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Jackie Robinson integrates baseball: Daily Worker archives 1947
April 16, 2018"The cheers for Robinson are saying something, something that will make it easier for Negro players to come, for the day when there’ll be no special pressure upon an American ballplayer whose skin happens to be...
Read more‘Considering Matthew Shepard’: Remembrance, honor, and gratitude in a new choral masterpiece
April 16, 2018One of the most shocking acts of anti-gay violence ever recorded in American history moved the nation to action.
Read moreNashville Indigenous community commemorates Dragging Canoe Day; honors Cherokee leader
April 11, 2018“To see the future, one needs only to look at the past.”
Read moreTaking a long look backward to explain a police killing in Sacramento
April 9, 2018A system of racial oppression and race hatred has prevailed throughout U.S. history. Its staying power calls for explanation. Historian Gerald Horne offers insights.
Read moreThis week in history: Fair housing becomes the law of the land
April 9, 2018The Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin or sex.
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