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I won't be here much from now on 15 The Polack MSgt Nov 2024 Nov 2024 11 5247

Robert Dixon, Last Surviving Buffalo Soldier, Dies at 103 0 Omaha Steve Nov 2024 Nov 2024 10 13628

#The92Percent (AfAm Group) 4 JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 Nov 2024 9 2674

Backlash on "a woman whose anger needs to be paid attention to" (Cross-Post) 3 IzzaNuDay Nov 2024 Nov 2024 11 16743

How Kamala Harris' Jamaican father shaped who she is today 0 peppertree Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 1406

Anyone else thinking of Bianca Delarosa this week? 6 irisblue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 2950

Justice Department Secures $8M from Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation to Address Redlining in Black Communities i 0 Eugene Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 1961

SAPELO ISLAND RESIDENTS FIGHT TO KEEP GEORGIA'S LAST GULLAH GEECHEE COMMUNITY 0 douglas9 Oct 2024 Oct 2024 19 1963

Make America White Again - Cross-Posting. 1 qwlauren35 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 14267

VP Harris was on point last night 2 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 18 2320

When your grandparents are your babysitters. 15 Mosby Sep 2024 Sep 2024 56 6307

Big Tobacco Seizes Upon Biden's Menthol Cigarette Ban to Try to Drive a Wedge Between Harris and Black Voters 4 douglas9 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 2684

JFK, Detroit 1960 & meetingn with AA ministers & labor leaders 1 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1726

Wait...Did the Author of 'White Fragility' Plagiarize People of Color In Her Doctoral Thesis?? 1 Mosby Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 2112

Judge rules Breonna Taylor's boyfriend caused her death, throws out major charges against ex-Louisville officers 3 irisblue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 2822

With six words, Michelle Obama rewires America's conversation on race gift article from WaPo 13 irisblue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 31 4923

VP Harris Speech - August 8, 2024 (you tube link) 5 JustAnotherGen Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 2768

Bloomberg gives $600 million to four Black medical schools' endowments 0 Omaha Steve Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 13262

History Segment: "Organizing the 1963 March on Washington: The Struggle for Civil Rights" 0 Omaha Steve Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 1690

Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 83 years old today. 0 sheshe2 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 16 1837

Master Chief William Goines, first Black Navy SEAL, passes away at 88 1 douglas9 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 12 1974

Louisiana's Criminalization of Abortion Care Demands We Embrace Reproductive Justice 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 4 1916

Congresswoman Crockett is offering a "A Crockett Clapback Collection" 4 LetMyPeopleVote May 2024 May 2024 14 2579

MIT edits 'women of color' program website after complaint for excluding white students 2 JustAnotherGen May 2024 May 2024 12 2492

For those who missed Rep. Crockett's original reference 5 Marcuse May 2024 May 2024 21 3239

The Twin Demons of Maternal Mortality and Femicide (trigger warning) 2 niyad May 2024 May 2024 9 1924

"Reprehensible": Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates Civil Rights Convention (X-post) 1 Think. Again. Apr 2024 Apr 2024 11 2550

April 3, 1968 Martin Luther King's Last Speech 2 JustAnotherGen Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 2595

A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing 2 Eugene Apr 2024 Apr 2024 12 2976

Lou Gossett Jr. Has Died, Age 87 14 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 34 5421

African American Continued...

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Her City, Her Rules: Celebrating Black Women at the Helm of America's Largest Cities - From Lauren's Blog 1 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 2599

Kathleen Parker of WaPo has thinky thoughts on VP Harris- resign 11 irisblue Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 4178

(AfAm Group) We aren't Trump's Demographic 2 JustAnotherGen Mar 2024 Mar 2024 13 2717

Doris Miller, Hero Pearl Harbor 1941, Fired AA Machine Gun from USS West Virginia, Navy Cross (AA) 0 appalachiablue Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 2565

African-American Children's Books and the Journey of Valerie Bolling - From Lauren's Blog 0 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 2344

Knowing About Our Bodies - Black Women's Health - From Lauren's Blog 2 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 2666

(African-American Group) African American English, Black ASL are stigmatized. Experts say they deserve recognition 0 Behind the Aegis Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 2407

Living Large in the 21st Century - Black Millennial Women - From Lauren's Blog 0 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 2259

BHM 2024: Unsung Heroes - The Black Technologists Who Shaped Our Nation - From Lauren's Blog 1 qwlauren35 Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 2706

Which Black Woman Could Replace VP Harris (AfAm Group) 23 JustAnotherGen Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 6616

