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Social Media Could Lead To More Racist Violence From White Supremacists

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Jay-Z Joins Forces with Twitter Co-Founder to Launch Bitcoin Academy in Brooklyn

A surprising partnership between rapper Jay-Z and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey will establish an academy to teach about bitcoin in New York.

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Lil Nas says BET snub is about a larger problem: LGBTQ acceptance

Lil Nas X believes a recent award snub reflects longstanding homophobia within the Black community and called out the BET Awards for it.

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Lett’s Stand Against Debt Peonage Cost His Life

A genealogist, teacher, and writer from Alabama became interested in Lett’s story when teaching middle school students genealogy, ELA, and social studies. She took them on a field trip to EJI’s Lynching Memorial, where they saw Oliver Lett’s name and realized that he was an ancestor of many of her students.

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Indianapolis lynching victim’s death ruled as homicide 100 years after his murder

100 years after George Tompkins’ hanging death was ruled a suicide, his death certificate has been updated to reflect the reality of his murder.

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America’s First Abolitionist Newspaper Is Being Revived

America’s first newspaper dedicated to advocating for the end of slavery is being resurrected and reimagined more than two centuries later as the nation continues to grapple with its legacy of racism.

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Six Highlights From the Black Film Archive

Next week, the Black Film Archive — a living register of Black cinema — will officially turn six months old. We asked Maya Cade to select a favorite film from various decades of the archive, these are edited excerpts from the conversation.

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“Fannie Lou Hamer’s America: An America Reframed Special” Airs Feb. 22

Fannie Lou Hamer, sharecropper and civil rights leader, speaks at the convention of the Mississippi Freedom Democrats

Fannie Lou Hamer is known as a Mississippi sharecropper who boldly fought for human rights. WORLD Channel and PBS partner to debut a new special that tells the activist’s story.

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I’m A Black Doctor. I Got Death Threats For Speaking About Racism — And It Gets Worse.

When Dr. Amanda Calhoun spoke of her experience with racism as a black woman and doctor, she received pushback–and death threats.

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Artwork from the Black Lives Matter memorial has a new home: the Library of Congress

For months after the 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Washington DC, signs and posters hung near the White House. The Library of Congress has now added images of some of these works to a digital collection.

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