People who wear glasses are two-to-three times less likely to get infected with COVID-19, a new study has found. Indian researchers studied 304 patients whose glasses-wearing habits were examined through […]
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Oklahoma’s Existing Black Towns
BOLEY The largest and most well known of these towns is Boley; founded in 1903 and named after J. B. Boley, a railroad official of the Fort Smith and Western […]
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How Oklahoma Almost Became a Black State
Oklahoma was settled early on by American Indians removed from their lands in the eastern United States, and their slaves who accompanied them. With its wide-open spaces, Oklahoma didn’t have […]
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BHFOD 23: Chicago’s South Side Political Machine Elect First Black Congressmen of 20th Century
After the end of Reconstruction, there wasn’t another Black elected to Congress until the Southside Chicago political machine elected Oscar DePriest to Congress in 1929. That seat has been held […]
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Alvin Brooks Launches Memoir, with in-Person Talk at Black Archives
Brooks hopes his memoir, “Binding Us Together: A Civil Rights Activist Reflects on a Lifetime of Community and Public Service” can help revitalize the glory days of Kansas City’s Black […]
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BHFOD 24: Cathay Williams
During a tour of duty with Company A of the 38th Infantry, one of the all-black Army regiments established after the Civil War, one private — different from all the […]
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Chicago’s South Side Political Machine Elect First Black Congressmen of 20th Century
After the end of Reconstruction, there wasn’t another Black elected to Congress until the Southside Chicago political machine elected Oscar DePriest to Congress in 1929. That seat has been held […]
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Three Generations of Dr. Browns Have Served Wichita By Phillip
By Phillip Brownlee , Sedgwick County Medical Society In recognition of Black History Month, the Medical Society of Sedgwick County is spotlighting the Brown family, which had a three-generation-long history of […]
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Rent Assistance Program Open in Wichita, Opening Soon for Rest of Kansas
Assistance is available for Kansans who are struggling to cover their rent and utility payments due to COVID may qualify for up to 12 months of emergency assistance thanks to […]
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African American Healthcare Timeline
1783 – Dr. James Durham, born into slavery in 1762, buys his freedom and begins his own medical practice in New Orleans, becoming the first “colored” doctor in the United […]