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Enslaved people risked everything to escape Missouri for Kansas -- even walking across a frozen river 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 1257
These are America's Black Medal of Honor recipients 4 douglas9 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 13 1286
East St. Louis was home to a pioneering Black construction company. Few know about it today 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 995
A tribute to Malcolm. 0 brush Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1024
Black women missing from breast tumor data. Here's why... 1 Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 1463
Somebody, please tell me why? 7 spicysista Feb 2022 Feb 2022 14 2198
A downtown memorial will honor enslaved people who sued for freedom 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 1000
Black History Month 2022 Jeopardy Game - Week 2 1 qwlauren35 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 4 1161
"Whose Sheets? Our Sheets!" 2 spicysista Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1513
Meet Kelly Curtis: USA Skeleton's First Black Olympian 1 DinahMoeHum Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1080
De'Von Bailey lawsuit against city of Colorado Springs settled for nearly $3 million 1 Eugene Feb 2022 Feb 2022 11 1356
SCOTUS Allows Alabama Congressional Map that Diminishes Black Voting Power 2 JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 Feb 2022 4 1155
Local group here on the Metro East side of St Louis 0 The Polack MSgt Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1227
Alphonso David - Suing Human Rights Campaign. ETA: AfAm Group 2 JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1064
I learned today that Dr Charles Drew 23 Marthe48 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 51 5870
The CBC and Miss Rosa Parks birthday 3 irisblue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 953
Meet the Sisters Making Wine More Accessible for Black Customers 4 Celerity Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1662
On Mayor Adams.... 3 spicysista Feb 2022 Feb 2022 6 1562
Rereading: Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin 7 sheshe2 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 8 1412
Boxer, grunt, flyboy: the wild life of the first Black American combat pilot 1 douglas9 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 12 1033
A Texas parent demanded a Michelle Obama biography be pulled from schools 2 JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 Feb 2022 9 1431
Celebrating Black History, Ray Charles! 0 spicysista Feb 2022 Feb 2022 6 986
Celebrating Black History Month, a toast to Nina! 1 spicysista Feb 2022 Feb 2022 10 1277
Black History Month 2022 Jeopardy Game - Week 1 0 qwlauren35 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1003
Honoring Black History Month & VP Kamala Harris 2 Budi Feb 2022 Feb 2022 9 974
Fury over early release of Chicago officer convicted of Black teenager's murder (Laquan McDonald) 1 Eugene Feb 2022 Feb 2022 2 1155
University City to share Black history with community through 'The 1619 Project' 0 Sherman A1 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1175
The Origins of MAGA Thuggery (and Why It Matters) - AfAm Group 8 JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 Jan 2022 13 1441
"The greatest composer you never heard of..." Florence Price-- Black and a Woman... 1 TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 Jan 2022 7 1276
Black Texas farmers were finally on track to get federal aid. The state's agriculture commissioner 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 1040

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Mitch McConnell says we aren't Americans 20 JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 Jan 2022 21 1996
Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Best Actor Oscar and a titan of cinema, dead at 94 1 peppertree Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1362
Mayor Adams (NYC) Chancellor Banks Deliver Remarks at Concourse Village Elementary School 13 JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 Jan 2022 11 1752
Louisiana Governor to pardon Plessy, of 'separate but equal' ruling 0 Eugene Jan 2022 Jan 2022 10 1313
Nick Colionne, smooth jazz guitarist, dies on New Year's Day at 55 4 peppertree Jan 2022 Jan 2022 4 2428
What you do on Hiring Day - you do all year 4 JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 1411
This message was self-deleted by its author 9 old as dirt Dec 2021 Jan 2022 4 1734
The vaccine gap between Black and White Americans narrowed. But it's back for booster shots. 1 Eugene Dec 2021 Dec 2021 4 1274
Frustration with Voting Rights Legislation 7 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 8 1447
Rachel, a Negro Woman v. James Cameron, Sheriff (1839-Iowa) 0 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 1320
Buying Black - What's Your Success Rate? 5 qwlauren35 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 1421
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 1354
MLK Day Celebrations will be a smack in my face 2 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1219
Kwanzaa Question - It's my first Kwanzaa, so I didn't know. 0 qwlauren35 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1222
Why Christmas was the best time of year to escape slavery 3 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 29 2066
Beware: The Feds Ain't Playing 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1467
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 961
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 933
Merry Christmas, everybody! 1 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1081
Archaeologists to expand search for graves underneath Clearwater business property 1 KG Dec 2021 Dec 2021 7 1247
Congressional hopeful vows to ensure white people "remain a majority" if he's elected 6 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 11 1731
Black News Channel announces layoffs a week before Christmas 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 2 1554
This message was self-deleted by its author 4 old as dirt Dec 2021 Dec 2021 5 1430
Appeals court upholds murder conviction of ex-Dallas officer Amber Guyger, who killed neighbor Botha 2 Eugene Aug 2021 Dec 2021 11 1869
After extraordinary sacrifice, and years of delay, Alwyn Cashe gets his Medal of Honor 1 douglas9 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 15 1181
Enslaved African-Americans confront difficult choices 2 Sherman A1 Nov 2021 Dec 2021 5 1514
Biden to award three Medals of Honor for combat actions in Iraq, Afghanistan 1 douglas9 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 8 1396
NAACP US Senate Scorecard (Voting/Civil Rights) 0 JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 959
Black HerStory to highlight contributions by Black women in St. Louis history 1 Sherman A1 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 8 1029
Jacqueline Avant, wife of famed music executive Clarence Avant, has died. 5 spicysista Dec 2021 Dec 2021 4 1671

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In the 1950s, rather than integrate its public schools, Virginia closed them 1 Jilly_in_VA Nov 2021 Nov 2021 13 1570
Josephine Baker, 1st Black woman honored in French Pantheon 0 Sherman A1 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 7 1022
Will an innocent man be executed today? 🙏🏽 6 live love laugh Nov 2021 Nov 2021 9 1726
Veterans Day legislation targets GI Bill racial inequities 0 Omaha Steve Nov 2021 Nov 2021 3 1046
Why we should never forget the shameful treatment of Black service members 4 douglas9 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 29 1884
'Blewish' celebrates Black and Jewish intersectionality through children's animation 0 Behind the Aegis Nov 2021 Nov 2021 5 1241
Ahmaud Aubery - the fix is in 7 JustAnotherGen Nov 2021 Nov 2021 17 1976
Colin in Black in Black and White. Well done! 0 tulipsandroses Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 1115
'HBCUs survived': Historically Black colleges poised to get billions in spending bill 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 4 1115
The Buffalo Soldiers in WWI 2 Sherman A1 Nov 2021 Nov 2021 21 2376
Buffalo Soldiers at Vancouver Barracks 2 Sherman A1 Oct 2021 Oct 2021 13 1382
Accounts of African American service during the War of 1812 2 Sherman A1 Oct 2021 Oct 2021 8 1230
Civil rights pioneer seeks expungement of '55 arrest record 0 Omaha Steve Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1036
NFL, players agree to end 'race-norming' in $1B settlement 0 Eugene Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1229
African American Civil War museum has a new home in DC 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 8 1322
2020 Census may have undercounted Black Americans, new analyses say 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1431
Why aren't there more black people in Oregon? 0 live love laugh Oct 2021 Oct 2021 9 1846
Haitian Immigrants 12 JustAnotherGen Sep 2021 Oct 2021 11 2089
VA Republican Party campaign flyers depicting Black male candidates tied in ropes 1 live love laugh Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 1605
Son of the South - Amazon 1 JustAnotherGen Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 1334
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