It remains one of the most enduring photos in sports photography: Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medals dangling over their penny numbers, eyes down, black-gloved fists thrust into the air.
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The most powerful art from the #BlackLivesMatter movement, three years in
Three years ago today, the #BlackLivesMatter movement was born. It was born after Trayvon Martin. It grew after Michael Brown and Eric Garner. It sprung from decades of injustice and disregard.
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Va. High Court Invalidates McAuliffe’s Order Restoring Felon Voting Rights
Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s decision to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 felons violates Virginia’s constitution, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday, dealing a major blow to the Democratic governor with implications for the November presidential race in the crucial swing state.
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The Coming War on ‘Black Nationalists’
A caricature of black radicalism is becoming the pretext for aggressive policing of racial-justice activism. We’ve been here before.
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South Africa’s Bid to End AIDS
South Africa has pledged to ramp up efforts to end its massive HIV/AIDS epidemic, the world’s largest. Come September, it will offer every infected person ARVs, which both stave off disease and make people less infectious.
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Because of Madiba: 10 South African Personalities on the Legacy of Nelson Mandela
South Africa’s freedom came at a high cost. We lost loved ones and heroes who fought so that we could be free. And while we continue to face issues of racism and exclusion, we honour Steve Biko, Tsietsi Mashinini, Oliver Tambo, Solomon Mahlangu and the countless others that took part in the struggle and paved the way.
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Marc Lamont Hill – Conversation & Book Signing [Baltimore]
MahoganyBooks presents a conversation and book signing with Marc Lamont Hill in partnership with Union Baptist Church and host Marsha Jews!
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Web Series ‘I Of Africa’ Glorifies the African in You
If you haven’t cued up web series I Of Africa created, executive-produced and hosted by Lagos-born renaissance woman Aina Fadina yet, you’re most definitely missing out.
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Photos That Challenge Stereotypes About African-American Youths
The photographs in the new book “Picturing Children” affirm that kids will be kids: They study. They play. They interact with family. But those lives are often overshadowed by prejudice and preconceptions.
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Mychal Denzel Smith Connects the Black Millennial Experience to the African-American Literary Tradition
Invisible Man, Got The Whole World Watching. A Young Black Man’s Education
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