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A century ago, W.E.B. Du Bois published a short-lived magazine for Black families. Now it has been...
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoW.E.B. Du Bois published the The Brownies’ Book for Black kids in the 1920s. Now, Karida L. Brown...
A Black history primer on African Americans' fight for equality – 5 essential reads
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Barack Obama presents NBA champion and human rights advocate Bill Russell the Medal of...
11 Notable Artists from the Harlem Renaissance and Their Enduring Works
Biography via Yahoo News· 8 months ago11 Notable Artists from the Harlem RenaissanceGetty Images The Harlem Renaissance, spanning the late...
16 Lesser-Known Quotes From Influential Civil Rights Leaders
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFrom left: Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis. At a time when...
This HBCU gymnast has made history — twice. Here's how
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoA summer day in 2012 changed gymnast Naimah Muhammad’s life. Like countless others across the...
On this day in history, May 23, 1900, Sgt. William H. Carney receives Medal of Honor
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 week agoOn this day in history, Sgt. William Carney received the Congressional Medal of Honor — the first...
Target Pulls Black History Month Item from Shelves for Misidentifying 3 Civil Rights Icons
People via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe magnet book incorrectly labels W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington and Carter G. Woodson Alex...
Cornel West taps BLM organizer Melina Abdullah as VP pick for historic all-Black ticket
theGrio via AOL· 2 months agoThe vice presidential selection of Abdullah marks the first all-Black presidential ticket in U.S....
How the Black aristocracy of the Gilded Age ushered in a new era of education and freedom
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 7 months agoW. E. B. Du Bois with the Fisk University class of 1888.Digital Collections, The New York Public...
William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist, scholar and friend of Malcolm X, has died
theGrio via AOL· 1 month agoAmilcar Shabazz, a professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at University of Massachusetts, said Strickland followed […] The post William Strickland, a longtime civil ...