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    Hearing on Centennial of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

    Survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre appeared at a hearing marking the centennial of the 1921 attack in which a white mob attacked residents, homes, and businesses in a predominantly Black Tulsa, Oklahoma,…

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    Black Women During the Civil War and Reconstruction

    University of Maryland Eastern Shore history Professor Arlisha Norwood taught a class on the role Black women played during the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. University of Maryland…

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    Master Slave Husband Wife

    Ilyon Woo chronicled the enslaved couple William and Ellen Craft’s escape to freedom with Ellen posing as a wealthy, disabled white man traveling with William as “his” male slave. .

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    I Am Debra Lee - A Memoir

    Black Entertainment Television former CEO Debra Lee spoke about her career in the entertainment industry. The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.,…

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    Saying It Loud - 1966-The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement

    Former Newsweek editor Mark Whitaker looked at the “Black Power” movement in 1966 and its impact on the civil rights movement during that time. Theodore Books in Oyster Bay, New York, hosted this…

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    Slavery's Legacy

    Kerri Greenidge (The Grimkes), Rachel Webster (Benjamin Banneker and Us), Kidada Williams (I Saw Death Coming), and Ilyon Woo (Master Slave, Husband Wife) discussed slavery in America and…

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    Reclamation

    Gayle Jessup White, public relations and community engagement officer at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, spoke about the efforts to have Sally Hemings recognized as a descendant of the…

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    The Reconstruction Era

    Former Charleston, South Carolina Mayor Joseph Riley and professor Kerry Taylor co-taught a course at The Citadel military college looking at why a new African American history museum is being built in…

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    Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution

    Claire Bellerjeau talked about her book, Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth. The Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., hosted this online…

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    Q&A with Alvin Hall

    TV and radio broadcaster Alvin Hall, author of Driving the Green Book, talked about his visits to a dozen sites mentioned in The Negro Motorist Green Book, a Jim Crow era travel guide for…

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    A House Built by Slaves

    Author Jonathan White talked about President Abraham Lincoln’s White House invitations to African Americans, and the impact of those meetings on race relations. Among those who received…

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    NASA Research Mathematician Katherine Johnson

    West Virginia native and West Virginia State University alumna Katherine Johnson played a pivotal role in NASA’s missions to put men in space and on the moon. West Virginia State University President Anthony…

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    African American Women in Arts and Literature

    St. Joseph’s University professor Katherine Sibley taught a class about African American women who were writers and artists during the early Civil Rights era. She described the…

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    President Biden Speaks on the Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

    President Biden spoke at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. On March 7, 1965, civil rights activists were beaten by police at the location while marching to Montgomery to protest the denial of…

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    President Biden Crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge

    President Biden participated in the annual Edmund Pettus Bridge crossing in Selma, Alabama. On March 7, 1965, civil rights activists were beaten by police at the location while marching to Montgomery…

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    Discussion on Critical Race Theory and Victimhood

    The Heritage Foundation’s Jonathan Butcher (Splintered: Critical Race Theory and the Progressive War on Truth) and the American Enterprise Institute’s Ian Rowe (Agency ) discussed their books.…

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    Teaching White Supremacy

    Harvard professor Donald Yacovone explored white supremacy ideology in the U.S. from its inception to present day. The Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts, hosted this program.

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    President Biden and Vice President Harris Speak at Black History Month Celebration

    President Biden and Vice President Harris each highlighted the achievements and contributions made by African Americans to the United States during remarks at the White House to mark Black…

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    Touré on Black History Month and Political News of the Day

    Touré, journalist, host and creative director at TheGrio, discusses Black History Month and political news of the day.

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    Black Women Historians

    The Association of Black Women Historians celebrated the careers and legacies of historians Paula Giddings, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, and Deborah Gray White. This event took place at the…

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