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New $5 bill will feature legendary opera singer Marian Anderson [Reported Earlier]
In the upcoming years, you may be able to look in your wallet and see Philadelphia’s own Marian Anderson on the back of a $5 bill.
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Why Several Native Americans Are Suing the Mormon Church
Participants in the Church-sponsored Indian Student Placement Program have filed at least three sexual-abuse lawsuits.
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Review: ‘Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise,’ a Life Well Lived
“Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise” covers so much ground that it’s usually easy to forgive the filmmakers for not digging deeper. This is a documentary interested in breadth rather than depth, and on those terms it succeeds.
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Black-Owned Craft Beer Company Beat Out 13K Competitors to Win $200K Miller Lite ‘Tap the Future’ Prize
A Black female founder of a specialty beer company won the grand prize from the Miller Lite Tap the Future competition.
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African-American Museum Cafe Serves Up Black History With Every Forkful
The restaurant inside the new National Museum of African American History and Culture offers food that satisfies the hunger — and a space that satisfies the mind.
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BlackPast.org unlocks a treasure trove of African American history, aided by passionate volunteer editors
You may be surprised to learn that BlackPast.org, the most comprehensive African American and African history website in the nation — and perhaps the world — is based in Seattle.
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A Revealing Look at How Blacks Use Technology
A new report sheds light on the African American community’s enthusiasm for technology, especially mobile.
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Righting Wrongs and Generating Attention for Art of the African Diaspora
Sheena Wagstaff, chairwoman of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s modern and contemporary art department, was relatively new on the job in 2013 when Pamela J. Joyner, a prolific art collector and supporter of artists of African descent, invited her on a trip to Washington to visit the studio of the Color Field painter Sam Gilliam. They looked at Mr. Gilliam’s in-progress pieces, a series of striking works with a thin stream of paint poured on board.
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In Ferguson, the Seeds of Trump’s Defeat
Trump may have risen on the wings of white backlash. But black Americans’ fierce resistance to a candidate they see as racist could spell his defeat.
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