African Americans
Today in labor history: black farmer union leader murdered by sheriff’s posse
July 15, 2015He was murdered by a heavily armed white mob organized by the sheriff.
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Today in African-American history: Mary McLeod Bethune born in 1875
July 10, 2015She organized African American women in the South to vote despite the Jim Crow poll tax and other racist restrictions.
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Misty Copeland named first black female principal dancer at ABT
July 1, 2015Ms. Copeland, the dancer who has become a forceful voice for diversity in ballet, was named a principal dancer on Tuesday.
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Confederate flag, like the swastika, has no place in our future
June 29, 2015What is behind "Stars and Bars," Calhoun Streets and Robert E. Lee statues-lynchings and mass incarceration, police bullying and murder of African Americans.
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What It Means to Become ‘BiRachel’
June 29, 2015While there is nothing essentially wrong with adopting another culture, Dolezal's deception presents some real social dangers that affect African-American communities.
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