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Opinion: Black History Month is a century-old relic — one we still desperately need
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Reagan unveils a postage stamp of scholar Carter G. Woodson in observance of Black history...
'We're not leaving': How Wendell Smith, Sam Lacy and Black press pushed to integrate MLB during...
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoIn February for Black History Month, USA TODAY Sports is publishing the series "28 Black Stories in...
80-year-old segregation wall finally comes down in Baltimore
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor more than 80 years, Morgan State University students walking down Hillen Road near the school’s...
The story behind 'Star Trek' actress Nichelle Nichols' iconic interracial kiss
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe kiss aired one year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned laws banning interracial marriage....
Some in GOP See 'Woke' Rhetoric as Lazy. Then There's Ron DeSantis
Time via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks with attendees during an Iowa GOP reception on May 13, 2023 in...
A century ago, W.E.B. Du Bois published a short-lived magazine for Black families. Now it has been...
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoW.E.B. Du Bois published the The Brownies’ Book for Black kids in the 1920s. Now, Karida L. Brown...
Morgan State tears down ‘symbol of hate,’ the ‘spite wall’
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhite Baltimore residents reportedly formed a coalition to build the massive red brick wall in the...
Ella Fitzgerald never stopped moving. That's how the jazz singer became an icon
LA Times via Yahoo News· 5 months ago'Becoming Ella Fitzgerald,' by Judith Tick, is the first full biography of the multifaceted singer...
The history of 'coming out,' from secret gay code to popular political protest
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoProtesters in Manchester, U.K., 1988. Reid/Mirrorpix via Getty ImagesYou probably know what it means...
New exploration of a mental institution paints a dark picture of Jim Crow oppression
NBC News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn Antonia Hylton’s first book, she shares the story of Crownsville Hospital, a mental health...