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Selma Burke, Artist born
On this date, Selma Burke born in 1900. She was an African American sculptor from Mooresville, North Carolina. As a child she liked to whittle and model in clay but her mother insisted she get an edu...
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December 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Perhaps A New Year's Resolution forthcoming?
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Pan-African History Critique (OAU, France, self interest, African Union), De Valeria Botchway
Dr. De Valeria Botchway is a professor, administrator, and pan-africanist. In this segment, he shares a brief critique of four contemporary episodic components of pan-african history.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The First Day of Kwanzaa
December 26 is the first day of Kwanzaa or Umoja, meaning Unity. Kwanzaa was founded by Dr. Maulana Kareng in 1966. Umoja is the foundational principal of the Nguzo Saba (seven principles) for with...
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December 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Today is the birthday of the source of guiding principles of MLK Jr., aaregistry.org/story/martin...
Martin Luther King Sr., Pastor born
*Martin Luther King Sr. was born on this date in 1899. He was a Black Baptist pastor, missionary, and early figure in the 20th-century American Civil Rights Movement.   He was born Michael King in Sto...
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December 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The Million Woman March Takes Place
*The Million Woman March occurred on this date in 1997. Black Women who networked on grassroots and global levels implemented it.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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We begin Breast Cancer Awareness Month with this article!
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Black History, the 'Hela Cell', and Cancer Research
October is national Brest Cancer awareness month, and the HeLa cancer cell discovered in 1951 is celebrated on this dates Registry. Life is studied at the atomic and molecular scale in molecular biol...
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October 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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This doctor rescued American Football's concussion issue, aaregistry.org/story/benet-....
Benet Omalu, Physician and Forensic Pathologist born.
*Bennet Omalu was born on this date in 1968. He is a Black Nigerian-American physician, forensic pathologist, and neuropathologist. Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu is of Igbo ancestry and was born in Njikoka, ...
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September 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Hello, the anniversary of this episode in American history is a key factor in the rise of MAGA.
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Central High School (Little Rock) Is Integrated
*On this date in 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 1,000 U. S. government paratroopers to Little Rock, Ark., to desegregate schools. The troops escorted nine Black school young people to Cen...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Black Firefighters, and 9/11, (Among the First American Responders)
On this date in 2001, 12 Black firefighters died during the 9/11 attack at the World Trade Center in New York City. They were among the 343 firefighters and the almost 3,000 citizens who were victim...
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September 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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The First Novel by a Black Author is Published in America
On this date in 1859, the first novel by an African American was published in the United States. "Our Nig; or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, In a Two Story White House North, Showing that Sl...
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September 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Black History and Palestinian Solidarity, a story
*Black history and Palestinian solidarity are affirmed on this date in 1917. The date of this article was chosen to coincide with the Balfour Declaration, an announcement in a letter from the British ...
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September 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, a story
On this date we remember the Tuskegee Syphilis study. This African American episode is part of the recurring chapter of racism against blacks in the United States. In 1932, the American government p...
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August 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Hurricane Katrina Hits the Deep South
*On this date in 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall and began its devastation on Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, states that are 30% African American.   Formed on August 23rd, Katrina was a Ca...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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The March on Washington, 'I Have A Dream' Occurs
The 1963 March on Washington occurred on this date. It attracted an estimated 250,000 people for a peaceful demonstration to promote Civil Rights and economic equality for African Americans.
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August 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Kathrine G. Johnson, NASA Scientist born
Katherine G. Johnson was born on this date in 1918. She is an African American physicist, space scientist, and mathematician. She was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and was trained as...
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August 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Althea Gibson, Tennis, and Golf Pioneer born
*Althea Gibson was born on this date in 1927. She was an African American tennis player.
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August 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Happy Birthday

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Marcus Garvey, Black Nationalist born
*This date marks the birth of Marcus Garvey in 1887. He was an African American Black Nationalist leader, who was a proponent of the "Back to Africa" movement in the United States.
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August 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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This anniversary is part of historic Black support of the Palestinian struggle!

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Andrew Young Resigns From the United Nations
*On this date in 1979, Andrew Young (then) United States ambassador to the United Nations resigned. His visible empathy with the Third World made him controversial and his resignation came after it w...
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August 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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The 1965 American Voting Rights Act is Passed
*On this date the American Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed into law. The most sweeping reforms were embodied in the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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August 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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James Baldwin, Author, and Social Critic born
James Arthur Baldwin was born on this date in 1924. He was an African American novelist and essayist.
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August 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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The First 'Universal Races Congress' Assembles
*On this date in 1911, the first “Universal Races Congress” assembled.   This four-day conference at the University of London was a 20th-century global effort against racism. Speakers from several cou...
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July 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Emmett Till, Teenage 'Hate Crime' Victim born
Emmett Till was born on this date in 1941. He was a young African American boy whose murder is still a graphic reminder of the volume of 20th century white racial hate in America against Black people....
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July 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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The Grandfather of Rap!!!!
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Jalal Nuriddin, Poet, and Musician born
*Jalal Nuriddin was born on this date in 1944. He was a Black poet and musician. Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin was born Lawrence Padilla in the Fort Greene housing project in Brooklyn, New York. As a you...
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July 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Black History, and Major League Baseball, a story
The Registry looks briefly at Blacks and major league baseball (MLB) on this date.
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July 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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'Jumping The Broom', a story
"Jumping the Broom," is celebrated on this date. This is an African American phrase and custom for marriage.
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July 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM