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Top 10 Texas Black History Heroes in America.

There are many notable black historic figures from Texas. Each of them made significant contributions to black history of not only Texa, but the nation at large. Black Texans have made major contributions in...

6 comments    entertainment education women
Henrietta Lacks circa 1945-195081

Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa Cells

Her family and scientists are probably the only ones that know the name of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman. She’s done so much for cancer and other research. Mrs. Lacks died at the age of 31 in 1951 at the...

3 comments    cells johns hopkins hela cells
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Black History UK

Everyone acknowledges the Windrush era as a time when black people came over here from the Caribbean to start a new life in England "The Mother Country" and I guess this was a time that England is happy to...

10 comments    bhm uk black britons
Ned Huddleston, Alias Isom Dart,Alias The Black fox, was a good hearted man that made mistakes and died for them74

"Ned Huddleston, Alias Isom Dart,Alias The Black fox"

Ned Huddleston, Alias Isom Dart,Alias The Black fox, was a good hearted man that made mistakes and died for them This  is another story of the black forntier, about black cowboys of the old west, acording to...

6 comments    black history black rodeo clown
Barack Obama will become the 44th president of the United States on January 20th, 2009.62

Book Review: Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama

In his first book, Dreams From My Father, A Story of Race and Inheritance, Barack Obama takes his readers along on a beautifully crafted journey of self-discovery. First published over a decade ago and...

0 comments    politics books obama
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I am proud to be White and I am not a racist!!!

PROUD TO BE WHITE? I AM NOT RACIST BUT MAYBE I SHOULD BE!!! WITH ALL THE BLACK ORGINIZATIONS WHY SHOULDN'T A WHITE PERSON BE RACIST? Very interesting reading! Perhaps we should get rid of the term...

22 comments    black racism white
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Heroines of the Month (October): When African American Women Run For President

Decades before Senators Clinton and Obama, African American women have thrown their hats into the ring. In fact, there is an African American woman candidate running in 2008. Here is a brief overview.

2 comments    education women politics
Jim Beckwourth the most famous black in the old west. He was a jack of all trades.70

"Jim Beckwourth a black heroes in the old West"

Jim Beckwourth the most famous black in the old west. He was a jack of all trades. We are blessed to have black American heroes in the old west according to author: Lillian Schlissel: "Jim Beckwourth": lived...

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A Black Poet Countee Cullen Speaks

 (March 30, 1903 - January 9, 1946)   This was the song of the Wakeupworld, The beautiful beast with long tailed curled:   "Wake up, O World; O World, awake! The light is bright on hill and...

0 comments    black people black history month
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The Grave of Black Sambo – Lancaster and the Legacy of Slavery

Full sixty years the angry winter's wave Has thundering dashed this bleak and barren shore Since Sambo's head laid in this lonely grave Lies still and ne'er will hear their turmoil more. ...

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