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Alabama A&M University is founded as Huntsville Normal School in 1875, led by a former slave, Dr. William Hooper Councill.

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POSTED: March 29, 2012, 12:00 am

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the historic 1972 Gary, Indiana national Black political convention that set the stage for the presidential campaigns of Shirley Chisholm, Rev. Jesse Jackson and the eventual election of Barack Obama to the presidency.

Related References

books
- Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2008
  Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data
media
- President Bush Addresses the Nation
  A NorthStar Network news report on President Bush's speech on Iraq
- Black Politicians in New Jersey Reach New Low
  NorthStar Network Editorial 2003
- Justice for the Central Park Five
  NorthStar Network Editorial from October 2002
- DC Voting Rights
  A NorthStar Network news report on voting rights in the nation's capital
- Hate American Style
  Violence in Iraq is eerily similar to what Blacks experienced in the era of Jim Crow
organizations
- African Environmental Research Consulting Group (AERCG)
  Dr. Peter A. Sam, Chairman/CEO
- African Development Institute Inc.
  Lee Cassanelli: Director
- Afro American Historical & Genealogical Society
  P. O. Box 73067 Washington, DC 20056-3067
documents
- Black Opposition to the Iraq War
  A look at why Blacks overwhelmingly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the resulting war
- African Americans and Home Ownership Brief
  One of the foremost Black think tanks looks at home ownership among Blacks in the United States
- HIV/AIDS Today, Issue 8
  Women and HIV
- CBC Newsletter, May 1975
  The May 1975 newsletter of the Congressional Black Caucus
- HBCU Recruitment Study
  The association representing public Black colleges examines campus recruitment

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