Before 2011, Mississippi public school students weren’t required to learn about the Civil Rights Movement at all. The previous social studies standards mentioned the phrase “civil rights” just three times in the 305-page document. It refers to the “Civil Rights Movement” once.
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Bunny Sigler, Who Helped Create 1970s Philly Sound, Dies at 76 | AFRO
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Walter “Bunny” Sigler, a singer, songwriter and producer who helped create “The Sound of Philadelphia” in the 1970s, has died.
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“Uncivil”: The Civil War Stories We Didn’t Learn in School | The New Yorker
“Uncivil,” hosted by two journalists, employs riveting storytelling and reporting to highlight the overlooked stories of the American Civil War.
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The NFL was segregated, until Kenny Washington broke the color barrier in Los Angeles | Timeline
In 1946, before Jackie Robinson, the former UCLA star integrated pro football.
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The Wright Museum to celebrate jazz legend Thelonious Monk | Michigan Chronicle
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (The Wright Museum) presents an event-filled weekend Oct. 13-14 to commemorate the centennial of jazz legend Thelonious Sphere Monk.
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Fannie Lou Hamer at 100: The Speeches That Made Her a Civil-Rights Icon | Time
As many NFL players across the United States make the decision to kneel or face away from the flag as the National Anthem plays before their games, as part of a protest movement that began as a statement about the belief that the U.S. does not live up to its ideals for African-Americans, many have found new meaning in the words of an icon of an earlier wave of protest.
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Smithsonian African American History Museum Gets Own Stamp | The Afro
The United States Postal Service will immortalize the Smithsonian National Museum of African American and Culture on a Forever stamp slated to be issued next week.
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Black-ish Embraces the Urgency of History | The Atlantic
The show’s fourth-season premiere, “Juneteenth: The Musical,” is a comedy. And a work of education. And an indictment.
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Watch: An all-black musical gave Dorothy Dandridge a groundbreaking role in Hollywood history | Timeline
It was a crucial juncture in her career, a career during which she’d endured countless humiliations…
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At the Brooklyn Museum, New Research on Lynching in America Dialogues with the Art | Hyperallergic
The Legacy of Lynching is a collaboration between the museum and the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative, presenting racial histories we’ve long been asleep to.
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