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‘Still fighting’: Africatown, site of last US slave shipment, sues over pollution | The Guardian
In 1860 the last, illegal, shipment of slaves to the US landed in this part of Alabama. Now hundreds of the largely African American residents are suing an industrial plant claiming it released toxic chemicals linked to cancer
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Remembering the First Pair of African-American Sisters to Take Tennis by Storm | Bleacher Report
Nicknamed “Pete” and “Re-Pete,” respectively, the Peters sisters played in the American Tennis Association, a league formed to give African-Americans a chance to play competitive tennis at a national level.
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Detroit’s Untold Stories of Slavery | The New York Times
In “The Dawn of Detroit,” the historian Tiya Miles transports the reader back to the 18th century and brings to life a multiracial community that began in slavery.
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Explore 150 years of Hampton University history in new exhibit | Daily Press
Artifacts displaying the skills learned and the work done by students at what is now Hampton University will be on display at the historically black university’s museum beginning Friday.
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Wyatt Tee Walker, Dr. King’s Strategist and a Harlem Leader, Dies at 88 | The New York Times
“If it wasn’t for Birmingham, there wouldn’t have been a Selma march, there wouldn’t have been a 1965 civil rights bill.”
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X: or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation | Theater Mania
Marcus Gardley imagines a trial to set the record straight on the controversial black leader.
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How an Artist Learned About Freedom From ‘The Negro Motorist Green Book’ | The New York Times
“It’s like reading a fairy tale book. I see the names of beauty schools and men’s clubs and taverns, and I think, ‘What does that place look like?’”
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Ruby Bridges, amazing grace: 1 of 300 | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
“I wasn’t talking…” “…I was praying for them.”
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Fountain Street Church, George Bayard collaborate to bring “African American Artists Tell the Story” to community | CulturedGR
An exhibit of 10 African American artists’ work, from local to nationally known, opened January 7, with a reception Tuesday, January 16. The exhibit presents work that places African American experience in the context of the American experience.
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