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HBCU Homecomings by the Numbers
It may only be mid-summer, but HBCU homecoming chatter is already taking over the timeline! On July 17, North Carolina A&T officially launched its 100-day countdown to the legendary "Greatest Homecoming on Earth," when a record-breaking 200,000 visitors are expected to flood Greensboro for the university's historic centennial celebration, setting the stage for one of the biggest Black cultural events of the year. From NC A&T's landmark 100th anniversary celebration to massive citywide takeovers at Howard University and Jackson State, HBCU homecomings continue to generate multi-million-dollar footprints, evolving into major corporate marketplaces year after year.
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Amber Rose Rejects Traditional Advice on Race for Her Kids
Amber Rose explains why she won't teach her children they must work twice as hard because of their race, sparking a parenting debate.
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Amber Rose Rejects Traditional Advice on Race for Her Kids
Amber Rose explains why she won't teach her children they must work twice as hard because of their race, sparking a parenting debate.
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Zendaya Criticized for Wearing Stolen Iranian Earrings
Zendaya wore a pair of massive, shimmering gold disc earrings surrounded by a halo of diamonds to the London photocall for her film The Odyssey, but the accessories have historians and activist groups absolutely screaming because they are actually 3,000-year-old ancient Iranian artifacts that critics claim were sourced through undisclosed means and essentially looted from the Global South.
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Watermelon Stereotype: Origins and History
July is officially National Watermelon Month—a U.S. Senate-approved celebration of one of summer's favorite fruits. But behind those family backyard BBQs lies a piece of history that was left out of the textbooks. Long before the fruit was hijacked and weaponized as a racist stereotype, the watermelon was actually a powerful symbol of Black freedom and economic independence.
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Abolition Act 📜 Passed!
On this day in 1834, slavery was abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force. August 1st is Emancipation Day, a public holiday in several Caribbean countries. British allowed slavery.
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Henrietta Lacks: Her Stolen Cells, Born Today
Henrietta Lacks, born 1920. We remember her cells, taken without consent in 1951, revolutionized medicine. Instrumental in polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and in vitro fertilization.
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Harlem Heroes Fight for Ethiopia!
Harlem volunteers for Ethiopia.
Fascist Italy vs last free nation.
Blocked by US gov. Few made it.
Summer 1935.
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James Baldwin: Iconic Figure And Social Commentary
On this day in 1924, James Baldwin was born. Novelist, playwright, poet and social critic. To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege.
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Robeson: Concert Divided
Image shows a segregated audience watching Paul Robeson perform at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in 1943. Audience members are separated by race.
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Little Rock Showdown: 1957
On Sept 24, 1957, Eisenhower sent 900 soldiers to Little Rock after racists blocked Black students from school. Residents surrounded the school, previously all-white, barring entry. After army arrival, paratroopers guarded the students.
