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Why Reggie Jackson's powerful remarks on racism still resonate today
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 21 hours agoIt was in the early ’90s in Los Angeles when Rodney King was brutally beaten by police officers on...
Do you complain about political parties? Why bringing back fusion voting makes sense
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoAll of that made 19th-century elections, for all their racism, sexism, and corruption, in some...
Why the Nordic Countries Emerged as a Haven for 20th-Century African American Expatriates
Smithsonian Magazine· 4 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 ...
How Willie Mays, and my first visit to the ballpark with my dad, changed my life | Opinion
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJr. Mays broke in with the New York Giants in 1951 and fewer than 20 Black men were in major league...
Baseball's Awkward Attempt at Making Amends for Its History of Segregation
Reason.com via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoCelebrating that history is overdue and welcome. So are other celebrations more broadly focused on...
Naomi Campbell and the black models who changed the face of fashion
BBC News· 2 days agoAs a new exhibition opens in London exploring the career of Naomi Campbell, Britain's first black...
What to Read to Understand How People Get Tricked
The Atlantic· 7 days agoNeurologists and psychologists have found that our predilection for trusting others—a trait that has helped us survive as a species—is a major reason con...
'Hard to love' Justin Timberlake talks DWI arrest at Chicago show: 'It's been a tough week'
Los Angeles Times· 2 days agoJustin Timberlake knows he’s “hard to love” sometimes but thanked his fans in the Windy City on...
New York’s First Black Librarians Changed the Way We Read
New York Times· 5 days agoHow the women who ran libraries during the Harlem Renaissance where they built collections and, just...
Married filmmakers release PBS documentaries on 'American Women Saints'
National Catholic Reporter· 2 days agoJerome Bongiorno and Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno make no bones about it: their Catholic faith is very...