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Celebrating The Lives of People of Color

Color and Incarceration | Harvard Magazine

August 21, 2019November 15, 2019African American Commuities, Criminal Justice ...

Historian Elizabeth Hinton probes the roots of a gathering crisis.

The Great Land Robbery | The Atlantic

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019African American History, Black History ...

The shameful story of how 1 million black families have been ripped from their farms

How Slave Owners Dictated the Language of the 2nd Amendment | The Daily Beast

August 21, 2019November 15, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Southern aristocrats wanted armed militias mainly to control their slaves. So they wanted language in the new nation’s constitution protecting that right.

They’re Running For Congress — And Trump’s Attacks On The Squad Won’t Stop Them | HuffPost

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

For women of color running for office, the president’s insults against Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and others only motivate them more.

How Did African-American Farmers Lose 90 percent of Their Land? | Modern Farmer

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019African American History, Black History ...

A combination of obscure legal mechanisms and racist institutions enabled—and continues to enable—developers to weasel it away.

A Lost Album From John Coltrane, With Thanks To A French-Canadian Director | NPR

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019African American Entertainment, African American Music ...

Nate Chinen, NPR John Coltrane, photographed in his backyard in Queens, New York in 1963. JB/© Jim Marshall Photography LLC.Featured Image [dropcap]There[/dropcap] is never any end,” John Coltrane said sometime in the mid-1960s, at the height of his powers. “There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at.” Coltrane, one of jazz’s […]

Traditional African-American Gospel Songs Deliver Message of Hope and Freedom | The Epoch Times

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019African American History, African American Music ...

EMG Inspired Staff, The Epoch Times A snapshot of mid-century South Philly. Featured Image [dropcap]African[/dropcap]-American spirituals are a valuable part of American history. Born out of an oral tradition that reveals Christian values while describing the hardships of slavery from the period of 1600 to 1870, the music and melodies of these songs are still […]

Will we read Toni Morrison in troubled times? Yes, we will read Toni Morrison on troubled times | Scroll.in

August 19, 2019September 2, 2020African American Author, African American Intellectual ...

The works of the Nobel Laureate who died on August 5, 2019 are a navigational compass through our own treacherous landscapes.

Police look into threatening letter sent to North Carolina mayor | The Hill

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

John Bowden, The Hill Vi Lyles, 68, the first black woman to serve as Charlotte’s mayor, referenced her experience growing up in the segregated South during a city council vote on a resolution condemning President Trump’s “racist and xenophobic comments.” (Travis Dove/For The Washington Post). Featured Image [dropcap]Police[/dropcap] in Charlotte, N.C., are investigating after a […]

Their ancestors were enslaved by law. Today, they are graduates of the nation’s preeminent historically black law school. | The New York Times Magazine

August 18, 2019September 2, 2020African American Education, African American History ...

— Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times Magazine In the history of the United States, black Americans were the only group for whom it was ever illegal to learn to read or write. And so when emancipation finally came, schools and colleges were some of the first institutions that the freed people clamored to build. Black […]