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Whistleblower Warns Development Threatens Louisiana’s Sacred Black History Sites
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Stay at These Black-Owned Georgia Farm Airbnbs for a Taste of History and Food
A farm stay in pastoral Georgia isn’t just a relaxing getaway from city life, anymore. Thanks to an Airbnb partnership with The New Communities
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The GOP Is Attacking LGBTQ Rights in Schools. These Students Are Fighting Back.
For members of the Gender and Sexuality Alliance at Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans, Louisiana, the tirade of anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ
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These were America’s first African-American paratroopers
During World War II a company of service soldiers became the world’s first Black paratroopers and then made history as smokejumpers. It started in
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Stephen Lawrence Day – A Celebration
Background 22nd April will be the fourth national Stephen Lawrence Day. After a 25th anniversary memorial service for Stephen in 2018, the Stephen
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The story of Camden’s first black headteacher
Camden Local Studies and Archive Centre is hosting an online talk this month about Camden’s — and London’s — first black headteacher. Darla
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How a poet and professor promotes racial understanding with history
Gaining a deeper understanding of our shared history can allow for healing. Terry Vine/The Image Bank via Getty Images by Quraysh Ali Lansana,
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How Senegal decolonised diplomacy – starting with Kennedy and Senghor
In their fight for freedom from France, what the people of Senegal keenly understood was that securing independence would simply not be enough. True
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Black college presidents had a tough balancing act during the civil rights era
Some Black college presidents stood at the forefront of the civil rights movement. Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images by Eddie R. Cole,
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When a Black team entered Charleston’s Little League tournament in 1955, all hell broke loose The boys lost their chance to play in the World Series because white teams refused to face them
Excerpted from Stolen Dreams: The 1955 Cannon Street All-Stars and Little League Baseball’s Civil War. The Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars did not
The generative passion of Walter Rodney
When Walter Rodney was assassinated in 1980 at the young age of 38, he had already accomplished what few scholars achieve during careers that extend
Remembering Walter Rodney: A pre-eminent pan-Africanist and Marxist revolutionary
Walter Rodney was a prominent pan-Africanist Marxist revolutionary, pioneering scholar, working class militant and revolutionary from Guyana who was
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As Parramore District launches, director pinpoints first area of focus
Main Street organizations typically have a literal “main” street. In the Mills 50 District, it’s Mills Avenue. For the College Park Main Street
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The first Black Marine Corps aviator was the Corps’ first Black general
When Frank E. Petersen, Jr. retired from the Marine Corps in 1988, he was not only the senior ranking aviator in the Marines and the Navy, he’d
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Little Leaders Bold Women in Black History
Little Leaders Bold Women in Black HistoryVashti Harrison 2017Charlotte picked this one up at her elementary school's annual book fair. We enjoyed