Devine Nine news: My Kappa Alpha Psi brothers just defeated Alpha Phi Alpha on... 2 brush Dec 2023 Feb 2024 7 2727

Growing up Black in Nazi Germany - Esther Anumu Fordham (1hr 13m) 0 Behind the Aegis Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 2825

Texas school legally punished Black student over hairstyle, judge says 7 IzzaNuDay Feb 2024 Feb 2024 7 3942

"Heed Their Rising Voices": Annotated 0 lapucelle Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 2652

BHM 2024: How Did They Get to Be Billionaires? - From Lauren's Blog 2 qwlauren35 Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 3180

Board Rules Employee's "Black Lives Matter" Action at Home Depot Was Protected 0 Omaha Steve Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 11117

The Little Known History of World War II's All-Black, All-Female Battalion 6 lapucelle Feb 2024 Feb 2024 15 3242

Navy commissions ship named for Medal of Honor recipient 3 douglas9 Feb 2024 Feb 2024 9 3256

They Want to Erase Black History - From Lauren's Blog 3 qwlauren35 Feb 2024 Feb 2024 8 2969

Should Black History Month include White History? 4 qwlauren35 Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 2749

Spellman College, an HBCU for women gets big big money donation 4 irisblue Jan 2024 Feb 2024 23 3094

Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing - At the Super Bowl. Yea or Nay? (Poll) 7 qwlauren35 Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 4878

Civil rights AND union rights 0 Omaha Steve Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 2250

BHM 2024 - Caribbean History is Black History - From Lauren's Blog 0 qwlauren35 Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 2203

Never Forget When Beyonce Dropped "Self-Titled" with Zero Promotion - Lovett or Leave It 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 2281

Penn Museum buries the bones of 19 Black Philadelphians, causing a dispute with community members 0 Eugene Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 2261

Trailblazer Icon Misty Copeland dances so others can fly 7 sheshe2 Feb 2024 Feb 2024 23 3318

The Black Eagle (Joe Madison) has died 6 JustAnotherGen Feb 2024 Feb 2024 22 3740

Celebrating Black History Month 2024 1 Omaha Steve Feb 2024 Feb 2024 7 2249

Black History Month 2024 - A Jeopardy Board for the 21st Century! - From Lauren's Blog! 2 qwlauren35 Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 2727

African American Continued...

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Black Republican Men: It's Becoming a Thing -- From Lauren's Blog 6 qwlauren35 Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 3637

PEOPLE OF COLOR DISPRORTIONATELY AFFECTED 2 Omaha Steve Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 2877

What a Jim Crow era-asylum can teach us about mental health today 0 red dog 1 Jan 2024 Jan 2024 8 2484

He continued, "People ask me, well, how did you deal with that? . . ." 2 NNadir Jan 2024 Jan 2024 12 2869

121 unmarked graves in a former Black cemetery found at US Air Force base in Florida, officials say 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 13 2746

Squeaky Clean Black Comedy - Good for the Soul - From Lauren's Blog 3 qwlauren35 Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 2802

FDA Approves cure for Sickle Cell Disease! 11 JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 Jan 2024 29 4049

Celebrating Dr. King's Birthday: Inspiring Words and a Game Board - From Lauren's Blog 0 qwlauren35 Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 2738

Check Your Voter Registration - Don't Risk Losing Your Voice - From Lauren's Blog 2 qwlauren35 Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 2512

A post that needs some love in the Labor Group 0 Omaha Steve Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 2226

Ujamaa: Our History of Cooperative Economics - From Lauren's Blog 0 qwlauren35 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 2130

Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi 1 Eugene Jul 2023 Dec 2023 9 4058

Seniors in Prison - From Lauren's Blog 2 qwlauren35 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 16 2842

Lauren's Blog - My One Year Anniversary! 2 qwlauren35 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 9 2813

Ellen Holly, 'One Life to Live' Star and First Black Actor to Lead a Daytime Television Show, Dies at 92 0 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 2657

I am only going to say this once, mac & cheese [View all] 67 irisblue Nov 2023 Dec 2023 42 19228

Have You Checked Your Blood Pressure Lately? - From Lauren's Blog 1 qwlauren35 Nov 2023 Dec 2023 8 3895

TheGrio Awards, Film Icon: Denzel Washington 0 sheshe2 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 2299

C-bus Oh Police union president made 'racially insensitive' remarks on social media, complaint says 1 irisblue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 8550

Kamala Harris - Somebody's Been Busy! - From Lauren's Blog 1 qwlauren35 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 18 2957

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