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East St. Louis was home to a pioneering Black construction company. Few know about it today 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 1321
A tribute to Malcolm. 0 brush Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1264
Black women missing from breast tumor data. Here's why... 1 Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 1834
Somebody, please tell me why? 7 spicysista Feb 2022 Feb 2022 14 2913
A downtown memorial will honor enslaved people who sued for freedom 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 1308
Black History Month 2022 Jeopardy Game - Week 2 1 qwlauren35 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 4 1655
"Whose Sheets? Our Sheets!" 2 spicysista Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 2081
Meet Kelly Curtis: USA Skeleton's First Black Olympian 1 DinahMoeHum Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1409
De'Von Bailey lawsuit against city of Colorado Springs settled for nearly $3 million 1 Eugene Feb 2022 Feb 2022 11 1925
SCOTUS Allows Alabama Congressional Map that Diminishes Black Voting Power 2 JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 Feb 2022 4 1543
Local group here on the Metro East side of St Louis 0 The Polack MSgt Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1532
Alphonso David - Suing Human Rights Campaign. ETA: AfAm Group 2 JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1458
I learned today that Dr Charles Drew 23 Marthe48 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 51 7111
The CBC and Miss Rosa Parks birthday 3 irisblue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1376
Meet the Sisters Making Wine More Accessible for Black Customers 4 Celerity Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 2215
On Mayor Adams.... 3 spicysista Feb 2022 Feb 2022 6 2090
Rereading: Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin 7 sheshe2 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 8 2042
Boxer, grunt, flyboy: the wild life of the first Black American combat pilot 1 douglas9 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 12 1374
A Texas parent demanded a Michelle Obama biography be pulled from schools 2 JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 Feb 2022 9 1808
Celebrating Black History, Ray Charles! 0 spicysista Feb 2022 Feb 2022 6 1380
Celebrating Black History Month, a toast to Nina! 1 spicysista Feb 2022 Feb 2022 10 1642
Black History Month 2022 Jeopardy Game - Week 1 0 qwlauren35 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1469
Honoring Black History Month & VP Kamala Harris 2 Budi Feb 2022 Feb 2022 9 1327
Fury over early release of Chicago officer convicted of Black teenager's murder (Laquan McDonald) 1 Eugene Feb 2022 Feb 2022 2 1596
University City to share Black history with community through 'The 1619 Project' 0 Sherman A1 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1485
The Origins of MAGA Thuggery (and Why It Matters) - AfAm Group 8 JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 Jan 2022 13 2007
"The greatest composer you never heard of..." Florence Price-- Black and a Woman... 1 TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 Jan 2022 7 1641
Black Texas farmers were finally on track to get federal aid. The state's agriculture commissioner 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 1342
Mitch McConnell says we aren't Americans 20 JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 Jan 2022 21 3000
Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Best Actor Oscar and a titan of cinema, dead at 94 1 peppertree Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1704

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Mayor Adams (NYC) Chancellor Banks Deliver Remarks at Concourse Village Elementary School 13 JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 Jan 2022 11 2523
Louisiana Governor to pardon Plessy, of 'separate but equal' ruling 0 Eugene Jan 2022 Jan 2022 10 1600
Nick Colionne, smooth jazz guitarist, dies on New Year's Day at 55 4 peppertree Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 3054
What you do on Hiring Day - you do all year 4 JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 1855
This message was self-deleted by its author 9 old as dirt Dec 2021 Jan 2022 4 2257
The vaccine gap between Black and White Americans narrowed. But it's back for booster shots. 1 Eugene Dec 2021 Dec 2021 4 1591
Frustration with Voting Rights Legislation 7 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 8 1959
Rachel, a Negro Woman v. James Cameron, Sheriff (1839-Iowa) 0 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 1640
Buying Black - What's Your Success Rate? 5 qwlauren35 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 1902
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 1602
MLK Day Celebrations will be a smack in my face 2 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1545
Kwanzaa Question - It's my first Kwanzaa, so I didn't know. 0 qwlauren35 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1458
Why Christmas was the best time of year to escape slavery 3 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 29 2546
Beware: The Feds Ain't Playing 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1761
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 1216
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 1245
Merry Christmas, everybody! 1 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1392
Archaeologists to expand search for graves underneath Clearwater business property 1 KG Dec 2021 Dec 2021 7 1562
Congressional hopeful vows to ensure white people "remain a majority" if he's elected 6 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 11 2292
Black News Channel announces layoffs a week before Christmas 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1962
This message was self-deleted by its author 4 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1795
Appeals court upholds murder conviction of ex-Dallas officer Amber Guyger, who killed neighbor Botha 2 Eugene Aug 2021 Dec 2021 11 2266
After extraordinary sacrifice, and years of delay, Alwyn Cashe gets his Medal of Honor 1 douglas9 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 15 1535
Enslaved African-Americans confront difficult choices 2 Sherman A1 Nov 2021 Dec 2021 5 1909
Biden to award three Medals of Honor for combat actions in Iraq, Afghanistan 1 douglas9 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 8 1745
NAACP US Senate Scorecard (Voting/Civil Rights) 0 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 1258
Black HerStory to highlight contributions by Black women in St. Louis history 1 Sherman A1 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 8 1373
Jacqueline Avant, wife of famed music executive Clarence Avant, has died. 5 spicysista Dec 2021 Dec 2021 4 2293
In the 1950s, rather than integrate its public schools, Virginia closed them 1 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2021 Nov 2021 13 1948
Josephine Baker, 1st Black woman honored in French Pantheon 0 Sherman A1 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 7 1337

African American Continued...

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Will an innocent man be executed today? 🙏🏽 6 live love laugh Nov 2021 Nov 2021 9 2304
Veterans Day legislation targets GI Bill racial inequities 0 Omaha Steve Nov 2021 Nov 2021 3 1335
Why we should never forget the shameful treatment of Black service members 4 douglas9 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 29 2398
'Blewish' celebrates Black and Jewish intersectionality through children's animation 0 Behind the Aegis Nov 2021 Nov 2021 5 1568
Ahmaud Aubery - the fix is in 7 JustAnotherGen Nov 2021 Nov 2021 17 2554
Colin in Black in Black and White. Well done! 0 tulipsandroses Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1364
'HBCUs survived': Historically Black colleges poised to get billions in spending bill 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 4 1408
The Buffalo Soldiers in WWI 2 Sherman A1 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 21 2754
Buffalo Soldiers at Vancouver Barracks 2 Sherman A1 Oct 2021 Oct 2021 13 1782
Accounts of African American service during the War of 1812 2 Sherman A1 Oct 2021 Oct 2021 8 1607
Civil rights pioneer seeks expungement of '55 arrest record 0 Omaha Steve Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1307
NFL, players agree to end 'race-norming' in $1B settlement 0 Eugene Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1523
African American Civil War museum has a new home in DC 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 8 1632
2020 Census may have undercounted Black Americans, new analyses say 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1856
Why aren't there more black people in Oregon? 0 live love laugh Oct 2021 Oct 2021 9 2214
Haitian Immigrants 12 JustAnotherGen Sep 2021 Oct 2021 11 2963
VA Republican Party campaign flyers depicting Black male candidates tied in ropes 1 live love laugh Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 1961
Son of the South - Amazon 1 JustAnotherGen Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 1616
Dr. Joy DeGruy on the psychology of racism 3 live love laugh Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 1900
Records of 3.5 million enslaved people are digitized, giving Black families ancestry clues 1 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 Sep 2021 9 1710
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