James Edward Cheek
James Edward Cheek, president emeritus of Howard University, was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, on December 4, 1932. Despite severe eye cataracts, Cheek was...
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Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
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Although the economic well-being and prosperity of the United States have progressed to a level surpassing any achieved in world history, and although these benefits are widely...
The Moynihan Report: The Negro Family, the Case for National Action
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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,...
Angela Bassett
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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,...
Frankie Freeman
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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...
Cudjo Lewis-Last Slave Ship Survivors Describes His Ordeal
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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...
Charles Rangel
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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...
Freeman Hrabowski III
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Paving the way for African Americans of the future, Freeman Hrabowski III was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on August 13, 1950. After graduating from high...
Dr. Charles S. Brown
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Dr. Charles S. Brown graduated in 1973 with (a Bachelor of Science degree) from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia with a major in Physics and...
Sylvia Robinson
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Sylvia Vanderpool Robinson was an African American singer, songwriter, musician, record label executive, and record producer, best known for her work as founder and CEO...