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When the Fourth of July Was a Black Holiday | The Atlantic
After the Civil War, African Americans in the South transformed Independence Day into a celebration of their newly won freedom.
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At 98, the Army Just Made Him an Officer: A Tale of Racial Bias in World War II | The New York Times
“Decades have gone by and there hadn’t been a measure of basic fairness, of basic justice that was brought to bear,”… “We owe him this commission.”
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A Newly Excavated Settlement Highlights Florida’s History as a Haven for Escaped Slaves | Sarasota Magazine
Called one of the most significant historical sites in Florida and perhaps the U.S. by Florida historian Canter Brown Jr., Angola is a story of struggle, tragedy and, ultimately, survival in the quest for freedom.
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How Frederick Douglass Challenged the Hypocrisy of Independence Day | Colorlines
“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is a constant victim.”
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3 Black U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime | The New York Times
Under the bill, lynching would be punishable by a sentence of up to life in prison. The measure would not preclude murder charges that can already be brought under existing law.
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Indigenous Hospital, Home of Formerly Enslaved Man Added to List of Endangered Sites | Colorlines
The National Trust for Historic Preservation features sites of historic and cultural importance to Black, Indigenous, Latinx and Carribean communities on its 2018 list of the “11 Most Endangered Historic Places.”
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Harriet Tyler, long-time Santa Ana resident and black history curator, remembered for her contributions | The Orange County Register
For seven decades, Harriet Tyler worked to preserve and document the history of African Americans in Orange County.
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New Exhibit Tackles Jim Crow Repression and Resistance | Colorlines
Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow is the first of several upcoming New-York Historical Society exhibits dedicated to Black culture and history.
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Found: Rosa Parks’s Arrest Warrant, and More Traces of Civil Rights History | The New York Times
When the Montgomery bus boycott electrified the struggle against segregation, it was all recorded in appeals bonds, court motions and $10 fines. A forgotten trove has turned up in a courthouse vault.
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