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Over 300 Black Hollywood Artists and Executives Demand Change With New Initiative ‘Hollywood 4 Black Lives’
The way that Hollywood and mainstream media have contributed to the criminalization of Black people, the misrepresentation of the legal system, and the glorification of police corruption and violence have had dire consequences on Black
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Black Lives Matter at War with America.
(ThyBlackMan.com) Outrageously, cowardly and traitorous politicians are allowing Black Lives Matter, a racist hate group to engage in an “Everything Must Go” fire-sale against
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Joe Biden Is Determined To Make This More Difficult Than It Needs To Be
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EFF gives 24-hour ultimatum to Clicks over ‘racially insensitive’ hair advert
The EFF noted the "disgusting racist advert put out by pharmaceutical outlet Clicks, which displays the hair of Black women as inferior to that of white women".
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Chile, Why Is Joe Biden Speaking On Black Identity?
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Amy Cooper Charged With Falsely Reporting A Crime After Calling The Police On Black Bird Watcher
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(1895) Booker T. Washington, "The Atlanta Compromise Speech"
On September 18, 1895 Booker T. Washington gave an address to the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition which became known as the “Atlanta Compromise Speech.” The address appears
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10 military posts are named for these Confederate commanders. The Army is thinking about changing that | The Atlanta Voice
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‘This Is Unintellectual and Irresponsible’: Terry Crews Draws Ire of Black Twitter For Warning Folks Against #BlackLivesBetter
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(1932) Angelo Herndon Addresses His Jury
Gentlemen of the Jury: I would like to explain in detail the nature of my case and the reason why I was locked up. I recall back about the middle of June 1932, when the Relief Agencies of the City of Atlanta, the County Commission and the city government as a whole, were cutting both Negro and
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What Was Apartheid in South Africa?
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(1900) Ida B. Wells, “Lynch Law in America”
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(1918) Rev. Francis J. Grimke, “Victory for the Allies and the United States a Ground of Rejoicing, of Thanksgiving”
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(1906) W.E.B. DuBois, “Men of Niagara”
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Klan Cops and `The Wilmington Massacre’
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(1901) Congressman George H. White's Farewell Address To Congress
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