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Swimming in the Black Community: How Racism Is Drowning Us
Summertime is here, which means that pool parties and beach days are bound to be had. However, while many of us may be sporting a two-piece on the sand, very few of us will be jumping off a diving board anytime soon. Why? Because, according to research from the USA Swimming Foundation and the University of Memphis,…
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Watch: Chilling Video Combines Trump Rhetoric With ’60s-Era Lunch Counter Protests
When Donald Trump talks about the “good old days” of how protesters were treated, he jokes about them being taken out on stretchers or being ripped out of their seats. But there’s nothing funny about how civil rights protesters were violated in the 1960s as they fought to end Jim Crow in the South. They were beaten, harassed and…