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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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The civil rights movement was an organized effort where African-Americans united and rallied to put black progressiveness at the forefront of a nation that...
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During a time when the game of baseball lacked diversity, America’s beloved sport was on the brink of a major change when black sport’s...
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In 1872, Booker T. Washington traveled 500 miles on foot to the Hampton Institute in Virginia. That journey, in turn, laid the foundation —...
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Electrified by the rhetoric of Malcolm X, founding members Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale created an organization aimed at protecting the Black community...
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Born in the heart of New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz made its way onto the scene. With African-Americans at the helm, the red-light district housed...
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The lynching of Emmett Till in 1955 became a pivotal point for race relations in the United States. Instead of sitting by silently, his...
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In the early 1500s, the transatlantic slave trade commenced. Europeans invaded west and central Africa, capturing free people, enslaving them, and placing them on...
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With the formal ending of slavery in place, many freed black people saw this as an opportunity to start anew. But, for those in...
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As the Union declared victory over the Confederacy, post-Civil War life seemed to be off to a good start for freed slaves. William Tecumseh...
