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Honoring the ‘Green Book’: A life-saving travel guide for African Americans during segregation | WMCAction News 5

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019African American History, Black History

‘If you wandered into a place where African Americans are not welcome…you could end up actually being killed’

Margaret Lawrence, 105, Dies; Pioneering Black Female Psychoanalyst | The New York Times

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019African American History, Black History

She overcame many hurdles, including rejection by Cornell’s medical school, which told her a black man before her “didn’t work out.” (He had died.)

Cynthia Erivo and Eddie Murphy Among Golden Globe Nominees | Ebony

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019African American Entertainment, African American Film

The ‘Harriet’ star received two nods; Murphy and ‘Dolemite’ each received one.

‘I Got Tired of Hunting Black and Hispanic People’ | The New York Times

December 9, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

Multiple police officers in Brooklyn say they were told by a commander that white and Asian people should be left alone.

A 1970 Law Led to the Mass Sterilization of Native American Women. That History Still Matters | Time

December 9, 2019January 15, 2020Native Americans

Marie Sanchez, chief tribal judge on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, arrived in Geneva in 1977 with a clear message to deliver to the United Nations Convention on Indigenous Rights. American Indian women, she argued, were targets of the “modern form” of genocide—sterilization. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Over the six-year period that had followed the passage of the […]

Don’t be fooled by anti-college rhetoric: College is indispensable to black empowerment | USA Today

December 8, 2019December 8, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

Higher education remains the greatest engine for social mobility in American society. Perhaps this is most important for African American students.

Why right-wing commentators distort the history of slavery and emancipation | The Washington Post

December 8, 2019December 8, 2019KOLUMN Magazine

Classmates of five-year-old Michael Clark Jr sat in the courtroom holding paper hearts on sticks in support

House passes voting rights bill to restore protections struck down by Supreme Court | The Washington Post

December 8, 2019December 12, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote

The House passed legislation Friday restoring protections of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act that were undone when the Supreme Court struck down federal oversight of elections in states with a history of discriminating against minority communities. The bill passed 228 to 187, with unanimous Democratic support and the vote of one Republican — Rep. […]