The Moynihan Report: The Negro Family, the Case for National Action
The Negro Family: The Case For National Action Office of Policy Planning and Research United States Department of Labor March 1965 Two hundred years ago,...
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Angela Bassett attended the Yale School of Drama and went on to star in the Tina Turner biopic What’s Love Got to Do With It,...
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U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Frankie Freeman was born Marie Frankie Muse on November 24, 1916, in Danville, Virginia. Her parents, Maude Beatrice Smith Muse and...
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More than 60 years after the abolition of slavery, anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston made an incredible connection: She located one of the last survivors of...
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Known in his Harlem, New York, district as the “Lion of Lenox Avenue,” Representative Charles B. Rangel rose to become the first African-American chairman of...
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For more than 30 years, GRAMMY’s award-winning, multi-platinum music icon Teddy Riley has embodied the spirit of innovation and ingenuity as a recording artist, songwriter,...
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Marla Gibbs is an American actress, comedian, singer, writer, and television producer. She is best known for her role as Florence Johnston on the popular...