Greenwood descendants shared their moving reflections with iOne Digital about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre ahead of the commemoration of its centennial. — BY, ANOA CHANGA Six Greenwood descendants, representing three families, shared their moving reflections with iOne Digital about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre ahead of the commemoration of its centennial. With each learning about […]
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Critical race theory is a lens. Here are 11 ways looking through it might refine your understanding of history | Madison 365
— BY, ELIOTT C. MCLAUGHLIN, CNN (CNN) — Critical race theory is just that — a theory — but the term has been weaponized, with its most extreme critics alleging that merely studying the theory is racist. Long before the concept dubbed CRT drew controversy, scholars were studying how bigotry and bias infiltrated American institutions and […]
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Stephanie St. Clair, Harlem’s ‘Numbers Queen,’ Dominated the Gambling Underground and Made Millions | Smithsonian Magazine
In the 1930s, the enigmatic figure ran an illegal lottery while championing New York City’s Black community — BY, SARAH DURN On the eve of the Great Depression, with Prohibition in full swing, everyone in Harlem knew the name Stephanie St. Clair, the “queen of numbers.” A gangster, civil rights advocate, fashionista and businesswoman, she […]
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Secret history: the warrior women who fought their enslavers | The Guardian
Historian Rebecca Hall works with a graphic artist in her new book to reclaim the stories of the female rebels on ships and plantations — BY, ROB WALKER Growing up in New York in the 1970s Rebecca Hall craved heroes she could relate to – powerful women who could take care of themselves and […]
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9 Entrepreneurs Who Helped Build Tulsa’s Black Wall Street | History.com
Before the Tulsa Race Massacre, the city’s African American district thrived as a community of business leaders and visionaries. — BY, ALEXIS CLARK As more is learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, including the discovery of mass graves, the stories of the African Americans who turned the city’s Greenwood district into “Black Wall Street” […]
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In Virginia, Locals Fight to Protect Disturbed African-American and Native Cemetery | Native News Online
— BY, JENNA KUNZE THOROUGHFARE, Virg. — Last week, Prince William County supervisors in northern Virginia voiced support for the relatives of about 100 freed slaves and Native Americans whose gravesites were disturbed in a private property owner’s land clearing. “It angered me and it broke my heart to see what happened there,” Supervisor Pete […]
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It’s Time to Celebrate the Black Women Who Invented Rock and Roll | The Daily Beast
Black women like Sister Rosetta Tharpe were doing rock and roll before it had a name, and they deserve to be recognized in the same household way as the men who followed suit. — BY, KALI HOLLOWAY It should be common knowledge that Black women invented rock and roll. Memphis Minnie, Willie Mae “Big Mama” […]
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Birmingham civil rights ‘foot soldiers’ to Black Lives Matter: ‘Keep on protesting’ | AL.com
“He was always positive, always had a smile on a face and he was always a joy to be around. He left an impact on a lot of people,” his sister said in a statement — BY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Charles Avery had barely started marching when police arrested him, forced him into a […]
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Viola Fletcher, Oldest Living Survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre, Celebrates 107th Birthday | People
“I’ll say that I’m Black and I’m proud,” said Viola Fletcher, who was 7 years old when as many as 300 people died in Tulsa — BY, RACHEL DESANTIS Viola Fletcher is the oldest known living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — and she recently celebrated a milestone birthday. Fletcher, who was […]
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The Remarkable Story Of Jane Bolin, The First Black Female Judge In The United States | All That’s Interesting
On July 22, 1939, Jane Bolin was sworn in as a judge in New York City. She would hold this position for 40 years — and she only retired when she reached the mandatory age. — BY, GENEVIEVE CARLTON Throughout her life, Jane Bolin just couldn’t stop making history. In 1931, she became the first […]
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