addie mae collins
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'By Means Fair or Foul': America's Conspiracy to Assassinate Black Power
There is no such thing as “white people.” While the concept of race has always been an unscientific axiom, whiteness is the most mutable of the social constructs we call “race.” Whiteness is a fence with portable borders, defined more aptly by who is not inside. The Irish weren’t considered white. Neither were the Italians.…
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A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 'Fed Up'-rising
Without the proper context, it is impossible to understand the mushroom cloud of uprisings that are exploding across the country in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless others. To contextualize the anger, frustration and desperation that forced protesters to recreate the lawlessness and chaos that black people…
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Klansman Who Bombed 16th Street Baptist Church Is Up for Parole
The Klansman who bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., killing four black girls in 1963, goes before the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles next month for his first parole hearing, reports Alabama.com. Thomas E. Blanton Jr., who was convicted only in 2001, will go before the board Aug. 3. Addie Mae…