In 1949 in Groveland, Fla., four men—Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd, Charles Greenlee and Ernest Thomas—were wrongly convicted of raping 17-year-old Norma Padgett in Groveland. Three of the men were imprisoned and another was shot and killed by a group of white men. They became known as the Groveland Four.
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For the Henrietta Lacks Family, It’s a Matter of Who Gets to Tell Their Story – The Root
Who can tell your family’s story? That’s one of the key issues the book and now HBO film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, raises. It’s one that Henrietta Lacks’ son Lawrence and his son, Ron, have been asking for some time now.
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A History of Blackness in American Cinema at MoMA – Hyperallergic
The series Making Faces on Film gathers daring and singular films about being black in the United States, from 1913 to today.
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“I shall have him to dine as often as I please” – The time when Roosevelt invited African-American educator Booker T. Washington to a dinner at the White House – The Vintage News
Many African-Americans were invited to the White House before 1901, but none of them was invited to dine with the President until Theodore Roosevelt invited African-American educator Booker T. Washington to a dinner at the White House.
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Don Cheadle to Bring Story of First Black Millionaire on Wall Street to Theaters – Atlanta Black Star
The story of Wall Street’s first Black millionaire won’t be untold much longer as Don Cheadle is adapting the obscure tale for the big screen.
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Mystery and Melancholy Surround Death of Judge Found in the Hudson – The New York Times
The last time someone heard from Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam apparently was on Tuesday when she called her chambers in the Graybar Building in Manhattan to say she wasn’t well and would not be coming in.
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87-Year-Old Woman Sees ‘Slave Cabin’ in Which She Was Born at National African-American Museum – The Root
It was a cabin that housed people who were enslaved starting in 1853 on Edisto Island, S.C.
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A Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance in Maps, Manuscripts, and Art – Hyperallergic
Gather Out of Star-Dust at Yale University’s Beinecke Library is a building-wide exhibition of over 300 rare artifacts from the Harlem Renaissance.
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Black historian wins coveted Philadelphia Award – The Philadelphia Tribune
Long before Charles L. Blockson became a prominent historian, scholar and author, he was boy with a budding passion for the history of his people that could be found bound between the pages of books.
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Library of Congress Digitizes 19th-Century Photos of Black Women Activists – Hyperallergic
The Library of Congress recently digitized rare 19th-century photographs of African American women active in suffrage, civil rights, temperance, education, reform, and journalism.
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