The death of Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t a galvanizing event, but the premature end of a movement that had only just begun.
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A Century Later, a Little-Known Mass Hanging of Black Soldiers Still Haunts Us | The Progressive
“The riot was a problem created by community policing in a hostile environment. It’s up to people now to decide whether there are lessons relevant to the present.” – Paul Matthews, founder of Houston’s Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
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Viola Desmond, the Black Woman Who Fought Against Segregation in Canada | Broadly
In 1946, Viola Desmond insisted on sitting in the whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theater, and now she’s being put on the $10 bill for her bravery.
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Deacons for Defense provided protection when no one else would | USA Today
Robert Hicks, Charles Sims and A.Z. Young started the first affiliate chapter in Bogalusa. The group’s intense confrontations with the Klan in Bogalusa was pivotal in forcing the federal government’s involvement on the behalf of the local African-American community.
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The Soul of W. E. B. Du Bois | The Paris Review
It is difficult to comprehend how daring it was for W. E. B. Du Bois to publish the most acclaimed book of his career in the face of this avalanche of beastly labels rushing down onto the Negro.
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A history of Seattle’s African American community – in pictures | The Guardian
Al Smith documented the African American culture of his hometown for over 50 years. He photographed friends, family, the music scene and clubs with a warmth and intimacy that celebrated the vibrant social life of the city. Seattle on the Spot is at the Museum of History and Industry until 17 June
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Meet the woman who edited the greatest voices of the Harlem Renaissance | Timeline
Jessie Redmon Fauset “midwifed the so-called New Negro literature into being”
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HBO’s Documentary King in the Wilderness Is a Chilling Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final 18 Months on Earth | The Root
King in the Wilderness presents MLK Jr. as a multidimensional individual who took up many causes toward the end of his life, and the consequences that ultimately came with it.
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Michelle Obama to release memoir in November | The Washington Post
NEW YORK — Michelle Obama’s memoir, one of the most highly anticipated books in recent years, is coming out Nov. 13.
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Black Construction Companies Working on $350 Million Obama Presidential Center | The Grio
Now that Barack Obama is out of the White House, he’s making a statement on support for Black businesses with a huge deal for the Obama Presidential Center.
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