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The Career Blazers: 7 Black Female Medical Pioneers

Since the country’s inception, black women have been working tirelessly to advance the cause of medicine and eradicate sickness and disease. From the first black nurse to the first black female...

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These Historical Figures Were Black?!

Are you sure you know all of your history? The post These Historical Figures Were Black?! appeared first on MadameNoire.

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Josephine Baker Was A Freedom Fighter: Black History Facts We Bet You Didn’t...

If it weren't for Madame C.J. Walker, we might all be bald... The post Josephine Baker Was A Freedom Fighter: Black History Facts We Bet You Didn’t Know appeared first on MadameNoire.

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Kid-Friendly Films About African American History

Make the next family movie night an educational night with these classic kid-friendly films about African American history. The post Kid-Friendly Films About African American History appeared first on...

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From Traffic Lights To Hot Combs: Things That Wouldn’t Exist Without These...

If you didn't know, now ya know. The post From Traffic Lights To Hot Combs: Things That Wouldn’t Exist Without These Black Inventors appeared first on MadameNoire.

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16 Historic Images You Should Never Forget As Black History Month Ends

Because we're Black 365 days of the year. The post 16 Historic Images You Should Never Forget As Black History Month Ends appeared first on MadameNoire.

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Scholar Uses Berkshires For Black History Project

(AP) — Mississippi-born Frances Jones-Sneed moved to western Massachusetts feeling like a foreigner in the snowy hamlets of the Berkshire Mountains. She and her husband, who had taken a teaching job...

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The Willie Lynch Letter and Other Controversial Texts and Ideas That Have...

There are a lot of controversial moments, works, and speeches in African-American history; not just significant and progressive works but controversial ones that introduced a radical idea to the...

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5 Ways You And Your Family Can Celebrate Juneteenth

Source: Michael A. McCoy / Getty As the celebration of Black American liberation and a commemorative day remembering Union soldiers announcing the freedom of slaves in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865...

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Judah’s Revenge: A Young Girl Resists Slavery By Killing Massa’s Children

Source: Historical / Getty History is messy.  It is tangled, unsettling, full of contradictions, moments of contingency, and is at times brutal.  This is especially true when we historicize the...

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7 Black Documentaries To Watch On Netflix

Source: Kelly Sullivan / Getty Black history has been criminally underrepresented and often misrepresented in books and educational institutions – the very places people are supposed to rely on to...

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