Roy S. Johnson, AL.com Image Credit, FacebookFeatured Image [dropcap]Dr[/dropcap]. Angela Davis has agreed to accept the 2019 Fred L. Shuttlesworth Award from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, says BCRI President/CEO Andrea Taylor. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “Looking ahead, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute remains steadfast in its commitment to preserving and promoting civil and human rights, and […]
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Is Life Retroactive? | Slate
He was sentenced to life without parole at 17. Fifty years later, the Supreme Court weighs setting him free.
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Mexicans of African Descent Established Los Angeles on This Day in 1781 | Face2face Africa
By D.L. CHANDLER, Face2face Africa [dropcap]The[/dropcap] Los Angeles Pobladores, or “townspeople,” were a group of 44 settlers and four soldiers from Mexico who established the famed city on this day in 1781 in what is now California. The settlers came from various Spanish castes, with over half of the group being of African descent. Governor […]
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Lupita Nyong’o On Why Her New Children’s Book Is The Tribute To Melanin Magic She Needed | xoNecole
The Hollywood starlet transformed her negative self-image into a positive one.
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The Lost Promise of Reconstruction | The New York Times
Can we reanimate the dream of freedom that Congress tried to enact in the wake of the Civil War?
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A man bought 100 generators to help the Bahamas. They’re being delivered by boat | CNN
By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN [dropcap]A[/dropcap] man walked into a Costco in Florida and left with 100 generators, all of which are heading to The Bahamas. His receipt read $49,285.70 and most of that came from paying $450 a pop for 100 generators. Peas, beans, coffee, salt, pepper and other essentials made up the rest of his […]
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Black Women Have Never Had The Privilege Of Rage | HuffPost
Kimberly Seals Allers, HuffPost A group of women wear black veils and black tape over their mouths outside of the fourth day of Brett Kavanaugh’s hearing before members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 7, 2018. CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY VIA GETTY IMAGES. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] past several weeks have sparked an unprecedented conversation about women’s […]
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The Former Slave Who Sued for Reparations, and Won | The New York Times
Henrietta Wood sued the man who had kidnapped her into slavery for damages and lost wages, offering lessons for today’s debate.
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Meet the woman behind new distillery honouring black slave who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey | Face2face Africa
Theodora Aidoo, Face2face Africa Fawn Weaver is behind new distillery honouring black slave who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey. Pic credit: Master of Malt. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] contributions of black people to America’s history across various fields have, over the years, been largely forgotten and this is also evident in the spirits industry. […]
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Baxter Leach, key member of Memphis’s striking sanitation workers, dies at 79 | The Washington Post
Adrian Sainz, The Washington Post Former sanitation worker Baxter Leach, 78, also did mechanic work and picked cotton to help make ends meet. Yalonda M. James / The Commercial Appeal. Featured Image [dropcap]Baxter[/dropcap] Leach, a prominent member of the Memphis sanitation workers union whose historic strike drew the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to the […]
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