History
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70 Years After Brown V. Board of Education, Little Rock Nine Reflect on Their Sacrifice
“We were willing to stay there because it was important to be there,” said Terrence Roberts
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Here Are 15 Freedom Towns That Kept Black People Alive After Slavery
April of 1864, the Senate passed the 13th amendment to abolish slavery. More than a year later, freed Black Americans began building safe communities.
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Remember When Diddy Hosted an Event that Ended in Nine Deaths?
The 1991 Harlem stampede is getting new shine in light of Diddy’s recent legal troubles.
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Nervous About Popping Up in the New Freaknik Documentary? Well, You Should Be…
“Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told” finally has a date for its release on Hulu.
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Why Did It Take 166 Years for This Man to be Admitted to The Bar? Here’s The Ugly Truth
Edward Garrison Draper was denied entry to the Maryland Bar because of (you guessed it) the color of his skin.
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The 4 Girls Killed in the Birmingham Church Bombing Weren’t The Only Black Kids To Die That Day
Sixty years ago, two Black boys were killed in the aftermath of the KKK-planned 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
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Small Town Horror Story: The Woman Who Came Back From The Dead
30-year-old Essie Dunbar had fallen from an epileptic seizure and pronounced dead… except she wasn’t.