Giving back is something that comes naturally to retired (and undefeated) professional boxer-turned-entrepreneur Laila Ali.
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Facebook Removes Popular Black Lives Matter Page for Being a Fake | The New York Times
A Facebook page that claimed a connection to the Black Lives Matter movement and had more than twice as many followers as the movement’s official page has been removed for being inauthentic, the company said.
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Watch the Electrifying Conclusion of Dr. King’s Final Speech | Colorlines
King celebrated the ongoing fight for social and racial equity during his famed “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech in Memphis.
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Nikki Giovanni: ‘Martin Had Faith in the People’ | The Atlantic
The day after King’s death, the writer-activist wrote a poem about what his loss meant to a movement. Fifty years later, she discusses how his model of leadership lives on.
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Charlie Scott Included as Part of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2018 | Chapelboro.com
Scott made history in the fall of 1966 when he became the first black scholarship athlete to attend UNC.
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The Many Lives of Pauli Murray | The New Yorker
She was an architect of the civil-rights struggle—and the women’s movement. Why haven’t you heard of her?
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FBI Tracked an Activist Involved With Black Lives Matter as They Travelled Across the U.S., Documents Show | The Intercept
AT THE HEIGHT of 2014’s Black Lives Matter protests in Ferguson, Missouri, FBI agents tracked the movements of an activist flying in from New York, and appear to have surveilled the homes and cars of individuals somehow tied to the protests, according to recently released documents provided to The Intercept.
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Little Known Black History Fact: James and Lydia Sims | Black America Web
James and Lydia Sims may not be well-known outside of the city of Spokane, Washington, but their efforts to uplift fellow African-Americans are certainly noteworthy.
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Dressmaking Led Elizabeth Keckley From Slavery to the White House | Racked
But her memoir caused a rift with Mary Todd Lincoln.
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Q&A: Patrisse Khan-Cullors: ‘My favourite word? Freedom’ | The Guardian
The activist on police violence, human cruelty and the Black Panther party.
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