“When they killed Bunchy, they killed the Party – we just didn’t know it at the time.” – Roland Freeman, member of the Southern California Chapter of the Black Panther Party.
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The Long History of Black Officers Reforming Policing From Within | The Atlantic
Black Lives Matter and Donald Trump’s agenda are inspiring some police to more vocal advocacy. But their project—ending racial bias in the profession—is a decades-old one.
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United Flight 93 Co-pilot’s Wife Challenges View of What Happened Onboard on 9/11 | Skift (2013)
United Flight 93’s passengers got all of the media glory. The co-pilot’s widow doesn’t downplay their efforts, but gives the crew its due. — Dennis Schaal
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Rep. John Conyers, most senior member of House, resigns amid accusations of sexual harassment | Los Angeles Times
Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, resigned Tuesday after his support among fellow Democrats collapsed amid accusations of sexual harassment by several female employees.
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Carmen de Lavallade is 86 and still the best dancer in the room | The Washington Post
De Lavallade’s ability to express psychological meaning through her body, to disappear inside the choreography and mold herself to wildly different artistic styles, has been her life’s work.
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Kehinde Wiley on Painting the Powerless. And a President. | The New York Times
LONDON — Early next year, a portrait of Barack Obama will go up on the walls of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, produced by an artist who was chosen by Mr. Obama himself in the closing months of his presidency.
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‘Maynard’: Film Review | Hollywood Reporter
Samuel D. Pollard’s documentary recounts the life and career of Maynard Jackson, the first African-American mayor of Atlanta.
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The nation’s only African American piano maker counts ‘Empire’ and the Vatican as fans | The Washington Post
“Starting a piano company is not for the faint of heart,” he says. For the first 10 years, he struggled for funding, and he got help with his first patent only after several lawyers passed on it.
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Mississippi’s bold new Civil Rights Museum offers unflinching view of US history | The Guardian
Jackson’s new Civil Rights Museum and its neighbour, the Museum of Mississippi History, have a joint launch on 9 December, in advance of a year of events across the south marking 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination.
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Dig, If You Will, Some Never-Before-Seen Pictures Of Prince In ‘A Private View’ | NPR
Afshin Shahidi misses Prince. “Nothing seemed impossible, everything was possible for him,” he says. “And that’s just the way he lived his life and the way he communicated and wanted us to live our life.”
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