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If Black Lives Matter, must ‘Gone with the Wind’ be gone?
June 18, 2020Without a doubt, the four-hour Technicolor blockbuster about the antebellum South, Civil War and Reconstruction is problematic.
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Near Trump’s rally site, African American Tulsa lives with fiery legacy
June 17, 2020“Just imagine, in your mind, all these homes,” Shaw said, describing the black-built houses and churches that once covered dozens of blocks where he’s walking.
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‘Welcome home party’ for white supremacists—Trump picks Tulsa for comeback rally
June 12, 2020A Tulsa police officer said on Monday that, statistically, “we’re shooting African Americans about 24% less than we probably ought to be."
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Homage to Medgar Evers
June 12, 2020Medgar Wiley Evers was an American civil rights activist in Mississippi.
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‘The Ascent’: 1970s Soviet film affirms deeply human values in dangerous times
June 10, 2020The Ascent is not the type of movie you would expect about World War II—or the Great Patriotic War, as it was known in the Soviet Union where the film was made.
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