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5
1943
George Washington Carver died. Born into slavery in an unknown location in Missouri and on a date that was never recorded (the year of his birth was likely 1864 or 1865), Carver rose from impoverished circumstances to become a scientist, botanist, inventor and educator.
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By Frederick H. Lowe The nation's three leading weight-loss companies have hired black spokespersons, signaling that these firms are targeting a demographic associated with the nation's highest obesity rates.
By Frederick H. Lowe The incarceration rate for African-American men and women in federal and state prisons was much higher in 2010, when compared with the number of whites and Hispanics behind bars, according to a U.S. Justice Department report published in December. The 37-page paper titled, "Prisoners in 2010,"reported that as of Dec. 31, 2010, federal correctional authorities had control of approximately 1,605,127 prisoners, down by 9,228 prisoners from 2009. This is the first drop in the overall U. S. prison population since 1972, Justice Department officials said. Although federal prisons reported an increase in inmates, half of state departments of correction reported declines in their prison populations. Rhode Island reported the largest decrease
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation's oldest and largest civil-rights organization, regularly conducts drives to recruit new members. Most of its members are middle-class, law-abiding citizens who only have seen the inside of prison on
Take eight minutes out of your day to view this powerful rediscovered video of the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
Wrongfully Convicted Man Released After Spending 31 Years In Prison The Innocence Project announced on Wednesday that a man who spent 31 years in prison for crime he did not commit has been released from prison. Dallas Judge John Creuzot ordered Rickey Dale Wyatt released for a 1981 aggravated rape conviction after DNA evidence cleared him of the crime. Judge Creuzot also recommended that Wyatt's conviction be overturned. In an e-mail, Maddy deLone, executive director of the New York-based Innocence Project, said prosecutors withheld evidence that would have proved Wyatt's innocence. "The case was built on faulty eyewitness testimony, yet the victim the victim originally described a
We Must Prepare for November's Election Now The presidential election is 11 months from now, and The NorthStar News & Analysis will feature articles each month until November to encourage African-American men to register to vote and to register others to vote. NorthStar will also publish articles detailing the issues black men may face when we attempt to register.
January 5 through January 11 January 5 1943 ----- George Washington Carver died. Born into slavery in an unknown location in Missouri and on a date that was never recorded (the year of his birth was likely 1864 or 1865), Carver rose from impoverished circumstances to become a scientist, botanist, inventor and educator. Carver was reared from infancy by a couple who raised him as their own when his mother and one of his brothers were abducted by night raiders and sold