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2026-02-20 02:21:46 UTC

Exhibits on slavery restored at President’s House in Philadelphia ahead of court deadline
https://blknewsnow.com/exhibits-on-slavery-restored-at-presidents-house-in-philadelphia-ahead-of-court-deadline/

2026-02-17 01:33:07 UTC

Federal judge orders the restoration of exhibits on slavery to the President’s House in Philadelphia
https://blknewsnow.com/federal-judge-orders-the-restoration-of-exhibits-on-slavery-to-the-presidents-house-in-philadelphia/

2026-02-06 22:05:34 UTC

A debate over Black civil rights in Colorado’s final territorial Legislature
https://blknewsnow.com/a-debate-over-black-civil-rights-in-colorados-final-territorial-legislature/

2026-02-02 03:02:11 UTC

"If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated." – #CarterGWoodson
(Woodson pioneered Negro History Week established in February 1926, the precursor to what became #BlackHistoryMonth in 1970.)
Celebrating 100 years of #BlackHistory
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/998/802/844/822/108/original/86d1bcd56e9e1af7.webp

2026-01-27 03:09:45 UTC

"There is an unbroken line of police violence in the United States that takes us all the way back to the days of slavery, the aftermath of slavery, the development of the Ku Klux Klan. There is so much history of this racist violence that simply to bring one person to justice is not going to disturb the whole racist edifice." – #AngelaDavis #BlackHistory
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2026-01-21 17:59:29 UTC

ICE is using Medicaid data to find out where immigrants live
https://blknewsnow.com/ice-is-using-medicaid-data-to-find-out-where-immigrants-live/

2026-01-21 17:59:16 UTC

GOP efforts to limit DEI move ahead as Democrats criticize ‘attack’ on marginalized communities
https://blknewsnow.com/gop-efforts-to-limit-dei-move-ahead-as-democrats-criticize-attack-on-marginalized-communities/

2026-01-21 17:58:58 UTC

Fact brief: Was Martin Luther King Jr. discriminated against in Sioux Falls?
https://blknewsnow.com/fact-brief-was-martin-luther-king-jr-discriminated-against-in-sioux-falls/

2026-01-21 17:58:44 UTC

ICE violence against women is increasingly visible — and largely untracked
https://blknewsnow.com/ice-violence-against-women-is-increasingly-visible-and-largely-untracked/

2026-01-21 17:58:30 UTC

One year of Donald Trump: Alarms sound over relentless expansion of presidential powers
https://blknewsnow.com/one-year-of-donald-trump-alarms-sound-over-relentless-expansion-of-presidential-powers/

2026-01-19 23:44:33 UTC

20 Years in the Making: How New Hampshire Recognized Martin Luther King Day
https://blknewsnow.com/20-years-in-the-making-how-new-hampshire-recognized-martin-luther-king-day/

2026-01-19 23:44:17 UTC

Martin Luther King Jr. once warned of the ‘drum-major instinct.’ It threatens our nation today.
https://blknewsnow.com/martin-luther-king-jr-once-warned-of-the-drum-major-instinct-it-threatens-our-nation-today/

2026-01-19 19:32:57 UTC

"The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and racism. The problems of racial injustice and economic injustice cannot be solved without a radical redistribution of political and economic power." – #MLK #BlackHistory
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2026-01-19 19:29:28 UTC

Symbolism isn’t enough: What Tennessee’s MLK streets reveal about investment and power
https://blknewsnow.com/symbolism-isnt-enough-what-tennessees-mlk-streets-reveal-about-investment-power/

2026-01-19 19:29:11 UTC

Black and Jewish people were allies once. Can they be again?
https://blknewsnow.com/black-and-jewish-people-were-allies-once-can-they-be-again/

2026-01-19 19:28:57 UTC

Dr. King’s warnings seem more prescient than ever
https://blknewsnow.com/dr-kings-warnings-seem-more-prescient-than-ever/

