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Ashawnta Jackson
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Jun 19, 2018
She was one of the first black women to host a television show
Then the House Un-American Activities Committee came for her
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Qiana Mestrich
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Jun 13, 2018
Towards a history of women of color in the workplace
Resurfacing snapshots from my mother’s work life
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Jun 8, 2018
Miss America 1968: When civil rights and feminist activists converged
Miss Black America was born to tell the country that black is beautiful
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Jun 6, 2018
White politicians were coercing African Americans to vote long before civil rights
They weren’t doing for the sake of a multiracial democracy
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Khanya Mtshali
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May 25, 2018
From
minstrel shows to hip hop,
response records transformed American music through irony and wit
Without response records, there would be no Jay Z v Nas, Biggie v Tupac, Nicki v Remy, or Roxanne Shanté v
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Khanya Mtshali
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May 17, 2018
This outfit defined an era, created a riot, and was banned by the government
The zoot suit was a…
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Bené Viera
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May 16, 2018
Belva Davis found no opportunities for black, female reporters. So she created her own.
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Heather Tirado Gilligan
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May 14, 2018
This Freedom Rider was shot at, attacked, and put on death row—all by 20 years old
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Khanya Mtshali
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May 10, 2018
The radical history of the headwrap
Born into slavery, then reclaimed by black women, the headwrap is…
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Ashawnta Jackson
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May 9, 2018
Black Omnibus was a thoughtful response to a segregated and unequal America. Too bad it didn’t last
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