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The ‘Black’ Witch of Salem?
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 75: Was a black slave…
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Google Honors Chemist Percy Lavon Julian
Google is on a roll, using Friday as a chance to serve up another one of its fun (and educational) doodles. This time it’s celebrating the birthday of the noted African-American chemist Percy Lavon Julian, who would have turned 115 today. Julian was the first black scientist to be inducted into the National Academy of…
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The Media Sensationalizes Al Sharpton’s Work With the FBI
Activist Says, “I Wasn’t With the Rats — I’m a Cat” “Some of today’s New York newspaper front pages were pretty remarkable,” Josmar Trujillo wrote Wednesday for Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting. “Both the New York Post (4/9/14) and the Daily News (4/9/14) sensationalized, for the second day in a row, revelations that Al Sharpton…
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Study: White Americans Who Fear Minority Status More Likely to Shift Right
It’s commonly accepted that white Americans will no longer make up the majority of the population by 2050. However, what a new study published in the journal Psychological Science suggests is that the more fearful white Americans are of losing their majority status, the more conservative leaning they become, the Association for Psychological Science reports. Researchers…
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Detroit Teen Charged With Hate Crime in Brutal Mob Beating of Motorist
A 16-year-old Detroit boy was charged Thursday with assault and a hate crime in the brutal group beating of a 54-year-old man, Steve Utash, who stopped to check on a 10-year-old boy whom he had just struck with his pickup truck, the Associated Press reports. Yesterday Detroit police announced that they had arrested a fifth…
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The Latest From the National Action Network Convention
The National Action Network’s annual convention is under way this week in New York, featuring dozens of panel discussions tackling civil rights topics from voter repression to stop-and-frisk laws, as well as planned remarks by President Obama. The event’s primary goal, founder and president Al Sharpton told The Root, is to create an “action agenda”…
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The First Ones: 17 African Americans Who Broke Barriers
On April 13, 1997, Tiger Woods became the first African American to win the Masters. Here are 16 other black trailblazers who have broken barriers and set records for future African Americans to follow in their footsteps. Angelou is the first African-American poet to participate in a presidential inaugural ceremony. She recited her poem “On…
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The Hip-Hop Fellow: Producer 9th Wonder Schools Harvard
Hip-hop has made its way into the academy and is increasingly becoming accepted as a legitimate field of inquiry, with many top universities around the country offering classes in hip-hop studies, exploring not only hip-hop as a musical genre but also the history and role of hip-hop culture in society—creating a bridge that connects the past to…
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‘I, Too, Am Harvard’ Campaign Raises Alumnae Concern
As we watched the video for “I, Too, Am Harvard,” our hearts broke. Harvard undergraduates recounted painful experiences of isolation and alienation. They spoke of being maligned, underestimated and underappreciated. One student said that he did not feel valued or valuable. Another student said that although she went to Harvard, she was not “of Harvard.”…
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Who Was the 1st Black Othello?
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 73: Who was the first…