African Americans
Former Marine kills 3 Baton Rouge officers, wounds 3 others
July 18, 2016A former Marine from Kansas City was identified as the shooter. He was killed at the scene.
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Alton Sterling, Black father of five, killed for selling CDs
July 7, 2016Alton Sterling, 37, joins the seemingly endless list of Black people slain by cops and mourned by their neighbors, families and friends.
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In “The Marvin Gaye Story,” sexual healing is the political
July 7, 2016The music gives us this clarity about who we are, how we can be, the world we can achieve.
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Anti-slavery classic revived for the stage as “Tom”
June 23, 2016A nineteenth-century American classic, re-imagined for the stage as a tale of racial injustice.
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The labor movement won’t survive if it doesn’t help Black women to thrive
June 21, 2016Black women and girls are the future of labor, but they can't become leaders unless the unions have their backs.
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