On this day in 1896, the Supreme Court delivered its decision in Plessy v. Ferguson establishing the 'separate but equal' doctrine as national law and authorizing discrimination in public accommodations.
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On this day in 2007, a Georgia high school held its first integrated prom. White parents still held a private, "white-only" prom, and some barred their children from attending the integrated prom.
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“What Afrika Bambaataa Did” is my new short piece for NEWSWEEK about this founding father of hip-hop, as we process his death, legacy, and the raging debates on the many sexual abuse allegations about him the last 10 years of his life. HERE IS THE LINK: https://t.co/o5zSz02Yi4
I fully support this. The district mismanaged funds. Maybe it wasn’t their fault. But cut elsewhere. Not our community teachers who make such a difference. https://t.co/iMwCpuO9e2
A Black woman-led theater in Chicago was targeted with a racist threat reading “Murder Black Women.” Police are investigating it as a hate crime. This is more than vandalism, it is a direct attack on Black women, their voices, and their spaces. We must confront hate wherever it shows up and stand firm in protecting our communities.
On this day in 1964, segregated white churches in Jackson, Mississippi, barred two interracial groups from entering Easter Sunday services. Nine men were arrested and convicted of disturbing public worship.
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Pete Buttigieg to Join Mayor Randall Woodfin for Community Town Hall in Birmingham
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — “Secretary Buttigieg has been one of the leading voices in the country on infrastructure investment, economic development, and the future of American communities,” Bluepri ...
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I had the chance to join the Truce Podcast to discuss my work on Boston and the history of school desegregation. If you’re interested in the intersections of race, education, and freedom struggles, I’d love for you to check it out:
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AJC #BlackHistoryMonth
Day 6: Walter White
My skin is white, my eyes are blue, my hair is blond,” Walter White said i his 1948 autobiography, before offering his clearest declaration: “I am a Negro.”
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The First Saturday series at the @brooklynmuseum is set return on February 7, marking the beginning of #BlackHistoryMonth and the 28th year of the museum’s late night event programming.
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Congratulations to Dr. Melissa N. Shaw on receiving the 2025 OHS Best Article or Paper Award for her Journal of African American History article on Black Canadian women’s leadership in Toronto’s UNIA Division 21. Outstanding scholarship https://t.co/IXP9txlTbL
What if your paycheck depended on tips—not because you chose it, but because the law said so?
Meet @SaruJayaraman, Indian-American labor organizer and co-founder of ROC United.
She’s been fighting for fair wages in the U.S. restaurant industry for over two decades.
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The Jackson Legacy: A House Divided by Wealth and Whiteness
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — There is a tragedy that runs through the name Jackson—not the tragedy of loss alone, but of transformation ...
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📣 Big news!
@blaac718 was featured in @blackpressusa in an article entitled “Black Blood, American Freedom: How the Civil Rights Movement Protected All Races.” 🖤✊🏾 The piece highlights the unreleased pilot episode of the #BLAAC718#Podcast— “Shared Chains” — exploring how the Civil Rights Movement not only transformed Black life but expanded freedom for all communities, from Latino and Asian Americans to everyone striving for justice in this nation. Check it out here:
Black Blood, American Freedom: How the Civil Rights Movement Protected All Races
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “I always tell people,” he said quietly, “the day the Latino, African American, Asian, and other communities realize they share the same oppressor is the day we start ...
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