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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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Meagan Day
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May 1, 2018
White workers in New Orleans opposed segregation — out of self-interest
When white union members saw…
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Bené Viera
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Apr 18, 2018
When a white conductor tried to manhandle Ida B. Wells, she took a bite out of his hand
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Brendan Seibel
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Apr 17, 2018
When the government refused to use slavery to recruit soldiers, the media had no qualms
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Bené Viera
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Apr 17, 2018
Without her, MLK’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech wouldn’t have mentioned dreams at all
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Bené Viera
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Apr 11, 2018
This black fighter pilot broke all kinds of records. He doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page
Meet Clarence D. Lester, the forgotten Tuskegee Airman from Chicago
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Apr 4, 2018
Newly released footage of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral procession
Over 100,000 people converged on Atlanta, Georgia to take part
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Heather Tirado Gilligan
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Apr 3, 2018
A white mob wiped this all-black Florida town off the map. 60 years later their story was finally told
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Andrew Belonsky
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Mar 5, 2018
How the NAACP fought lynching… with pictures of a man being lynched
Nothing was censored — and that…
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Brendan Seibel
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Feb 25, 2018
This photographer’s boss was racist, but that didn’t stop him from capturing the truth
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