African American history

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  6/29/2020
  

  A Monument to Our Shared Purpose

  by Allen C. Guelzo and James Hankins

  The Freedmen’s Memorial in Washington embodies not white supremacy, but African-American agency and cooperative struggle.

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  7/1/2020
  

  Celebrating 50 Years of Essence as a Black Women’s Archive

  by Jacinta R. Saffold

  "For the last 50 years, Essence Magazine has consistently found innovative approaches to archiving Black women’s lives by immortalizing our intellect, literature, and culture on glossy pages," writes Jacinta R. Saffold.

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• SOURCE: Florida Phoenix
  7/1/2020
  

  A Push to Make Black History Classes a College Graduation Requirement in FL is Mostly Talk but no Action

  Right now, Florida law requires African American history to be taught at K-12 public schools, though some schools may not be teaching it.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  7/1/2020
  

  ‘A Conflicted Cultural Force’: What It’s Like to Be Black in Publishing

  When historian Kerri K. Greenidge was trying to publish her book on William Trotter, publishers responded with "who was going to read a book about a Black man that nobody had ever heard about?"

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• SOURCE: NJ.com
  7/1/2020
  

  Did Rutgers Find The Perfect President For 2020? Meet Jonathan Holloway, Black Historian.

  On Wednesday, the student of the past makes history himself by becoming the first Black president of Rutgers University, founded in 1766.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  7/1/2020
  

  Boston To Remove Statue Depicting Abraham Lincoln With Freed Black Man At His Feet

  The statue should be moved into a museum, historian Ibrahim Sundiata says.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  6/26/2020
  

  We Insist: A Century Of Black Music Against State Violence

  Like music itself, this spirit of resistance takes many shapes, but has never been silenced.

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• SOURCE: TIME
  6/26/2020
  

  The Asian American Response to Black Lives Matter Is Part of a Long, Complicated History

  “Asian Americans owe so much of their presence in this country to the Black struggle for freedom — from birthright citizenship to the ability to tell our stories in education and the culture to the civil rights we enjoy,” says author Jeff Chang.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  6/26/2020
  

  A Debate Over Identity and Race Asks, Are African-Americans ‘Black’ or ‘black’?

  For proponents of capitalizing black, there are grammatical reasons — it is a proper noun, referring to a specific group of people with a shared political identity, shaped by colonialism and slavery. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  6/26/2020
  

  The FBI Has a History of Targeting Black Activists. That's Still True Today

  The FBI has long disrupted and discredited civil rights leaders. It should put its authorities to better use by holding officers accountable.

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• SOURCE: KTVU
  3/22/2020
  

  Local Activists on How this Racial Justice Movement Fits in Oakland's History

  Protests on Oakland reflect the energy of young organizers but also a legacy of African American activism. Five community leaders reflect on continuity and change in the city. 

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  6/23/2020
  

  “This Is Chaos:” Order Maintenance and the Fear of Black Anarchy in Atlanta

  by Danielle Wiggins

  Although the city has been called the "Black Mecca" of America, Black political leaders have long tried to suppress protest as part of a strategy to win over the city's business community. Today's protests reflect the limits of that strategy. 

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• SOURCE: NPR
  6/19/2020
  

  The Fight To Commemorate Nancy Green, The Woman Who Played The Original 'Aunt Jemima'

  Local historians in Chicago seek to preserve the life story of Nancy Green, whose life was only partly defined by the advertising symbol she portrayed. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/23/2020
  

  ‘You can’t be a historian of black America without being hopeful,’ says Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch

  In this interview, Lonnie Bunch discusses the purpose of the Smithsonian in 2020, the future of museums as institutions, and his own career path.

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• SOURCE: WGN9
  6/24/2020
  

  Teachers Say There are Obstacles to Teaching Black History

  To not tell the full story of slavery, is to not tell the full story of America; said professor of history Leslie Harris.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/18/2020
  

  The Black Women Who Launched the Original Anti-Racist Reading List

  by Ashley Dennis

  Black women librarians have been important leaders in promoting books and publishing standards that encourage readers to recognize human dignity and reject racist stereotypes in children's literature.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  6/19/2020
  

  The Woman Who Helped Save Joe Biden

  In 1993, Carol Moseley Braun, the first black woman in the Senate, joined Biden’s Judiciary Committee. It solved an image problem for Biden. The results were groundbreaking.

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• SOURCE: LitHub
  6/19/2020
  

  A Brief History of the Policing of Black Music

  Harmony Holiday dreams of a Black sound unfettered by white desire.

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• SOURCE: Eat This, Not That
  6/19/2020
  

  5 Books About Black Food History You Should Read

  In honor of Juneteenth, these five exemplary novels explore the evolution of African American cuisine.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/22/2020
  

  Police Say Deaths of Black People by Hanging are Suicides. Many Black People aren’t so Sure.

  by Stacey Patton

  Black people's suspicions that a number of recent hanging deaths were murders rather than suicides echoes a long history of concealing violence against black people by ruling it suicide.