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Rickwood game: Reggie Jackson, on live TV, recalls his experiences with racism in Alabama
San Jose Mercury News· 16 hours agoThursday’s game between the Giants and Cardinals at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama was billed...
Students on the frontline: South Africa and the US share a history of protest against white...
Investing.com· 7 days agoEvery year on 16 June, South Africa commemorates the revolt of black school children against the...
Minneapolis residents celebrate Juneteenth with annual 'Soul of the Southside' festival
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFour years ago, this south Minneapolis neighborhood was the charred epicenter of Minnesota's racial...
J.D. Vance for Trump’s VP? Here are the pros and cons of the 8 candidates on his shortlist
Politico via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHe also lacks the polish of some other VP contenders, recently drawing a firestorm for saying that Black families were “together” during the Jim Crow era ...
After Willie Mays' death, Rickwood Field game takes on renewed significance
CBS News via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoWillie Mays began his professional baseball career with the Birmingham Black Barons, who barnstormed...
Kimball Shinkoskey: A shameful parade of political servility
The Sun Chronicle· 1 day agoAmerica has experienced some embarrassingly cultic, racist, and repressive moments over the past couple hundred years: The Mormon polygamy experiment in the 19th century; Ku Klux Klan and < ...
As Tyla States She’s ‘Never Denied Her Blackness,’ Please Stop Asking Her About It
Blavity via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoSouth African singer Tyla, one of the biggest, new global music acts of the moment, did an interview...
What Black history is taught in SC? Education department says it’s enough, others disagree
The State via Yahoo News· 7 days ago“Some have used this decision to promote a false narrative that South Carolina is avoiding the...
Alvin Pearsall played major role in Polk County high school basketball after integration
The Ledger via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoThe Jim Crow era was still very much a reality in the segregated South, with separate high schools...
Saying a final goodbye to Willie Mays, baseball’s ‘Say hey kid’
The Conversation via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoFrom the racism and poverty of the Jim Crow South, Willie Mays rose to the height of fame and...