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The Real Watchmen: 100 Years Ago, a Race Riot Created Chicago’s Black Street Gangs

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Nearly 100 Years Later, Tulsa Begins Search for Mass Graves From 1921 Black Wall Street Massacre

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Hollywood Once Told Francis Ford Coppola The Cotton Club Had 'Too Many Black Stories'. Now, He's Restoring Them

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Exclusive: Martin Luther King Jr. Talks Reparations, White Economic Anxiety and Guaranteed Income in Previously Unheard Speech

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Breaking: Something Bad Is Happening in Virginia [Updated]

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What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

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Nothing but the Truth: A Q&A With Bryan Stevenson, Subject of HBO’s True Justice

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Ta-Nehisi Coates Clapped Back at Mitch McConnell for Saying ‘No One Alive’ Is Liable for Reparations. So We Came Up With a List

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The 10 Biggest Cultural Thefts in Black History

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5/29/19

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Newly Discovered Photo of Harriet Tubman Now on Display at National Museum of African American History and Culture

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5/3/19

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Preserving Evidence of the Nation’s Slave-Holding Past Can Sometimes Prove Difficult as the US Commemorates 400th Anniversary of the 1st Enslaved Africans at Jamestown, Va.

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In His Own Words: Martin Luther King Jr. on White Privilege, Police Brutality, Reparations and More

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Quiz: How Much Do You Really Know About Martin Luther King Jr?

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'Slave Bible' Converted Slaves to Christianity by Omitting Parts That Could Lead to Uprising

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Fred Hampton’s Death Is Just One Example of the Government’s Covert Disruption of Black Lives

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11/3/18

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Lost-Found ‘Negro’: Never-Before-Seen Chapter From Autobiography of Malcolm X Open to the Public

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Revisiting Anita Hill: On Racism, Stereotypes and Respectability Politics

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Donald Trump Conveniently Ignores Anniversary of One of America's Worst Acts of Terror

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Holding History Hostage: One Family’s Quiet Attempt to Erase Their Father’s Part in Emmett Till’s Story

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An Open Letter From Harriet Tubman Asking You to Keep Her Name Out Your Mouth

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40 Questions for the People Who Stand as Soon as the Plane Lands

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Robyn Crawford Reveals She and Whitney Houston Absolutely Planned to Run Up on Wendy Williams

The Real Watchmen: 100 Years Ago, a Race Riot Created Chicago’s Black Street Gangs

Nearly 100 Years Later, Tulsa Begins Search for Mass Graves From 1921 Black Wall Street Massacre

Hollywood Once Told Francis Ford Coppola The Cotton Club Had 'Too Many Black Stories'. Now, He's Restoring Them

Exclusive: Martin Luther King Jr. Talks Reparations, White Economic Anxiety and Guaranteed Income in Previously Unheard Speech

Breaking: Something Bad Is Happening in Virginia [Updated]

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

Nothing but the Truth: A Q&A With Bryan Stevenson, Subject of HBO’s True Justice

Ta-Nehisi Coates Clapped Back at Mitch McConnell for Saying ‘No One Alive’ Is Liable for Reparations. So We Came Up With a List

The 10 Biggest Cultural Thefts in Black History

Newly Discovered Photo of Harriet Tubman Now on Display at National Museum of African American History and Culture

Preserving Evidence of the Nation’s Slave-Holding Past Can Sometimes Prove Difficult as the US Commemorates 400th Anniversary of the 1st Enslaved Africans at Jamestown, Va.

In His Own Words: Martin Luther King Jr. on White Privilege, Police Brutality, Reparations and More

Quiz: How Much Do You Really Know About Martin Luther King Jr?

'Slave Bible' Converted Slaves to Christianity by Omitting Parts That Could Lead to Uprising

Fred Hampton’s Death Is Just One Example of the Government’s Covert Disruption of Black Lives

Lost-Found ‘Negro’: Never-Before-Seen Chapter From Autobiography of Malcolm X Open to the Public

Revisiting Anita Hill: On Racism, Stereotypes and Respectability Politics

Donald Trump Conveniently Ignores Anniversary of One of America's Worst Acts of Terror

Holding History Hostage: One Family’s Quiet Attempt to Erase Their Father’s Part in Emmett Till’s Story

An Open Letter From Harriet Tubman Asking You to Keep Her Name Out Your Mouth

40 Questions for the People Who Stand as Soon as the Plane Lands

10 Men Who Are Sexier Than John Legend, Who People Magazine Named ‘Sexiest Man Alive’

Pokémon Sword and Shield: The Kotaku Review

The Real Watchmen: 100 Years Ago, a Race Riot Created Chicago’s Black Street Gangs

Nearly 100 Years Later, Tulsa Begins Search for Mass Graves From 1921 Black Wall Street Massacre

Hollywood Once Told Francis Ford Coppola The Cotton Club Had 'Too Many Black Stories'. Now, He's Restoring Them

Exclusive: Martin Luther King Jr. Talks Reparations, White Economic Anxiety and Guaranteed Income in Previously Unheard Speech

Breaking: Something Bad Is Happening in Virginia [Updated]

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

Nothing but the Truth: A Q&A With Bryan Stevenson, Subject of HBO’s True Justice

Ta-Nehisi Coates Clapped Back at Mitch McConnell for Saying ‘No One Alive’ Is Liable for Reparations. So We Came Up With a List

The 10 Biggest Cultural Thefts in Black History

Newly Discovered Photo of Harriet Tubman Now on Display at National Museum of African American History and Culture

Preserving Evidence of the Nation’s Slave-Holding Past Can Sometimes Prove Difficult as the US Commemorates 400th Anniversary of the 1st Enslaved Africans at Jamestown, Va.

In His Own Words: Martin Luther King Jr. on White Privilege, Police Brutality, Reparations and More

Quiz: How Much Do You Really Know About Martin Luther King Jr?

'Slave Bible' Converted Slaves to Christianity by Omitting Parts That Could Lead to Uprising

Fred Hampton’s Death Is Just One Example of the Government’s Covert Disruption of Black Lives

Lost-Found ‘Negro’: Never-Before-Seen Chapter From Autobiography of Malcolm X Open to the Public

Revisiting Anita Hill: On Racism, Stereotypes and Respectability Politics

Donald Trump Conveniently Ignores Anniversary of One of America's Worst Acts of Terror

Holding History Hostage: One Family’s Quiet Attempt to Erase Their Father’s Part in Emmett Till’s Story

An Open Letter From Harriet Tubman Asking You to Keep Her Name Out Your Mouth