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From the Antebellum South to the Civil Rights Movement, Black American Women Have Long Told Their Stories Through Quilts
In a new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, over 30 works showcase the significance of this ...
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‘Spell Freedom’ celebrates unsung educators behind the Civil Rights Movement
When the Supreme Court announced the landmark ruling of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education in 1954, putting an end to state-sanctioned segregation of public schools, Septima Clark, the widowed ...
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Retired judge recognized for murder trial leans into civil rights past
Retired Judge Clifton Newman reflects on his family's legacy of fighting for civil rights while the nation faces uncertainty ...
'Eyes on the Prize III' expands a classic with lessons on the civil rights fights of recent decades
Without frills, important HBO documentary series looks back at 1970s arson in the Bronx, the Million Man March of 1995 and ...
Civil rights icon Willa Cofield hosts book signing for new memoir
On Saturday, Cofield, 96, hosted a book signing at Plainfield Library for her new memoir, “The Nine O’Clock Whistle,” before ...
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Historic Black churches receive $8.5 million in preservation grants
The trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund has raised more than $150 million to preserve historic African ...
NC’s first Black physician also blazed trails as businessman, candidate for Raleigh mayor
Dr. Manassa Thomas Pope became a trailblazer in North Carolina: he was the first Black physician in the state. He also was a ...
The Cornell Daily Sun5h
‘Expression of Defiance’: Ed Whitfield ’70 Reflects on His Participation in 1969 Straight Hall Takeover
Ed Whitfield ’70, leader of the Cornell Afro-American Society — which is now Cornell Black Students United — helped organize the 36-hour occupation of Willard Straight Hall to protest racial injustice ...
How California schools, colleges are responding to Trump’s DEI crackdown
Amid President Trump’s attack on DEI, California schools and colleges aim to keep diversity efforts intact while skirting ...
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Killing Me Softly With His Song singer Roberta Flack dies aged 88
Grammy-winning US singer Roberta Flack has died aged 88, her publicist has confirmed. She was known for songs including The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, originally by Ewan MacColl, and Killing Me ...
'It's a memory of the culture' | Neighbors celebrate Black History Month
Neighbors held gatherings large and small, some filled with song, for others reflection on the last weekend of February.
Confusion, anger grows as Trump-Musk deadline passes for federal workers to justify their jobs or be fired
Everyone is very aware that this is a provocation aimed at demoralizing us,” one federal worker told the WSWS. “We won't let ...