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Muhammad Ali wouldn’t go to war for a country that didn’t value black lives
Muhammad Ali wouldn’t go to war for a country that didn’t value black lives
With this act of defiance, Ali was stripped of his title, his passport, and the right to fight in the U.S.
Nina Renata Aron
Apr 27, 2018
A white mob wiped this all-black Florida town off the map. 60 years later their story was finally…
Heather Tirado Gilligan
How the NAACP fought lynching… with pictures of a man being lynched
Andrew Belonsky
It’s been 50 years since Hendrix’s ‘Electric Ladyland’ blew our minds
Martin Johnson
The first black-owned record label in the U.S. wanted to “uplift” black people through music
Ashawnta Jackson
In the 1970s, comedy fans found the dirty truth in the grooves of Laff Records
Donnell Alexander
He showed up to photography school before he owned a camera; now his work can be seen in galleries
Brendan Seibel
Brought to Mexico in chains, Gaspar Yanga and his followers staged a bloody rebellion
Brought to Mexico in chains, Gaspar Yanga and his followers staged ...
His story is as dramatic as Nat Turner’s, but where’s the recognition?
Donnell Alexander
Feb 7, 2018
After the Anita Hill hearings, dialogue around black sexual harassment was dominated by wealthy…
After the Anita Hill hearings, dialogue around black sexual harassm...
Black feminists had to literally buy their way into the conversation
Laura Smith
Feb 6, 2018
She was a maid at 9, wrote a hit song at 11 — and won a Grammy at 93
She was a maid at 9, wrote a hit song at 11 — and won a Grammy at 93
Elizabeth Cotten was never famous, and almost slipped into total obscurity
Nina Renata Aron
Feb 6, 2018
When cops raided a hip 1970s London cafe, Britain’s Black Power movement rose up
When cops raided a hip 1970s London cafe, Britain’s Black Power mov...
The Mangrove Nine fought the law — and the law did not win
Pete Brook
Feb 4, 2018
It’s been nearly 40 years since Bad Brains shattered stereotypes about punk rock — and black music
It’s been nearly 40 years since Bad Brains shattered stereotypes ab...
“‘Damn, that’s some consciousness in this music.’”
Nina Renata Aron
Jan 31, 2018
Mississippi Spying: These photos show the government’s conspiracy against integration in the South
Mississippi Spying: These photos show the government’s conspiracy a...
Sweeping domestic surveillance and collusion with terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan
Rian Dundon
Jan 31, 2018
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