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Historic Firsts

This comprehensive list of Black women pioneers in history as well as the present day underscores their amazing contributions to society that far too often go underappreciated.

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25 itemsPatrick McMullan Archives
Author Lawrence Otis Graham Dies At 59
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Senate Confirms Cecilia Rouse To Lead Economic Council
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States With Large Black Populations Lift COVID-19 Restrictions
FBI Director Wray Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee On Jan. 6 Attack On Capitol
Christopher Wray Testifies FBI Is Not 'Systemically Racist'
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Conservatives Mad Over Shelving Of Dr. Seuss Books
UNCF Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of "A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste"
Civil Rights Leader Vernon Jordan Dies At 85
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Hundreds Of Nigerian Schoolgirls Returned To Safety
Valero Alamo Bowl - Texas v Colorado
Racist University Song Protest Angers White Donors, Alumni
Politics
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Senate Confirms Cecilia Rouse To Lead Economic Council
FBI Director Wray Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee On Jan. 6 Attack On Capitol
Christopher Wray Testifies FBI Is Not 'Systemically Racist'
Ben Jealous and Stacey Abrams conversation
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Sports
WNBA: SEP 05 Las Vegas Aces at Atlanta Dream
WNBA Star Owner Of Kelly Loeffler's Former Team
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: DEC 11 Niagara at Saint Peter's
Republicans Demand Student-Athletes Stop Kneeling
NFL: JUN 09 Buccaneers OTA
Vincent Jackson's Brain Donated To CTE Research
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Entertainment
Nina Simone Live At 1968 Newport Jazz Festival
Happy 88th Birthday Nina Simone!

Nina Simone, who died in 2003 in France, would have turned 84 on February 21.

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Celebrating Sidney Poitier On His 94th Birthday
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Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson
W. Franklyn Is A 'Witness To Grace'
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World
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The New Deportation Crisis

Black immigrants like those from Haiti are of particular concern to immigration activists worried about the Biden administration deporting them…

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Lloyd Austin Recommended Airstrike In Syria

Recently confirmed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said he recommended the airstrike in Syria that targeted a militia supported by…

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A Timeline Of Nelson Mandela's Life

Here is a Nelson Mandela timeline outlining some of the key events in his life.

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Good News
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Travis Scott Leads Relief Effort For Houston Residents

Rapper Travis Scott led an effort to distribute 50,000 hot meals to Houston residents impacted by the winter storm.
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Common Producing Biopic About Fannie Lou Hamer

Common is producing a biopic about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.
Houston Rockets v Chicago Bulls
Russell Westbrook To Open Schools In Los Angeles

NBA star Russell Westbrook is opening a middle school and high school in Los Angeles.
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Opinion
Conservatives Come Together For Annual CPAC Gathering
Every Receipt Proving Candace Owens Is A Fraud
op-ed NAACP Holds Mock Funeral To Bury The 'N-Word'
Why Must White People Insist On Saying N-Word?
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History Of Black Nationalist Women's Political Activism
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Police killings 2020

105 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police
Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner

Toni Morrison Quotes To Mark Legendary Writer's Birthday
Pro-Trump Protests over Electoral College Vote Certification

American Domestic Terrorist Attacks Since 9/11
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Obama Was Nominated For President 11 Years Ago
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Quotables

"Black women experience police brutality—yet they are often forgotten."

Kimberle Crenshaw, executive director of the African-American Policy Forum

"I could only name two Black superheroes off the top off my head."

Jazmin Truesdale, founder of Aza Comics

"People were quicker to shoot Black targets, relative to White targets with a gun."

Yara Mekawi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researcher