By Siphiwe Sibeko, Reuters ADIDWAN, Ghana (Reuters) – Nana Assenso stands at the grave of his uncle, remembering the man he loved but also a past that has haunted his family for generations. His uncle was called Kwame Badu, a name that has been passed on through the family in remembrance of an ancestor with that […]
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City erects its first statue of an African American girl in South Philly | Curbed: Philadelphia
Anna Merriman, Curbed: Philadelphia Smith Playground Summer Camp participants, and Boys and Girls Club members take the first photos in from of the “MVP” Ora Washington statue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY). Featured Image [dropcap]Philly’s[/dropcap] first-ever statue of a freestanding African American girl was unveiled this week in West Passyunk’s Smith Playground. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The statue, which is […]
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The Thibodaux Massacre Left 60 African-Americans Dead and Spelled the End of Unionized Farm Labor in the South for Decades | Smithsonian.com
In 1887, African-American cane workers in Louisiana attempted to organize—and many paid with their lives.
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Secrets of 1946 Mass Lynching Could Be Revealed After Court Ruling | The New York Times
Matt Stevens, The New York Times Leah Chase (left) and Jessica B. Harris at Dooky Chase’s in 2018. PHOTO: CEDRIC ANGELES. Featured Image [dropcap]On[/dropcap] July 25, 1946, two black couples were riding in a car in Walton County, Ga., when they were mobbed by a group of white men. They were dragged from the car […]
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Jim Crow’s Last Stand | The Atlantic
The legacy of Jim Crow continues to loom large in the United States. But nowhere is it arguably more evident than in Louisiana. In 1898, a constitutional convention successfully codified a slew of Jim Crow laws in a flagrant effort to disenfranchise black voters and otherwise infringe on their rights. “Our mission was to establish […]
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Ed Dwight Was Set to Be the First Black Astronaut. Here’s Why That Never Happened. | The New York Times
For a brief moment, the civil rights movement and the space race came together.
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‘Harriet’ Trailer: Cynthia Erivo Fights For Freedom as Harriet Tubman in Oscar Hopeful | IndieWire
“Eve’s Bayou” director Kasi Lemmons is behind the camera for this biographical drama about the abolitionist icon.
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Girl, 12, Describes Killing Of a Black Panther Here | The New York Times
— Max H. Seigel, The New York Times About the ArchiveThis is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors […]
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Sister Cities: The Connection between Charleston and Freetown, Sierra Leone | South Carolina Public Radio
By Victoria Hansen, South Carolina Public Radio Dressed in a brightly colored, patterned dress and wearing stylishly large, black rimmed glasses, 51 year-old Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr flashes the most fantastic smile. The mayor of Freetown, Seirra Leone in West Africa has travelled more than 4,000 miles to visit Charleston and South Carolina’s Sea Islands. She must […]
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Black People’s Land Was Stolen | The New York Times
Any discussion of reparations must include how this happened, who did it, and the laws, policies and practices that allowed it.
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