Roger Wilkins, who championed civil rights for black Americans for five decades as an official in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, a foundation executive, a journalist, an author and a university professor, died on Sunday in Kensington, Md. He was 85.
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“What Does It Mean to Be Black and Look at This?” A Scholar Reflects on the Dana Schutz Controversy – Hyperallergic
Christina Sharpe says the issue at the heart of the dispute over the Emmett Till painting is not representation so much as intimacy and our relationship to violence.
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Remembering Chuck Berry – The Atlantic
The rock ‘n’ roll legend—who died at the age of 90—was a fierce guitarist and unparalleled raconteur.
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The Enduring Struggle – The Nation
For Frederick Douglass, the work of democratic politics was never-ending.
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Watch the Oldest-Known Surviving Film by an African-American Director – Smithsonian Magazine
Within Our Gates was Oscar Micheaux’s response to a racist classic.
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This Colorado Town Shows Off A Forgotten Piece Of African-American History – KCUR 89.3
Blink while driving on Highway 34 east of Greeley, Colorado, and you might miss the former Great Plains town of Dearfield.
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Saving Nina Simone’s Birthplace as an Act of Art and Politics – The New York Times
For those who knew that 30 East Livingston Street was the birthplace of Tryon’s most famous resident — the singer, soul legend and civil rights icon Nina Simone — the house’s appearance on the market late last year crystallized fears that its existence, as stubborn as that of Simone herself, might be coming to an end.
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#BringHarrietHome – Harriet Tubman Home Announces First-Ever Crowdfunding Effort
A previously unrecorded photograph of the trailblazing abolitionist is going to auction later this month, and the Harriet Tubman Home historic site hopes to be the top bidder.
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Worse Than Tuskegee – Slate
Seventy years ago, American researchers infected Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea, then left without treating them. Their families are still waiting for help.
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The Badass Wife of W.E.B. Du Bois – OZY
Du Bois Couldn’t Have Had That Last Important Phase Of His Life Without The Partnership He Had With Shirley [Graham Du Bois].
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