Archive for 'History'

Ivan Van Sertima: Historian, Linguist, Anthropologist, and Author

Ivan Van Sertima: Historian, Linguist, Anthropologist, and Author

Posted on15. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

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Ivan Gladstone Van Sertima (26 January 1935 – 25 May 2009) was a historian, linguist and anthropologist at Rutgers University in the United States. He was noted for his Afrocentric theory of pre-Columbian contact between Africa and the Americas. His work was severely criticized.

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Ntozake Shange: Playwright- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Ntozake Shange: Playwright- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Posted on04. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

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Ntozake Shange (pronounced En-toe-ZAHK-kay SHONG-gay; born October 18, 1948) is an American playwright, and poet. As a self proclaimed black feminist, much of the content of her work addresses issues relating to race and feminism.

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Sara Dunlap Jackson: One of the 1st Black Archivists at the National Archives

Sara Dunlap Jackson: One of the 1st Black Archivists at the National Archives

Posted on03. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

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While we recognize and remember Carter G. Woodson as the “Father of Afro-American History,” we often do not recognize giants who facilitated the researching of this history: Sara Dunlap Jackson was a giant among us.

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Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History

Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History

Posted on01. Feb, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

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Imagine a world in which people like you have no written history, or that which has been written is incomplete or distorted. Before Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson (1875–1950) began his work, there was very little information, and much of that stereotypical misinformation, about the lives and history of Americans of African descent.

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Anthony Foxx: Charlotte, NC's New Mayor

Anthony Foxx: Charlotte, NC's New Mayor

Posted on21. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

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Anthony Foxx is Mayor (D) of the City of Charlotte, NC. He began his political career in 2005 with his election to City Council as an At-Large representative and served two terms before being elected Mayor in 2009.

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Barry C. Black: Chaplain of the United States Senate – From the Hood to the Hill

Barry C. Black: Chaplain of the United States Senate – From the Hood to the Hill

Posted on20. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

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Barry C. Black is the 62nd Chaplain of the United States Senate. He was elected to this position on June 27, 2003, becoming the first African-American, the first Seventh-day Adventist, and the first military chaplain to hold the office of chaplain to the United States Senate. He ministers to a flock of 6,000, comprising senators, spouses, Chiefs of Staff, and Capitol Hill employees.

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[HBCU Presidents] Dr. James E. Cheek (1932-2010) President Emeritus of Howard U

[HBCU Presidents] Dr. James E. Cheek (1932-2010) President Emeritus of Howard U

Posted on12. Jan, 2010 by Leshell Hatley.

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Dr. James Edward Cheek, president emeritus of Howard University, was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, on December 4, 1932 and has unfortunately passed away recently. We honor him and his accomplishments with this feature.

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