The former running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers first started covering the cost of mammograms for women in 2015
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Civil rights legal history comes alive | The St. Louis American
Meet descendants of Dred Scott v Sandford, Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education
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From emperors to inventors: the unsung heroes to celebrate in Black History Month | The Guardian
In 1926, the US historian Carter G Woodson, the son of former slaves, launched Negro History Week to commemorate important people and events from the African diaspora.
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Solange Knowles Pens Essay on Being a Black Person in a White Space | The Root
On Friday evening, after an evening out with her husband and 11-year-old son, Solange Knowles went on a tweet storm about how she was treated at a Kraftwerk concert in New Orleans.
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Building America | The Nation
The making of the black working class.
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Discussing Blackness on Reddit? Photograph Your Forearm First | The New York Times
Moderators of an online forum called Black People Twitter have caused an uproar by requiring participants to submit a photograph proving they are not white.
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Man who says he killed 93 women is America’s deadliest serial killer, FBI says | The Guardian
Authorities say Samuel Little, 79, serving life in California prison, has confessed to the murders
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Hidden Herstory: The Leesburg Stockade Girls | NMAAHC
I never fully realized the monumental role that massive numbers of children played in civil rights protests. Law enforcement arrested and jailed children by the thousands for days, and sometimes months, and their involvement helped to enable one of the greatest legal and social assaults on racism in the 20th century—the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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A new ‘Porgy and Bess’ raises old questions about race and opera | The Undefeated
We need more roles for black singers and actors
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Kamala Harris Reveals Plan To Give Families Six Months Of Paid Medical Leave | Essence
Kamala Harris is doing it for the kids in her latest campaign proposal. Her Children’s Agenda also includes provisions for paid family leave.
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