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The American Medical Association Just Elected Its First African American Woman President | Because of Them We Can

June 14, 2018African American History, Black History ...

Since the American Medical Association (AMA) was founded in 1847, it has never been led by a Black woman, until now.

Homer A. Neal, Leader in Physics Who Explored Matter, Dies at 75 | The New York Times

June 14, 2018African American History, Black History ...

Homer A. Neal, a physicist who helped shape education for physics undergraduates nationwide and led teams that took part in the hunt for the fundamental particles of matter, died on May 23 in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was 75.

Dorothy Cotton, Civil Rights Pioneer and MLK Colleague, Dies | Afro

June 13, 2018African American Activist, African American History ...

Dorothy Cotton, who worked closely with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., taught nonviolence to demonstrators before marches and sometimes calmed tensions by singing church hymns, has died. She was 88.

America’s segregated shores: beaches’ long history as a racial battleground | The Guardian

June 12, 2018African American History, Black History ...

For decades officials imposed regulations to restrict African Americans’ use of to public beaches – and the fight for equal access if far from over

Jalal Mansur Nuriddin: farewell to the ‘grandfather of rap’ | The Guardian

June 8, 2018African American History, African American Music ...

As the founder of the Last Poets, Nuriddin, who has died aged 73, was a hero to everyone from Tupac Shakur to Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis

As Obama Presidential Center comes closer to reality, tensions on race, class surface | Chicago Tribune

June 7, 2018African American Commuities, African American History ...

The Obama Foundation’s plans to build the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park have sparked a complicated, and at times emotional, conversation about race, class, segregation, privilege and power on the South Side.

The Forgotten Girls Who Led the School-Desegregation Movement | The Atlantic

June 6, 2018July 20, 2018African American Commuities, African American Education ...

Before the 9-year-old Linda Brown became the lead plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education, a generation of black girls and teens led the charge against the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools.