Once on the margins, older African-American artists are suddenly a hot commodity. They are relishing the attention while dealing with the market’s grueling demands.
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‘They killed a white woman’: Fifty-four years later, Leroy Moton looks back at the killing that changed the civil rights movement | The Washington Post
Donna Britt, The Root Leroy Moton was riding in a car with civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo when she was shot to death after the third Selma to Montgomery march, in 1965. (Horace Cort/AP). Featured Image [dropcap]On[/dropcap] the night of Feb. 18, 1965, black high school senior Leroy Moton was arrested for the “crime” of […]
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Supreme Court Will Hear Case of Lee Malvo, the D.C. Sniper | The New York Times
Adam Liptak, The New York Times Lee Malvo at a court hearing in 2003. Mr. Malvo was 17 when he and John Allen Muhammad killed 10 people in sniper attacks in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Pool photo by Davis Turner. […]
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How Jim Crow Went to China in the Making of Big Tobacco | Truthout
Anton Woronczuk, Truthout A billboard advertising fancy cigarettes in Shanghai, 1948. JACK BIRNS / THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION / GETTY IMAGES. Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] cigarette industry played a paradigm-shifting role in the rise of corporate power during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It drew on Jim Crow to expand globally, and revolutionized branding […]
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Donna Brazile Explains Why She’s Working for Fox News | The New Yorker
Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker Donna Brazile wrote that she is “excited to join the honest and passionate debate at Fox News about our future.”Photograph by Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call / Getty. Featured Image [dropcap]Donna[/dropcap] Brazile, who has twice served as the interim chair of the Democratic National Committee, is one of the […]
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Meet Tiffany Alexander, 27, co-founder of a pediatrics urgent care facility in Birmingham | Birmingham Times
Ameera Steward, Birmingham Times Tiffany Alexander (Amarr Croskey photo). Featured Image [dropcap]Spending[/dropcap] long periods of time in a hospital with her mother, who had been diagnosed with cancer, gave Tiffany Alexander a love for health care and helping others. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “We always had a great medical staff [at Russell Medical Center in Alexander City, […]
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Chinese imports ‘driving fishermen to despair’ | BBC News
Andrea Dijkstra, BBC News Kenya’s fishermen are increasingly struggling to make a living. JEROEN VAN LOON. Featured Image [dropcap]As[/dropcap] the frozen fish defrosts under the hot Kenyan sun, fishmonger Mechak Juma prefers not to tell his customers that it has come all the way from China. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] We are at the largest fish market […]
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Pa. Man Who Gives Free Haircuts to the Homeless Receives Free Barbershop From Stranger | The Root
Breanna Edwards, The Root Brennon Jones takes to the streets of Philadelphia giving haircuts to the homeless. Courtesy of Brennon Jones. Featured Image [dropcap]Winter[/dropcap] is approaching and, with it, all the difficult weather conditions that often apply. Because of that, one kindhearted Philadelphia man thought that he would have to temporarily give up his mission […]
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Stacey Abrams for …. Governor? Senator? Veep? President?! The Georgian who is usually sure about everything finds herself conflicted about her future. | The Cut
Rebecca Traister, The Cut In an election-night tweet, Democrat Stacey Abrams urged her supporters to “STAY IN LINE until your vote is cast.” Three polls stayed open late after some voting machines in predominantly black districts were delivered with no power cords, rendering them useless. (Stacey Abrams/Twitter). Featured Image [dropcap]I[/dropcap] am sitting in a car […]
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Karyn Parsons Talks About Her Debut Novel, ‘How High the Moon’ | Black Girl Nerds
New Novel Highlights Jim Crow, Colorism and George Stinney, Jr.
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