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How Louisiana Buried the History of the Nation’s First Black Lieutenant Governor | Splinter

February 9, 2018African American History, African American Politics ...

“By taking down Dunn, they were able to reinforce notions of black inferiority in Louisiana.”

[VIDEO] Preview: ‘I AM A MAN’ Puts You at the Heart of the Civil Rights Struggle | Road To VR

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018African American History, Black History ...

I AM A MAN is an upcoming interactive VR experience that lets you participate in the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and the events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination.

Exploited and Extorted, 30 Africans Drown While Trying to Return Home From Yemen | The New York Times

February 6, 2018February 6, 2018Africa, African Slave Trade ...

The mass drowning, in the Gulf of Aden, which separates war-ravaged Yemen from the destitute Horn of Africa, punctuated the lethal hazards facing migrants and refugees in an especially insecure part of the world.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Baltimore Hosts Series of Events to Commemorate Frederick Douglass’ 200th Birthday | Good Black News

February 1, 2018February 2, 2018African American History, Black History ...

Baltimore is filled with special opportunities to experience Black History Month and Frederick Douglass’ legacy, especially during this memorable anniversary.

Bail Project opens office in St. Louis, offers solidarity for those who cannot afford to post bail | The St. Louis American

January 30, 2018African American Economics, African American Lives ...

Many will eventually plead guilty without a chance to have their day in court, because the other option is remaining in jail until their trial date, which could be years in the future.

Ibram Kendi, one of the nation’s leading scholars of racism, says education and love are not the answer | The Undefeated

January 16, 2018January 26, 2018African American Education, Civil Rights ...

Founder of new anti-racism center at American University sees impact of policy, culture on black athletes.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s scorn for ‘white moderates’ in his Birmingham jail letter | The Washington Post

January 15, 2018January 17, 2022Affirmative Action, African American Activist ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began writing the “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” in the margins of newspapers, on scraps of paper, paper towels and slips of yellow legal paper smuggled into his cell, where he was kept in solitary confinement after being arrested April 12, 1963, on charges of violating Alabama’s law against mass public demonstrations.

Bessie Rogers and Taylor Rogers | StoryCorps

January 15, 2018January 26, 2018African American Activist, African American History ...

Retired Memphis, Tennessee sanitation worker Taylor Rodgers and his wife, Bessie, were at the Mason Temple on April 3, 1968 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”.

Does the White Working Class Really Vote Against Its Own Interests? | Politico

January 11, 2018African American Economics, African American Politics ...

Trump’s first year in office revived an age-old debate about why some people choose race over class—and how far they will go to protect the system.

Zinzi Clemmons: ‘It’s Time For Women of Color…to Divest From Lena Dunham’ | Jezebel

November 21, 2017November 21, 2017African American Literature, African American Lives ...

Writer Zinzi Clemmons, author of What We Lose, has announced that she will no longer be writing for Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner’s online feminist weekly newsletter Lenny Letter because, she says, of Dunham and her friends’ racism which was “well-known” prior to their fame. “She cannot have our words if she cannot respect us,” she writes.