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This Week In Black History July 2-8, 2025

Courier Newsroom - July 3, 2025

LT. CHARLES HALL JULY 2 1777—Vermont becomes first U.S. territory to abolish slavery. By 1783, New Hampshire and Massachusetts had followed Vermont’s lead. The abolition...

This Week In Black History – June 25 July 1, 2025

Courier Newsroom - June 26, 2025

JUNE 25 1773—Massachusetts slaves petition for their freedom. As a result of the petition, a bill ending slavery in the state was actually drawn...

This Week In Black History May 21-27, 2025

Courier Newsroom - May 22, 2025

MAY 21 1862—Mary Jane Patterson becomes the first Black woman in U.S. History to be awarded a master’s degree. She earned it from Oberlin...

This Week In Black History May 14-20, 2025

Courier Newsroom - May 15, 2025

MAY 14 1885—Erskine Henderson, an African American jockey, wins the Kentucky Derby on “Joe Cotton”—a horse trained by Alex Perry—an African American trainer. Henderson...

This Week In Black History April 30-May 6, 2025

Courier Newsroom - May 1, 2025

Robert Sengstacke Abbott APRIL 30 711 AD—Tarik the Moor invades Spain with force of 7,000 troops, routs the Visigoths and establishes Moor domination of...

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