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Black History Biography of the Day
Saturday, June 14, 2025

Frederick Douglass
1818-1895

Read about Frederick Douglass

This "man who wore his diploma on his back" helped lead his race out of slavery.

Black History Review's Article of the Day

Obituary of Robert Hicks, founder of Deacons for Defense
by Douglas Martin

Someone had called to say the Ku Klux Klan was coming to bomb Robert Hicks’s house. The police said there was nothing they could do.

This Week's Featured Black History Resources

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Featured Movie

Let Justice Roll Down

Read about Let Justice Roll Down

See the Civil Rights movement through the eyes of a sharecropper's son turned preacher.

Deacons For Defense

Read about Deacons For Defense

The Klan would not stop for Federal injunctions ... but they would stop when their intended victims fought back!

Place to Visit

Brown vs Board of Education National Historic Site
Topeka, KS

Read about Brown vs Board of Education National Historic Site

A formerly-segregated school bears testimony to the decisions that ended 'Seperate but equal' 50 years ago.

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