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Sign Up for Swing University’s Virtual Winter Term! Feb 1–Apr 22 All-Access Package Available Swing University offers engaging virtual classes for jazz fans, enthusiasts, and students of all backgrounds and levels. Swing U’s Virtual Winter Term explores a variety of topics including Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, The John Coltrane Quartet, Erroll Garner, 1959: The Year…

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How much do you know about African American leaders and events? by Kenneth Terrell and AARP Staff, Updated June 17, 2021 Go HERE for the quiz. Black History Trivia Quiz (different questions) 25 questions Are you a history guru or a neophyte? Take the quiz to find out. Start

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The competition runs from December 1, 2021, through December 1, 2022, at 11:59 p.m., according to the competition website. In order to participate, you must be at least 25 years old and a resident of the United States. To enter you just have to visit the site here, and fill out the form. Read more HERE.

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By Julie Zauzmer Weil, Adrian Blanco and Leo Dominguez 1/10/22 From the founding of the United States until long after the Civil War, hundreds of the elected leaders writing the nation’s laws were current or former slaveowners. More than 1,700 people who served in the U.S. Congress in the 18th, 19th, and even 20th centuries owned human beings at some…

Read More More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.

According to an NPS release, the annual free admission days “are designed to encourage discovery and visitation of the country’s variety of national parks. With at least one in every state, national parks are accessible places to visit to refresh body, mind, and spirit.” The fee-free entrance dates for 2022 are: Monday, January 17:  Martin Luther King, Jr.…

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