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Black Protest Meetings in Philadelphia: A Legacy of Action

October 15, 2025 0 68

Black protest meetings in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Black agenda 2025 are rooted in African American civil...

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Michelle Obama Drops A Truth Bomb And Obliterates Trump

August 18, 2020 0 33

Former First Lady Michelle Obama closed out night one of the Democratic convention that destroyed Trump with...

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Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza Says Joe Biden Is ‘Far Away’ From Changes Democratic Voters Want

September 7, 2025 0 46

As protests against racial injustice spread across the country after Floyd’s death on May 25, presumptive Democratic...

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‘A Slap in the Face.’ Black Tulsa Leaders Decry Trump Campaign Rally on Juneteenth

September 7, 2025 0 66

(OKLAHOMA CITY) — Black community and political leaders called on President Donald Trump to at least change...

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‘A War of Words.’ Why Describing the George Floyd Protests As ‘Riots’ Is So Loaded

September 7, 2025 0 42

As unrest has continued day after day and in town after town in the wake of George...

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The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day

May 30, 2020 0 42

Nowadays, Memorial Day honors veterans of all wars, but its roots are in America’s deadliest conflict, the...

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Looking for Frederick Douglass in Savannah

December 31, 2019 0 47

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Frederick Douglass passed through this elegant Southern city only once, for the briefest of...

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Letter to the Editor: Historians Critique The 1619 Project, and We Respond – The New York Times

December 22, 2019 0 45

Five historians wrote to us with their reservations. Our editor in chief replies.Published Dec. 20, 2019Updated Dec....

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The True Story of Harriet Tubman Shows That Sometimes Running Is as Brave as Fighting

November 14, 2019 0 51

In the early morning hours of Aug. 28, 1955, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam arrived at the...

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Raise $12 Million by 2020 for Black Candidates

October 11, 2019 0 46

Black candidates received a significant boost in the 2018 midterm elections due to the strategy of the...

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