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Dr. Stephen G. Hall
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Web platform owner: https://historianspeaks.org/ Academic, Editor, Writer, Thinker, Historical Consultant and News Junkie
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The fact is Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are gutting healthcare. Jeffries and Dems are right to to fight for lower healthcare costs. democraticleader.house.gov/media/press-...
LEADER JEFFRIES: WE'RE NOT GOING TO BEND THE KNEE TO DONALD TRUMP'S WILL WHEN HE'S GUTTING HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYDAY AMERICANS
Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on MSNBC's Deadline White House to discuss how House Democrats are aggressively pushing back against Donald Trump's efforts to continue to gut the healthcare of the American people and threaten the American people with a painful government shutdown.
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September 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Reposted by Dr. Stephen G. Hall
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Following the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Johnson pressured Congress to pass additional civil rights legislation. The U. S. Congress finally passed the Civil Rights Act on April 10, 1968. It was signed into law the following day.
AAHIAH SPECIAL: "The Civil Rights Act of 1968"
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September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Colleges Affected by DEI (Part III)
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Colleges Affected by DEI (Part III)
Louisiana
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August 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Red Summer, 1919
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Red Summer, 1919
On July 27th 1919, a white mob, many of them World War I veterans, began assaulting random Black Americans after a white woman was allegedly attacked in Washington, D.C. Weeks prior, newspapers had fanned hysteria with ...
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August 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner:A Man of Purpose, Pride, and Power
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner:A Man of Purpose, Pride, and Power
Maurice Woodson
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August 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Two New PhD Programs in African American Studies
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Two New PhD Programs in African American Studies
Despite the anti-Black Studies atmosphere in the country and attempts to undermine diverstiy, inclusion and equity, African American Studies continues to thrive, nonetheless. Below please find links to two of the newest...
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August 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Colleges Affected by DEI (Part II)
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Colleges Affected by DEI (Part II)
(Florida cont'd)
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August 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Colleges Affected by DEI Changes (Part 1)
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Colleges Affected by DEI Changes (Part 1)
This is the first installment in a five part series that tracks current DEI changes in all fifty states.
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August 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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African American Troops and the Korean War, 1950
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African American Troops and the Korean War, 1950
On July 24th 1950, African-American troops of the U.S. Army’s 24th Infantry Regiment began the 16-hour offensive that enabled them to recapture Yechon, South Korea. For the U.S. forces, it marked the first South Korean ...
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August 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Kwame Nkrumah, Pan Africanist Visionary
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Kwame Nkrumah, Pan Africanist Visionary
*Kwame Nkrumah, the first prime minister (1957-1960) and president (1960-1966) of the Republic of Ghana, was the leader of the first sub-Saharan African nation to gain its independence. He subsequently became a leading f...
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August 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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United Front Against Fascism, 1969
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United Front Against Fascism, 1969
On 18 July 1969, Black Panthers held a conference in Oakland alongside the predominantly white anti-racist Young Patriots Organisation and Puerto Rican street gang-turned-radical group the Young Lords.
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August 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Harlem Riots, 1964
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Harlem Riots, 1964
On 18 July 1964, riots broke out in Harlem, New York – the first of a series of summer racial riots in Brooklyn (on the 20th), Rochester, Paterson, Elizabeth, Newark, Philadelphia and suburban Chicago – after a police o...
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August 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Murder of Eric Garner, 2014
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Murder of Eric Garner, 2014
On 17 July 2014, Eric Garner, an unarmed Black man, was murdered by white NYPD officers whilst arresting him after they suspected him of illegally selling cigarettes. He was choked to death using a banned chokehold mano...
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August 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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"Our Black Shining Prince"
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"Our Black Shining Prince"
Leslé Honoré
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August 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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"The Good Ones Die Too Young"
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"The Good Ones Die Too Young"
Mustafa Santiago Ali
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August 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Brick Road Protests in Bengali Community in London, 1978
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Brick Road Protests in Bengali Community in London, 1978
On 16 July 1978, a mass anti-racist, sit-down protest occurred on the corner of Brick Lane and Bethnal Green Road in London's biggest Bengali community in an attempt to prevent fascist National Front literature from bein...
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August 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Assata Shakur, 1947
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Assata Shakur, 1947
On 16 July 1947, Black revolutionary Assata Shakur was born in Queens, New York City.
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August 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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The Way to Sesame
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The Way to Sesame
Mustafa Santiago Ali
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August 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Competing Conspiracy Theories Consume Trump’s Washington www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...
Competing Conspiracy Theories Consume Trump’s Washington
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July 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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"Spirituality does not come from religion. It comes from our soul."
Halie Selaissie I

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July 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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"You can't be what you can't see."

Marian Wright Edelman

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July 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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"My blessings outweigh all of the negative things that have occurred in my life."

Marvin Gaye

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July 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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"Lead from the back--and let others beleive they are in front."

Nelson Mandela

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July 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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"If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else."

Marvin Gaye

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July 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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"Don't follow the path. Go where there is no path and begin the trail."

Ruby Bridges

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July 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM