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Category: Black History

**FILE** Nichelle Nichols (Super Festivals via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inEntertainment

Nichelle Nichols, Lieutenant Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ Dead at 89

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor August 3, 2022August 4, 2022

If you wanted a taste of “out of this world” beauty, poise and regality, then you had to check out the talented and sultry Nichelle Nichols.

**FILE** President Obama presents NBA legend and civil rights activist Bill Russell with the Medal of Freedom, the highest award bestowed upon U.S. citizens, at the White House on Feb. 15, 2011. (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inSports

Bill Russell, Basketball Legend and Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 88

by Stacy M. Brown July 31, 2022July 31, 2022
**FILE** Lt. Gen. Michael Langley (Official U.S. Marines photo)
Posted inNational

Senate Poised to Confirm Marines’ First Black Four-Star General

by Stacy M. Brown July 25, 2022July 25, 2022
A statue of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol Building’s National Statuary Hall on July 13 in D.C., honoring the life and contributions of the legendary educator. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inNational

Mary McLeod Bethune Statue Unveiled at U.S. Capitol in the District

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor July 13, 2022July 13, 2022
Posted inBlack History

Who Was Mary McLeod Bethune?

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor July 13, 2022July 13, 2022
Frederick Douglass
Posted inBlack History

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?

by Jamila Bey and Nathan M. Richardson, Poet, Author, Frederick Douglass Historian/Interpreter July 4, 2022July 4, 2022
Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American from Chicago, was tortured and murdered in 1955. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inNational

Mississippi Team Uncovers Arrest Warrant for White Woman Who Lied About Emmett Till

by Stacy M. Brown June 30, 2022June 30, 2022
Posted inNational

Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn In as First Black Woman on Supreme Court

by Stacy M. Brown June 30, 2022June 30, 2022
Greg and Rose Holmes celebrate Juneteenth in Clarke County, Va., which includes the town of Josephine City. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Josephine City: A Historic Black Enclave Nestled in Bastion of White Hostility

by James Wright Jr. June 22, 2022June 24, 2022
Posted inBlack History

Emancipation Proclamation to be Displayed at National Archives During Juneteenth Weekend

by WI Web Staff June 17, 2022June 17, 2022

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