Stolen by Portuguese slave traders, kidnapped by English pirates, and taken far from home, African arrivals to colonial Virginia in 1619 marked the origins of U.S. slavery.
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Noted historian reveals a major omission in college courses | San Francisco Bay View
California community colleges omit Africa and lack equity in their curricula
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AMA President: Don’t Equate Mental Illness With Mass Shootings | U.S. News
The first African American female president of the American Medical Association says gun violence in the U.S. is a complex problem in need of a comprehensive solution.
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The Artist Catching Fire at 85 | The Wall Street Journal
After six decades quietly building a respected career, Sam Gilliam’s paintings are suddenly selling for over $2 million
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A white nationalist killed a black coach 20 years ago. The horror changed his friend forever. | Indy Star
INDIANAPOLIS – It’s been 20 years, and Shawn Parrish still doesn’t understand. How could someone kill Ricky Byrdsong? “He was a great man,” Parrish said. “You don’t really think about knowing someone who gets murdered.” It was 4:30 in the morning on July 2, 1999 when Parrish was awakened by a phone call. It was […]
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FBI ranking ‘Black Identity extremists’ as bigger threat than white supremacists ignores the real problem | The Grio
[OPINON] The FBI surveilling Black activists when white supremacist groups are being emboldened is not only harmful, but takes the focus off of a very real threat, particularly these days
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Environmental racism is bad for your brain | Think Progress
Jeremy Deaton, Think Progress A snapshot of mid-century South Philly. Featured Image [dropcap]There[/dropcap] are a lot of explanations for the apparent gap in IQ test scores of white Americans and Americans of color. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Some experts point to things like bias in the exam itself, or the fact that white students tend to go […]
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Kara Walker made a portrait of Toni Morrison for the cover of The New Yorker. | Artsy
— Benjamin Sutton, Artsy The artist Kara Walker has created an instantly iconic portrait of the recently deceased author Toni Morrison for the cover of The New Yorker magazine. The portrait, shared by the magazine on Instagram and reposted by Walker, features a closeup of Morrison’s head. The artwork is rendered in Walker’s distinctive, high-contrast, cut […]
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Never Forget: In 1985 Police Dropped a Bomb on a West Philly Neighborhood; Killing 11 and Destroying 61 Homes | Black Main Street
Black Main Street Staff, Black Main Street The scene at the corner of 62nd and Larchwood on the afternoon of May 13, 1985, following the dropping of a bomb on MOVE headquarters. Tom Gralish/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT/Landov.Featured Image On May 13, 1985, at approximately 5:28 p.m., two, one-pound bombs were dropped onto a house at 6221 Osage […]
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An Ex-Convict Got a Construction Job, but Not Everyone Was Happy | The New York Times
New Yorkers in need of a fresh start are finding work with nonunion construction firms. Are they being helped or exploited?
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