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Happy Black History Month!

Celebrating the efforts of Whitney M. Young Jr. Executive Director of the National Urban League, champion of civil rights and ending poverty.

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Whitney M. Young Jr.
"Someone has to work within the system to change it" was how Whitney Young often explained his own position and the National Urban League’s role in the struggle for equality. Founded in 1910, the Urba...
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February 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Happy Black History Month! Celebrating Dorothy Height, civil and women’s rights activist. Her focus was on illiteracy, voter awareness, and unemployment. Member of National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research.
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Dorothy Height | National Council of Negro Women, NAACP, Women’s Equality Day | Britannica
Dorothy Height was an American civil rights and women’s rights activist, a widely respected and influential leader of organizations focused primarily on improving the circumstances of and opportunitie...
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February 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Happy Black History Month!!!
Celebrating Julian Bond. A prominent civil rights activist who became the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Horace Julian Bond served as chairman of NAACP from 1998 to 2010, bringing the institution into the 21st century. naacp.org/find-resourc...
Julian Bond
Civil rights activist Julian Bond was a Georgia politician who served as Chairman of NAACP from 1998 to 2010.
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February 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Happy Black History Month!!

Today we celebrate the life and work of Ida B. Well-Barnett

Wells-Barnett was a journalist, anti-lynching activist, women’s suffragette, and an early civil rights movement leader.

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Biography: Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, suffragist, activist, and researcher.
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February 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM