Richard Overton, the grandson of a slave, worked in a furniture store and as a courier for decades until he finally retired when he was 85. That was more than 25 years ago.
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The Last Hours of William O’Neal | Chicago Reader
He was the informant who gave the FBI the floor plan of Fred Hampton’s apartment. Last week he ran onto the Eisenhower Expressway and killed himself.
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Read Mary J. Blige’s Heartfelt Nina Simone Rock Hall Induction Speech | Rolling Stone
Blige honors Simone for singing songs “about injustice, struggle, and black life [that] resonate to this day”
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After 73 years, the remains of a Tuskegee airman lost over Europe may have been found | Washington Post
There are 27 Tuskegee Airmen missing from the war…
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Photos reveal black work camps in Mich. in Depression | The Detroit News
Detroit – A striking, sepia-toned picture recently acquired by the University of Michigan jumps out from the past and begs to tell a story: A man dressed in a heavy coat and hat is as big as the cabin door whose knob he is reaching to turn and enter.
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New Doc Explores How ‘Mr. SOUL!’ Brought Black Culture to Talk Show TV | Colorlines
Ellis Haizlip broke the talk show and public television color barrier when he introduced “SOUL!,” the weekly program he hosted during the late ’60s and early ’70s, to PBS.
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Little Known Black History Fact: Florence Spearling Randolph | Black America Web
Rev. Randolph used her position in the pulpit to call out racism, gender inequality, and other issues related to social reform.
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Why can’t we talk about reparations? A congressional candidate broaches an unmentionable topic | Salon
I’m running for Congress in Indiana, and I’ve been warned to stay away from “radical” issues. This shouldn’t be one.
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The Many Lives of Pauli Murray | The New Yorker
She was an architect of the civil-rights struggle—and the women’s movement. Why haven’t you heard of her?
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A New Black American Dream | The New York Times
African-American parents can’t stop demanding equality, but perhaps we need to start dreaming of a different kind of success.
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