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A Sweeping History of the Black Working Class
The Nation· 7 days agoThe famous “I Have a Dream” speech, arguably the best-known public statement by...and Freedom. King was not alone in highlighting the economic...
Gateway - Jalopnik
Jalopnik· 4 hours agoNot only was Belafonte a groundbreaking singer, at one point as famous in the U.S. as Elvis Presley, but he used his fame and money to support civil rights ...
22 Ida B. Wells Quotes About Injustice, Truth and Virtue
Parade via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBorn into slavery in Holly...indelible legacy. Here are some of her most powerful, famous and...
Mary Powell, who introduced Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King, Jr., finally gets a gravestone
GBH News· 5 hours agoAs the mid-morning light swept across St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury Tuesday, singer Lovely...
Who is Bessie Coleman? First Black woman to earn international pilot's license
Fox News· 3 days agoBessie Coleman was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license. Coleman, who earned...
5 Black History Landmarks in the U.S. You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
AFAR· 1 day agoThe D.C.-based tour guide set out to write 111 Places after feeling that not many African American stories were being told regularly, then finding a wealth of places related to Black ...
Irate GOP candidate throws volunteer under the bus for 'stupid' AI MLK endorsement
The Raw Story· 4 days agoA Republican primary candidate for a congressional seat in Michigan is coming under fire over a...
Jimmy Carter set a virtuous example as president. To today’s voters, that may not matter
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIs virtue overrated in politics? Historians address that question by comparing the legacies of two...
5 unsung films that dramatize America’s rich labor history
San Francisco Chronicle· 1 day agoIs a Hollywood drama about angry Starbucks baristas or frustrated Amazon warehouse workers far behind? Hollywood studios and independent producers have long depicted the collective efforts of ...
Germans -- Even During the Hitler Era -- Were a Better People Than the Palestinians |...
RealClearPolitics· 18 hours agoImmediately after the burnings, rapes, mutilations and murders of Jews on Oct. 7, I was not alone in...
