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For The ‘Nickel Boys,’ Life Isn’t Worth 5 Cents | NPR

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019

Michael Schaub, NPR The long string of horrors that took place at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys wasn’t a secret, but it might as well have been. Former students of the Florida reform school had spoken out for years about the brutal beatings that they endured at the hands of sadistic employees, but […]

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The Forgotten All-Star Game That Helped Integrate Baseball | Deadspin

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019

Stephanie Liscio, Deadspin The 1939 East-West All-Star Game in Chicago. Photo: Getty. Featured Image When Cleveland celebrated its sixth time hosting MLB’s All-Star Game last week, it might have seemed an odd event to commemorate baseball’s integration. But when Jackie Robinson stepped onto the field in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform in April of 1947, becoming […]

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Swan Song | The American Scholar

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto

Ed Dwight, African American History, Black History, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue, WRIIT, Wriit,

Former Apollo trainee’s career took off in a different direction | The Washington Post

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019

Rick Snider, The Washington Post Ed Dwight was the first black trainee in the Apollo space program. He later became a sculptor. (Matthew Staver/For The Washington Post). Featured Image Ed Dwight never reached the moon as an astronaut, but his use of negative space in sculptures made him an international star. As NASA celebrates the […]

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The D.C. Race War of 1919 | The Washington Post Magazine

July 18, 2019July 18, 2019

And the forgotten story of one African American girl accused of murdering a police officer.

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Former Ebony publishing company is auctioning off its historic photo archive, containing more than 4 million photos, to pay its creditors | CNN

July 18, 2019July 18, 2019

Leah Asmelash and Brian Ries, CNN, CNN Author James Baldwin photographed leaving his home. (G. Marshall Wilson/Johnson Publishing Company). Featured Image CNN – Ebony and Jet magazines were once pinnacles of black American culture. Their photographs were windows into intimate moments of black celebrities, and they were known for their everyday depictions of middle class […]

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The Racist History of Tipping | Politico

July 18, 2019July 18, 2019

Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II, Politico An illustration of the interior of a Pullman dining car. | Library of Congress. Featured Image This week, the House of Representatives will have a chance to end a pernicious legacy of slavery. Lawmakers will vote on the Raise the Wage Act, which would boost the minimum wage […]

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Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Is Under Threat. This Campaign Aims to Save It | Smithsonian.com

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019

The National Trust is hoping to preserve the North Carolina house where Simone first learned to play piano

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Baton Rouge activist was killed by a tenant behind on his rent, police say | The Washington Post

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019

Hannah Knowles, The Washington Post Law enforcement officials including Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul, at lectern, announce the arrest of Ronn Jermaine Bell on Tuesday. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate/AP). Featured Image A man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Sadie Roberts-Joseph, the Baton Rouge activist whose body was found in a […]

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Sculptor Augusta Savage Said Her Legacy Was The Work Of Her Students | NPR

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019

Brigit Katz, NPR Augusta Savage was an artist, educator, activist and community leader. Her work is the focus of an exhibition at the New-York Historical Society, organized by the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens. She’s pictured above with her 1938 sculpture Realization. New-York Historical Society. Featured Image Sculptor Augusta Savage once said: “I was […]

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