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Review: ‘Stokely’ at Court Theatre is an unfinished story of a uncompromising radical
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe activist Stokely Carmichael played a major role in both the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement, something that could not said about either Martin Luther King Jr., or Malcolm ...
Mark Whitaker on the history of the Black power movement
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe author of "Saying It Loud: 1966-The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement"...
The hidden history of Black nationalist women’s political activism
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAmy Jacques Garvey with her husband, Marcus Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the...
Book excerpt: "Saying It Loud," on the Black Power movement
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJournalist Mark Whitaker's latest book explores the year 1966 as a turning point in the march for...
10 Inspiring Black History Speeches That Remain Culturally Relevant
Blavity via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBlack History Month’s observance was founded on the need to acknowledge the turmoil Black Americans...
Columbia University protests resemble those of 1968
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNYPD police officers remove and arrest pro-Palestine protesters who occupied the Hamilton Hall building the campus at Columbia University in New York...
Biden, Trump step up outreach to Black men
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 days agoPresident Biden and former President Trump are ramping up their messaging toward Black male voters, underscoring the political power the demographic will...
Aretha Franklin Was Tracked By the FBI for 40 Years. Here’s What’s In Her File
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrom 1967 to 2007, the Federal Bureau of Investigation methodically collected information about...
Dr. Charles Smith finds a home for arc of Black experience at Sheboygan's Art Preserve
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen Dr. Charles Smith sold hundreds of his works to the Kohler Foundation, the outspoken artist...
7 Inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Reads
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 5 months ago7 Inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr., Day ReadsMichael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Each January, schools and offices close so that we may honor Martin...