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Jalen Rose, Wendell Anthony named grand marshals of America's Thanksgiving Parade
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo Detroit icons, Jalen Rose and the Rev. Wendell Anthony, will serve as grand marshals of...
New director named for Museum of Mississippi History and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMichael Morris is the new director of the the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi...
Women of Color Will Face More Criminalized Pregnancies in Post-‘Roe’ America
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn May 15, 1999, Regina McKnight gave birth to a stillborn five-pound baby girl at Conway Medical...
Everything’s Political, Including Your Voice
Capital B via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoWelcome back to Everything’s Political, Capital B’s news, culture, and politics newsletter! Every Thursday, I’ll take a look at recent stories that seem...
Jackson State University has had 7 presidents since 2010. Here is a look at them
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSince 2010, Jackson State University has had seven presidents, counting those who served in an...
Medgar Evers receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, country’s highest civilian honor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAt her husband’s funeral in 1963, Myrlie Evers heard NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins declare,...
Ayanna Pressley on Introducing Bill to Advance Trans Rights
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 1 year agoU.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts introduced a bill on Transgender Day of Visibility Friday...
What would Martin Luther King, Jr. think of America 56 years after his assassination?
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 month ago“All of the healers have been killed or betrayed.” – Gil Scott-Heron, “Winter in America” By 1968,...
Why study Black history? Because it is American history
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCarter G. Woodson (1) is considered the Father of Black History. One of his primary purposes for...
When You Vote, Remember the Stolen Lives
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWeeks before the current cycle of mid-term elections decide the direction of our nation, people of prejudice have flooded Black, brown, and low-income...