2026-01-17 00:56:06 UTC

#PODCAST: Follow our #Spotify podcast series. Our upcoming guest Arlene Stein, an author and professor at Rutgers University, joins us to discuss her recent article on TheConversation.com "America faced domestic fascists before and buried that history."
Coming Jan. 31, 2026.
https://theconversation.com/profiles/arlene-stein-2244574

2026-01-17 00:55:43 UTC

#PODCAST: Follow our #Spotify podcast series to listen to our interview with guest Dr. Tony Roberts at the Institute of Development Studies as we discuss the regional and global implications of internet outages in Africa.
Coming Jan. 24, 2026.
https://theconversation.com/profiles/tony-roberts-1257119

2026-01-06 07:54:05 UTC

Report: Another 2,000 ICE agents are coming to the Twin Cities
https://blknewsnow.com/report-another-2000-ice-agents-are-coming-to-the-twin-cities/

2026-01-06 07:53:14 UTC

Criminally Ill: Systemic failures turn state mental hospitals into prisons
https://blknewsnow.com/criminally-ill-systemic-failures-turn-state-mental-hospitals-into-prisons/

2025-12-31 21:51:37 UTC

US air strikes in northern Nigeria: possible windfalls, as well as dangers
https://blknewsnow.com/us-air-strikes-in-northern-nigeria-possible-windfalls-as-well-as-dangers/

2025-12-31 02:22:35 UTC

Police bodycam video released after Cinnabon worker’s racist rant toward Black Somali couple
NOTE: A fundraiser for the fired worker has amassed more than $157,000 as of Monday. A GoFundMe for the Somali couple has only raised just over $19,000 to date.
https://blknewsnow.com/police-bodycam-video-released-after-cinnabon-workers-racist-rant-toward-black-somali-couple/

2025-12-26 05:21:34 UTC

"I love the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ: I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land. Indeed, I can see no reason, but the most deceitful one, for calling the religion of this land Christianity." ― #FrederickDouglass #BlackHistory
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2025-12-24 00:17:55 UTC

Remembering William ‘Billy’ Flora, a free Black Virginian and American patriot
https://blknewsnow.com/remembering-william-billy-flora-a-free-black-virginian-and-american-patriot/

2025-12-24 00:11:26 UTC

Oversight visit brings Rep. McIver back to migrant jail at center of her criminal case
https://blknewsnow.com/oversight-visit-brings-rep-mciver-back-to-migrant-jail-at-center-of-her-criminal-case/

2025-12-24 00:11:02 UTC

Don’t ignore the threat that is Tommy Tuberville
https://blknewsnow.com/dont-ignore-the-threat-that-is-tommy-tuberville/

2025-12-24 00:10:30 UTC

In 1931, a Black family moved into segregated south Minneapolis. Then the terror began.
https://blknewsnow.com/in-1931-a-black-family-moved-into-segregated-south-minneapolis-then-the-terror-began/

2025-12-24 00:10:15 UTC

New Philly nonprofit wants to end generational poverty, 1 child at a time
https://blknewsnow.com/new-philly-nonprofit-wants-to-end-generational-poverty-1-child-at-a-time/

2025-12-14 05:11:45 UTC

"If a white man wants to lynch me, that's his problem. If he's got the power to lynch me, that's my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it's a question of power. Racism gets its power from capitalism. Thus, if you're anti-racist, whether you know it or not, you must be anti-capitalist. The power for racism, the power for sexism, comes from capitalism, not an attitude." ― #StokelyCarmichael #BlackHistory
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2025-12-14 04:57:08 UTC

#PODCAST: Tune into our interview next Saturday with Dr. Kristefer Stojanovski of Tulane University as we discuss his article on changes to the Affordable Care Act that could have a drastic affect on HIV/AIDS prevention.
#AIDSAwarenessMonth
https://theconversation.com/preventive-care-may-no-longer-be-free-in-2026-because-of-hiv-stigma-unless-the-trump-administration-successfully-defends-the-aca-250011

2025-12-06 05:07:33 UTC

The American fixation on white Afrikaners in South Africa stretches back nearly a century
https://blknewsnow.com/the-american-fixation-on-white-afrikaners-in-south-africa-stretches-back-nearly-a-century/

