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Excerpt from The Fierce Urgency of Now Rainbow Push Chicago, Keynote Rev. Dr. Frank Thomas: 0 Beringia Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 1581

Sinners..a masterpiece 11 Demovictory9 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 2826

"We ain't scared!" 2 tulipsandroses Jan 2025 Apr 2025 8 2231

Another image of summer at the Chickenbone Beach in Atlantic City. From twitter 0 irisblue Apr 2025 Apr 2025 9 1669

ACLU: After public opposition, National Park Service restored the Underground Railroad page to include Harriet Tubman. 2 Dennis Donovan Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 1888

The Black Panther cubs: when the revolution doesn't come 0 cbabe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1706

Joe Harris, believed to be the oldest surviving WWII paratrooper, has died 1 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 1558

Just heard Ida B Wells coin about to be issued! 3 elleng Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1914

People enjoy their time at "chicken bone" beach, Atlantic city, NJ in the 1950s. This was a segregated beach. 1 irisblue Mar 2025 Mar 2025 14 1807

St George Hospital in London and history of discrimination against women and people of color 0 Beringia Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1486

Dear Black Women - Morris Chestnut 1 tulipsandroses Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1725

250 K tuned into Roland Martin's State of Our Union instead of the trump shit show. Its still going if anyone wants to 1 tulipsandroses Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1819

Robert Clark, Mississippi's first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 1385

Dangerous Chemicals Were Detected in 100% of the Braiding Hair We Tested 1 Mosby Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 5991

A White man's awakening 29 70sEraVet Feb 2025 Feb 2025 116 6577

For those that Turned The TV Off. Don Lemon is live at Five and Roland Martin is live at 6PM. 0 tulipsandroses Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 4589

Win with Black Women and Win with Black Men emergency call regarding Joy Reid 1 tulipsandroses Feb 2025 Feb 2025 12 1565

In light of hearing that MSNBC is canceling Joy Reid's show, I want to highlight independent black journalists/news 7 tulipsandroses Feb 2025 Feb 2025 23 2791

Important words from Andrew Gillum - re Joy Reid and getting back to organizing and protecting our communities. 0 tulipsandroses Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1328

To these Black retirees, the federal civil service now under attack was a path to the middle class 0 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 6357

Black Crossword is a free daily mini crossword puzzle 4 cbabe Aug 2024 Feb 2025 12 2312

Tabitha Brown speaks on Target's rollback of DEI initiatives. 3 tulipsandroses Jan 2025 Feb 2025 8 4104

Lauren's BHM 2025 Jeopardy Board: 21st Century Black History and Current Events - It's Up to Us! 0 qwlauren35 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 1575

Black Economic Boycotts Must Be Driven By Strategy, Not Emotions Master Class 1 tulipsandroses Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 1503

FYI: Great Migrations Series: A People on The Move PBS 0 Submariner Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 1255

Pullman and the Railroad Rebellion 1 struggle4progress Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 1660

Peter Bradley Abstract Artist on Local USA PBS show 0 Beringia Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1344

New look for the Nutcracker.. a Black head and male dewdrops 0 Demovictory9 Dec 2024 Dec 2024 14 1868

"They played their little white card on election day, and they are about to find out they're people of color." 5 Dem4life1970 Dec 2024 Dec 2024 11 3197

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 4 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 2271

African American Continued...

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How Nikki Giovanni's Black American consciousness changed the world 0 cbabe Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 1301

Forbes: How Journalists Can Better Explain Why Black Women Vote The Way They Do 5 JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 Dec 2024 6 2450

After Donald Trump's win, Black women are rethinking their role as America's reliable political organizers 5 JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 Dec 2024 16 2574

Renowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81 3 Eugene Dec 2024 Dec 2024 13 1712

I won't be here much from now on 15 The Polack MSgt Nov 2024 Nov 2024 11 3757

Robert Dixon, Last Surviving Buffalo Soldier, Dies at 103 0 Omaha Steve Nov 2024 Nov 2024 10 13404

#The92Percent (AfAm Group) 4 JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 Nov 2024 9 2249

Backlash on "a woman whose anger needs to be paid attention to" (Cross-Post) 3 IzzaNuDay Nov 2024 Nov 2024 11 16233

How Kamala Harris' Jamaican father shaped who she is today 0 peppertree Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 1191

Anyone else thinking of Bianca Delarosa this week? 6 irisblue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 2265

Justice Department Secures $8M from Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation to Address Redlining in Black Communities i 0 Eugene Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 1734

