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Despite continued exclusionary practices, Black Americans slowly but surely made their way into the workforce after the Civil War. With continued persistence and perseverance,...

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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination not only further ignited the civil rights movement, but it also inspired students in the collegiate setting...

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While the Civil Rights Movement continued to spread across the US and the feminist movement evolved, one group felt neither movement really addressed their...

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After the shooting at former President Trump’s Pennsylvania rally, NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss reflects on past presidential assassination attempts and how Americans...

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One vital but less-known story from early America is that of Onesimus, an African man enslaved in the colonies who helped change the shape...

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Brenda Travis of McComb, Mississippi, encountered the dangers of merely existing in Jim Crow’s America as a child after witnessing her brother’s unlawful arrest...

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Born as Marguerite Johnson in 1928, Maya Angelou is a 20th Century renaissance woman who was catapulted into international fame with her best-selling books....

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One of the pioneers of the hair care industry is an African-American woman named Sarah Breedlove. After becoming a widow at the age of...

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Although the 13th Amendment passed the Senate in 1864 and the House in 1865, the loopholes that exist continue to wreak havoc on the...

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Transitioning from job to job as a teenager, Oscar Micheaux was able to write a story that was inspired by his experience on a...

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Opportunities for freed black children to further their educational journey after high school were limited. As a direct response to minimal options, black people...

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