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washingtonpost.com - A pedestrian walks past a mural dedicated to Freddie Gray, near the site where he was beaten by police in 2015 in Baltimore, on July 29. (Michael Reynolds/EPA-EFE/REX ) By Michael Tesler close Michae…Tweeted by @shitebart https:/...
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history.com - In 1935, Nazi Germany passed two radically discriminatory pieces of legislation: the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor. Together, these were known …Tweeted by @RiversM18 https://twitte...
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psmag.com - Women protest against integration outside William Franz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960. Last Wednesday, we commemorated the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. On …Tweeted by @tomgabion https://twitter....
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history.com - What Caused the Great Migration? The Great Migration Begins Great Migration: Life for Migrants in the City Impact of the Great Migration The Great Migration was the relocation of more than 6 million …Tweeted by @SmallmanTyrone1 https://...
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tomroberson.wordpress.com - Presumptive Democrat nominee Joe Biden’s stunning declaration this week that black Trump supporters “ain’t black” provides deep insight into Biden’s thoughts on racial issues in general and reveals t…
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theguardian.com - I am very tired of Joe Biden. My vote for him was already hanging by a thread before his disastrous interview with Charlamagne tha God on Friday. Interrupting the Breakfast Club host’s explanation th…Tweeted by @DcSlumdog https://tw...
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bigblueinsider.com - When an 87-year-old man who played briefly in the NBA back in the 1950s dies, it generally draws but a passing mention in anything more than his hometown paper. Not so with Jim Tucker. That’s because…
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motherjones.com - One of our new writing fellows, Camille Squires, published a piece on Monday telling us that the “Kamala was a cop” meme didn’t originate with Bernie-bro-ish white guys. Rather, it originated on Blac…Tweeted by @BlackJesuscom https:...
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creators.com - "I don't feel no ways tired. I come too far from where I started from. Nobody told me that the road would be easy. I don't believe He brought me this far," drawled presidential aspirant Hillary Clint…Tweeted by @jonjoct1961 https://twi...
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davisvanguard.org - For nearly three decades, my former colleague Rep. John Conyers of Michigan would introduce H.R. 40, legislation seeking to establish a commission to study and develop reparation proposals. Though ma…
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blogs.lse.ac.uk - For many, COVID-19 related lockdowns have evoked – largely inaccurate – comparisons with incarceration in prison. Chris Barker writes that while the analogy is limited, such thinking should encourage…Tweeted by @LSEUSAblog https://t...
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theatlantic.com - CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Growing up here in the 1940s and 1950s, Sevone Rhynes experienced segregation every day. He couldn’t visit the public library near his house, but instead had to travel to the “colored…Tweeted by @pookietooth https://...
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crnctz.blogspot.com - Joe Biden Is Running A Shameful Campaign About Race Post 52 Recently former Vice-President Joe Biden, a Democrat, entered the race for President. If you know anything about politics, you are aware th…Tweeted by @FredBat95553361...
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theoutline.com - Yesterday, Ted Cruz, the Texas Senator currently at risk of losing his seat to Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke, did something weird. Hours before he was set to debate his opponent at Southern Met…Tweeted by @ForOsmosisJones https...
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literaryladiesguide.com - “Crazy for this Democracy” is a biting, tongue-in cheek essay by Zora Neale Hurston, first published in The Negro Digest, December, 1945. You can now find it in full in I Love Myself When I Am Laughi…Tweeted by @blackrepubli...