SAPELO ISLAND RESIDENTS FIGHT TO KEEP GEORGIA'S LAST GULLAH GEECHEE COMMUNITY 0 douglas9 Oct 2024 Oct 2024 19 1721

Make America White Again - Cross-Posting. 1 qwlauren35 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 14009

VP Harris was on point last night 2 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 18 2020

When your grandparents are your babysitters. 15 Mosby Sep 2024 Sep 2024 56 5142

Big Tobacco Seizes Upon Biden's Menthol Cigarette Ban to Try to Drive a Wedge Between Harris and Black Voters 4 douglas9 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 2291

JFK, Detroit 1960 & meetingn with AA ministers & labor leaders 1 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1482

Wait...Did the Author of 'White Fragility' Plagiarize People of Color In Her Doctoral Thesis?? 1 Mosby Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 1863

Judge rules Breonna Taylor's boyfriend caused her death, throws out major charges against ex-Louisville officers 3 irisblue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 2432

With six words, Michelle Obama rewires America's conversation on race gift article from WaPo 13 irisblue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 31 3761

VP Harris Speech - August 8, 2024 (you tube link) 5 JustAnotherGen Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 2313

Bloomberg gives $600 million to four Black medical schools' endowments 0 Omaha Steve Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 13005

History Segment: "Organizing the 1963 March on Washington: The Struggle for Civil Rights" 0 Omaha Steve Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 1430

Happy Birthday to Emmett Till. He would've been 83 years old today. 0 sheshe2 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 16 1573

Master Chief William Goines, first Black Navy SEAL, passes away at 88 1 douglas9 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 12 1696

Louisiana's Criminalization of Abortion Care Demands We Embrace Reproductive Justice 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 4 1674

Congresswoman Crockett is offering a "A Crockett Clapback Collection" 4 LetMyPeopleVote May 2024 May 2024 14 2140

MIT edits 'women of color' program website after complaint for excluding white students 2 JustAnotherGen May 2024 May 2024 12 2147

For those who missed Rep. Crockett's original reference 5 Marcuse May 2024 May 2024 21 2722

The Twin Demons of Maternal Mortality and Femicide (trigger warning) 2 niyad May 2024 May 2024 9 1572

African American Continued...

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"Reprehensible": Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates Civil Rights Convention (X-post) 1 Think. Again. Apr 2024 Apr 2024 11 2218

April 3, 1968 Martin Luther King's Last Speech 2 JustAnotherGen Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 2316

A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing 2 Eugene Apr 2024 Apr 2024 12 2649

Lou Gossett Jr. Has Died, Age 87 14 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 34 4269

Her City, Her Rules: Celebrating Black Women at the Helm of America's Largest Cities - From Lauren's Blog 1 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 2234

Kathleen Parker of WaPo has thinky thoughts on VP Harris- resign 11 irisblue Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 3293

(AfAm Group) We aren't Trump's Demographic 2 JustAnotherGen Mar 2024 Mar 2024 13 2425

Doris Miller, Hero Pearl Harbor 1941, Fired AA Machine Gun from USS West Virginia, Navy Cross (AA) 0 appalachiablue Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 2282

African-American Children's Books and the Journey of Valerie Bolling - From Lauren's Blog 0 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 2111

Knowing About Our Bodies - Black Women's Health - From Lauren's Blog 2 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 2353

(African-American Group) African American English, Black ASL are stigmatized. Experts say they deserve recognition 0 Behind the Aegis Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 2123

Living Large in the 21st Century - Black Millennial Women - From Lauren's Blog 0 qwlauren35 Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 2032

BHM 2024: Unsung Heroes - The Black Technologists Who Shaped Our Nation - From Lauren's Blog 1 qwlauren35 Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 2413

Which Black Woman Could Replace VP Harris (AfAm Group) 23 JustAnotherGen Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 4888

Devine Nine news: My Kappa Alpha Psi brothers just defeated Alpha Phi Alpha on... 2 brush Dec 2023 Feb 2024 7 2491

Growing up Black in Nazi Germany - Esther Anumu Fordham (1hr 13m) 0 Behind the Aegis Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 2568

Texas school legally punished Black student over hairstyle, judge says 7 IzzaNuDay Feb 2024 Feb 2024 7 3423

"Heed Their Rising Voices": Annotated 0 lapucelle Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 2405

BHM 2024: How Did They Get to Be Billionaires? - From Lauren's Blog 2 qwlauren35 Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 2854

Board Rules Employee's "Black Lives Matter" Action at Home Depot Was Protected 0 Omaha Steve Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 10910

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