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45 relations: African Americans, Akron, Ohio, Albion College, Benjamin Mays, Bennett College, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Columbia University, Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era, Frances Jones Bonner, French language, Great Migration (African American), Greensboro sit-ins, Greensboro, North Carolina, Historically black colleges and universities, Howard Thurman, Jackson, Mississippi, Jet (magazine), Jim Crow laws, Kappa Delta Pi, Keuka College, Latin, Lycoming College, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Methodism, Montgomery bus boycott, Morehouse College, NAACP, National Council of Negro Women, Oberlin College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Pi Lambda Theta, Prairie View A&M University, Robert Nathaniel Dett, Sit-in, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Spelman College, United Methodist Church, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Université Grenoble Alpes, University of Chicago, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of Wisconsin–Madison, West High School (Akron, Ohio).
African Americans
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.
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Akron, Ohio
Akron is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County.
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Albion College
Albion College is a private liberal arts college located in Albion, Michigan.
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Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Elijah Mays (August 1, 1894 – March 28, 1984) was an American Baptist minister and civil rights leader who is credited with laying the intellectual foundations of the African-American civil rights movement.
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Bennett College
Bennett College is a private four-year historically black liberal arts college for women located in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation is a Private foundation founded in 1926 by Charles Stewart Mott of Flint, Michigan.
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Columbia University
Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.
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Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era
Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era in the United States of America was based on a series of laws, new constitutions, and practices in the South that were deliberately used to prevent black citizens from registering to vote and voting.
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Frances Jones Bonner
Frances Jones Bonner (1919 - December 27, 2000) was an American psychoanalyst.
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French language
French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Great Migration (African American)
The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970.
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Greensboro sit-ins
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960,, history, Retrieved February 25, 2015 which led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States.
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Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro (formerly Greensborough) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
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Historically black colleges and universities
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community.
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Howard Thurman
Howard Washington Thurman (November 18, 1899 – April 10, 1981) was an African-American author, philosopher, theologian, educator, and civil rights leader.
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Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital city and largest urban center of the U.S. state of Mississippi.
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Jet (magazine)
Jet is a magazine, currently in digital format, marketed to African-American readers.
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Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
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Kappa Delta Pi
Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, (ΚΔΠ) was founded in 1911 and was one of the first discipline-specific honor societies.
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Keuka College
Keuka College is a liberal arts-based, four-year, residential, coeducational college in Keuka Park, on the shores of Keuka Lake in the U.S. state of New York.
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Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Lycoming College
Lycoming College is a private four-year liberal arts undergraduate college located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after having served as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968.
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Methodism
Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.
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Montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama.
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Morehouse College
Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically Black college located in Atlanta, Georgia.
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NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by a group, including, W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington and Moorfield Storey.
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National Council of Negro Women
The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) is a non-profit organization with the mission to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African-American women, their families and communities.
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Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio.
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Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan University (also known as Wesleyan or OWU) is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio, United States.
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Pi Lambda Theta
Pi Lambda Theta is one of three main education honor societies and professional associations for educators in the United States.
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Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View A&M University, commonly abbreviated PVAMU or PV, is a public historically black university (HBCU) located in Prairie View, Texas, United States (northwest of Houston).
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Robert Nathaniel Dett
Robert Nathaniel Dett (October 11, 1882 – October 2, 1943), often known as R. Nathaniel Dett and Nathaniel Dett, was a composer, organist, pianist and music professor.
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Sit-in
A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change.
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Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization.
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Spelman College
Spelman College is a four-year liberal arts women's college located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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United Methodist Church
The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a mainline Protestant denomination and a major part of Methodism.
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United States Department of Health and Human Services
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), also known as the Health Department, is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.
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Université Grenoble Alpes
The Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA, French: meaning "Grenoble Alps University") is a public research university in Grenoble, France.
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University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, U of C, or Chicago) is a private, non-profit research university in Chicago, Illinois.
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University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), also known as UNC Greensboro, is a public coeducational and Research university in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system.
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University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison (also known as University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, or regionally as UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
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West High School (Akron, Ohio)
West High School was a public high school in the Akron Public School District that served the city of Akron, Ohio from 1913 until 1953.
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