African American history

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• SOURCE: New Yorker
  2/21/19
  

  Revisiting Robert Penn Warren's Civil Rights Interviews

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of many black leaders of the civil-rights movement who spoke with Robert Penn Warren in a series of interviews about race and America in the sixties.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/19/19
  

  What we get wrong about the roots of slavery in America

  by Eric Herschthal

  How we remember the past shapes the fight for racial justice today

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  2/14/19
  

  NAACP’s first meeting was held in Canada but there were no Canadians there

  by Warren Clarke and Nadine Powell

  Given the strong geographical connection between Canada and the U.S., it is reasonable to question why Black Canadians are missing from the Niagara Movement’s historical narrative.

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• SOURCE: The Fern
  2/18/19
  

  New Book Highlights Black farmers’ role in the struggle for civil rights

  Monica M. White, assistant professor of environmental justice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, traces the history of black land-based social movements from the time of slavery to today’s urban gardens in Rust Belt cities.

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• SOURCE: Daily Beast
  2/18/19
  

  Why Are We Still Segregating Black History in February?

  by Christina Proenza-Coles

  Even before the U.S. was a nation, African-Americans played crucial roles in nearly every stage of history in the new world. ‘Honoring’ that history in one month is a travesty.

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  2/15/19
  

  A Look at African-American History, Through the Numbers

  In recognition of Black History Month, here are a few facts and figures about the African-American experience in the U.S.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/15/19
  

  The black men of the Civil War were America’s original ‘dreamers’

  by Colbert I. King

  Like dreamers of today, those black soldiers and sailors also had families and attended churches; some were enrolled in schools. 

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  2/14/19
  

  "The North Star" Launches with Keisha N. Blain as Editor-in-Chief

  Through written content, podcasts, video broadcasts, and an app, the new North Star editorial team plans to explore issues of civil rights, human rights, and social justice in America and around the world.

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• SOURCE: Diverse Education
  2/17/19
  

  ASALH Black History Celebration Highlights Black Migration

  The event included a panel with Jelani Cobb, Derek Musgrove, and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, among others. 

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• Meet Annie Turnbo Malone, the hair care entrepreneur Trump shouted out in his Black History Month proclamation

  She became a millionaire after giving Madam C.J. Walker her big break as a sales agent.

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• SOURCE: Full Front with Samatha Bee
  2/6/19
  

  Video of the Week: "Real Black History"

  Professors Jelani Cobb, Jamilah Lemieux, Mychal Denzel Smith, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, George Wallace, and Walter Naegle are here to remind you that Black History is American History and it doesn't fit in one tweet.

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• SOURCE: AP
  2/12/19
  

  Wisconsin GOP erases Colin Kaepernick from Black History Month Resolution

  Wisconsin Republicans tried to bring their resolution excluding Kaepernick to the floor but fell short of the two-thirds majority they needed after all the chamber’s Democrats voted against the move.

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  Accessed 2/12/19
  

  "Black Perspectives" Features Online Roundtable on Chris Tinson’s Radical Intellect

  Featuring articles from Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Kim Gallon, and Fred Carroll.

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• SOURCE: Mother Jones
  2/8/19
  

  Peter Wallenstein Talks About Why White Supremacy “Must Die and Yet Will Not Die”

  Professor Peter Wallenstein explains how the present mess in Virginia connects to the state’s past.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  2/9/19
  

  Why this year's Black History Month is pivotal

  by Peniel Joseph

  In 2019, slavery's aftermath hovers over contemporary American race relations in deep and profoundly disturbing ways.

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• SOURCE: Black Perspectives
  2/6/19
  

  Silencing Black Women in the White Courtroom

  by Denise Lynn

  Ruby McCollum’s case is part of the long history of the carceral state’s heavy-handed and unjust policing of Black women.

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• 2/10/19
  

  Why the Congress of Racial Equality Has Been Forgotten – And Why It Still Matters Today

  by L.E.J. Rachell

  We need to go back to CORE to have a better understanding of the ongoing antiracist movement.

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• 2/10/19
  

  The American Tourist in Paris: A Retrospective

  by Lauren Jannette

  Although no longer breaking furniture, running out on checks, and throwing racist fits about the evening’s entertainment, Americans remain an integral part of Paris’s continued debates over the benefits and detriments of being one of the world’s largest tourists destinations. 

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• 2/5/19
  

  Feisty Singer Nina Simone Is Back in New Play

  by Bruce Chadwick

  Little Girl Blue drew an engrossing portrait of entertainment history in that era and showed the discrimination African Americans faced.

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• SOURCE: Time
  1/31/19
  

  Burins R. Morris on what Carter G. Woodson would want Americans to do for Black History Month

  The official theme of Black History Month 2019, “Black Migrations,” is a fitting one: not only is migration one of today’s most pressing political issues, but it’s also a key part of the annual observance’s own history.