2025-12-06 04:11:39 UTC

NJ man granted clemency walks free with plan to fight for prison justice
https://blknewsnow.com/nj-man-granted-clemency-walks-free-with-plan-to-fight-for-prison-justice/

2025-12-06 04:11:24 UTC

University of Arkansas continues to modify scholarships that mention diversity
https://blknewsnow.com/university-of-arkansas-continues-to-modify-scholarships-that-mention-diversity/

2025-12-05 16:00:11 UTC

Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet – and AI is their next frontier
https://blknewsnow.com/far-right-extremists-have-been-organizing-online-since-before-the-internet-and-ai-is-their-next-frontier/

2025-12-05 01:21:44 UTC

Federal appeals court extends National Guard presence in Washington D.C.
https://blknewsnow.com/federal-appeals-court-extends-national-guard-presence-in-washington-d-c/

2025-12-05 01:02:15 UTC

“You’re what, Black and Indian?”: White man harasses customer at CA Costco, mocks him over “green card”
(BLKNewsNow.com has reached out to Costco for comment, including questions about the status of his membership, if applicable.
We will update the story when we receive a response.)
https://blknewsnow.com/youre-what-black-and-indian-white-man-harasses-customer-at-ca-costco-mocks-him-over-green-card/

2025-12-03 23:34:53 UTC

#PODCAST: Tune into our podcast on Saturday as we continue to commemorate #AIDS Awareness Month.
Our first conversation is with Dr. Robin Lin Miller of Michigan State University.
Learn more about her long history of community outreach and #HIV / #AIDS advocacy.
https://theconversation.com/profiles/robin-lin-miller-2407974

2025-12-03 23:16:59 UTC

In Memphis, volunteers document Task Force arrests and provide aid to those left behind
https://blknewsnow.com/in-memphis-volunteers-document-task-force-arrests-and-provide-aid-to-those-left-behind/

2025-12-02 22:37:45 UTC

University of Alabama suspends student magazines for Black students, female students
https://blknewsnow.com/university-of-alabama-suspends-student-magazines-for-black-students-female-students/

2025-11-30 06:21:56 UTC

"When they say, 'Go back to Africa,' I say, 'When you send the Polish back to Poland, the Italians back to Italy, the Irish back to Ireland, and you get on that Mayflower from whence you came and give the Indians their land back.' It's our right to stay here and we stay, and fight for what belongs to us." – #FannieLouHamer #BlackHistory
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2025-11-27 00:57:27 UTC

Temporary protections for 330,000 Haitian immigrants slated to end, Noem announces
https://blknewsnow.com/temporary-protections-for-330000-haitian-immigrants-slated-to-end-noem-announces/

2025-11-26 22:13:29 UTC

Oregon co-leads suit against USDA over cuts to food assistance for refugees, asylum seekers
https://blknewsnow.com/oregon-co-leads-suit-against-usda-over-cuts-to-food-assistance-for-refugees-asylum-seekers/

2025-11-08 08:10:24 UTC

Mississippi lawmakers explore cash assistance for new moms, no strings attached
https://blknewsnow.com/mississippi-lawmakers-explore-cash-assistance-for-new-moms-no-strings-attached/

2025-11-07 23:31:36 UTC

Who gets SNAP benefits to buy groceries and what the government pays for the program – in 5 charts
https://blknewsnow.com/who-gets-snap-benefits-to-buy-groceries-and-what-the-government-pays-for-the-program-in-5-charts/

2025-11-07 03:50:49 UTC

Trump administration ordered to pay full $9B in November SNAP benefits amid shutdown
https://blknewsnow.com/trump-administration-ordered-to-pay-full-9b-in-november-snap-benefits-amid-shutdown/

2025-11-05 03:52:09 UTC

"My trip to this institution was in behalf of a worthwhile cause. There is a separation of colored people from white people in the United States. That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it." – #AlbertEinstein #BlackHistory
(Theoretical physicist and philosopher Albert #Einstein, who rarely accepted speaking engagements, visited Lincoln University, the second oldest HBCU, in 1946. He was awarded an honorary degree.)
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2025-11-02 02:35:44 UTC

"Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor; and if one is a member of a captive population, economically speaking, one's feet have simply been placed on the treadmill forever." – #JamesBaldwin #BlackHistory
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2025-10-27 18:17:21 UTC

1 person detained after fatal mass shooting at Pennsylvania HBCU Lincoln University
https://blknewsnow.com/1-person-detained-after-fatal-mass-shooting-at-pennsylvania-hbcu-lincoln-university/

2025-10-25 20:45:30 UTC

Chicago and most cities with National Guard deployments are safer than Anchorage, stats show
https://blknewsnow.com/chicago-and-most-cities-with-national-guard-deployments-are-safer-than-anchorage-stats-show/

2025-10-25 19:04:06 UTC

Statues honoring Rosa Parks, Helen Keller unveiled at Alabama Capitol
https://blknewsnow.com/statues-honoring-rosa-parks-helen-keller-unveiled-at-alabama-capitol/

2025-10-23 03:55:14 UTC

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." – #MalcolmX #BlackHistory
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2025-10-23 03:41:38 UTC

Trump’s so-called drug war is merely an attention-seeking campaign
https://blknewsnow.com/trumps-so-called-drug-war-is-merely-an-attention-seeking-campaign/

2025-10-22 17:14:44 UTC

Traffic citations outnumber federal task force’s arrests in Memphis; sparse data leaves impact murky
https://blknewsnow.com/traffic-citations-outnumber-federal-task-forces-arrests-in-memphis-sparse-data-leaves-impact-murky/

2025-10-22 17:14:30 UTC

US Supreme Court considers gutting Voting Rights Act that has transformed Mississippi
https://blknewsnow.com/us-supreme-court-considers-gutting-voting-rights-act-that-has-transformed-mississippi/

2025-10-22 17:13:04 UTC

The disgraceful history of erasing Black cemeteries in the United States
https://blknewsnow.com/the-disgraceful-history-of-erasing-black-cemeteries-in-the-united-states-2/

2025-10-22 17:12:49 UTC

Voting rights groups condemn GOP redistricting plan that would dismantle NC’s Black Belt district
https://blknewsnow.com/voting-rights-groups-condemn-gop-redistricting-plan-that-would-dismantle-ncs-black-belt-district/

2025-10-22 17:12:29 UTC

Trade is shaping new global power relations: what this means for Africa
https://blknewsnow.com/trade-is-shaping-new-global-power-relations-what-this-means-africa/

2025-10-15 02:40:20 UTC

"I don't think we can rely on governments, regardless of who is in power, to do the work that only mass movements can do." – #AngelaDavis #BlackHistory
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2025-10-14 23:45:46 UTC

R.I. federal judge blocks anti-DEI restrictions from housing and violence prevention grants
https://blknewsnow.com/r-i-federal-judge-blocks-anti-dei-restrictions-from-housing-and-violence-prevention-grants/

2025-10-14 23:45:32 UTC

Inequality has risen from 1970 to Trump − that has 3 hidden costs that undermine democracy
https://blknewsnow.com/inequality-has-risen-from-1970-to-trump-−-that-has-3-hidden-costs-that-undermine-democracy/

2025-10-14 23:44:56 UTC

China and the US are in a race for critical minerals. African countries need to make the rules
https://blknewsnow.com/china-and-the-us-are-in-a-race-for-critical-minerals-african-countries-need-to-make-the-rules/

2025-10-14 23:44:32 UTC

Supreme Court redistricting ruling could upend decades of voting rights law – and tilt the balance of power in Washington
https://blknewsnow.com/supreme-court-redistricting-ruling-could-upend-decades-of-voting-rights-law-tilt-the-balance-of-power-in-washington/

2025-09-28 03:31:00 UTC

"People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave." – #AssataShakur #BlackHistory
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2025-09-28 03:15:03 UTC

Remembering Assata Shakur: 10 powerful quotes about empowerment, equality, and justice
https://blknewsnow.com/remembering-assata-shakur-10-quotes-about-empowerment-equality-and-justice/

