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How the Black aristocracy of the Gilded Age ushered in a new era of education and freedom
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 months agoW. E. B. Du Bois with the Fisk University class of 1888.Digital Collections, The New York Public...
William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist, scholar and friend of Malcolm X, has died
theGrio via AOL· 1 month agoAmilcar Shabazz, a professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at University of Massachusetts, said Strickland followed […] The post William Strickland, a longtime civil ...
120 Inspiring Black History Month Quotes
Parade via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses a crowd in Jan. 1965. February is Black History Month and we've rounded up 120 inspiring Black History Month quotes...
Doja Cat Wore Eyelashes As A Beard And Goatee To Paris Fashion Week, And The Tweets Are So Chaotic
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIf there's one thing we know about Doja Cat, it's that she's gonna fully commit to a look. Pascal Le...
The life and times of Roy Wilkins, a St. Paul native who was a civil rights champion
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe tall, lean Minnesotan known for his steady, genteel demeanor collaborated with — and butted heads with — Martin Luther King Jr. and W.E.B. Du Bois, and he earned his share of friends and ...
'More than a building': JCPS breaks ground on future home for W.E.B. DuBois Academy
Gannett via AOL· 4 weeks agoNearly six years after opening W.E.B. DuBois Academy, leaders from Jefferson County Public Schools...
10 Celebrities Who Got Their Start on ‘The Mickey Mouse Club’
Biography via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe 10 Most Famous MousketeersAlamy As the Great Migration of African Americans made its way north,...
Appropriation or appreciation? How 'Elvis' highlights his complicated history with Black music
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhenever you hear the name "Elvis Presley," "Black music" trails closely behind. Baz Luhrmann's new...
Trailblazing Austin Judge Harriet Murphy, friend of MLK and Thurgood Marshall, has died
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJudge Harriet Mitchell Murphy, the first Black woman permanently appointed to a judgeship in Texas,...
Martin Luther King Jr. didn't live long enough to see how we've dismantled his legacy
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBy 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was flailing. King hadn’t had a major victory in years, and his...