Kevin Doherty, Capital Public Radio Courtesy of Er-Gene Kahng. Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] 1933 composer Florence Price became the first African American woman to have her composition premiered by a major American orchestra, the Chicago Symphony. Highly respected during her career, Price’s name and music became increasingly obscure over time. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] That began to change […]
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The Mass Graves Of Tulsa (Video) | The Oklahoma Eagle
A century after the destruction of “Black Wall Street,” a city searches for victims.
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Mass funeral service held for Ethiopian crash victims – video | The Guardian
Reuters/AP, The Guardian CRASH SITE—A boarding pass is seen at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash March 11, near the town of Bishoftu, Ethiopia. CNS/TIKSA NEGERI, REUTERS [dropcap]Thousands[/dropcap] of people have mourned victims of the Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crash, as 17 empty caskets draped in the national flag were […]
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Black Editor Resigns From Newspaper That Urged KKK Revival | AFRO
Associated Press, AFRO [dropcap]LINDEN[/dropcap], Ala. (AP) — An African-American woman who took over the helm of a small-town Alabama newspaper that recently called for the Ku Klux Klan to “ride again” has stepped down after a few weeks, citing interference from the newspaper’s owner. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Elecia R. Dexter told The New York Times on […]
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Stories of African-American women aging with HIV: ‘My life wasn’t what I hoped it to be’ | The Conversation
Thurka Sangaramoorthy, The Conversation Marcella Wright has been living with HIV for decades. She was recruited to be in one of the first HIV treatment programs and was the only woman in the group. Aamir Khuller, CC BY-NC-SA. Featured Image [dropcap]Sophia[/dropcap] Harrison, 51, is a single mother of two, with an extended family to support. […]
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Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed by a deranged woman. At 29, he almost died. | The Washington Post
He described the attack a decade later in his last sermon, which he delivered the night before his assassination.
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‘Captain Marvel’ May Have Sneakily Introduced An Important Black Female Superhero | HuffPost
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this side character may one day take the reins from Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers.
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Ex-Officers Arrested in Killing of Marielle Franco, Brazilian Politician and Activist | New York Times
Ernesto Londoño & Lis Moriconi, New York Times [dropcap]RIO[/dropcap] DE JANEIRO — Law enforcement officials on Tuesday morning arrested two former police officers suspected of executing a Rio de Janeiro councilwoman — a breakthrough in a brazen political assassination that has haunted Brazilians for nearly a year. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Shortly before dawn, homicide investigators took […]
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Missouri man wrongfully imprisoned for 17 years sues police | AP
Nathan Skethaw, AP In this Sept. 2016 file photo, David Robinson poses for a portrait in the visiting area inside Jefferson City Correctional Center in Jefferson City, Mo. Robinson, wrongly imprisoned 17 years for murder alleges in a federal lawsuit that police not only knew he was innocent before his conviction, but helped prevent it […]
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The Impact of Structural Racism in Employment and Wages on Minority Women’s Health | American Bar Association
Ruqaiijah Yearby, American Bar Association [dropcap]In[/dropcap] 2010, at the end of the great recession that disproportionately harmed racial minorities and women, the federal government recognized that health disparities are caused by the social determinants of health (SDOH) (Figure 1), which are outside an individual’s control. In fact, research shows that SDOH account for 80 to […]
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