But her memoir caused a rift with Mary Todd Lincoln.
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New Documentary Tells Story of Black Women Pro Wrestlers | AFRO
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ramona Isbell is worried. What will people say when they find out? After all, she mostly kept her secret for more than 50 years.
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Linda Brown, Symbol of Landmark Desegregation Case, Dies | The New York Times
“To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race… generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely to ever be undone.”
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Fannie Lou Hamer | American Experience
“…She understood that the fight for economic security was a crucial component of the Civil Rights movement.”
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She Was the Only Woman in a Photo of 38 Scientists, and Now She’s Been Identified | The New York Times
Last week, hundreds of people were engaged in a search for a woman named Sheila.
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#HerToo: The Story of the DC Woman Who Helped Make Sexual Harassment Illegal | Washingtonian
Four decades before #MeToo, Sandra Bundy fought back against the lewd supervisors at her DC job—and won. Her case established sexual-harassment protections for women everywhere.
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It’s Not About Guilt: The Moral Imperative of Taking Responsibility | Medium
Whatever happened to just grappling with an argument? To actually responding to a position with which you disagree with analysis or facts, or something approximating critical thought?
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These Photos Will Change the Way You Think About Race in Coal Country | Yes Magazine
The myth that Appalachia is uniformly White lingers, but communities of “Affrilachians” were documented in the 1930s.
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Artist Henrietta Snype Preserves African Basket Making Tradition | AFRO
One of the most important aspects of African culture kept alive by the Gullah is basket weaving, or basket-making.
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Floyd Carter Sr., one of the remaining Tuskegee Airmen and NYPD veteran, dies at 95 | New York Daily News
The decorated veteran of three wars and 27 years with the NYPD died Thursday at age 95, leaving a long legacy as a groundbreaking hero pilot and a city police detective.
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