In @wabeatl's Buried Truths podcast, @HankKlibanoff interviews @bradleylbar & @redrubes14 about "American Reckoning" — an in-depth look at the 1967 murder of a local NAACP leader in Natchez, Miss. Listen: https://t.co/Nnm6GTVuJl
I realise that exactly 25 years ago - Jan 1997- I moved to #Angola as a stringer (paid freelance) for the BBC. It was quite an experience. 🇦🇴 had been at war for decades. The latest peace deal between MPLA/UNITA was falling apart. Cuito in highlands had been shelled to bits. 1/4
At 4:07 am, GT student Richard Xiong captured this stunning image of an almost total lunar eclipse at the precise moment the moon sat at the top of Tech Tower. He calculated the moon’s exact position to capture this image — and the chance to repeat it may take hundreds of years.
“I was willing to risk my career and I got terminated. I was willing to risk my career because it was crossing a moral boundary for me to teach in an environment like that.”
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The #BeninBronze event of the week! Two guests in the thick of debate over their future, the one&only @FemiOke as host & the launch of my own humble book. Hundreds signed up- do join us. Thurs April 1st 6pm UK (6pm #Nigeria) Free but you must register.
https://t.co/6Gva1d5dix
My book, 'Loot- Britain and the Benin Bronzes' is one of the best art books coming 2021, says @ChristiesInc- 'a thrilling page turner'. The tragic story of the treasures looted by Britain in 1897 & many revelations. Already on Amazon if you can't wait
https://t.co/wMNAVPTw8y
Honoured to be in such distinguished company. My book 'Loot - Britain and the Benin Bronzes' one to look out for in 2021 says @FT . Coming out in March.
Justice Department has shut down investigation of #EmmettTill, murdered 65 yrs ago today. Carolyn Bryant has gone uncharged, despite lying under oath about him. #EmmettTill65 ##https://www.mississippicir.org/news/justice-department-calls-it-quits-on-emmett-till-probe-no-charges
Will you consider making a donation to the Center for Sustainable Journalism in honor of #GivingTuesdayNow#TogetherWeGive & #GivingNewsDay? We hope to raise $6,000 so we can keep reporting on essential youth issues during the #COVID19 crisis & beyond.
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Will you consider making a donation to the Center for Sustainable Journalism, in honor of #GivingTuesdayNow#TogetherWeGive & #GivingNewsDay? We hope to raise $8,000 so we can continue to bring you essential reporting during the #COVID19 crisis & beyond.
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A (long) thread about two news sites that I think are incredibly undervalued & under-appreciated that are turning out amazing work during this pandemic despite minimal resources (and I mean really mean minimal).
H. Brandt "Brandy" Ayers, the small-town publisher who turned The Anniston Star into a voice for integration in the 1960s, died Sunday, friends and family members say. He was 85. https://t.co/42GHR2qngR