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How George Floyd’s Death Exposed a Fake Syndrome: ‘Excited Delirium’
Scientific American· 20 hours agoOn May 25, 2020, George Floyd was arrested for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill to buy...
Equal Justice Initiative dedicates monument to slavery survivors at Montgomery memorial park
Wisconsin Examiner via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPeople who visit the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama, will not only face the...
The Shield vs. The Wire | Black Writers Week | Roger Ebert
RogerEbert.com· 1 day agoThis problem extends to something as seemingly minor as the names of gangster characters. In...
The legacy of a last name: A new memorial park honors the last names of the formerly enslaved
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA new sculpture park that memorializes African Americans’ centuries-long fight for freedom – from...
Here is how Juneteenth came to be and why it's so important
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBlack people were disenfranchised, and many had to work as sharecroppers on the plantations where...
Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBlack music traditions such as jazz are central to celebrations of Juneteenth, says civil rights...
Martin Luther King Jr. on ‘The other America’
Minnesota Reformer via Yahoo News· 2 days agoEditor’s note: To commemorate Juneteenth, we share excerpts of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at Stanford University in April 1967. We hear...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 days agoThe Indiana Landmark’s Black Heritage Preservation Program and Indiana Remembrance Coalition worked together to add a new historical marker displaying the story of the lynching</ ...
Nearly 90% of House Republicans voted to restore a Confederate memorial at Arlington National...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 6 days ago"What tradition are extreme MAGA Republicans … upholding? What Confederate tradition are you...
The Internet Supercharged the Exploitation of Black Culture
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 7 days agoRussell’s story begins, however, long before the first dial-up connection. The first Black meme she...