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by Mychal Denzel Smith onFebruary 9, 2011
How did we allow it to devolve into a celebration of handpicked and anointed heroes, stripped of their historical relevance and made into hollow representations of themselves?
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February 7, 2011
The historic enclave in the predominantly black St. Albans area of Queens, N.Y., was home to numerous black musical and sports greats starting in the 1940s, at a time when affluent African Americans had few housing options.
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by Nsenga Burton onJanuary 31, 2011
The best-selling memoir is being revived for Black History Month.
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by Lauren Williams onJanuary 24, 2011
The national black history museum -- slated to open in 2015 -- faces a complicated challenge.
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November 15, 2010
Wilkerson called the Great Migration a "defection" from a totalitarian system of racial repression.
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