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“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Published This Date in 1852
Harriet Beecher’s groundbreaking book heralded changing times and attitudes toward Black Americans before the Civil War.
Read MoreAfrican American Smokers at Higher Risk Than Whites
Black Americans are more likely to smoke menthol cigarettes, and research shows this ingredient makes it harder to stop smoking.
Read MoreHigh School Student Told To Read Langston Hughes Poem ‘Blacker
A Virginia English teacher reprimanded a Blac kstudent for not sounding Black enough when he read a poem by Langston Hughes.
Read MoreObama’s race speech 4 years later: Has America changed?
President Obama worked hard to fulfill his promise to increase diversity, and it earned him the ire of his rightwing opponents.
Read MoreBlack militia group wants to arrest Trayvon Martin shooter
One group is fed up with the authorites’ lack of action against George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Trayvon Martin.
Read MoreAs Black as We Wish to Be
Thomas Chatterton Williams opines about the value mixed-raced Black Americans offer to their community and, ultumately, their country.
Read MoreCoke’s Not It: 16 Workers Sue, Call Giant ‘Cesspool’ of Racial Discrimination
A lawsuit against Coca Cola alleges racial discrimination experienced by employees in two of the company’s New York factories.
Read MoreBumper Sticker: “Don’t Re-Nig – Stop repeat offenders. Don’t re-elect Obama!”
This is only one of several racist anti-Obama bumper stickers sold by one company.
Read MoreCentenial of Bayard Rustin, the most important civil rights leader you may never have heard of!
Activist Bayard Rustin worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr in the Civil Rights movement, yet his name goes unknown.
Read MoreBirthday of Homer Plessy, early fighter against segregation
Homer Adolph Plessy’s birth year is unknown, but we celebrate the birthday of the man who fought segregation in March every year.
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