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Cornel West: ‘George Floyd’s public lynching pulled the cover off who we really are’ | The Guardian As the US philosopher and civil rights activist looks ahead to the presidential…
Our goal is record Black voter turnout to fire Trump and save Black lives: NAACP president | USA TODAY It’s not just Donald Trump and Joe Biden on the ballot,…
California Governor Nominates First Openly Gay Man To State Supreme Court California Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated an openly gay man to the state’s Supreme Court for the first time in…
Blue Note Re:imagined – a rollercoaster tribute | The Guardian Today’s jazz leaders pay eloquent dues to the New York label with youthful chat and elements of trip-hop — Kitty…
How beaches and pools became a battleground for US civil rights | Vox The forgotten “wade-ins” that transformed the US. — Ranjani Chakraborty and Melissa Hirsch, Vox When we think…
How Jim Crow Saved the American Economy | Medium Reinventing slavery helped America recover from the long depression — William Spivey, Medium In the teaching of economics, to measure the…
Black Appalachians find hope in national reckoning on race | NBC News In the wake of this year’s nationwide protests against institutional racism, Black Appalachians have found an opportunity for…
‘We need to do more’: Seven high-ranking Black women leave Wells Fargo | The Charlotte Observer — AUSTIN WEINSTEIN, The Charlotte Observer At least seven Black female senior executives have…
Hundreds of Black People Killed in Elaine, Arkansas, Massacre | EJI, Equal Justice Initiative — EJI Staff, EJI, Equal Justice Initiative On the night of September 30, 1919, approximately 100…
Confessions of a last responder: Ronald L. Jones on COVID’s impact on the funeral business | The St. Louis American — Sylvester Brown, The St. Louis American “In this business,…