A new economic analysis shows that black officeholders raised literacy rates, among other boons, for the newly freed.
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The FBI’s War on Black-Owned Bookstores | The Atlantic
At the height of the Black Power movement, the Bureau focused on the unlikeliest of public enemies: black independent booksellers.
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I Took 7th Graders to See ‘Black Panther.’ Here’s What They Said. | New York Times
The film makes me want to start my own tribe and make my own inventions to help the world. It also makes me want to make my own Panther outfit. — Gabriela Myles
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Fighting extreme discrimination, they became America’s first black millionaires | The Washington Post
“They remind us that African Americans do not lack the desire or ability to work or build businesses and wealth…”
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Billion-Dollar Legacy: Reginald F. Lewis’ Incredible Life Story Comes to Film | The Root
“I think his legacy is that he opened doors and he created hope where it didn’t necessarily exist…”
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Nurse-midwife Maude Callen brought healthcare to thousands in the rural south | Timeline
The 400-square-mile area she served was one of the poorest in South Carolina.
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CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice Debuts Online Archive on Slavery in New York | Good Black News
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice, part of the City University of New York, has announced the establishment of the New York Slavery Records Index, an online archive of slavery records from 1525 until the end of the Civil War.
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[UNSUNG SHEROES] Beauty Pioneer Annie Turnbo Malone Opens Doors for Others | Ebony
Before Madame CJ Walker, there was the woman who taught her the rules of success and it’s time her story was told.
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A monument at last for Octavius Catto, who changed Philadelphia | The Inquirer
It becomes the first public monument honoring a specific African American on the city’s public landscape.
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Marian Anderson: A Voice That Shattered Barriers | Philadelphia Magazine
Her powerful singing changed the world, and it all started downtown.
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