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“Let us breathe and grow”: 41st African American History celebrations
February 18, 2015The 41st Annual People's World African American History Month Celebrations will take place in Hartford and New Haven, Conn.
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A lynching in New Orleans
February 18, 2015How recent these events! How deeply seared in living human memory!
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Today in African American history: Birthday of Eddie Robinson
February 13, 2015Edward Gay Robinson (February 13, 1919 - April 3, 2007) was an outstanding American football coach.
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Adjunct Prof. Leleua Loupe’s office: the trunk of her car
February 12, 2015"At the beginning of the semester," explains historian and lecturer Leleua Loupe, "students don't know history or understand the world around them."
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Today in African American history: Birthday of writer Alice Walker
February 9, 2015The writer and activist Alice Walker was born on this day in 1944 in Putnam County, Georgia.
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