Documentary in production lends insight into African-American cowboys and rodeo
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Leola White dies, her home was 1st stop for many on ‘Great Migration’ | Chicago Sun Times
For many relatives, friends and friends of friends who left the South’s cotton fields and farms for factories in Chicago, Leola White’s home was the first stop on the way to a better life.
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Harry Belafonte tells crowd at likely last public appearance: ‘We shall overcome’ | The Guardian
Singer and civil rights activist, 90, holds Pittsburgh audience spellbound with tales of his life and denunciation of Trump as a national ‘mistake’
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NAACP Elects New President, Will Assume More Political Non-Profit Tax Status | NPR
The organization announced its new president and CEO and its intention to alter its tax status to a non-profit category that permits more aggressive political lobbying.
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Remembering, Learning and Loving What Pan-African Activist Walter Rodney Did for Black People | Atlanta Black Star
Walter Anthony Rodney was an intellectual, a teacher, and an activist during the 1960s and 1970s; his life and work hold major importance for those of us who care about social justice and Black liberation today.
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Watch: This African American folk legend won her first Grammy at age 90 | Timeline
Elizabeth Cotten played her guitar upside down
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Baltimore artist Amy Sherald to paint Michelle Obama’s official portrait | The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore artist Amy Sherald, who graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2004 and just joined the faculty there, has been commissioned by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery to paint the official portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama.
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Angela Davis: An Interview on the Futures of Black Radicalism | Verso
“The concept associated with Black Marxism that I find most productive and most potentially transformative is the concept of racial capitalism…. Global capitalism cannot be adequately comprehended if the racial dimension of capitalism is ignored.”
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A Museum Goes Beyond Its Walls to Teach Prince George’s County’s Rich History | Washington City Paper
Through its education efforts and programming, the Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center strives to be a pillar in its community.
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These Were the First Cookbooks Published By Black People in America | Smithsonian Magazine
These cookbooks and domestic guides offer historians a window into the experiences and tastes of black Americans in the 1800s
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