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'No Kings But Us' explores music, history and civil rights from DJ Screw to John Lewis
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA cluster of figures — yellow line drawings etched on a black background — animate the massive...
When Southern Segregationists Gave Black Residents One-Way Bus Tickets North
Time via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA Greyhound bus used by Freedom Riders in 1961 Credit - Bettmann Archive/Getting Images In the...
Driver for 1961 Freedom Riders, Herbert Young, dies
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHerbert Young was 25 years old in 1961 when he made history busing Freedom Riders through Alabama’s capital city of […] The post Driver for 1961 Freedom...
How Jazz Became the Voice of Revolution
Time via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDuke Ellington (1899-1974) plays a piano during recording of the BBC television show 'Jazz 625' in London on 20th February 1964. Louis Armstrong performs...
Center for Domestic Preparedness hosts Black History Month program
The Anniston Star, Ala. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 22—The Center for Domestic Preparedness hosted a Black History Month celebration at its McClellan based facility Wednesday, and invited one of the last two living original Freedom Riders ...
‘American Fiction’ Filmmaker Cord Jefferson Talks to Robert Townsend, Who Went There First With...
GQ via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPhotographs: Getty Images, Everett Collection; Collage: Gabe Conte This story was featured in The...
How Racialized Policing Has Affected Multiple Generations of Our Family
Time via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCredit - Getty Images Our son, “Ben” (whose name we’ve kept private at his request) is just a kid—a...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Taste in Food Shows Us Who He Was
Food & Wine via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSunday suppers at home and simple meals in restaurants give insight into the man behind the...
Despite efforts to court their votes, Trump has a decades-long record of attacking Black men
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 week agoFormer U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his campaign rally at Crotona Park in the South...
16 women throughout history who famously fought for equality
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs a tribute, women covered women's suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony's tombstone with "I Voted"...