As students begin filling out their college applications, families are looking for ways to pay for higher education. Here are some scholarships for African-American students with upcoming deadlines.
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The Civil Rights Pastor Who Declared ‘I Am a Man’ | The Daily Beast
James Lawson was a Civil Rights icon who saw the need for the fight to include economic inequality. He also unintentionally doomed King by inviting him to Memphis.
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Echoes of Lynchings in Quiet Photos | The New York Times
Oliver Clasper traveled through the United States seeking spaces where lynchings took place, ranging from the American south to New York City.
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Teen Entrepreneur and Author Gabrielle Jordan Lights a Path to Entrepreneurship for Youth | The Network Journal
If you don’t already know of Gabrielle Jordan, you will soon. At just 17, she has embraced entrepreneurship like few other girls her age.
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The Cast of ‘Atlanta’ on Trump, Race and Fame | The New York Times
The breakout FX comedy, created by Donald Glover, returns with a grittier new season.
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Black Hair’s Blockbuster Moment | The New York Times
Despite and perhaps because of a surge in white supremacist language in the United States, a wave of black cultural resistance is flooding the arts as well as the streets.
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AMC, Color of Change to Provide Free A Wrinkle in Time Tickets to Underprivileged Kids | The Root
Color of Change, a nonprofit civil rights advocacy organization, and AMC Theatres are working together to give underprivileged children a chance to see screenings of A Wrinkle in Time for free.
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As San Francisco mayor, London will share power with the poor | San Francisco Bay View
The party that jeers at the consequences of white privilege ended up forcing a vote on the Board of Supervisors that replaced an African American woman as mayor with a white man who supervises the city’s wealthiest districts.
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HBO’s Documentary King in the Wilderness Is a Chilling Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final 18 Months on Earth | The Root
King in the Wilderness presents MLK Jr. as a multidimensional individual who took up many causes toward the end of his life, and the consequences that ultimately came with it.
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Michelle Obama to release memoir in November | The Washington Post
NEW YORK — Michelle Obama’s memoir, one of the most highly anticipated books in recent years, is coming out Nov. 13.
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