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Category: The Time of Turmoil and Triumph: 1967-1992

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A Time of Turmoil and Triumph: 1967-1992

by Kamau HighAugust 11, 2017January 25, 2022

The era of assassinating Black civil rights activists was in full swing by 1967. Medgar Evers was shot and killed in his driveway in 1955; Malcolm X was killed by […]

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Thomas Stockett, AFRO Cartoonist

by Special to the AFROAugust 11, 2017January 25, 2022

Two seats signify Thomas “Tommy” Stockett’s centers of gravity—the seat in front of his easel at home and the seat in front of his easel in the busy, cluttered, first-floor […]

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Notable Moments in Black History: 1967-1992

by LaTrina AntoineAugust 11, 2017January 25, 2022

1967 The Virginia branch of the NAACP creates a new plan to stop riots. 1968 Nixon decides to keep D.C. Mayor Walter E. Washington in his position for the new […]

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