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How Insightful Is Dear White People? – The Atlantic
Four Atlantic staffers discuss the Netflix show’s portrayal of a group of black students at a mostly white elite university.
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Trump suggests financing for historically black colleges may be unconstitutional – Politico
President Donald Trump signaled Friday that he may not implement a 25-year-old federal program that helps historically black colleges finance construction projects on their campuses, suggesting that it may run afoul of the Constitution.
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EBONY’s New Owners Set Sights on Expansion – Ebony Magazine
The two partners behind the newly formed Ebony Media say the company is just right for creating a new space in the multimedia landscape
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Playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry, was young, gifted and Black – New York Amsterdam News
Finding a female counterpart to the remarkable August Wilson is not easy, but Lorraine Hansberry comes close, and she came to mind additionally as we prepare for Malcolm X’s birthday May 19, which she shared.
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Meet the Democrat who wants to be America’s first black female governor – The Guardian
Stacey Abrams, Georgia’s state house minority leader, hopes to make history – and her track record shows that pushing boundaries is what she does best.
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Atlanta’s Controversial ‘Cityhood’ Movement – The Atlantic
Recent border battles have once again redrawn the lines of the metro area.
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The Racist Roots of Virginia’s Felon Disenfranchisement – The Atlantic
A century ago, the commonwealth’s leaders weren’t circumspect about their motives.
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Imagining the Portraits of African American Women Erased from History – Hyperallergic
In The Evanesced at the California African American Museum, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle confronts society’s compulsion to reframe, mitigate, or eliminate the role of black women in the US.
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As #EbonyOwes Trends, Writers Wonder if Ebony Magazine Will Ever Pay Up – The Root
Ebony magazine is a legend, a legacy brand that many grew up reading. It’s respected, it’s loved. But unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be paying its writers, and Ebony’s current owners appear to have one view (that everyone will be paid) that goes contrary to reality (people waiting months, even years, for payment).
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