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Rumor Says Black People Couldn't Buy Vanilla Ice Cream Under Jim Crow. Here's the Truth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoBettmann/Getty Images A viral claim has made its way from literary and oral retellings to the...
Negro-League Players Don’t Belong in the MLB Record Books
The Atlantic· 4 days agoWhat makes the achievement particularly unusual is that Gibson has been dead since 1947. Gibson’s...
SF Giants’ game in Alabama will be a tribute to Willie Mays, Negro Leagues history, much more
San Jose Mercury News· 2 days agoThe Rickwood Field game on Thursday between the Giants and St. Louis Cardinals is so big that a trio...
'This Whole Idea Makes My Teeth Itch': Morgan Freeman Doubles Down on Why He Hates Black History...
Atlanta Black Star· 1 day agoAcademy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman, who was born amidst the harsh realities of Jim Crow laws in Memphis, Tennessee, during the 1930s, recently shared ...
Historically Black Coconut Grove in Miami nurtured young athletes. Now that legacy is under threat
theGrio via AOL· 22 hours agoNichelle Haymore’s family hopes to preserve some of the old neighborhood by reopening the Ace...
'Satchel' recalls the iconic pitcher who helped integrate Major League Baseball
NPR· 3 days agoThe actual title of the school, to me, said a lot about what was going on behind its walls. It was called the Alabama Reform School for Juvenile Negro Law-Breakers, and the ...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoKnown as Juneteenth in Texas, Emancipation Days symbolized America’s attempt to free the enslaved...
Phoenix has way too many Juneteenth events. That's a problem
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFewer, but bigger, events would be better Jasper, himself, is an example of the value of centralizing efforts. His digital brand is more or less a Phoenix Green Book. (The Negro< ...
If Memorial Hall could talk ...
The Joplin Globe· 6 days agoIf Memorial Hall could talk, what stories would the century-old building tell? "This building was constructed by the citizens of the city of Joplin as a...
VR experience featuring African Americans and Route 66
WMBD - FOX 43 Peoria· 5 days agoBLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — Virtual reality, Route 66 and Black history are coming together.It’s a...
