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Lena Horne Honored by Postal Service in Black Heritage Stamp Series | The Washington Informer

January 31, 2018African American History, African American Lives ...

The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday honored legendary performer and civil rights activist Lena Horne as the 41st honoree in its Black Heritage stamp series during a first-day-of-issue ceremony at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City.

Indian Slavery Once Thrived in New Mexico. Latinos Are Finding Family Ties to It. | The New York Times

January 30, 2018African American History, African American Lives ...

ALBUQUERQUE — Lenny Trujillo made a startling discovery when he began researching his descent from one of New Mexico’s pioneering Hispanic families: One of his ancestors was a slave.

‘Still fighting’: Africatown, site of last US slave shipment, sues over pollution | The Guardian

January 29, 2018February 5, 2018African American Commuities, African American History ...

In 1860 the last, illegal, shipment of slaves to the US landed in this part of Alabama. Now hundreds of the largely African American residents are suing an industrial plant claiming it released toxic chemicals linked to cancer

Detroit’s Untold Stories of Slavery | The New York Times

January 25, 2018January 26, 2018African American History, Black History ...

In “The Dawn of Detroit,” the historian Tiya Miles transports the reader back to the 18th century and brings to life a multiracial community that began in slavery.