Black History
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America is facing a reckoning over race, but we’ve seen this before
Our history shows African Americans make gains, but are stopped short of full equality
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Five years ago, ‘Hamilton’ turned a revolution into a revelation — what now?
As Black Lives Matter protesters fill the streets, a show that portrays the Founding Fathers as Black and brown men gets its first national broadcast
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Like the original Juneteenth celebrants, we are still fighting for black humanity
Juneteenth was a way for black people to honor the dawn of freedom while claiming their right to public space and participation in the American body
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Revisiting a stirring sermon: ‘You Don’t Kick a Man When He’s Down’
Rev. Johnny Ray Youngblood preached on the Sunday after police officers were acquitted of beating Rodney King and riots erupted in Los Angeles
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Why we can’t stop thinking about George Floyd’s neck
Physically and historically, it is the point of subjugation and control
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Why a viral meme of Martin Luther King Jr. is disrespectful
The meme is an example of how a man who stood for so much is still so grossly misappropriated
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During World War II, the black press campaigned for a double victory – over tyranny abroad and segregation at home
A new book looks at how the Navy was forced to commission its first black officers
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A blessing and a curse: The rich history behind ‘Black Twitter’
From Black Voices to MySpace to Instagram, black creativity has defined social media from the start
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In 1918 and 2020, race colors America’s response to epidemics
A look at how Jim Crow affected the treatment of African Americans fighting the Spanish flu