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Rumor Says Black People Couldn't Buy Vanilla Ice Cream Under Jim Crow. Here's the Truth
Snopes· 5 days agoA viral claim has made its way from literary and oral retellings to the internet: that Black people...
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The Root· 4 days agoBlack News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
Beauford Delaney's estate auctioning off some of Knoxville artist's works to benefit dance studio
WBIR-TV Knoxville· 1 day agoBeauford Delaney is a revered artist for his modernist paintings during the mid-20th century....
Meshell Ndegeocello: Tiny Desk Concert
WUNC Chapel Hill· 4 days agoThe Grammy-winning artist brings powerful cuts from her forthcoming album, No Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, as well as fan favorites, to this performance.
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The Root· 4 days agoBlack News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
THE PEOPLE VS. LENNY BRUCE Comes to the Garry Marshall Theatre in July
Broadway World· 2 days agoThe People vs. Lenny Bruce is the third segment of "All The Court's A Stage," a series of plays that...
Black queer authors to add to your reading list this Juneteenth and Pride Month
WBUR Boston· 3 days agoOn this Juneteenth — which also falls during Pride month, Traci Thomas of "The Stacks" podcast...
Why the Nordic Countries Emerged as a Haven for 20th-Century African American Expatriates
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoIn November 1953, Ebony magazine published an essay by African American singer Anne Brown, who wrote about her life in Norway after relocating from the United States. The change was first set ...
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The Root· 4 days agoBlack News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
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The Root· 4 days ago*Sigh* It’s Valentine’s Day again. This can be a good thing, though, considering Valentine’s Day falls directly in the middle of Black History Month and celebrating Black love is of the utmost ...