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Both the 14th and 15th Amendments had a significant impact on Blacks and the Women’s Suffrage Movement. These Amendments gave rights to Black people; however, these rights were specifically for…
Years after their deaths, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois are still seen as intellectual rivals, to many people their differences overpowered their shared vision. Washington was an advocate…
“Life is too short to hang out a sign: “For Men Only”- Barbara Jordan. Barbara Charline Jordan was born to Benjamin and Arlyne Jordan on February 21st, 1936, in Houston,…
In Acres Homes, in the heart of the north side of Houston, Paradise Funeral Homes is a symbol of history, community, and change. The building that houses the largest funeral…
Malcom X, born Malcom Little on May 19th, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska. After his father’s passing and his mother’s hospitalization, Malcom bounced around from house to house, he was committed…
The multi-trillion-dollar company Google, founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin removed its DEI holidays from online and mobile calendars. Those holidays include Black History Month, Women’s History…
On February 14th, 2025, the United States Department of Education released a letter demanding that schools (K-12, colleges and universities) end their diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) and race-based initiatives in…
Chloe Anthony Woodford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Morrison) better known as Toni Morrison was born on February 18th, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio. At the age of 12, she became a…
Presidents’ Day is observed the third Monday in February every year. It is a federal holiday honoring the current and former United States Presidents. Presidents’ Day became an official federal…
[Photo: BLACKPAST] The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, is the biggest honor in the movie industry. Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gives out…
