institute which...
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