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Federal judges throw out Louisiana congressional map with second Black District
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoLouisiana, which has six congressional districts, has not had more than one Black representative...
Warrington Cemetery has been lost to time more than once, but community won't let it go
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe cemetery started off as Big Bayou Cemetery, a Reconstruction-era cemetery for Black residents...
Myth of 'superhuman strength' in Black people persists in deadly encounters with police
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 days agoDeputy Steven Mills of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office was on patrol one night in 2013 when he...
Eatonville dubbed one of country’s most endangered historical sites
Orlando Sentinel· 11 hours agoA nationally prominent preservation group named Eatonville one of the country’s most endangered...
National Trust for Historic Preservation names Eatonville an endangered site
Southern Poverty Law Center· 1 day agoFueled by the urgent need to safeguard a threatened centerpiece of American history, the National...
The formerly enslaved lawmaker who warned about rewriting Black history
Washington Post· 5 days agoA century before today’s fights on book bans and history curriculums, pioneering Black lawmaker John...
J. Gary Cooper, Military and Governmental Trailblazer from Alabama, Dead at 87
Military.com· 2 days agoA visitation service will be held Wednesday for the late J. Gary Cooper, a Mobilian who became the...
Upstate NY native starring in new PBS travel show about hidden gems, history
The Post-Standard· 6 days agoThe book is filled with beautiful engravings and tales of magical places across Reconstruction-era...
A cultural history of female pleasure from MIT Press; Mass Poetry’s first teen spoken word festival;...
The Boston Globe· 7 days ago“What does a cultural history of expressive genital female juices look like?” asks Stephanie Haerdle...
Highway marker, exhibit to honor victims of incarcerated labor
Smoky Mountain News· 1 day ago“This story really needed to be told and brought to the community,” said Danielle Duffy, graduate...