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America's first lynching memorial results in some local residents filled with ire, resentment 12 kag May 2018 May 2018 13 2677
the Guardian, today has an article titled 9 heaven05 Apr 2018 May 2018 16 1929
How "Strange Fruit" Killed Billie Holiday 16 niyad Apr 2018 Apr 2018 37 3025
A Lynching Memorial Is Opening. The Country Has Never Seen Anything Like It. 2 niyad Apr 2018 Apr 2018 21 2045
Police Erroneously Assault Ex NFL Desmond Marrow for Cell-Phone (Poll) 0 laserhaas Apr 2018 Apr 2018 4 1734
Bill Cosby's conviction. 2 Kablooie Apr 2018 Apr 2018 6 1620
Our president ignores an American hero: Trumps silence on the Waffle House murders is deafening 5 MrScorpio Apr 2018 Apr 2018 17 1277
African American women were playing too slowly. Then they called the police. 12 Eugene Apr 2018 Apr 2018 10 2575
Tall, Dark and Dangerous? Study Finds Tall Black Men Are In More Danger Of Biased Policing 3 MrScorpio Apr 2018 Apr 2018 7 1253
Beyonc reminds us we are all divas, soldiers and survivors 0 niyad Apr 2018 Apr 2018 5 1012
At 3, he lost his dad in a drive-by shooting. At 19, he's mulling Juilliard ... 2 niyad Apr 2018 Apr 2018 11 1350
Happy Birthday! Have some racism from Elmwood Cafe! 24 MrScorpio Apr 2018 Apr 2018 32 5321
racial bias training 5 heaven05 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 9 1335
A statue 3 heaven05 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 4 1302
DUers of Color: Tell Your Story 2 NCTraveler Apr 2018 Apr 2018 8 1324
Black maternal healthcare. From Columbus Alive 0 irisblue Apr 2018 Apr 2018 3 1033
Teaching Hard History, a discussion tonightTeaching Hard History: American Slavery 0 irisblue Apr 2018 Apr 2018 6 1056
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 irisblue Apr 2018 Apr 2018 1 815
Happy Jackie Robinson Day, Everybody! 2 MrScorpio Apr 2018 Apr 2018 20 1670
#DrinkingCoffeeWhileBlack 17 MrScorpio Apr 2018 Apr 2018 39 4144
Filed under "Things that only white people can do in America" 6 MrScorpio Apr 2018 Apr 2018 20 2067
When this fancy restaurant refused to serve Josephine Baker, 9 MrScorpio Apr 2018 Apr 2018 57 4294
A Black Teenager Asked for Directions. A Man Responded With Gunfire. 1 Eugene Apr 2018 Apr 2018 6 1384
You better not knock on a door while black. 6 rogue emissary Apr 2018 Apr 2018 13 1492
Marine Corps selects 1st black woman to be a general officer 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2018 Apr 2018 6 1311
Yvonne Staples 6 heaven05 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 10 1343
'There Are Black People in the Future' 2 left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 11 1511
Notes from Clayborn Temple (Cross-posted from GD) 1 GaryCnf Apr 2018 Apr 2018 6 1141
Freedom 0 spicysista Apr 2018 Apr 2018 4 1347
The identity of the lone woman scientist in this 1971 photo was a mystery. Then Twitter cracked the 10 niyad Mar 2018 Apr 2018 16 1853

African American Continued...

