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Separate water fountains for Black people still stand in the South – thinly veiled monuments to the...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn this 1938 image, a Black boy uses a fountain marked 'colored' at a North Carolina county...
Advocates say Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ+ rights could rollback Black freedoms
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBlack leaders tell theGrio that the court’s decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis could have...
'I was considered less than' Black 81-year-old remembers 1960 DeLand lunch counter sit-in
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoDELAND — When Joyce Cusack was growing up in west Volusia County, Black and white babies were born...
In honor of Black History Month, 10Best tours two campuses at the heart of school desegregation
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThey were just trying to go to school. But when nine Black students attempted to enter the all-white Little Rock Central High School on Sept. 4, 1957, they were turned away by the Arkansas National ...
‘He saw the best in me’: How a Hilton Head principal influenced the South’s ugly history
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIsaac W. Wilborn Jr. was asked to carry the sins of the Deep South on his small shoulders. He was...
Pickett, one of Lakeland's first Black police officers, later forensic expert, dies at 95
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNearly 70 years ago, Edgar T. Pickett Jr. achieved history when he and three other men became the...
From separate hotels to cemeteries, striking historical photos show what segregation looked like in...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfrican American men wearing tuxedos carry a coffin and a "Here Lies Jim Crow" sign down the middle...
Gerth: Is Louisville's Chickasaw park a symbol of pride or a sign of a racist society?
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 9 months agoChickasaw Park is a curious place. It started out as a symbol of Jim Crow — built so Black people...
Fort Valley State football to play on national TV in Red Tails Classic. How to watch
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFor the third consecutive year, Fort Valley State University’s football team will suit up in the Red...
Kelela Ends Five-Year Hiatus With New Single, “Washed Away”
VIBE via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKelela has officially returned to the music scene after a lengthy hiatus. The elusive songbird has...