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The Thibodaux Massacre Left 60 African-Americans Dead and Spelled the End of Unionized Farm Labor in the South for Decades | Smithsonian
In 1887, African-American cane workers in Louisiana attempted to organize—and many paid with their lives.
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Remembering Dolores Kendrick, D.C.’s Poet Laureate, 1927–2017 | Washington City Paper
The “first lady of poetry” leaves behind a rich legacy of promoting poetry throughout the District.
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Baltimore Rising: HBO Documentary Chronicles A City Trying To Heal After Freddie Gray’s Death | Essence
When Freddie Gray died in police custody in April 2015, Baltimore was thrust into the glare of a harsh spotlight.
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Della Reese, Music Icon And ‘Touched By An Angel’ Star, Dead At 86 | Huffington Post
“I know heaven has a brand new angel this day,” costar Roma Downey said.
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Dread Scott Reenacts a Slave Revolt to Radically Reconsider Freedom | Hyperallergic
Scott’s project reenacts the 1811 German Coast Uprising, the largest slave revolt in North American history.
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Why Do So Many Indian Children Go Missing? | The New York Times
According to the country’s Ministry of Women and Child Development, 242,938 children disappeared between 2012 and 2017. But according to TrackChild, a government database, nearly that many children — 237,040 — went missing between 2012 and 2014 alone.
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Review: ‘Mudbound’ Is a Racial Epic Tuned to Black Lives, and White Guilt | The New York Times
“Mudbound” is a movie about how things change — slowly, unevenly, painfully. It is also, as the title suggests, about how things don’t change, about the stubborn forces of custom, prejudice and power that lock people in place and impede social progress. …”
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Fascinating Facts About A Slave Who Outsmarted Her Master, And Cleverly Gained Extraordinary Wealth | The Black Loop
Back in the days of slavery, many slave masters and overseers often failed to acknowledge the fact that African-Americans were intelligent, innovative, and creative despite the oppression they faced and the disadvantages endured.
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Remembering Cornelia Walker Bailey, A Giant Of Gullah Geechee Culture | NPR
The Gullah Geechee’s unofficial historian and vocal advocate for the preservation of the community, Cornelia Walker Bailey, has died. She was 72.
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