Early on, black butlers and cooks taught white people how to eat and drink well. Harder lessons had to wait a century.
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A Previously Unknown Portrait of a Young Harriet Tubman Goes on View |Smithsonian Mag.com
“I was stunned,” says director Lonnie Bunch; historic Emily Howland photo album contains dozens of other abolitionists and leaders who took an active role
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A Virginia city’s first black, female police chief resigned, saying she encountered racism ‘so inflammatory’ that she feared describing it publicly ‘out of concern for public safety’ | Insider
Radley Balko, Insider Portsmouth police Chief Tonya Chapman takes the oath of office in the City Council chambers on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. Hyunsoo Leo Kim | The Virginian-Pilot, Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] first black woman to become police chief of a Virginia city said Monday she was forced to sign her own resignation letter “under […]
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Kamala Harris’s First Campaign Policy: A Raise for Teachers | The New York Times
Astead W. Herndon, The New York Times Senator Kamala Harris in Houston on Saturday, where she unveiled early portions of her first policy rollout, a federal investment in teacher pay.CreditCreditLarry W Smith/EPA, via Shutterstock, Featured Image [dropcap]Senator[/dropcap] Kamala Harris of California announced a plan Tuesday to heavily invest federal money into teacher pay, the first […]
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The danger of denying black Americans political rights | The Washington Post
Without access to political rights, violence becomes a crucial tool in the fight for freedom.
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Nigeria’s ‘most beautiful girl in the world’ now an international model | Legit.ng
Seun Durojaiye, Legit.ng Jare Ijalana, a 5-year old Nigerian, who has been dubbed on the internet as the most beautiful girl in the world from her portrait by wedding photographer, Mofe Bamiwa. Featured Image [dropcap]5[/dropcap]-year-old Jare found her way into the spotlight in 2018, when photos of herself and her siblings hit the internet. The […]
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#BlackGirlMagic: 16-Year-Old Accepted Into 9 Law Schools | NewsOne
Haley Taylor Schlitz will receive her bachelor’s degree in May.
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Jeffrey Wright Wants the World to Know Uncle Nearest’s Contribution to American Whiskey | Esquire
Nathan “Nearest” Green, the slave who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey, is getting his first national campaign.
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The Curtis Flowers case shows why diverse juries matter | The Washington Post
Radley Balko, The Washington Post [dropcap]On[/dropcap] Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Curtis Flowers case. If you’re a fan of the podcast “In the Dark,” you know that this is one of the nuttier cases the U.S. criminal justice system has ever produced. Flowers has been tried six times for a 1996 […]
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The youngest known victim in New Zealand mosque massacre: 3 years old | Los Angeles Times
Associated Press, Los Angeles Times In this undated photo supplied by Abdi Ibrahim, shows a photo of his three-year-old brother, Mucaad, who is the youngest known victim of the mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday, March 15, 2019. (Abdi Ibrahim via AP) Featured Image [dropcap]He[/dropcap] spent just three years on this Earth; but […]
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