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"Conduction" (new Ta-Nehisi Coates fiction piece) 3 Recursion Jun 2019 Jun 2019 6 2361

Good News is she's been removed from Airbnb 2 Kind of Blue Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 2343

Sen Harris, WOC & speaking in public... 4 irisblue Jun 2019 Jun 2019 8 2116

I saw this in the twitterverse and I have a legitimate question 3 irisblue May 2019 May 2019 2 2121

Langston Hughes Presents the History of Jazz in an Illustrated Children's Book (1955) 4 Kind of Blue May 2019 May 2019 8 2173

Cops Successfully Disarm A White Person Without Killing Them - Supplemental 28/05/19 3 MrScorpio May 2019 May 2019 11 2173

Boston Museum of Fine Arts Apologizes for Racist Remarks, Profiling 7th Grade Students 6 Kind of Blue May 2019 May 2019 5 2873

Harriet Tubman Mural in Baltimore & a little girl 8 irisblue May 2019 May 2019 26 2600

3 Women Of Color Reps chewed up Ben Carson yesterday... 2 irisblue May 2019 May 2019 8 1831

If you have younger (Middle School early High Scool) readers in your life 1 The Polack MSgt May 2019 May 2019 5 1794

Sanders Birmingham Rally 4 irisblue May 2019 May 2019 7 1954

How the HELL did nobody think of this simple brilliance before? 6 Blue_Tires May 2019 May 2019 71 6517

Black Lives Matters calls for justice for Baytown woman killed by police 0 TexasTowelie May 2019 May 2019 5 1536

Officer quits after confronting black man picking up trash 5 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 6 2360

West Point to graduate its largest class of black women 7 BumRushDaShow May 2019 May 2019 9 2144

Warren proposes $50 billion fund to invest in historically black colleges 0 Omaha Steve May 2019 May 2019 5 1468

This message was self-deleted by its author 2 shenmue May 2019 May 2019 2 1446

Chris McNair, father of 1963 church bombing victim, dies 2 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 5 1662

Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America on making history and! 1 Stellar May 2019 May 2019 2 1825

Tennessee House Speaker's Top Aide Resigns After Accusations of Framing Black Activist and Sending R 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 6 2191

The Enslaved Girl Who Became America's First Poster Child 1 Kind of Blue May 2019 May 2019 3 1917

Because you need a little Black girl on your timeline with an Afro laughing & 24 Kind of Blue May 2019 May 2019 49 5547

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Breaks Down Why Her $50 Billion Plan to Fund HBCUs Is Very Necessary 0 Recursion May 2019 May 2019 5 1516

Officer punched Oscar Grant and lied about facts in 2009 killing, records show 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 8 1419

'Strange Fruit': Still Haunting at 80 0 question everything May 2019 May 2019 4 1486

A symbol of slavery -- and survival 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 2145

Watched Skip Gates's "Reconstruction" today 2 Recursion Apr 2019 Apr 2019 7 1694

Hidden In Plain Sight: Oldest Known Cookbook Authored By An African-American 15 JHan Apr 2019 Apr 2019 51 5355

James Byrd's Killer set to be executed today 7 JustAnotherGen Apr 2019 Apr 2019 9 2481

Mikael Chukwuma Owunna, Artist "The models look as if they're wrapped in stars." 6 irisblue Apr 2019 Apr 2019 19 3546

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AA Artist I just learned about 5 irisblue Apr 2019 Apr 2019 5 2247

TSA & POC hair 2 irisblue Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 1925

The go fund me for the Louisiana churches burned down by racists 4 irisblue Apr 2019 Apr 2019 8 1937

She Survived a Slave Ship, the Civil War and the Depression. Her Name Was Redoshi. 10 Kind of Blue Apr 2019 Apr 2019 11 3574

Race-fueled murder with Jeep brings life sentence with 28-year minimum for Russell Courtier 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 1628

Woman in 'gardening while black' case hires self-proclaimed alt-right lawyer 3 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 10 2203

