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Kani Saburi Ayubu September 24, 2017 Leave a Comment

Ora Lee Malone: A Lifetime of Fighting for the Rights of Workers

Ora Le Malone protesting as an Elder

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Filed Under: African American History, African American Leaders, Black History Tagged With: black history, missouri, ora lee malone, st. louis, trade unions, worker rights

Kani Saburi Ayubu July 31, 2013 Leave a Comment

Our Favorite Thurgood Marshall Videos

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Filed Under: Audio & Videos, Thurgood Marshall

Kani Saburi Ayubu July 30, 2013 Leave a Comment

The Thinker 2 by Design Max

Thinker II by Design Max

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Filed Under: Art Print of the Week, Barack Obama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X

Kani Saburi Ayubu July 19, 2013 1 Comment

Lifting the Veil of Ignorance Monument: A Tribute to Booker T. Washington

Lifting the Veil of Ignorance: Booker T. Washington Monument

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Filed Under: Booker T. Washington, Monuments and Statues, Tuskegee University Tagged With: alabama, booker t washington, charles keck, lee walker, monument, ralph ellison, tuskegee university

Kani Saburi Ayubu July 14, 2013 Leave a Comment

New Black History Posters: Thurgood Marshall and Booker T. Washington

Booker T. WashingtonThurgood Marshall

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Filed Under: African American Leaders, New Releases Tagged With: black history, booker t. washington, history, naacp, thurgood marshall, tuskegee institute

Kani Saburi Ayubu January 21, 2013 Leave a Comment

Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Tapestry Throw

Martin Luther King Tribute Tapestry Throw

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Filed Under: Dr. Martin Luther King, Spotlight Collectible Tagged With: black history, civil rights, history, martin luther king, sclc, tapestry gift, tapestry throw

Kani Saburi Ayubu January 21, 2013 Leave a Comment

Slideshow: Our 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Quote of the Day Series

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks with people after delivering a sermon on May 13, 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Filed Under: Audio & Videos, Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Tagged With: alabama, civil rights, fred shuttlesworth, georiga, martin luther king, quotes, ralph david abernathy, sclc, slideshow

Kani Saburi Ayubu January 1, 2013 Leave a Comment

“The Man and Woman I Am” by W. Michael Frye

Buy The Man I Am and The Woman I Am by W. Michael Frye

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Filed Under: African American History, Art Print of the Week, Dr. Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver, Malcolm X Tagged With: black history, frederick douglass, harriet tubman, malcolm x, martin luther king, patricia harber-hacker, rosa parks, Sojourner Truth, w. michael frye

Kani Saburi Ayubu September 8, 2012 1 Comment

Thomas Blackshear’s New Black History Art Collection

2013 Black History Calendar featuring Thomas Blackshear

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Filed Under: African American History, Black History Month, Blog Specials, Civil Rights Movement, George Washington Carver, Mary McLeod Bethune, Thomas Blackshear Tagged With: African American History, benjamin banneker, black history, booker t. washington, harriet tubman, history, ida b. wells, jan Matzeliger, mary mcleod bethune, paul laurence dunbar, thomas blackshear

Kani Saburi Ayubu April 15, 2012 3 Comments

Freedom Riders by Kolongi Brathwaite

Freedom Riders by Kolongi Brathwaite

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Filed Under: Art Print of the Week, Barack Obama, Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Kolongi Brathwaite, Malcolm X, New Releases Tagged With: barack obama, betty shabazz, black history, bob marley, coretta scott king, harriet tubman, horses, huey newton, malcolm x, martin luther king, michelle obama, muhammad ali, nelson mandela, tupac shakur

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