Ease on down the road of film history via a 40th anniversary retrospective essay from the Los Angeles Times.
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Willie McCovey, Hall of Famer and Giants legend, dies at age 80 | ESPN
Willie McCovey, the Hall of Fame first baseman who played 19 of his 22 seasons with the San Francisco Giants and slugged 521 career home runs, died Wednesday at age 80.
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Remembering Birmingham’s ‘Dynamite Hill’ Neighborhood | NPR
Long before the Civil Rights marches of 1963 thrust Birmingham, Ala. into the national spotlight, black families along one residential street were steadily chipping away at Jim Crow segregation laws — and paying a price for it.
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Sahle-Work Zewde becomes Ethiopia’s first female president | BBC News
Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s first female president.
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Allison Janae Hamilton’s Spirit Sources | The New York Times
Her multimedia art never strays far from her concern with the land, especially the Southern land, and its occupants, especially its black occupants.
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Harry Edwards, a giant of sports activism, still has people shook | The Undefeated
50 years ago, he worked with John Carlos and Tommie Smith for Black Power. Now, he’s talking with Colin Kaepernick.
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N.C. Man Charged with Ethnic Intimidation after Brandishing Weapon at Black Poll Worker | Atlanta Black Star
Police have arrested a man accused of harassing and threatening to assault a Black campaign worker at an early-voting location in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday.
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Review: A Vital and Sweeping ‘Porgy and Bess’ Debuts in London | The New York Times
This “Porgy and Bess,” a joint production with the Metropolitan Opera and the Dutch National Opera, is coming to the Met next season.
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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom review: a monumental biography | The Guardian
David Blight has written a must-read life of the escaped slave who held America ‘to the lightning scorn of moral indignation’
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Most Of America’s Terrorists Are White, And Not Muslim | HuffPost
Right-wing terror is real, and it’s a problem.
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