BIG BINK BLACK HISTORY FACT –   TUPAC SHAKUR HAS SOLD OVER 75 MILLION ALBUMS.  7 OF HIS PLATINUM ALBUMS CAME OUT AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1996.  HE CONTINUES TO CELEBRATED AROUND THE WORLD!! TOP PAC VIDEOS –      

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Do you know that the Ironing Board was invented and Patented by an African American Woman?  Big Shouts out to Sarah Boone who invented the Ironing board! From wikkipedia – Sarah Boone (1832-1904) was an African American inventor who on April 26, 1892, obtained United States patent rights for her improvements to the ironing board. […]

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The Freedman's Bank was established in 1865 to help foment wealth-building for nearly four million newly freed slaves. It closed in 1874.

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A new sweatshirt collection depicts a world where "higher education celebrates Black voices and histories."

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Milton Crenchaw, a flight instructor who trained the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. https://t.co/5SaFgJwSnV pic.twitter.com/k0cvK4SYsm — Dothan Eagle (@dothaneagle) November 18, 2015 Milton Crenchaw, one of…

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CNN anchor Don Lemon, who has criticized Black Lives Matter and other activists for standing up for their rights, told The New York Times in…

CNN anchor Don Lemon, who has criticized Black Lives Matter and other activists for standing up for their rights, told The New York Times in a recent interview that if he weren’t a journalist, he would be a writer like James Baldwin, or an activist like Malcolm X. “I’d probably be a writer like James […]

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Joel Fitzgerald, Forth Worth’s 1st Black Police Chief, Takes Charge https://t.co/T3kd6iGlhI pic.twitter.com/1rM4TVBtvC — Good Black News (@goodblacknews) October 26, 2015 History was made in Fort Worth,…

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One of Black history's most poignant heroes is finally getting justice after he was tried as a criminal for freeing slaves as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

The Big Homie Nasir Jones now has another accolade to add to his legacy. The veteran rapper was honored with the W.E.B. DuBois Medal during a ceremony at Harvard University on Wednesday (Sept. 30)  HIP HOP IS ALL GROWN UP!!!! Check out all of the information on Nas’s award HERE Source: Bennett Raglin / Bennett Raglin/Getty […]

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JeffCo Commission considering removal of courthouse mural that depicts slaves picking cotton. @WVTM13 pic.twitter.com/NqDgQbSXdE — Meg Pace (@MegPace) September 22, 2015 The NAACP chapter in…

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Looking to teach your family about the rich and storied heritage of Black people who migrated out of the American South to parts north and west during the 19th and 20th centuries? Make that lesson come to life by taking Amtrak’s California Zephyr from Chicago to Denver, and visit cultural landmarks in each city. View the photo gallery for […]