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Pat Summitt, 64: Gender pioneer
June 28, 2016Summitt, if you don't know, was the legendary and beloved women's basketball coach at the University of Tennessee.
Read moreThis week in LGBTQ history: UN issues Free & Equal stamps
June 27, 2016In February of this year, the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) issued a set of six stamps promoting the UN Free & Equal campaign.
Read moreDecades later, Mississippi is still burning
June 27, 2016In 1964, the brutal slayings of three civil rights workers rocked the country. Their deaths cast a spotlight on horrifice violence and injustice.
Read moreBaptists, citing another tradition in the South, denounce Confederate flag
June 23, 2016Two recent, very different, actions illustrate that although those in power have tried to repress it, the tradition of fighting racism in the South runs as deep as the racism itself.
Read moreToday in history: Juneteenth celebrates 1865 freedom for slaves
June 17, 2016This still popularly observed African American celebration honors the day when slaves in Texas heard they had been freed.
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