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Archeologists in Tulsa, Oklahoma, looking for victims of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre said on Wednesday they've uncovered more than 10 coffins.

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(1921) Marcus Garvey “Address to the Second UNIA Convention”

By 1921 the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) was well on its way to becoming the largest predominately black organization in the world. Marcus Garvey, the UNIAs founder, however, already recognized W.E.B. Du Bois and the NAACP as its chief rival. In his closing night speech to the

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Thousands Seek to Remove Lincoln Park Emancipation Memorial | Afro

A week later more than 5,400 people have joined in his mission to petition the U.S. National Park Service to eliminate the statue, which depicts a naked slave on his knees with broken chains looking up in adoration to President Abraham

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Rona Rumble: Black Man Cracks White Man Over The Head With A Bottle During Bar Brawl

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An Episcopal Presidential Lament | Afro

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Taylor case is glaring example of two-tiered justice system – Florida Courier

“The rallying cries that have been echoing throughout the nation have been once again ignored by a justice system that claims to serve the people. But when a justice system only acts in the best interest of the most privileged and whitest among us, it has failed. For the sake of Breonna Taylor, for

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Mother Who Lied That Black Men Kidnapped Her Son Is Charged With His Murder

One of the oldest tricks in the anti-Black playbook was unsuccessfully pulled last week in Florida when a mother told police that her autistic son had been kidnapped by two Black

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Woman Files A Report After Getting Punched For Saying N-Word

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Hardin: I'm Still Tired

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(1995) Louis Farrakhan, “A Million Men Marching On"

In 1995 Minister Louis Farrakhan was the leader of the Nation of Islam. That year his organization became the driving force in the Million Man March, a call for African American men to come to Washington D.C. on October 17, 1995, in what was billed as “a day of atonement.” Although

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Quit Playin: The Warrior Method–Organic and Organized!

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George Floyds Murder Case Could Move To Whiter Part Of Minnesota, Judge Warns

Moving George Floyd's case out of Minneapolis could mean less diverse jury pools that are more sympathetic to police officers, thus increasing the chances of acquittals or mistrials.

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Rokhaya Diallo: I’ve been targeted with death threats and rape threats - Voice Online

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It takes two? Twin Cities suddenly home to twin retro-rap stations

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‘This Is Unintellectual and Irresponsible’: Terry Crews Draws Ire of Black Twitter For Warning Folks Against #BlackLivesBetter

Terry Crews was dragged on social media for the second time in a month after he criticized the Black Lives Matter movement on Twitter this

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Amy Cooper Charged With Falsely Reporting A Crime After Calling The Police On Black Bird Watcher

The white woman who called the police on a Black man in Central Park for allegedly threatening her is now facing charges.

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Ida B’s Pulitzer was late but right on time –

Exactly 136 to the day after Ida B. Wells was thrown off a Chesapeake and Ohio railroad train, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize special citation for her “outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans in the era of

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General Mills urges corporate community to step up and get real -

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OP-ED: Black People Suffer Disproportionately from Dementia Crisis

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Hardin: We've Protested, What's Next?

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(1875) Congressman John R. Lynch, “Speech on the Civil Rights Bill”

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Lupita Nyong’o Remembers ‘Beloved’ Chadwick Boseman In Moving Eulogy

Lupita Nyong'o posted a moving, heartfelt eulogy mourning the death of "my friend" Chadwick Boseman, making social media users who read it a collective emotional wreck.

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(1875) Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, “The Great Problem to be Solved”

After the Civil War Frances Ellen Watkins Harper worked among African Americans as a representative of the Womens Christian Temperance Union. From her new position Harper publicized the violence and intimidation in the South directed at the freedpeople. She argued African Americans must organize to

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(2004) Bill Cosby, “The Pound Cake Speech”

On May 17, 2004, the NAACP staged a gala celebration at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Comedian, actor, and philanthropist Bill Cosby was asked to deliver the main address. Cosby

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Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action

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