African American history

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Mag
  1/17/20
  

  In 1851, a Maryland Farmer Tried to Kidnap Free Blacks in Pennsylvania. He Wasn’t Expecting the Neighborhood to Fight Back

  by James Delle

  The archaeological excavation of an empty field yielded clues and reminders of an incredible uprising long buried from history.  

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  1/21/20
  

  Charlotta Bass for Vice-President: America’s Two-Parties and the Black Vote

  by Denise Lynn

  Bass, an influential political activist, ran for Vice-President on the Progressive Party ticket in 1948. Her campaign demonstrated some of the shifting loyalties of Black voters and the failure of both political parties to address the needs of the Black community.

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  1/17/20
  

  African Americans and Africa: A New Book about Black America’s Relationship with the Continent

   An interview with author Nemata Blyden about her latest book. 

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  1/20/20
  

  Martin Luther King Jr. on Making America Great Again

  by Justin Rose

  “I’d like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others…I want you to say that I tried to love and serve humanity.”

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• SOURCE: Time
  1/17/20
  

  Was Martin Luther King Jr. a Republican or a Democrat? The Answer Is Complicated

  by Olivia B. Waxman

  The civil-rights leader’s personal political party affiliation remains a mystery.

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• 1/19/20
  

  Four Speeches by Dr. King That Can Still Guide Us Today

  by Alan Singer

  Martin Luther King, Jr. challenged the war in Vietnam, U.S. imperialism, and laws that victimized working people and the poor, not just racial discrimination.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  1/8/20
  

  The Surprising History of McDonald’s and the Civil Rights Movement: Marcia Chatelain's Latest Book Reviewed

  In “Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America,” Marcia Chatelain has written a smart and capacious history suggesting that McDonald’s should summon all of those thoughts, and then some.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  12/17/19
  

  Tulsa Sites May Hold Mass Graves From ‘Black Wall Street’ Massacre

  When white mobs obliterated a thriving black district nearly 100 years ago, as many as 300 people died. Researchers have found clues to where some of those bodies may be.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  12/14/19
  

  The fiercest federal lawman you never knew — and he was African American

  Bass Reeves is finally getting his due in popular culture.

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• 12/15/19
  

  Why Colleges Need a Required Class in African American History

  by David Barber

  The real test for our campus is not how loudly we denounce white supremacy, how “disgusting” we find it, but how steadfastly we commit ourselves to really educating our students in the history of this country, a country born in white supremacy.

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• 12/16/19
  

  Turns out, The Rockettes’ Annual Christmas Spectacular Hasn’t Always Been So Spectacular

  by Isabella DelPino

  The hidden history of the Radio City Rockettes.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  12/3/2019
  

  Faith made Harriet Tubman fearless as she rescued slaves

  by Robert Gudmestad

  Harriet Tubman worked as a slave, spy and eventually as an abolitionist. What I find most fascinating, as a historian of American slavery, is how belief in God helped Tubman remain fearless, even when she came face to face with many challenges.

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  11/22/2019
  

  The Black Shoals: A New Book Theorizing Formations of Black and Native Studies

  by J. T. Roane

   An interview with  Tiffany Lethabo King, author of The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies (Duke University Press, 2019).

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• 11/24/19
  

  The History of Black Incarceration Is Longer Than You May Think

  by Jeff Forret

  The incarceration of African Americans did not begin suddenly with the end of the Civil War. Confinement functioned as a punishment during bondage as well.

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  11/11/19
  

  Black Perspectives Publishes Online Forum: "Researching, Teaching, and Embodying the Black Diaspora"

  by Charisse Burden-Stelly and Crystal Moten

  An introduction to the online forum and a list of the articles published as part of it so far. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/7/19
  

  Why Popeyes markets its chicken sandwich to African Americans

  by Marcia Chatelain

  Popeyes has long cultivated a black customer base — which has positive and negative ramifications.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/1/19
  

  The Bones of A Former Slave And Black Leader Were Missing — Until A Historian Asked In The Right Place

  Historian Janice Hayes-Williams was just starting out as an amateur local historian when she found out Smith Price had been deeply disrespected.

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• SOURCE: Process History
  10/31/19
  

  African American Women's Work in the Underground Railroad Beyond Harriet Tubman

  by Jazma Sutton

  African American women, arguably the most vulnerable group in antebellum America, used every means at their disposal to escape slavery, liberate family members, assist in others’ self-liberation, and hold on to whatever measure of freedom they had achieved. 

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• 10/31/19
  

  William Loren Katz: Teacher, Author, Editor and Activist (1927-2019)

  by Alan Singer

  William Loren Katz, historian who championed the marginalized, died on October 25, 2019. He was 92 years old.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  10/23/19
  

  Harriet Tubman Facts and Myths: How the Movie Tried to Get it Right

  The filmmakers pored over books, documents and other research to remind viewers of the woman behind the often distorted legend.