2025-06-10 01:01:12 UTC

"You can jail a revolutionary, but you can't jail the revolution. You can run a freedom fighter around the country but you can't run freedom fighting around the country. You can murder a liberator, but you can't murder liberation." ― #FredHampton #BlackPanthers #BlackHistory
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2025-05-17 00:46:49 UTC

"If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going." ― #HarrietTubman #BlackHistory
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2025-05-04 19:54:30 UTC

"I’m not a Democrat. I’m not a Republican, and I don’t even consider myself an American. If you and I were Americans, there’d be no problem. Those Honkies that just got off the boat, they’re already Americans; Polacks are already Americans; the Italian refugees are already Americans. Everything that came out of Europe, every blue-eyed thing, is already an American. And as long as you and I have been over here, we aren’t Americans yet..." #MalcolmX #BlackHistory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdvOJYTwqY0

2025-04-11 22:09:04 UTC

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2025-03-15 03:44:25 UTC

"The roots of sexism and homophobia are found in the same economic and political institutions that serve as the foundation of racism in this country and, more often than not, the same extremist circles that inflict violence on people of color are responsible for the eruptions of violence inspired by sexist and homophobic biases. Our political activism must clearly manifest our understanding of these connections." ― #AngelaDavis #BlackHistory
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2025-03-11 02:13:41 UTC

"There was one of two things I had a right to: liberty or death. If I could not have one, I would have the other, for no man should take me alive. I should fight for my liberty as my strength lasted, and when the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me."
― #HarrietTubman #BlackHistory
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2025-03-11 02:06:14 UTC

Crews begin dismantling Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington D.C.
https://blknewsnow.com/crews-begin-dismantling-black-lives-matter-plaza-in-washington-d-c/

2025-03-11 02:05:14 UTC

The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed
https://blknewsnow.com/the-us-has-pardoned-insurrectionists-twice-before-and-both-times-years-of-violent-racism-followed/

2025-03-11 02:04:55 UTC

Study: Cancer-causing chemicals found in synthetic braiding hair products
https://blknewsnow.com/study-cancer-causing-chemicals-found-in-synthetic-braiding-hair-products/

2025-02-08 02:43:35 UTC

"Apartheid — both petty and grand — is obviously evil. Nothing can justify the arrogant assumption that a clique of foreigners has the right to decide on the lives of a majority." — #SteveBiko #BlackHistory
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2025-02-07 03:22:49 UTC

"No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger than its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise." — #MarianAnderson #BlackHistory
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2025-01-16 02:54:25 UTC

"Imperialism is a system of exploitation that occurs not only in the brutal form of those who come with guns to conquer territory. Imperialism often occurs in more subtle forms, a loan, food aid, blackmail . We are fighting this system that allows a handful of men on Earth to rule all of humanity." — #ThomasSankara #BlackHistory
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2024-12-27 23:50:57 UTC

Bodycam video shows a group of non-Black correctional officers fatally beating #RobertBrooks, a Black inmate, while he was handcuffed in a medical examination room. Audio on the body cameras was also not recording even though required.
Brooks was beaten shortly after he arrived. In the video, officers can be seen smiling and cleaning their bloody hands.
BlkNewsNow.com has reached out to the the NY Attorney General's Office and will continue to follow this story.
https://blknewsnow.com/robert-brooks-outrage-after-video-shows-handcuffed-black-man-beaten-by-ny-correctional-officers/

2024-12-27 23:50:29 UTC

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." — #MLK #BlackHistory
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2024-12-27 03:42:36 UTC

"The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression." — #WebDuBois #BlackHistory
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2024-12-27 03:37:15 UTC

Richard Parsons, former Time Warner CEO and Citigroup chairman, dies at 76
https://blknewsnow.com/richard-parsons-former-time-warner-ceo-and-citigroup-chairman-dies-at-76/

2024-12-27 03:35:06 UTC

Trash incinerators disproportionately harm Black and Hispanic people
https://blknewsnow.com/trash-incinerators-disproportionately-harm-black-and-hispanic-people/

