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Glenn Beck: Tea Party Would Have Been Lynched For Marching With MLK
In true GOP revisionist fashion, right-wing extremist Glenn Beck called the NAACP a “joke” and claims that the organization is an “affront” to civil rights…
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Julian Bond Defends IRS Targeting Of Tea Party Groups, Says They’re ‘Racist’
After an IRS official acknowledged that the agency flagged some 75 conservative groups for additional reviews due to their names including the words “tea party” or…
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Little Known Black History Fact: Arcola Philpott
In August of 1944, the Los Angeles Railway hired Mrs. Arcola Philpott as its first African American “motormanette.” This was the term given to women…
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The 2008 Housing Crash, the Great Recession, and Contemporary Racial Economic Inequality
In the 1980s, we saw a large scale dismantling of civil rights gains and the triumph of “trickle-down” economics. As part of the trickle –…
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Justices Voice Skepticism of Voting Rights Law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative justices voiced deep skepticism Wednesday about a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions…
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The Reagan Era:Turning Back Racial Equality Gains
The Black Freedom struggle of the 1950’s and 1960’s, popularly referred to as the Civil Rights Movement, tore down Jim Crow segregation in law and…
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Finding the Courage to Stand
As a Christian, a parent, a wife, and an entrepreneur, the thought of traveling to our nation’s capitol to be arrested on purpose had never…
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Little Known Black History Fact: Virginia Key Beach, Paradise Lost
Virginia Key Beach was designed as a unique vacation spot strictly for blacks in 1945. Built in Dade County, Virginia Key Beach was the answer…
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NAACP Head: Even Some in NYPD Oppose Street Stops
NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the NAACP said Sunday that even some members of the New York Police Department oppose the city’s policy…
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The History of Racial Economic Inequality: Part 1, Slavery
Poverty, unemployment, home ownership, wealth – for each of these economic indicators African Americans fare worse than other racial groups. But why? During Black History…
