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12/28/2025

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From all of us at The Black Report, we wish you a holiday season filled with rest, joy, and the company of those who ins...
12/25/2025

From all of us at The Black Report, we wish you a holiday season filled with rest, joy, and the company of those who inspire you. Happy Holidays 🎁🎄❄️

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12/21/2025

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In December 1865, with key provisions enacted on December 13, Mississippi became one of the first states to pass Black C...
12/14/2025

In December 1865, with key provisions enacted on December 13, Mississippi became one of the first states to pass Black Codes—laws designed to restrict the freedom of newly emancipated Black Americans after the Civil War. These laws criminalized unemployment, limited labor mobility, and forced many Black men and women back into exploitative work arrangements, laying the groundwork for convict leasing and Jim Crow segregation. The Black Codes exposed the fierce resistance to Black freedom and directly influenced the push for stronger federal protections, including the 14th Amendment and Reconstruction-era civil rights legislation.

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12/12/2025

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In December 1964, news of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. receiving the Nobel Peace Prize reverberated across the United Stat...
12/12/2025

In December 1964, news of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. receiving the Nobel Peace Prize reverberated across the United States, marking a powerful moment of international recognition for the Black-led Civil Rights Movement. As the youngest Nobel Peace Prize recipient at the time, Dr. King used the honor not for personal acclaim but to uplift the collective struggle for justice, pledging the prize money to support civil rights efforts. The recognition amplified national conversations around equality and reinforced momentum that would soon lead to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, underscoring how global acknowledgment helped fuel domestic change.

09/27/2025

A member of a Black militant group, she was found guilty in the 1973 murder of a New Jersey state trooper, escaped from prison and fled to Cuba, where she taught and wrote.

09/22/2025

As executive director of the Orange Blossom Classic, she’s turning a historic HBCU football tradition into a platform for culture, community, and opportunity.

09/16/2025

“He was a beloved teenager in an iconic television series who the world watched grow into manhood," the actress said during her introduction of the award ceremony's In Memoriam

09/16/2025

Dana "Queen Latifah" Owens is the new spokeswoman for WeightWatchers, and the campaign speaks to more than just weight loss.

09/07/2025

Althea Gibson became the first Black player to compete at the US Open in 1950. Seventy-five years later, she's being honored for breaking barriers.

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