Reuben Stacy, a 37-year-old black man, hangs from a tree on Old Davie Road in Fort Lauderdale, blood trickling down his body and dripping off his toes. Behind him, a white girl, about 7 years old, looks on, a strange smile on her face as she takes in the sight of the “strange fruit” her […]
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It took 10 minutes to convict 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. It took 70 years after his execution to exonerate him. | The Washington Post
By Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post In March 1944, deep in the Jim Crow South, police came for 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. His parents weren’t at home. His little sister was hiding in the family’s chicken coop behind the house in Alcolu, a segregated mill town in South Carolina, while officers handcuffed George and his […]
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Documentary to tell story of all-black Army unit that protected Hawaii in WWII | Hawaii News Now
By Jim Mendoza, Hawaii News Now HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – During World War II, the 369th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment made up entirely of African-American soldiers was stationed in Hawaii. The troops hailed from New York and were known as the Harlem Rattlers. “I think it is a human interest story,” Monmouth University professor Nancy Mezey said. […]
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Little Known Black History Fact: Mabel Fairbanks | Black America Web
By D.L. Chandler, Black America Web The late Mabel Fairbanks might not have been afforded the opportunity to chase Olympic gold as an ice skater, but she is still rightfully recognized as a pioneer of the sport. Fairbanks is the first Black woman inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame, and coached many […]
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How America’s Ugly History of Segregation Changed the Meaning of the Word ‘Ghetto’ | TIME
By Daniel B. Schwartz, TIME Today, for many Americans, the word “ghetto” conjures images of run-down and crime-ridden African American segregated areas—“inner cities,” in a common euphemism. This connotation is relatively recent; it has only become mainstream in the past 70 years or so. Beforehand, the term was primarily associated with Jewish urban quarters, and […]
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EXCLUSIVE: How This Woman Became the Youngest Black McDonald’s Owner in the U.S. | Black Enterprise
By Kemberley Washington, CPA,Black Enterprise Jade Colin made headlines earlier this month when The Black Professional broke the news that she held the title of the youngest black owner of a McDonald’s in company history. Colin acquired her franchise after working at her family’s McDonald’s straight out of college and then completing the restaurant chain’s […]
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How a Newspaper Article Saved Thousands of Black Gospel Records From Obscurity |Atlas Obscura
A professor in Texas collects and digitizes rare recordings from across the country.
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When Anti-Immigration Meant Keeping Out Black Pioneers | The New York Times
In the 1850s, Midwestern states used harsh laws to deny free African-Americans wealth and property.
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New Criminal Justice Film Series from The Marshall Project Highlights Chicago Witnesses to System’s Injustices | Chicago Defender
By Ariel Parrella-Aureli, Chicago Defender Harold Washington Library Center’s Cindy Pritzker Auditorium was a full house at the opening screening of a new local series focusing on injustices in the criminal justice system. On Sept. 12, The Marshall Project released 15 video testimonies of Chicago voices affected by the justice system, “We Are Witnesses: Chicago,” is […]
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Freedom to Travel | PBS
By Dave Quinn, PBS [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he victory won by the Freedom Riders was decisive and unambiguous, expanding the freedom of African-Americans to travel through the United States. Since the institution of Jim Crow laws at the close of the 19th century, African-Americans in the South had been forced to endure substandard, segregated conditions while traveling on […]
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