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News Articles: african american history

Under Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, pictured, the state is enacting a handful of controversial education measures that are attracting national attention.

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High schoolers threaten to sue DeSantis over ban of African American studies course

Attorney Ben Crump announced a potential lawsuit against the Florida governor after the state rejected a new Advanced Placement course, which the College Board now says it will revise.

January 25, 2023
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
"People across the country should be concerned that legislators and governors across the country are going to do exactly what Florida is doing," says Florida Sen. Shevrin Jones, pictured here in March 2022.

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Florida's AP African American studies ban should raise alarm elsewhere, lawmaker says

Florida state Sen. Shevrin Jones, a Democrat, says the proposed course "wasn't indoctrination, it wasn't ideology, it was facts." He fears blocking it will harm students in Florida and beyond.

January 23, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
In this May 30, 2009 file photo, Little Richard performs at The Domino Effect, a tribute concert to New Orleans rock and roll musician Fats Domino, at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans. Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, has died Saturday, May 9, 2020.

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  • Music

African-American Music Appreciation Month About More Than Stellar Songs

It was 1979 when then-President Jimmy Carter introduced the country's first ever observance of Black Music Month. The month was established to recognize the economic and cultural power of Black music, as well as those who make and promote it.

June 30, 2021
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Tiffany Griffith
Lonnie G. Bunch III, shortly after he was named Smithsonian Secretary in 2019

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Inside The Blacksonian With Lonnie Bunch

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III talks about how he turned entry into the Blacksonian into the hottest ticket in town and how the coronavirus is affecting the Smithsonians.

March 18, 2021
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By:
  • Karen Grigsby Bates
African Americans register to vote in the July 4 Georgia Democratic Primary in Atlanta, Ga., on May 3, 1944. Registrations are increasing in Atlanta as black schools are giving instructions to students in ballot casting procedure. (AP Photo)

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Battleground: Ballot Box | The History Of Racist Voting Laws In Georgia

On this episode of "Battleground: Ballot Box," we go back in time and explore the history of racist voting laws in Georgia and how the remnants of those decisions are still present today.

October 12, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Author Bettye Kearse joined Virginia Prescott for a virtual author talk series presented by the Atlanta History Center. They discussed her new book, "The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family."

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  • Author Interviews

Author Dr. Bettye Kearse Challenges The Narrative Of Her Ancestry - Uncovering 'The Other Madisons'

James Madison was the fourth president of the United States, one of the founders of our country and author of the first drafts of the U.S. Constitution...

July 21, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jesse Nighswonger
A field trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., led by Kimberly Grayson, the principal of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College in Denver, inspired some of her students to demand a more inclusive school curriculum.

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Denver School Principal On How Black Students Led Swift Changes To History Curriculum

Kimberly Grayson took her high schoolers to the African American history museum in D.C. When students pressed their white teachers to take the same trip, a revised history curriculum quickly followed.

July 10, 2020
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  • Ailsa Chang and
  • Jonaki Mehta
People carry signs as they march Monday, June 1, 2020, in Atlanta during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25.

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Georgians Demand Justice: The Messages And Momentum Behind The George Floyd Protests

Since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, rage that had accumulated over centuries of racial violence spilled into the...

June 05, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 2 more
Musicians and attendees interact at a previous Juneteenth Freedom Festival in Macon. This year is the festival's 27th year, and it takes place Saturday in Tattnall Square Park.

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  • Arts & Life

Macon Juneteenth Celebrations Commemorate Black History With A Modern Mindset

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, commemorates the official end of slavery in the U.S. in 1865, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln...

June 14, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
Mary Frances Early was honored with an official UGA portrait in 2018. Now, the university has proposed naming its College of Education after her.

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Mary Frances Early, First Black UGA Graduate, May Have The College of Education Named After Her

Mary Frances Early is a trailblazer. While Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Hamilton Holmes were the first African-Americans admitted to University of Georgia...

April 15, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
The New York National Guard's 369th Regiment, 93rd Infantry Division, also known as the "Harlem Hellfighters," stand ready in trenches near Maffrecourt in the Argonne Region, France, May 4, 1918.

How World War I Changed African-Americans' Fight For Equal Rights

World War I, which ended with an armistice agreement 100 years ago, transformed life in the United States. The "war to end all wars" also introduced a...

February 08, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott
Michael Twitty is a culinary historian and author of the memoir, "The Cooking Gene."

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  • Food

Culinary Historian Michael Twitty Explores Who Owns Southern Food

Culinary historian Michael Twitty traces his ancestry through food in "The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African-American Culinary History in the Old...

January 04, 2019
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  • Sean Powers ,
  • Elena Rivera ,
  • and 1 more
Telfair Museum's Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters opens new exhibits on enslaved people's lives on the property Nov. 17.

Savannah's Telfair Museum Examines Stories Of Inequality Through Refurbished Slave Quarters

Telfair Museums' Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters plans to reveal the newly-refurbished slave quarters at the Regency-era mansion to the public on...

November 16, 2018
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  • Elena Rivera ,
  • Cindy Hill ,
  • and 1 more
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Urban Slave Quarters Unveiled

Savannah’s Telfair Museums is showcasing the lives of urban enslaved people in a new exhibit opening Nov. 16. Shannon Browning-Mullis is curator of...

November 16, 2018
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By:
  • Cindy Hill
Members of the North Carolina Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, shown at the Tottle House lunch counter in Atlanta in 1960, sparked sit-ins across the South.

How Museums Today Expose Forgotten Truths About American History

African-American history goes far beyond Black History Month in February. Today we talked about the presentation of history and how it’s changing and...

June 19, 2018
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott

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