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Brenda Travis of McComb, Mississippi, encountered the dangers of merely existing in Jim Crow’s America as a child after witnessing her brother’s unlawful arrest...
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After the shooting at former President Trump’s Pennsylvania rally, NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss reflects on past presidential assassination attempts and how Americans...
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Bill Russell; Michael Jordan; LeBron James. Black athletes have at times been synonymous with the sport of basketball, but it wasn’t always that way....
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What could our future world look like if we continue to do nothing about climate change? Take a look at the possibilities. — While...
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In his new exhibition Suspended States at London’s Serpentine Gallery, artist Yinka Shonibare looks at the impact of imperial ambition. Queen Victoria, Winston Churchill...
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Born as Marguerite Johnson in 1928, Maya Angelou is a 20th Century renaissance woman who was catapulted into international fame with her best-selling books....
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One of the pioneers of the hair care industry is an African-American woman named Sarah Breedlove. After becoming a widow at the age of...
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Although the 13th Amendment passed the Senate in 1864 and the House in 1865, the loopholes that exist continue to wreak havoc on the...
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How a transformational moment at 15 would inspire my life’s work. Teacher & Head Football Coach at Daniel Hand High School. I teach to...
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Transitioning from job to job as a teenager, Oscar Micheaux was able to write a story that was inspired by his experience on a...
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Opportunities for freed black children to further their educational journey after high school were limited. As a direct response to minimal options, black people...
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The Double V Campaign was launched by a prominent black newspaper, the Pittsburgh Courier, in 1942. The campaign came in response to buzz generated...
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Fresh off an oil-boom, the black residents of Greenwood, Okla. built a booming community known as The Negro Wall Street. But in May of...
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Lynching was an action used to terrorize the black community for generations, with the first known public display of this injustice taking place in...