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Selma Online Offers Free Civil Rights Lessons Amid Virus

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The first attempt of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965, led…
03.20.20
TV Ancestry Series Is A Salve For Divided America, Host Says

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The celebrity ancestry show “Finding Your Roots” has a message to counter divisive political rhetoric,…
07.30.19
Learn More About African American History With Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.!

What’s a good way to learn about African-American history facts? Well, historian, filmmaker, and teacher Dr.Henry Louis Gates Jr. has…
04.11.18
PBS Suspends ‘Finding Your Roots’ Because Ben Affleck Is A Brat

Remember when Ben Affleck was all sad a couple of months ago when he found out that his family owned…
06.25.15
Why We Can’t Blame Ben Affleck For Shame Over Ancestor’s Slave-Owning Past

Ah, Ben Affleck. Hollywood Golden Boy. Two-time Oscar winner. One half of the phenomenon that was “Bennifer.” And the descendent of a slave-owning…
02.02.21
Ben Affleck Had Ancestor’s Slave Owning Past Edited Out Of ‘Finding Your Roots’

In continuing fall out from those hacked Sony emails, Wikileaks revealed that actor Ben Affleck asked that his ancestor’s slave…
04.19.15
Ben Affleck Had Ancestor’s Slave Owning Past Scrubbed From PBS Show, “Finding Your Roots”

In continuing fall out from those hacked Sony emails, Wikileaks revealed that actor Ben Affleck asked that his ancestor’s slave…
02.02.21
What Skip Gates Said To Make Colin Powell Shed Tears

The history of the African American people seems far too wide, deep and complex to boil down into 6 television…
11.27.13
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