African-American history
‘Summer of Soul,’ a look back at the pulsating 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival
July 23, 2021Music scene of the late sixties and early seventies was a zenith for the many styles of which African were a part.
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Has America come any closer to Dr. King’s dream?
April 6, 2021Last weekend marked the 53d anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination. Over half a century. Has America come any closer to his dream?
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‘We’re not going back’: N.Y. Black History event featuring Gerald Horne, Feb. 28
February 26, 2021New York’s anti-racist fighters for the 99% celebrating Black History Month this Sunday.
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Civil Rights Movement memories: Marching from Selma to Montgomery in 1965
February 7, 2020The experiences of witnessing Jim Crow in Houston in the mid-fifties, soon after migrating with my parents and sister from Buenos Aires, were forever implanted in my conscience. Doing whatever necessary to help eradicate the U.S....
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Former Detroit Daily World reporter on the legacy of Rep. John Conyers
October 28, 2019There seemed to be no such thing as a progressive cause that didn't have his name on it: from Medicare for All to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday.
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