“It’s like reading a fairy tale book. I see the names of beauty schools and men’s clubs and taverns, and I think, ‘What does that place look like?’”
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Ruby Bridges, amazing grace: 1 of 300 | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
“I wasn’t talking…” “…I was praying for them.”
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Fountain Street Church, George Bayard collaborate to bring “African American Artists Tell the Story” to community | CulturedGR
An exhibit of 10 African American artists’ work, from local to nationally known, opened January 7, with a reception Tuesday, January 16. The exhibit presents work that places African American experience in the context of the American experience.
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Anna Maria Weems: Escaped from the Maafa (Slavery) disguised as a male carriage driver | Kentake Page
In 1855, Anna Maria Weems escaped to freedom disguised as an enslaved male named “Joe Wright.”
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Cornel West’s One-Sided War | The Atlantic
Coates says he is “mystified as anybody else” over West’s critique.
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Rollins Edwards, survivor of secret WWII mustard gas experiments and Summerville black leader, dies | The Post and Courier
A civil rights pioneer in Dorchester County and World War II veteran who was subject to classified Army chemical weapons tests and forced to keep quiet about the experience for decades, has died.
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Simone Biles Says She, Too, Was Abused by Larry Nassar | The New York Times
After having vocally supported her teammates as they publicly detailed the sexual abuse they endured, Simone Biles, one of the most decorated gymnasts in Olympic history, added her own name on Monday to the list of those who have accused Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar of sexual abuse.
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The Long Rise and Fast Fall of New York’s Black Mafia | Daily Beast
‘You can’t become known as a gangster. Once you’re known you’re finished. The old-timers understood that.’
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MITCHELL: New Lorraine Hansberry biopic worth every year, every penny it took | Chicago Sun Times
“Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle; legal, illegal, passive, active, violent and non-violent,” Hansberry wrote in 1962.
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Black Student Power in Boston | The Weekly Challenger
The story of the “Boston busing crisis” of the 1970s dominates popular and academic accounts of Boston’s civil rights movement.
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