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Capturing Black Bottom, a Detroit Neighborhood Lost to Urban Renewal | CityLab
“Black Bottom Street View,” now exhibiting at the Detroit Public Library, thoughtfully displays old images of the historic African American neighborhood in its final days.
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Teaching Hard History | Southern Poverty Law Center
Kate Shuster, Southern Poverty Law Center [dropcap]Schools[/dropcap] are not adequately teaching the history of American slavery, educators are not sufficiently prepared to teach it, textbooks do not have enough material about it, and – as a result – students lack a basic knowledge of the important role it played in shaping the United States and […]
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The Mass Graves Of Tulsa (Video) | The Oklahoma Eagle
A century after the destruction of “Black Wall Street,” a city searches for victims.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed by a deranged woman. At 29, he almost died. | The Washington Post
He described the attack a decade later in his last sermon, which he delivered the night before his assassination.
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Ryan Coogler To Produce A Film About The Rise And Fall Of Fred Hampton | Essence
Britni Danielle, Essence American political and social activist and Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton (1948 – 1969) raises his arms at the ‘Days of Rage’ rally, Chicago, Illinois, October 11, 1969. (Photo by David Fenton/Getty Images). Featured Image [dropcap]According[/dropcap] to Deadline, Coogler has teamed up with Charles D. King’s production house a href=”https://www.essence.com/news/essence-time-inc-macro-partnership/”>MACRO to […]
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How Pullman Porters Laid Groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement | WTTW
Daniel Hautzinger, WTTW Being a Pullman porter was an enviable position, one of the better jobs available to African American men despite the indignities. Source: Library of Congress. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] Pullman Company was one of the more successful industrial companies in the United States, worth more than $200 million at a peak in the […]
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The Jackie Robinson of Rodeo | Texas Monthly
Five decades ago, Myrtis Dightman broke the color barrier in professional rodeo and became one of the best bull riders who ever lived. But his imprint on the sport was only just beginning.
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Legacy of Tampa’s lost neighborhoods endure | WTSP 10 News
“The very existence of neighborhoods like Dobyville and the Scrub and Central Avenue go to that story of segregation, go to the story of separate accommodations based solely on race, and the need to have separate communities.”
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The Explosive Chapter Left Out of Malcolm X’s Autobiography | History.com
Missy Sullivan, History.com Truman Moore/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images, Featured Image [dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] not often that a little-known chapter from one of the most important books of the 20th century emerges into the public sphere. Especially one in which a prominent civil-rights figure delivers a stern rebuke to his race. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In July 2018, the […]
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