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Launched in 2015, Black Mail is your source for lesser-known black history facts. We celebrate history makers, movements, and moments that have shaped our world.
Harriet Robinson Scott: A Trailblazer In The Fight For Freedom
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Harriet Scott, along with her husband Dred Scott, challenged the courts to gain their freedom in 1846. Harriet Scott filed…
Wysinger V. Crookshank: Case That Influenced Brown v. Board Of Education Lawsuit
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Wysinger v. Crookshank is the first case in California that ruled against school segregation. More than 60 years later, the…
Cornel West – Quote
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THE BLACK NETFLIX: KWELITV
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Black History: Special Delivery! KweliTV is a streaming service that will launch in December 2015 that is looking to change…
Martin Luther King Jr: Did You Know About His Name Change?
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Martin Luther King Jr's legal name at birth was Michael King, Jr. He was named after…
Cornel West – Quote
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Lerone Bennett, Jr Quote
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Black History: Special Delivery!! An educator in a system of oppression is either a revolutionary or an oppressor. -Lerone Bennett,…
Black Face Fundraiser for Baltimore Cops Indicted on Freddy Gray Murder Canceled
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Black Mail Special Delivery: Bob Berger, a retired Baltimore police officer planned a fundraiser for the police officers indicted in…
What Happened To Sandra Bland?
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Black Mail: Special Delivery!! Check out an article from The Detroit Free Press! Still lots of unanswered questions! http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/stephen-henderson/2015/07/22/henderson-bland-texas-video/30532019/ Feel…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Rosa Parks!
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Rosa Parks is a civil rights icon who is well known for not giving up her…
Browder vs. Gayle Supreme Court Ruling That Declared Segregation of Public Transportation Illegal
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Black History: Special Delivery!! Many may be familiar with Montgomery Bus Boycott which lasted from December 1955 to December 1956;…
7/22/15: PBS Documentary “Slavery By Another Name”
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Black Mail: Special Delivery!! "SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME" is a PBS documentary that chronicles the beginnings of using forced labor…