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First look: National Museum of African American Music unveils collection | Tennessean
Construction is well underway on the Downtown Nashville complex that will eventually house the National Museum of African American Music, scheduled to open in 2019.
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A Mother’s Zip Code Could Signal Whether Her Baby Will Be Born Too Early | The Atlantic
Every year, more than 400,000 women in America have babies who are preterm, low-birthweight, or who die before their first birthdays.
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Thomas Allen Harris Goes Through a Lens Darkly | PBS.Org
The first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations, and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present, Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People probes the recesses of American history through images that have been suppressed, forgotten, and lost.
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An assault on minority voting continues in North Carolina | The Washington Post
This year, GOP lawmakers took a new tack, trying to place a proposal on the November ballot that would in the future scratch the final Saturday of early voting, a day that in recent years has attracted large numbers of blacks to the polls.
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The Secret Network of Black Teachers Behind the Fight for Desegregation | The Atlantic
In her new book, Vanessa Siddle Walker reveals how African American educators became the ‘hidden provocateurs’ who spearheaded the push for racial justice in education.
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There Is More to Stacey Abrams Than Meets Partisan Eyes | The New York Times
“People who underestimate her risk complete embarrassment,”
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Hugo awards: women clean up as NK Jemisin wins best novel again | The Guardian
Jemisin’s third win in as many years signals an end to the influence of the rightwing ‘Puppies’ groups, with female authors winning all major categories at sci-fi awards.
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‘Passing for white’: how a taboo film genre is being revived to expose racial privilege | The Guardian
Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut is an adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel Passing, a theme little seen since the likes of Show Boat and Pinky.
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Aretha Franklin’s Revolution | The Atlantic
The soul singer was an architect of the civil-rights movement as much as a witness to it.
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