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Registry Blog is a weekly Commentary on African American heritage, history or culture. It is easy, interesting, and fun to participate in. To get involved:

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Man on a History Mission

Twin Cities native Benjamin Mchie has gone to enormous lengths to make every day Black History Day through his popular website, African American Registry.

PHOTO: Elizabeth Flores

Fairly early in their six-decade friendship, Marc Mauseth noticed something about Benjamin Mchie. "Benjie has always had a somewhat unusual combination of being very creative yet at the same time almost obsessive-compulsive with details," Mauseth said.

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Politics

Claudine asks this weeks question.  P.B.S. Pinchback was the first black Govenor (Louisiana), elected in 1872.

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What happened to the successes of the Million Man March?

*The Million Man March was a mass gathering held in Washington, D.C., on October 16, 1995. Under the leadership of Nation of Islam head Louis Farrakhan, black men from across the United States converged on Washington in an effort to...

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