by MaioranaJuliette | Jan 21, 2017 | African American History, People
On July 12, 2013, 17-year-old Deion Fludd passed away as a result of complications from blunt trauma injuries after being attacked by New York Police Department (NYPD) officers. Raised in the Red Hooks projects of Brooklyn, New York, Deion was the middle child of...
by RoyLisa | Jan 20, 2017 | African American History, Speeches
On July 28, 1998, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gave the keynote speech at the National Bar Association, the predominately black national lawyers’s association, at its annual convention held that year in Memphis, Tennessee. The speech appears...
by JonesHowardJ | Jan 18, 2017 | African American History, Perspectives
“Image Courtesy of Michael Eric Dyson” On January 17, 2017, eighty-eight years after the birth of the most revered civil rights leader in the 20th Century, Georgetown University scholar, social activist, reverend, and best-selling author Michael Eric Dyson...
by FikesRobert | Jan 16, 2017 | African American History, People
Rufus “Tee Tot” Payne was an early twentieth century African American blues musician from Greenville, Alabama. Payne was most famous as the older mentor of country music superstar Hank Williams. Rufus Payne was born on February 4, 1884, in Lowndes County, Alabama....
by MatinKhadijah | Jan 16, 2017 | African American History, People
“Image Ownership: Photofest” Dr. William H. “Bob” Bailey, Las Vegas entertainer, entrepreneur, and civil rights activist, was born in Detroit, Michigan, on February 14, 1927, to John and Margaret Bailey. Bailey received a B.A. in Business Law at Morehouse...
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