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NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female engineer at NASA. Jackson started her NASA career in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Jackson, a mathematician and aerospace engineer, […]

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Jamie Foxx set to play first ever Black Lead in a Pixar Movie

A new animated film called Soul starring Jamie Foxx will be Pixar’s first ever animated film with an African American as the lead actor. The film will also feature the voices of Phylicia Rashad, Daveed Diggs, Questlove, and Tina Fey. Directed by two-time Academy Award®-winner Pete Docter, co-directed by Kemp Powers and produced by Academy Award®-nominee Dana […]

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BRIDGET “BIDDY” MASON ex slave turns California real estate pioneer

Bridget “Biddy” Mason, born a slave in Mississippi in 1818, achieved financial success that enabled her to support her extended family for generations despite the fact that she was illiterate. In a landmark case she sued her master for their freedom, saved her earnings, invested in real estate, and became a well-known philanthropist in Los Angeles, California. Although born in […]

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Looking Black on Today: Rapper Ice-T was born

Tracy Marrow, better known as Ice T is mostly celebrated for his rap songs concerning street life & violence. He has been an influential figure for the gangster rap genre. Highly controversial songs such as Cop Killer brought much fame to Ice T. He also pursued a career in acting, his most noteworthy character being […]

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Poet Rita Dove Wins Wallace Stevens Award From Academy of American Poets

Rita Dove, Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia, received the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, according to jbhe.com. The award is given annually to recognize “outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.” Established in 1994, the award comes with a $100,000 prize. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1987 for Thomas and […]

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Looking Black on Today: Birmingham Black Barons Formed

The Birmingham Black Barons was a professional baseball team active in the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1960. They played their home games at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The team had its greatest success in the 1940s, winning three Negro National League pennants (1943, 1944, and 1949). Unfortunately, the Black Barons lost all three […]

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Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G., and Rufus feat. Chaka Khan Nominated for 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Whitney Houston, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan and Notorious B.I.G. are among the 16 nominees for the 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Houston and Biggie Smalls are on the ballot for the first time along with Dave Matthews Band, The Doobie Brothers, Motörhead, Pat Benatar, Soundgarden, T.Rex, and Thin Lizzy. This is the third time Rufus & Chaka Khan have been nominated. […]

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Disney Plus adds disclaimer about racist movie stereotypes

According to SFGate.com, Disney’s new streaming service has added a disclaimer to “Dumbo,” “Peter Pan” and other classics because they depict racist stereotypes, underscoring a challenge media companies face when they resurrect older movies in modern times. The move comes as Disney Plus seems to be an instant hit. It attracted 10 million subscribers in […]

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California to induct Maya Angelou and Rupaul into state's 2019 Hall of Fame

Author Maya Angelou and performer/television series host RuPaul are among the inductees for the 2019 class of California Hall of Fame, according to sfgate.com. California’s governor Gavin Newsom and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom announced the inductees on Wednesday. Read more – https://goodblacknews.org/2019/11/13/maya-angelou-and-rupaul-to-be-inducted-into-state-of-california-hall-of-fame/

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Public invited to star-studded memorial for Toni Morrison

Just three months after her passing, Toni Morrison fans will have an opportunity to honor her thanks to a new memorial taking place this month. According to literary culture website LitHub, the “Beloved” author, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers, will be memorialized with a ceremony at New York City’s Cathedral of […]

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Flash Black Photo: Black Hollywood - Fight That Ghost

At Black Then, we frequently see interesting photos that give us a glimpse into the past. They tend to show us a piece of black history that is often not covered in textbooks, in history classes, or shown in the media. In a photo that we found on Black History Album , we see this […]

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Flash Black Photo: House of Glass | 1911

At Black Then, we frequently see interesting photos that give us a glimpse into the past. They tend to show us a piece of black history that is often not covered in textbooks, in history classes, or shown in the media. In a photo that we found on Black History Album , we see this […]

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Flash Black Photo: The Little Rascals

At Black Then, we frequently see interesting photos that give us a glimpse into the past. They tend to show us a piece of black history that is often not covered in textbooks, in history classes, or shown in the media. In a photo that we found on Black History Album , we see this […]

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Flash Black Photo: Portrait of Black Union Soldier | 1864

At Black Then, we frequently see interesting photos that give us a glimpse into the past. They tend to show us a piece of black history that is often not covered in textbooks, in history classes, or shown in the media. In a photo that we found on Black History Album , we see this […]

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Schooled by Youtube: CHARLES HAMILTON HOUSTON THE MAN WHO KILLED JIM CROW

[ In this video we found, we learn more about The Black Then Channel is an all-black history, news and commentary channel. Black Then features the untold stories of african american game changers, icons, and legends. We use videos by today’s best historians, thinkers, creators, commentators, and speakers to educate people about our past. The […]

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Angela’s Arrival in Jamestown in 1619 Marked the Beginning of a Subjugation That Left Millions in Chains.

By the time Angela was brought to Jamestown’s muddy shores in 1619, she had survived war and capture in West Africa, a forced march of more than 100 miles to the sea, a miserable Portuguese slave ship packed with 350 other Africans and an attack by pirates during the journey to the Americas. “All of […]

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It’s Time to Return Black Women to the Center of the History of Women’s Suffrage

One hundred years ago, just as Carrie Chapman Catt was masterminding the final steps in the arduous process of ratifying the 19th Amendment, she bought a farm in Westchester County called Juniper Ledge. There she commissioned a set of 12 metal tree plaques to memorialize the giants of the suffrage movement, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton […]