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In 2004 we honored Frances L. Murphy II
Murphy, was a winner and a role model to many- especially aspiring Black journalists. In 1986, she returned to the Washington AFRO as publisher and retired in 1999
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130 Days of the AFRO
Colonel Richard M Johnson 9th Vice-President in the Van Buren Administration created a mild fury in Washington society by insisting it recognize his colored family
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130 Days of the AFRO
The 787st Colored WAC detachment has been broken up and its personnel assigned to white units in Paris, and in Frankfurt, Munich and Heidelberg, Germany
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Contenders for 1945 CIAA Basketball Championship: Morgan on Road to CIAA Crown After Beating N.C Cal Irvin, Back in Lineup, Paces Victors; Big Dog Thomas Proves Headache to Balto. 5
Afro-American (1893-); Baltimore, Md. 17 Feb 1945: 18.
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It's coming our 130th Anniversary Gala - August 13th 6:30pm
Martins Crosswinds, 7400 Greenway Center Drive, Greenbelt, MD. 20770
Tickets on sale now at https://t.co/IgeaSMshP1
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It's coming our 130th Anniversary Gala - August 13th 6:30pm
Martins Crosswinds, 7400 Greenway Center Drive, Greenbelt, MD. 20770
Tickets on sale now at https://t.co/IgeaSMshP1
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130 Days of the AFRO
15 major fights brought Joe Louis nearly one million dollars - Louis garnered over 950k in 15 major fights and collected his fattest fee when he dressed off Max Baer in the fourth in NY
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130 Days of thee AFRO
Josephine Baker's life history is that of modern Cinderella
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130 Days of the AFRO
Hitler Party in Germany hates Negroes, Jews
Hitler paper urges Negroes be barred from 1936 Olympics - Only 300 Negroes now in Germany
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The NAACP Christmas Seal for 1931, a design by E. Simms Campbell is ready for distribution. The seal is a sharp black silhouette on a bright Christmas green background depicting a virile figure of a man who has broken chains which held him captive.
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Douglass High to get major music credits - School commissioners place department on par with other senior schools
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Bessie Coleman, in her own airplane, gave exhibition flights at Curtiss Field, Garden City, L.I. this week. Accompanying her was Dr. Herbert Julian aka "Fearless Pete", colored parachute daredevil, who dived off one of the wings of the plane.
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Former Slave Makes Half Million in Barber Shop
An African American barber and entrepreneur, Alonzo Herndon was founder and president of the Atlanta Life Insurance Co, one of the most successful Black-owned insurance businesses in the nation.
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Negros Left South During Period of War - Great Migration begins
Lt. Robert C.Allen was the first colored officer to be decorated for gallantry in the world war.
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COMIC: Civilization As It Is Understood in America; Policeman Watching to Keep Negros Away while Mob gets to work.
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Mary McLeod Bethune established the Daytona Normal and Industrial School For Girls. The cost per student is $30 a year.
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Maggie L.Walker is the first African American woman to be president of a bank in VA.
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Baltimore's Miss Mamie Giles graduated from The McDowell School of Dressmaking. She was appointed the Principal Dressmaker of the Sparrow Point department store. Her appointment encouraged future women of color aspiring to fill prominent positions. #afronews #130daysofAFRO
The Colored High & Training School was founded in 1882. From 1900 to 1925 it resided on the corner of Pennsylvania Ave & Dolphin St. In 1925 the school relocated to Calhoun & Baker Street, renamed Frederick Douglass High School.
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On Nov. 15, 1894, the Freedmen’s Hospital School of Nursing was founded for African–Americans by Black surgeon Dr. Daniel Hale Williams.
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