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96The Nine Richest Women in Africa and What They Do as Millionaires
The wealthiest women in Africa each have a net worth of over $30 Million and advocate for new jobs and housing. Most live in South Africa.
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86How George Lucas Presents the 332nd Fighter Group/US Army Air Corps and the North American P-51C Mustang Red Tails
"Red Tails" is a magnificent family film that tells the history and emotion of the segregation and acknowledgement of the Tuskegee Airmen, all of whom helped the US win WWII. They saved 1000s of lives and became exemplars to the US military complex.
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80Black Activists - Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges was a young girl of 6 years old when she walked with Federal Marshals to the all white elementary school. In that one moment captured by Norman Rockwell Bridges changed the country.
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77Overcoming Racism's Biological Illusion
As Black History Month comes to an end, take a minute to think about the beauty of diversity and the struggles that our nation has had to overcome in its attempt for true equality.
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73Whatever Happened to Jayne Kennedy?
Jayne Kennedy first came onto the Hollywood scene as a dancer for Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In, alongside Goldie Hawn. Afterwards, she was lucky enough to be one of the hardest working black actresses in film and television during the 1970s, in...
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82England's Black Queen Charlotte - The City of Charlotte, North Carolina was named in her honor
The City of Charlotte, North Carolina is named after England’s Black Queen, Her Majesty Queen Charlotte. When you drive from the airport in North Carolina, you can't miss the monumental bronze sculpture of The Queen, dramatically bent backwards as...
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82Racism Still Alive Today
February is Black History Month. However, even though we celebrate Black History Month, racism is still alive and well in the U.S. today. There is much proof to this as I wrote in another hub Why are Aren't African Americans Included In History...
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71Psychological effects of racism within the Black community
Racism occurs when an ethnic group in power supports a sense of superiority/inferiority and takes part in actions and behaviors that suggest they are better than another race. Racism applies to any exclusion, restriction or preference based on race,...
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72Duckworth Chant - Sound Off
Working in a segregated Army, Duckworth was ordered to create a drill for the nine African-American soldiers having difficulty with training.
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88Medical Experiments Done on African-Americans in America
Take a close look at the horrifying history of conventional medicine's exploitation of African-Americans for cruel medical experiments. The Antelope Valley News reported the early radiation experiments conducted in 1927 on Black children at Lyles Station, Indiana. Judge Sam Steinfield's dissent in Strunk v. Strunk, 445 S.W.2d 145 marks the first time a judge has ever suggested that the Nuremberg Code be applied in American court cases (Sharav).
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