Matthew Henson

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This Week In Black History August 5-11

Editor - August 5, 2015

For the week of August 5-11 August 5 1865—President Andrew Johnson reverses an order giving land abandoned or confiscated from slave-owning Whites to former Black…

National News

This Week in Black History Jan. 28-Feb. 3

Editor - January 28, 2015

Week of Jan. 28-Feb. 3 January 28 1938—Crystal Byrd Fauset becomes the first Black woman elected to a state legislature when she wins a seat…

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This Week In Black History August 6-12

Editor - August 6, 2014

For the Week of August 6-12 August 6 1870—In one of the most brazenly racist incidents of the post-Civil War period, White conservatives and racists…

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