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Diversity among Doctors Drives Trust in Health Care

March 4, 2016

By Patricia Maryland NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist Black History Month gives us the opportunity to reflect on the countless examples of the contributions that African-Americans have made to build our country. By celebrating these pioneers who helped shape America, we are inspired to overcome adversity and realize the positive change we, too, are capable […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black History, Diversity, Health Care, Patricia Maryland

Black History Profiles: Katherine Dunham and Misty Copeland

February 26, 2016

Black Art Has Always Been a Powerful Tool for Social Change by Brianna Rae Katherine Dunham Referred to as ‘The matriarch and queen mother of Black dance,’ Katherine Mary Dunham was an outstandingly talented dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, educator, and social activist. Born in Chicago on June 22, 1909, she was interested in dance and writing […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black History, Brianna Rae, Katherine Dunham, Misty Copeland

Black History Profiles: James Baldwin and Toni Morrison

February 26, 2016

Black Art Has Always Been a Powerful Tool for Social Change by Jacklin Bolduan James Baldwin James Baldwin was born in Harlem in 1924. He was the grandson of a slave and the oldest of nine children. When he was about three years old, Baldwin’s mother married David Baldwin, who was a Baptist minister. Following […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black History, Jacklin Bolduan, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison

Wisconsin’s First African-American Judge, Harold Jackson, Passes at 77

February 19, 2016

Harold Baron Jackson, Jr. was born December 28, 1939 in Washington, D.C. Julia O. Jackson and Harold Jackson Sr. were prominent members of the Black middle class in Washington D.C. Julia O. had big dreams for their son, coupled with his high IQ; so, instead of sending him to Dunbar High School – known as […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black History, Harold Baron Jackson Jr., Michael Clark, Obituaries

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From the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement, Writers Who Changed the World

February 19, 2016

Black History Profiles by Brianna Rae Zora Neale Hurston A self-possessed woman with infinite curiosity, Zora Neale Hurston was a key figure in the literary movement of the Harlem Renaissance, but also in the fields of anthropology and folklore. Known for saying, “Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Amiri Baraka, Black History, Brianna Rae, LeRoi Jones, Zora Neale Hurston

Moment in Black History: Frederick Douglass

February 19, 2015

By Graham Thomas Kilmer February 20, 2015     Frederick Douglass, originally named Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was born the son of a slave and a white man in Talbot County, Maryland. Some believe Douglass’s father was the owner of the very plantation he spent the first eight years of his life on. Before the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: A Moment in Black History, Black History, FEBRUARY 20 2015, Frederick Douglass, VOL. 25 NO. 6, Womens Rights

A Moment in Black History: Remembering W.E.B. DuBois

February 13, 2015

By Ariele Vaccaro February 13, 2015   W.E.B. DuBois     Among his numerous titles, “civil rights activist” might be William Edward Burghardt DuBois’s most influential.   He’s more commonly known as W.E.B. DuBois. Although the Lenin Peace Prize Winner grew up in the relatively integrated town of Great Barrington, Mass., he was no stranger […]

Popular Interests In This Article: A Moment in Black History, Black History, FEBRUARY 13 2015, NAACP, VOL. 25 NO. 5, W.E.B. DuBois

A Moment in Black History: Ida B. Wells

February 6, 2015

February 6, 2015   Ida B. Wells     Ida B. Wells was a journalist, suffragette, and crusader for justice in the face of tyranny. She was the daughter of former slaves, and became one of the most prominent activists in America’s anti-lynching movement. Wells helped establish civil rights organizations all over the country, and […]

Popular Interests In This Article: A Moment in Black History, Anti-Lynching Movement, Black History, Civil Rights, FEBRUARY 6 2015, Ida B. Wells, Rust College, Shaw University, VOL. 25 NO. 4, Womens Suffrage Movement

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Introducing Rahim Islam to Madison, WI – Do You Know Your History?

January 16, 2015

By Rahim Islam January 16, 2015     Rahim Islam     Introducing myself to the community of Madison is a little difficult for me since I’m not a journalist or professional writer. So let me apologize now for not writing using the appropriate grammar or if my statements aren’t politically correct. I’m not trying […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black History, JANUARY 16 2015, Rahim Islam, UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING, VOL. 25 NO. 2

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