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‘Road to Rickwood’: Church Pews and Bleachers
Birmingham News· 1 hour agoRoy Wood Jr., the host of the series, continues to speak with surviving players from the Birmingham Black Barons about the soaring highs and painful lows...
Alabama’s 5 best barbecue cities
Birmingham News· 1 day agoThe Queen City of Alabama’s Black Belt has a lot going on these days – the 2024 winner of “The Voice”; a really cool, chef-driven lunch series; and, of...
The hollow malevolence of Jefferson Davis
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 1 day agoEven Jim Crow Alabama couldn’t muster any enthusiasm for Jefferson Davis. When an Alabama House representative filed a bill in 1900 to make his birthday...
...Black Women Quilters Are Symbolizing Family Legacies, Stepping Out Of The History Books And Into...
Blavity via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe quilts, initially created for comfort and warmth, have become a symbol of Black survival and ...
When Did We Become Disillusioned With Desegregation? (Opinion)
Education Week· 5 days ago“What I fear as I see civil-rights groups gearing up for the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education...equivalent of an annual ...
White Canadian writer self-publishes book on race after traveling US in ‘Afro wig and Mocha shade...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 days agoForster said he was carrying on a tradition born in the fight for civil rights (Supplied) Prominent...
Cote: MLB finally adding Josh Gibson & Negro Leagues ‘an historic moment’ too long in coming |...
Miami Herald via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoMLB finally including records from the Negro Leagues into its all-time records makes Josh Gibson the...
In search of the Beloved Community: Remembering Congressman John Lewis
WUSF 89.7· 7 days agoCongressman John Lewis spent a lifetime fighting for equality. When the Georgia representative died in 2020, aged 80, America had changed profoundly from when Lewis fought for desegregation ...
Marian Shields Robinson, mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, dies at 86
theGrio· 4 days agoMarian Shields Robinson, mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, was a major pillar during...
Exclusive: Texas Seeks to Inject Bible Stories into Elementary School Reading
The 74 via Yahoo News· 6 days agoTexas elementary school students would get a significant dose of Bible knowledge with their reading...
