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An NAACP flyer campaigning for the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in 1922, but was filibustered to defeat in the Senate. Dyer, the NAACP, and freedom fighters around the country, like Flossie Baily, struggled for years to get the Dyer and other anti-lynching bills passed, to no avail. Today there is still no U.S. law specifically against lynching. In 2005, eighty of the 100 U.S. Senators voted for a resolution to apologize to victims' families and the country for their failure to outlaw lynching. Courtesy of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

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Claude, age 23, just months before his 1930 murder. Courtesy of Faith Deeter.

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April 7, 2026

Nicole A. Childers, NewsOne

**An angel’s dream has been fulfilled now that Angel Reese, the former Chicago Sky star, is headed to the Atlanta Dream.**

I’ve been cheering for Angel Reese since she was in college playing at LSU, and I have kept a close eye on her moves both on and off the court. If you’re the kind of fan I am and want to see your favorite players winning, happy, and supported while doing it, you’re probably just as overjoyed as I am that Reese is getting a fresh start with a new team.

I will leave all the prognostications about how Angel Reese’s unique talents as a basketball player will be an asset for the Atlanta Dream to the ESPNs of the world.

The reality is, Angel Reese is a star both on and off the court.

Reese, who is often referred to adoringly as the “Bayou Barbie,” turned heads when she became the first pro athlete to collect her angel stripes walking in the highly coveted but rigidly selective Victoria’s Secret fashion show.

Suffice to say, Angel Reese’s addition to the Dream will be mutually beneficial.

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