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October 28, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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On This Day - Oct. 27, 1868

Mobs of White People Massacre At Least 35 Black People in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

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October 27, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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The collection’s 300,000 pages record the lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad

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Nearly 4 million records of enslaved colonies now searchable online people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online. The Guardian
October 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Black Zombie released in 2026 set in Haiti

"A journey through cinema and history reveals how zombies evolved from

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October 12, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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With All Deliberate Speed released in 2004

Black Children are predominantly sharing textbooks in classrooms with holes in the walls allowing cockroaches easy access

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October 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Henrietta Lacks
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Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and

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October 4, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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Bernie Mac
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Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008), known professionally as Bernie Mac, was an American stand-up comedian, actor and film producer. His most noted film roles were as Frank Catton in the Ocean's film series from 2001

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October 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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Ajai Sanders (born October 1, 1967) is ALIVE AND WELL
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Ajai Sanders (born October 1, 1967) is an American actress and stand-up comedian, best known for her supporting role as Gina Deveaux in the sitcom A Different World from 1991 until the series original ending in 1993.

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September 30, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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Elaine massacre
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The Elaine massacre occurred on September 30 – October 2, 1919, at Hoop Spur in the vicinity of Elaine in rural Phillips County, Arkansas, where African Americans were organizing against peonage and abuses in tenant farming.

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September 29, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates (born September 30, 1975) is ALIVE AND WELL
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Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates (born September 30, 1975) is an American author, journalist, and activist. He gained a wide readership during his time as national correspondent at The Atlantic, where he wrote about cultural, social, and political

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September 29, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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The Elaine massacre occurred on September 30 – October 2, 1919, at Hoop Spur in the vicinity of Elaine in rural Phillips County, Arkansas, where African Americans were organizing against peonage and abuses in tenant farming.

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September 29, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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Gwen Ifill (September 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016)

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audubonballroom.bsky.social Black Unity Over Disagreement (he/him) @audubonballroom.bsky.social · Sep 28
Gwendolyn L. Ifill (September 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016) was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author. ...

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She was the fifth of six children of African Methodist

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September 28, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Peter Finch
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Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an [english] and Australian actor. ...

Finch won five BAFTA Awards for Best Actor, and the Academy Award in the same category for his portrayal of crazed television

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September 27, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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The Confessions of Frannie Langton released in 2022 set in yuk with a Black Woman protagonist

Too much tension for me. I skipped forward to the last episode.

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September 26, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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Tamara Taylor (born September 27, 1970) is ALIVE AND WELL
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Tamara Taylor (born September 27, 1970) is a Canadian actress. ...

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Taylor was born in Toronto to a Bajan father and a Scottish mother. She dropped out of high school to try modeling and

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September 26, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player.

T. S. Eliot was a racist
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September 26, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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bell hooks (September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021)
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Gloria Jean Watkins (September 25, 1952 – December 15, 2021), better known by her pen name bell hooks (stylized in lowercase), was an American philosopher, educator, author, and social critic;

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September 24, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. ... Sanders played a prominent role in the development of free jazz and spiritual jazz through

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September 23, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 – August 21, 1971)
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George Lester Jackson (September 23, 1941 – August 21, 1971) was an American author, prisoner, and revolutionary. While serving an indeterminate sentence for stealing $71 at gunpoint from a gas station in 1960,

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September 23, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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Billie Paul Piper (born Leian Paul Piper; 22 September 1982) is an [english] actress and former singer. She initially gained recognition as a singer after releasing her debut single "Because We Want To" at the age of 15, which made her the youngest female singer

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September 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021)
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Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. ...

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Van Peebles married Maria Marx, a German actress. They lived in Mexico for a period

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September 20, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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Ursula M. Burns (born September 20, 1958) is ALIVE AND WELL
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Ursula M. Burns (born September 20, 1958) is an American businesswoman. Burns was the CEO of Xerox from 2009 to 2016. Burns was the first [Black Woman] to lead a Fortune 500 company.

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September 19, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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Sanaa McCoy Lathan (born September 19, 1971) is ALIVE AND WELL

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Sanaa McCoy Lathan (born September 19, 1971) is an American actress. ... Lathan later garnered further prominence after starring in the 1998 superhero film Blade ...

In 2004, Lathan's performance in the

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September 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (née Pinkett; born September 18, 1971) is an American actress, businesswoman, and talk show host. ...

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September 17, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Harriet Robinson Scott (c. 1820 – June 17, 1876) was an African American woman who fought for her freedom alongside her husband, Dred Scott [(c. 1799 – September 17, 1858)], for eleven years. Their legal battle culminated in the infamous

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September 16, 2026 at 2:31 PM