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A new documentary tells the story of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer in her own words
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 5 days agoFannie Lou Hamer started as a sharecropper but would go on to become one of the most passionate...
White Snake Projects to Premiere IS THIS AMERICA? Opera in September
Broadway World· 24 hours agoCeWhite Snake Projects will present the world premiere of Is This America? This new 90-minute...
How a garden shed has become a lifeline, bringing this Milwaukee neighborhood together
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoOn a vacant lot in the 2600 block of North 34th Street stands a 10-foot-by-10-foot, brightly...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 5 hours agoLegislative Conference in Washington, D.C. The brilliant Avis Jones-DeWeever made it clear that 53 years after Mississippi freedom fighter Fannie Lou < ...
A Sweeping History of the Black Working Class
The Nation· 7 days agoThe famous “I Have a Dream” speech, arguably the best-known public statement by Martin Luther King Jr., was given at the 1963 March on Washington for...
Black Liberation and Palestinian Liberation are Interconnected
The Nation· 2 days agoFrom Detroit to Cleveland to Gaza, and everywhere in between, we must fight for a world built on...
Juneteenth events in Helena
KTVH· 2 days agoJuneteenth, or June 19, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Newly freed Black people celebrated and started an annual tradition of Juneteenth commemorations with music, barbecues ...
Pittsburgh CLO Announces Casting for THE COLOR PURPLE Beginning This Month At The Benedum Center
Broadway World· 6 days agoPittsburgh CLO has announced the full cast and creative team for THE COLOR PURPLE, running June 25 -...
A D-Day prayer, Ken Burns’ jolting words and ‘the unfinished work of freedom’ | Opinion
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIt is our duty, our obligation — whether or not we wish it so. Perhaps, we can hope, ours may not be...
Opinion: Voting is nothing less than the rejection of injustice
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 7 days agoRecently I was asked to speak to students at my alma mater, University City High School about the...
