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Little Rock Nine – Go To High School, Go To College
Under escort from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, nine Black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas on September 25, 1957. Three weeks earlier, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus had surrounded the school with National Guard troops…
MAKING BLACK DETROIT: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DIVINE NINE, BLACK GREEK LETTER ORGANIZATIONS
How has the history of Detroit’s Black Greek letter organizations — The Divine Nine fraternities and sororities — helped to produce a safe, welcoming community for African Americans in Detroit, one of America’s largest majority-Black cities? In conjunction with acclaimed documentarian…
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Black History on April 13, 1873 – The Colfax Massacre
An armed group of white supremacists attacks a courthouse guarded by a mostly-Black militia in the town of Colfax, Louisiana on April 13, 1873. A bloodbath ensues, as the militia surrenders and the white supremacists carry out a day-long campaign…
Why A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People Must Persist
Gov. Reeves Declares Confederate Heritage Month, A 30-Year-Old Mississippi Tradition BY ASHTON PITTMAN APRIL 4, 2023 For the fourth year in a row, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a proclamation declaring April as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive…
Why is it important to vote? March 30, 1870 – 15th Amendment adopted
Following its ratification by the requisite three-fourths of the states, the 15th Amendment, granting African American men the right to vote, is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution. Passed by Congress the year before, the amendment reads, “the right of citizens…