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  2. Pop Quiz: Do you know Black History in NJ? Twenty more ... - AOL

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    New Jersey Black History Month 2024 Quiz. 1. Streets in Teaneck and Englewood were renamed in 2021 for what legendary musical group? A. Kool and The Gang

  3. How much do you know about Lexington’s Black history ... - AOL

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    The quiz is not for the faint of heart, but you’ll likely learn a lot along the way. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...

  4. Black History Month - Wikipedia

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    Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. [4] [5] It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora, initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation since 1970. [6]

  5. African-American history - Wikipedia

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    Woodson insisted that the scholarly study of the African-American experience should be sound, creative, restorative, and, most important, it should be directly relevant to the Black community. He popularized Black history with a variety of innovative strategies, including the founding of the Association for the Study of Negro Life, the ...

  6. Celebrating Black History Month: The story of two Brooklyn ...

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    A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first female Black principal in NYC.

  7. 100 Greatest African Americans - Wikipedia

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    100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002. A similar book was written by Columbus Salley.

  8. Lynching in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A graph of lynchings in the US by victim race and year [1] The body of George Meadows, lynched near the Pratt Mines in Jefferson County, Alabama, on January 15, 1889 Bodies of three African-American men lynched in Habersham County, Georgia, on May 17, 1892 Six African-American men lynched in Lee County, Georgia, on January 20, 1916 (retouched photo due to material deterioration) Lynching of ...

  9. 19 Black figures who changed history - AOL

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    Obama became the first Black president in American history after winning the 2008 election race against John McCain. While in office, he earned a Nobel Peace Prize, worked to limit climate change ...