today in black history

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In 1896, U.S. Supreme Court upholds Plessy v. Ferguson, beginning Jim Crow or de jure segregation and ending Reconstruction.

Around The Table: Episode 8

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NSnewstv.com Senior Correspondent, Karla Ballard, offers insights to social change innovation and voices of celebrities, corporate executives, and leaders in the neighborhoods who are working on sustainable solutions to America's most challenging issues.



As one of the first black members of Congress, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. had a profound impact on civil rights legislation. NSnewstv.com reflects on his accomplishments on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

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