david w. blight
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HBO Sets Premiere Date for Upcoming Frederick Douglass Documentary
Titled Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches, the documentary will feature star-studded orators such as Jonathan Majors, Colman Domingo, Nicole Beharie and more.
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Black People Created Memorial Day—Literally
Memorial Day is here. Think barbecues, lemonade. A precious three-day weekend full of sun, sales and slacking off. But this is The Root, and you know there’s another part of this story. Little-known fact: African Americans created Memorial Day. Rewind to the end of the Civil War. In 1865, Charleston, S.C., was in ruins, and…