2024-12-25 02:44:27 UTC

"Being a black woman writer is not a shallow place but a rich place to write from. It doesn’t limit my imagination, it expands it. It’s richer than being a white male writer because I know more and I’ve experienced more." — #ToniMorrison #BlackHistory
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2024-12-25 02:41:27 UTC

6 best African sci-fi and fantasy books to read this holiday
https://blknewsnow.com/6-best-african-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books-to-read-this-holiday/

2024-12-24 03:36:00 UTC

Gift-giving was practiced by early humans in Africa – how it spread and evolved
https://blknewsnow.com/gift-giving-was-practiced-by-early-humans-in-africa-how-it-spread-and-evolved/

2024-12-24 03:34:13 UTC

Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds. — #JohnHenrikClarke #BlackHistory
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2024-12-21 01:25:56 UTC

More than 60 years later, Langston Hughes’ ‘Black Nativity’ is still a pillar of African American theater
https://blknewsnow.com/more-than-60-years-later-langston-hughes-black-nativity-is-still-a-pillar-of-african-american-theater/

2024-12-21 01:24:06 UTC

Atlantic City, N.J. mayor indicted for second time in connection with child abuse allegations
https://blknewsnow.com/atlantic-city-n-j-mayor-indicted-for-second-time-in-connection-with-child-abuse-allegations/

2024-12-21 01:23:28 UTC

Michigan man pleads guilty to planning mass shooting targeting gay people
https://blknewsnow.com/michigan-man-pleads-guilty-to-planning-mass-shooting-targeting-gay-people/

2024-12-21 01:21:48 UTC

"We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign. The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind." — #MarcusGarvey #BlackHistory
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2024-12-20 02:27:01 UTC

The story of one Mississippi county shows how private schools are exacerbating segregation
https://blknewsnow.com/the-story-of-one-mississippi-county-shows-how-private-schools-are-exacerbating-segregation/

2024-12-20 02:26:15 UTC

Man sentenced to 40 years after plea deal in murder of Black woman on Phoenix bus
https://blknewsnow.com/man-sentenced-to-40-years-after-plea-deal-in-murder-of-black-woman-on-phoenix-bus/

2024-12-20 02:25:45 UTC

"It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not." — #NelsonMandela #BlackHistory
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2024-12-19 10:13:55 UTC

Assault on DEI: Critics use simplistic terms to attack the programs, but they are key to uprooting workplace bias
https://blknewsnow.com/assault-on-dei-critics-use-simplistic-terms-to-attack-the-programs-but-they-are-key-to-uprooting-workplace-bias/

2024-12-19 03:55:33 UTC

For enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back
https://blknewsnow.com/for-enslaved-people-the-holiday-season-was-a-time-for-revelry-and-a-brief-window-to-fight-back/

2024-12-19 03:55:00 UTC

Trust in U.S. media hit an all-time low in 2024 − a new survey shows Black midwesterners have found other trusted messengers of news
https://blknewsnow.com/trust-in-u-s-media-hit-an-all-time-low-in-2024-−-a-new-survey-shows-black-midwesterners-have-found-other-trusted-messengers-of-news/

2024-12-19 03:54:01 UTC

"I was conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say: I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger." — #HarrietTubman #BlackHistory
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2024-12-18 01:43:30 UTC

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." — #FrederickDouglass #BlackHistory
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2024-12-17 07:12:35 UTC

Black adults with long COVID report higher levels of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts: new research
https://blknewsnow.com/black-adults-with-long-covid-report-higher-levels-of-hopelessness-and-suicidal-thoughts-new-research/

2024-12-17 07:12:07 UTC

"I’m a 48-year-old writer who can remember being a 10-year-old writer and who expects someday to be an 80-year-old writer. I’m also comfortably asocial — a hermit in the middle of Los Angeles — a pessimist if I’m not careful, a feminist, a Black, a former Baptist, an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive." — #OctaviaButler #BlackHistory
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2024-12-14 03:46:43 UTC

Ebola: how a vaccine turned a terrifying virus into a preventable disease
https://blknewsnow.com/ebola-how-a-vaccine-turned-a-terrifying-virus-into-a-preventable-disease/