By Victoria Hansen, South Carolina Public Radio Dressed in a brightly colored, patterned dress and wearing stylishly large, black rimmed glasses, 51 year-old Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr flashes the most fantastic smile. The mayor of Freetown, Seirra Leone in West Africa has travelled more than 4,000 miles to visit Charleston and South Carolina’s Sea Islands. She must […]
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Black People’s Land Was Stolen | The New York Times
Any discussion of reparations must include how this happened, who did it, and the laws, policies and practices that allowed it.
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Thomas L. Jennings, First African American to Receive a Patent | Post News Group
Tamara Shiloh, Post News Group [dropcap]Patents[/dropcap] are important official documents as they are used to safeguard one’s inventions. The first U.S. patent was issued in 1790. But it wasn’t until March 3, 1821, that a patent was issued to an African American: Thomas L. Jennings. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Jennings, born free in 1791, was awarded the […]
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What we get wrong about the 1960s ‘riots’ | The Washington Post
Small-town America has never been immune from big-city problems.
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The Forgotten All-Star Game That Helped Integrate Baseball | Deadspin
When Cleveland celebrated its sixth time hosting MLB’s All-Star Game last week, it might have seemed an odd event to commemorate baseball’s integration. But when Jackie Robinson stepped onto the field in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform in April of 1947, becoming the first African-American to play in white organized baseball since the 19th century, it […]
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Swan Song | The American Scholar
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto
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Former Apollo trainee’s career took off in a different direction | The Washington Post
Rick Snider, The Washington Post Ed Dwight was the first black trainee in the Apollo space program. He later became a sculptor. (Matthew Staver/For The Washington Post). Featured Image [dropcap]Ed[/dropcap] Dwight never reached the moon as an astronaut, but his use of negative space in sculptures made him an international star. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] As NASA […]
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The D.C. Race War of 1919 | The Washington Post Magazine
And the forgotten story of one African American girl accused of murdering a police officer.
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The Racist History of Tipping | Politico
Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II, Politico An illustration of the interior of a Pullman dining car. | Library of Congress. Featured Image [dropcap]This[/dropcap] week, the House of Representatives will have a chance to end a pernicious legacy of slavery. Lawmakers will vote on the Raise the Wage Act, which would boost the minimum wage […]
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Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Is Under Threat. This Campaign Aims to Save It | Smithsonian.com
The National Trust is hoping to preserve the North Carolina house where Simone first learned to play piano
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