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Bobby Mitchell, first Black player for Washington, dies at 84
April 6, 2020Mitchell split his career with the Cleveland Browns and Washington and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
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If government asks for a COVID-19 war economy, let’s do it right
April 3, 2020What are some lessons for today from World War II? Look to FDR.
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Raphael, Italian painter and architect, High Renaissance harbinger of modernity
April 3, 2020The great Italian painter and architect, Raphael, died 500 years ago, on April 6, 1520.
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A century ago, sports rises from ravages of war and disease
April 1, 2020The world in 1919 was hardly a place for fun and games.
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Gerald Horne’s new book ‘White Supremacy Confronted’ relates apartheid to Jim Crow
March 26, 2020The scale of "White Supremacy Confronted," though focused on the U.S. and South Africa, is global.
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