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AFL-CIO endorses Juneteenth celebrations happening across the country today
June 19, 2020The nation’s largest labor federation issued a special statement today calling Juneteenth “a day of profound meaning to Black workers, as it should be to all workers.”
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If Black Lives Matter, must ‘Gone with the Wind’ be gone?
June 18, 2020Without a doubt, the four-hour Technicolor blockbuster about the antebellum South, Civil War and Reconstruction is problematic.
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Near Trump’s rally site, African American Tulsa lives with fiery legacy
June 17, 2020“Just imagine, in your mind, all these homes,” Shaw said, describing the black-built houses and churches that once covered dozens of blocks where he’s walking.
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‘Welcome home party’ for white supremacists—Trump picks Tulsa for comeback rally
June 12, 2020A Tulsa police officer said on Monday that, statistically, “we’re shooting African Americans about 24% less than we probably ought to be."
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Homage to Medgar Evers
June 12, 2020Medgar Wiley Evers was an American civil rights activist in Mississippi.
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