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if 'the rock' 15 heaven05 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 9 2186
"I can't breathe" Asheville NC 7 brer cat Apr 2018 Apr 2018 21 2989
Black activists of the 21st century are taking it beyond 'takin' it to the streets' 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2018 Apr 2018 7 1492
Linda Brown, Symbol of Landmark Desegregation Case (Brown v Board), Dies at 75 0 niyad Mar 2018 Mar 2018 5 1054
Stephon Clark 8 heaven05 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 11 1577
Rumble The Indians Who Rocked The World 2 Kind of Blue Mar 2018 Mar 2018 8 1610
Alton Sterling 7 heaven05 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 9 1584
Only White Privilege Explains This - Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys 4 qwlauren35 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 12 2158
This.....Represent, young sister! 5 spicysista Mar 2018 Mar 2018 11 2004
It's been 33 years since I was last in Austin. Looks like things haven't change much since... 2 MrScorpio Mar 2018 Mar 2018 11 1738
More State Sanctioned Murder 4 spicysista Mar 2018 Mar 2018 5 1619
monkeys 5 heaven05 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 11 1735
Obituary: Millie Dunn Veasey, pioneering sergeant turned rights activist 2 GeoWilliam750 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 10 1386
bombs instead of nooses 2 heaven05 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 13 1433
channeling fascist rhetoric 6 heaven05 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 13 1623
Thank you Symone Sanders! 2 spicysista Feb 2018 Mar 2018 8 1701
This is the kind of shit that caused black men to be lynched in the past. 10 MrScorpio Feb 2018 Mar 2018 23 2845
BHM 2018: Feedback, please. 7 qwlauren35 Feb 2018 Mar 2018 8 1726
Freedom on the Menu 16 sheshe2 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 12 2170
BHM 2018 #10: Fifty Years of Black Mayoral Leadership 2 qwlauren35 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 4529
Dont all white Americans benefit to one degree or another from white privilege? 16 Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 Feb 2018 6 2999
BHM 2018 #9: The Second Generation of Black Congressmen 1 qwlauren35 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 1290
Social dynamics between police, Black Americans and white vigilantes (incredible Twitter thread) 2 ismnotwasm Feb 2018 Feb 2018 7 1848
I wasn't familiar with Claudette Colvin's story, 0 pnwmom Feb 2018 Feb 2018 4 1253
BHM 2018 #8: Black Politicians during Reconstruction (incredibly long). 0 qwlauren35 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1431
BHM 2018 #7: Four Black Governors and Eighteen Black Lieutenant Governors (warning: very long) 0 qwlauren35 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 1310
A new African American Star was born this weekend, Ryan Coogler 3 Stuart G Feb 2018 Feb 2018 4 1717
demographic information 1 heaven05 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1407
Feminists of the Black Panther Party, with Lynn C. French and Salamishah Tillet 0 niyad Feb 2018 Feb 2018 4 1181
BHM 2018 - #6: The Ten Black Senators 1 qwlauren35 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 5 1650

African American Continued...

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x-post from GD - Black Activist Starts Group That Aims To Elect Progressive Prosecutors 0 fleur-de-lisa Feb 2018 Feb 2018 6 1178
Happy Valentine's Day! 2 spicysista Feb 2018 Feb 2018 7 1479
BHM 2018 - Day 5: Black Ambassadors 1 qwlauren35 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 1291
Rev. Barber......always on point! 3 spicysista Feb 2018 Feb 2018 14 1792
It's America, y'all! 4 MrScorpio Feb 2018 Feb 2018 12 1527
A heart to our African American Group. 15 sheshe2 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 27 1851
BHM 2018 Day 4: Members of the Presidential Cabinet, Part 2 0 qwlauren35 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1693
K - 1st grade book recommendations 3 TBA Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 2120
I realise that the "white racist redeems himself" story is usually self serving BS... 1 The Polack MSgt Jan 2018 Feb 2018 8 1501
BHM 2018 Day 3: (Entire post) Members of the Presidential Cabinet, Part 1 0 qwlauren35 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 3 1337
Wonderful resource: database of African-American women running for office 1 shenmue Feb 2018 Feb 2018 5 1279
BHM 2018 - Day 2 - (Entire Post) About Those 7 Black Presidents Before Obama 2 qwlauren35 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1272
How Carter G. Woodson, the father of black history, is teaching us still 5 niyad Feb 2018 Feb 2018 7 1469
Black Women in Politics Database Could Help More Black Women Get Elected 7 GeoWilliam750 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 6 1418
Black History Month 2018 - My Annual Research Project. 1 qwlauren35 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 8 1165
Donald Trump is talking about black people again. From Buzzfeed.com 5 irisblue Jan 2018 Jan 2018 5 1711
Stunning performance Kendrick Lamar, Grammy's, video here 0 Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1298
Anybody heard of rapper Chamillionaire? As progressives, we should find out who he is. See link belo 1 brush Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1491
Onward Together/Color of Change 0 qwlauren35 Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1101
Black workers faced daily verbal abuse, including the N-word, at Plano construction site, lawsuit... 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1706
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