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Fannie Lou Hamer | American Experience
“…She understood that the fight for economic security was a crucial component of the Civil Rights movement.”
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How a Historically Black Virginia Community is Taking On a Pipeline and Rebuking the Gospel of Fossil Fuels | Atlanta Black Star
“They anticipated choosing us here in a predominantly Black area because they anticipated the least resistance. But they have received more resistance than they had anticipated.”
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She Was the Only Woman in a Photo of 38 Scientists, and Now She’s Been Identified | The New York Times
Last week, hundreds of people were engaged in a search for a woman named Sheila.
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The Greenwood Food Blockade | Southern Foodways Alliance
The White Citizens’ Council, SNCC, and the politics of food access
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It’s Not About Guilt: The Moral Imperative of Taking Responsibility | Medium
Whatever happened to just grappling with an argument? To actually responding to a position with which you disagree with analysis or facts, or something approximating critical thought?
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The first black woman aviator had to leave the U.S. in order to achieve her dreams | Timeline
They called her “Brave Bessie” and although her story inspired generations, her path ended in tragedy.
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These Photos Will Change the Way You Think About Race in Coal Country | Yes Magazine
The myth that Appalachia is uniformly White lingers, but communities of “Affrilachians” were documented in the 1930s.
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Artist Henrietta Snype Preserves African Basket Making Tradition | AFRO
One of the most important aspects of African culture kept alive by the Gullah is basket weaving, or basket-making.
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Floyd Carter Sr., one of the remaining Tuskegee Airmen and NYPD veteran, dies at 95 | New York Daily News
The decorated veteran of three wars and 27 years with the NYPD died Thursday at age 95, leaving a long legacy as a groundbreaking hero pilot and a city police detective.
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