Swan Song | The American Scholar
In 1901, a group of about 200 black singers in Washington, D.C., formed the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Choral Society, in honor of the English composer who was for them a standard-bearer…
The Forgotten All-Star Game That Helped Integrate Baseball | Deadspin
When Cleveland celebrated its sixth time hosting MLB’s All-Star Game last week, it might have seemed an odd event to commemorate baseball’s integration. But when Jackie Robinson stepped onto the…
For The ‘Nickel Boys,’ Life Isn’t Worth 5 Cents | NPR
Michael Schaub, NPR The long string of horrors that took place at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys wasn’t a secret, but it might as well have been. Former…
The Racist History of Tipping | Politico
Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II, Politico An illustration of the interior of a Pullman dining car. | Library of Congress. Featured Image This week, the House of Representatives will…
Former Ebony publishing company is auctioning off its historic photo archive, containing more than 4 million photos, to pay its creditors | CNN
CNN – Ebony and Jet magazines were once pinnacles of black American culture. Their photographs were windows into intimate moments of black celebrities, and they were known for their everyday…
The D.C. Race War of 1919 | The Washington Post Magazine
Ben and Carrie Johnson peered out the second-story window of their brick rowhouse at 220 G St. NW. On the sidewalk below, dozens of white men clustered around the glowing…
What Canada and South Africa can teach the U.S. about slavery reparations | The Conversation
America’s failure to understand, acknowledge and resolve the continuing catastrophe of slavery is holding back the entire nation. Without broad public recognition that the country’s original wealth was derived unjustly…
Sculptor Augusta Savage Said Her Legacy Was The Work Of Her Students | NPR
Sculptor Augusta Savage once said: “I was a Leap Year baby, and it seems to me that I have been leaping ever since.” Born on Feb. 29, 1892, Savage leapt…
Baton Rouge activist was killed by a tenant behind on his rent, police say | The Washington Post
A man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Sadie Roberts-Joseph, the Baton Rouge activist whose body was found in a car trunk last week, city police…
Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Is Under Threat. This Campaign Aims to Save It | Smithsonian.com
Nina Simone was born in a small, clapboard house in Tryon, North Carolina, in 1933. It was there that Simone began teaching herself to play piano when she was just…