American poet Langston Hughes was driven by a curiosity to explore the culture of African peoples.
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Solange Announces Hurricane Harvey Benefit Concerts | The Root
“I’m committed to partnering with organizations on the ground in Houston and making contributions to uplift the city that raised me with so much love.”
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The Case Thurgood Marshall Never Forgot | Smithsonian Magazine
Fifty years ago today, Thurgood Marshall became a Supreme Court justice. He kept telling the story of the Groveland Four.
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Brittany Lewis crowned 2017 Miss Black America | The Philadelphia Tribune
Venice Island Theatre hosted to the 49th Miss Black America Pageant on Saturday, August 26, 2017. The 2016 winner Nicole Lyn Hibbert crowned the new queen Brittany Lewis.
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The Daughter of the First African-American to Build a Billion-Dollar Company Is Creating Opportunities for Black Boys | Atlanta Black Star
Intent on leading more Black and Latino high school boys to the coding dance floor, New York City activist Christina Lewis Halpern created All Star Code.
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The Whitney Plantation Is The Only Confederate Monument We Should Keep | BuzzFeed
I went to the Whitney Plantation Museum to see if America is ready to reckon with its past.
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African Americans in Appalachia fight to be seen as a part of coal country | The Washington Post
“When someone hears ‘Appalachia,’ the first thing that pops into their head isn’t an African American face, ever,”
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March for Justice | New York Amsterdam News
Aug. 26, the Alliance of Families for Justice will lead a 19-day march to bring to the attention of the New York State Legislature, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the general public the human rights abuses in New York prisons and jails such as Rikers and Attica, according to the AFJ website.
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‘Nobody kill anybody’: Murder-free weekend urged in Baltimore | The Baltimore Sun
Organizers aim to stop the shooting from Friday, Aug. 4, through Sunday, Aug. 6, with a unified and blunt message: “Nobody kill anybody.”
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More Black Women Are Killed In U.S. Than Any Other Race, Says CDC | Black America Web
New report found that more than half of those homicides are due to domestic violence.
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