— Angela Moore, Reuters HAMPTON, Va. (Reuters) – Four hundred years after the first ship carrying enslaved Africans arrived on the coast of Virginia, the descendants of one of the first black American families say race relations in the United States still have “a long way to go.” The Tucker family, who trace their ancestry to […]
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America Has a Digital Skills Gap. Libraries Can Help Fix It. | The Atlantic
As branches across the country invest in new technologies and digital services, patrons are increasingly seeing them as go-to hubs for personal and professional development.
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“It Wasn’t a Golden Age”: Cornel West Says Democrats Have to Reckon with Mixed Obama Legacy | Democracy Now!
Harvard professor Cornel West joins us from Detroit, where he attended both nights of the Democratic debate. He talks about the troubling legacy of the Obama administration and why he is supporting Bernie Sanders again for president. AMY GOODMAN: Let’s go back to last night’s debate. This is Senator Kamala Harris. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Sen. Kamala […]
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How a Black Farming Community Found Justice | YES Magazine
Black families in the South are doing important work to continue the legacy of Black farming communities.
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Overlooked No More: Georgia Gilmore, Who Fed and Funded the Montgomery Bus Boycott | The New York Times
Gilmore started the Club From Nowhere, a clandestine group that prepared and sold meals to raise money for the 381-day resistance action.
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The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings | The New York Times
America’s nuns are beginning to confront their ties to slavery, but it’s still a long road to repentance.
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Retracing a slave route in Ghana, 400 years on | Reuters
By Siphiwe Sibeko, Reuters ADIDWAN, Ghana (Reuters) – Nana Assenso stands at the grave of his uncle, remembering the man he loved but also a past that has haunted his family for generations. His uncle was called Kwame Badu, a name that has been passed on through the family in remembrance of an ancestor with that […]
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City erects its first statue of an African American girl in South Philly | Curbed: Philadelphia
Anna Merriman, Curbed: Philadelphia Smith Playground Summer Camp participants, and Boys and Girls Club members take the first photos in from of the “MVP” Ora Washington statue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY). Featured Image [dropcap]Philly’s[/dropcap] first-ever statue of a freestanding African American girl was unveiled this week in West Passyunk’s Smith Playground. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The statue, which is […]
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Hayes has ‘heightened sense of awareness’ about security concerns | The CT Mirror
Ana Radelat, The CT Mirror Jahana Hayes, left, a Democrat running in the 5th Congressional District in Connecticut, listens to Massachusetts Congressional candidate Ayanna Pressley at Central Connecticut State University on Sunday at a forum for young voters. (Michael McAndrews / Special to the Courant). Featured Image [dropcap]Washington[/dropcap] – With threats against members of Congress […]
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Cyntoia Brown Will Be Released From Prison Next Week | Refinery29
Andrea Gonzalez-Ramirez, Refinery29 Leah Chase (left) and Jessica B. Harris at Dooky Chase’s in 2018. PHOTO: CEDRIC ANGELES. Featured Image [dropcap]Cyntoia[/dropcap] Brown is set to walk free next Wednesday, exactly eight months after former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam commuted her sentence. Brown, now 31, had been serving a life sentence for the murder of a […]
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