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How My Mothers Shaped Me
Time via AOL· 3 days agoMama Lu taught me to consider the words I used before speaking; my thoughts muddled between English at school and Spanish at home. She shared her passion...
Dallas city leaders compromise on new housing development plan
KDFW via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCity leaders had originally proposed allowing multiplexes to be built in neighborhoods zoned for one...
A visit to ‘Giants’ offers reflections on Black art – and lives
The Christian Science Monitor· 6 days ago“Digging in the crates” is a phrase in hip-hop culture that describes how DJs would peruse music...
The Shield vs. The Wire | Black Writers Week | Roger Ebert
RogerEbert.com· 22 hours agoThis problem extends to something as seemingly minor as the names of gangster characters. In...
Breakdancing Will Make History at the Olympics—but It's Always Been Here
Harpers BAZAAR· 3 days agoVictor Montalvo was 17 when he headed off to his first international battle. The competition was at...
Philadelphia celebrates Juneteenth with parade and festival: "We've come a long way"
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 days ago"That is outstanding. We've come a long way," she said. From a parade to a festival, the celebration...
For Juneteenth, first Black U.S. astronaut recalls death threats — and lessons learned
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBobby Kennedy had handled everything." Now there was no one to intercede, if things got ugly. And in...
theGrio Plans Specials To Mark Juneteenth
Next TV via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe show look at some of the most influential figures in Black and American history. Among those featured are Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Little...
Spike Lee among National Civil Rights Museum's Freedom Award honorees
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSome of Lee's significant films include "Do the Right Thing" (1989), in which racial tensions in...
5 Facts About PURLIE VICTORIOUS
Broadway World· 2 days agoTony Award winner Leslie Odom, Jr. stars in Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch, Ossie Davis’s groundbreaking 1961 satire...
