In the late 19th century, there were few beaches African Americans could visit without the fear of discrimination or violence.
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Fats Domino, Early Rock ’n’ Roller With a Boogie-Woogie Piano, Is Dead at 89 | The New York Times
The boogie-woogie master, who has died aged 89, shaped the course of popular music over and over again
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33 Photos Of Segregation That Show A Country Divided By Race | ATI
In reality, some of the last of the major legal restrictions on African-Americans were torn down less than just 50 years ago with the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which disallowed racial discrimination in terms of housing opportunities.
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The Power of Imagery in Advancing Civil Rights | Smithsonian Magazine
“Whether it was TV or magazines, the world got changed one image at a time,” says Maurice Berger, curator of a new exhibit at American History
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Kara Walker’s Show is a Painful, Necessary Reminder That US Culture Wars Never Ended | Hyperallergic
Walker’s drawn and collaged images depicting haunting scenes of abuse and violence refuse to let us look away from America’s bloody past and present.
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Black D.C. Org. Honors Public Relations Guru Ofield Dukes | AFRO
“My father taught me that we are Black first and foremost. As Black people, he understood that it is our obligation to pursue excellence in every endeavor,…”
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‘The Black Cowboy’ Will Shine Light On History Hidden In Plain Sight | The Undefeated
Documentary in production lends insight into African-American cowboys and rodeo
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Leola White dies, her home was 1st stop for many on ‘Great Migration’ | Chicago Sun Times
For many relatives, friends and friends of friends who left the South’s cotton fields and farms for factories in Chicago, Leola White’s home was the first stop on the way to a better life.
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Harry Belafonte tells crowd at likely last public appearance: ‘We shall overcome’ | The Guardian
Singer and civil rights activist, 90, holds Pittsburgh audience spellbound with tales of his life and denunciation of Trump as a national ‘mistake’
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NAACP Elects New President, Will Assume More Political Non-Profit Tax Status | NPR
The organization announced its new president and CEO and its intention to alter its tax status to a non-profit category that permits more aggressive political lobbying.
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