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The exhibit at the Capitol in Albany includes a letter from writer Langston Hughes to W.E.B. DuBois and tributes to black leaders including singer Lena Horne, abolitionist Frederick Douglass, author James Baldwin and NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. All...
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Armstrong's trumpets, military patches from the Harlem Hellfighters infantry regiment, and Jim Brown's rushing trophy from Syracuse University are part of a new black history display in upstate New York. The exhibit at the Capitol in Albany includes a...
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Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, left, laughs with his mother, Sunseria Jenkins, before distributing Thanksgiving turkeys to families at W.E.B. DuBois High School in Baltimore, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. View Photo »
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Now I think he's doing a pretty good job ... He's got the intellectual capacity of W.E.B. DuBois and he's calm, cool and collected like Denzel Washington.
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Louis Armstrong's trumpets, military patches from the Harlem Hellfighters infantry regiment, and Jim Brown's rushing trophy from Syracuse University are part of a new black history display in upstate New York. The exhibit at the Capitol in Albany...
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N.Y. — One of Louis Armstrong's trumpets is part of a new black history display in upstate New York. The exhibit at the Capitol in Albany includes artifacts from the Harlem Hellfighters infantry regiment, a letter from writer Langston Hughes to W.E.B....
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If you stop by the exhibit, you may also want to check out the Hall of Governors and the restored skylight. [Wall Street Journal] We'd really like you to take part in the conversation here at All Over Albany. But we do have a few rules here. Don't...
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Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis hugs volunteer Doris Bailey while distributing Thanksgiving turkeys to families at W.E.B. DuBois High School in Baltimore, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. View Photo »
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Robinson, right, an author and historian, will speak on “The Dreaming of Dreams by Untwisted Souls: DuBois and the Transformative Power of Education.” Robinson is a professor of history and has taught courses on Southern history, race relations,...
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History Month has and will always mean something to me. It's not only a time to celebrate what we are as a people, but also to recognize those African Americans who made sacrifices for us to be where we are today. Without the likes of Frederick...
About W.E.B. DuBois
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (pronounced /duːˈbɔɪs/ doo-BOYSS) (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American civil rights activist, public intellectual, Pan-Africanist, professor of sociology, historian, writer, and editor. At the age of 95, in 1963, he became a naturalized citizen of Ghana. Full Article
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Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis distributes Thanksgiving turkeys to families at W.E.B. DuBois High School in Baltimore, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011.
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Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis hugs volunteer Doris Bailey while distributing Thanksgiving turkeys to families at W.E.B. DuBois High School in Baltimore, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011.
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