Italian-born, Texas–based filmmaker Roberto Minervini reflects on being an outsider with “What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?”
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5 things people still get wrong about slavery | Vox
We asked historians to debunk slavery’s greatest myths.
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How Federal Policies Dispossessed Black Americans of Millions of Acres | Truthout
Over the 20th century, black people in the U.S. were dispossessed of 12 million acres of land. Half of that loss — 6 million acres — occurred over just two decades, from 1950 to 1969, a period largely associated with the civil rights struggle. This mass land dispossession, which affected 98% of black agricultural land […]
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Taylor Dumpson, 1st Black Female Student Body President at American University, Awarded over $700K in Suit Against Neo-Nazi Website Founder | Good Black News
Staff, Good Black News Taylor Dumpson, American University’s student body president, grew up in Maryland with an awareness of the hateful symbolism surrounding the noose. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that white supremacists who used social media to threaten […]
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Dad and daughter need a little help in this super relatable clip from Matthew Cherry’s animated short “Hair Love” | AV Club
Shannon Miller, AV Club Image: Penguin Kids (YouTube). Featured Image [dropcap]Audiences[/dropcap] who plan on checking out The Angry Birds Movie 2 in theaters this weekend will also get to watch “Hair Love,” the animated short film by filmmaker Matthew Cherry and executive-produced by Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) and Frank Abney (Toy Story 4). […]
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Beloved St. Louis stage veteran Linda Kennedy passes at 68 | The St. Louis American
Kenya Vaughn, The St. Louis American A snapshot of mid-century South Philly. Featured Image [dropcap]Linda[/dropcap] Alton Randall Kennedy, a staple of the St. Louis theater scene for more than four decades, passed away this morning (Friday, August 16) after a battle with cancer. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Her son Terell Randall Sr. confirmed her passing via Facebook. […]
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A rural town confronts its buried history of mass killings of black Americans | The Guardian
100 years after hundreds of African Americans were reportedly killed in Elaine, Arkansas, a memorial is set to bring details of the tragedy to light
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Bolivia’s Powerful Cholitas Luchadora Wrestlers Photographed by Todd Antony | Colossal
Photographer Todd Anthony (previously) documents Bolivia’s best-dressed wrestlers in a new series, Flying Cholitas. The women, who are indigenous Aymara, compete in their sport wearing voluminous petticoats, colorful skirts, and long-sleeved lacy tops rather than in the minimal, form-fitting spandex worn by many athletes around the world. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] These ensembles resemble ones that Aymara […]
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Ibram X Kendi on why not being racist is not enough | The Guardian
The historian on how he confronted his own racism and the lessons he learned along the way, the far right’s abuse of free speech, and why the rise of the Squad gives him hope
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Whatever happened to author Dorothy West? | The Guardian
Writing alongside Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, West was the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance. Diana Evans asks: why were her books overlooked for so long?
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