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Dream Defenders Co-Executive Director Nailah Summers-Polite Talks Her Unique Journey To Activism
Black America Web· 5 days agoNailah Summers-Polite, the co-Executive Director at Dream Defenders, explained that her unique...
First African Baptist Church to commemorate 60 years since 'Bloody Tuesday'
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFirst African Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa will host a day of events on June 9 to commemorate the...
Drama of activist's life never fully unfolds in 'Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution'
Chicago Sun-Times· 19 hours agoThe new play “Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution,” receiving its world premiere at the Court...
Bill to rename Marion post office for Albert Turner, Sr. passes U.S. House - WAKA 8
WAKA Action 8· 21 hours agoA bill to rename the post office in Marion in memory of civil rights leader Albert Turner, Sr. has...
55 Years Ago: Star Trek Final Episode Airs, Relationship with NASA Endures - NASA
NASA· 2 hours agoThe voyages of the Starship Enterprise came to a sudden and premature end on June 3, 1969, with the...
Seitu Jones honors Red Wing's Black history - MinnPost
MinnPost· 3 hours agoIt’s hard to imagine that there was a business going by such a modern and righteous sounding name in...
Native American artists edge ever closer to the million-dollar mark
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 12 hours agoAt the major international Contemporary Art sales in New York last month, I thought I noticed a new...
Black Celebs We Lost in 2024
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAs we make our way through 2024, there is no shortage of fallen Black celebrities. From controversial figures to inspiring athletes and esteemed actors...
The fight over Jackie Robinson
Washington Post· 4 hours agoRachel Robinson couldn’t give her blessing at first. At that point, it had been nearly 50 years since her husband, Jackie Robinson, died and more than 70...
Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie are unsung heroes of the civil rights
NPR· 6 days agoMICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: The lions of the civil rights movement are well known - Martin Luther King, John Lewis, Rosa Parks, for example. But a new book wants us to consider a few other names ...