Mass. marijuana industry is mostly corporate and white. Inside one Boston battle to change that 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 1482

Black Teachers Matter. 4 JHan Apr 2019 Apr 2019 9 3746

This is a thread for my on line friend and mentor 10 The Polack MSgt Mar 2019 Apr 2019 16 2687

A small liberal arts college in Dallas is doing the hard work of busting generational poverty 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2019 Apr 2019 10 1532

Reconstruction: America After the Civil War; April 9th on PBS 1 Behind the Aegis Apr 2019 Apr 2019 5 1675

2 arrested for vandalizing U. of North Carolina memorial 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 1514

Two fires, only days apart, destroy historically black Baptist churches in St. Landry Parish 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1479

White at the Museum 2 Kind of Blue Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1623

Michael Brown's mother loses Ferguson City Council race 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1550

'Lawyering while black': Attorney says deputy profiled him as a suspect at courthouse 3 TexasTowelie Mar 2019 Apr 2019 11 2211

Michael Brown's mother making run for Ferguson City Council 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2019 Apr 2019 17 1573

The Cry Of Jazz (1959) 1 Kind of Blue Mar 2019 Apr 2019 5 1491

A Previously Unknown Portrait of a Young Harriet Tubman Goes on View 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 12 2418

Fire Burns Down Main Building of Historic Civil Rights Space, the Highlander Center 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 6 1586

Jordan Peele went there. 12 Kind of Blue Mar 2019 Mar 2019 13 3294

Fellow Blerds: Wakandacon 2019! An Afrofuturistic Celebration of Art. Community. Technology. 9 Kind of Blue Mar 2019 Mar 2019 12 2586

Cross post. With all this renewed talk about Reparations in the 2020 campaign. 1 sheshe2 Mar 2019 Mar 2019 5 1606

Hey, question from a white person. 7 Neoma Mar 2019 Mar 2019 0 3748

How Black Women Were Whitewashed by Art 2 Blue_Tires Mar 2019 Mar 2019 8 2010

South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation Invites Applicants for Summer Institute 0 Behind the Aegis Mar 2019 Mar 2019 1 1611

"I won't respond," the young black woman told the judge, "until you call me Miss Hamilton." 2 pnwmom Mar 2019 Mar 2019 26 2609

When You Kill Ten Million Africans You Aren't Called 'Hitler' 10 Miguel M Mar 2019 Mar 2019 27 4988

The Source of Self-Regard: Toni Morrison on Wisdom in the Age of Information 4 Kind of Blue Mar 2019 Mar 2019 5 2288

'Gardening while black': lawsuit targets white accusers over 'outrageous' claims 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 4 1650

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Hell has frozen over and David Brooks is onboard with reparations 2 Recursion Mar 2019 Mar 2019 11 2054

How human bias seeps into autonomous vehicles' AI 0 Odoreida Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1522

When they ask about Hillary 11 Skidmore Mar 2019 Mar 2019 30 3987

Sometimes When Life Gives You Lemons... 2 Kind of Blue Mar 2019 Mar 2019 6 2104

Gotta start somewhere & remember at the same times 0 irisblue Mar 2019 Mar 2019 4 1244

About the Cohen hearing.... 3 irisblue Feb 2019 Mar 2019 18 2378

And more about the Meadows Meltdown yesterday 0 irisblue Feb 2019 Feb 2019 14 2274

Harry Edwards on Social Rights Activism in Sports 0 littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1514

Googling 3 Black Teen images vs 3 White Teen images is a stark example of white supremacy 8 MrScorpio Jun 2016 Feb 2019 15 17879

The pervasiveness of racism in everyday life. 5 Eliot Rosewater Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 2071

DL For The Win! 1 spicysista Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 2374

Editor who wrote Klan editorial has penned countless racist, sexist, xenophobic pieces 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1713

Black History Month 2019 - #7: Fourteen Black Doctors who Made History 0 qwlauren35 Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1320

Florida officer goes on trial for killing black motorist 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1542

Retrace the Legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers in National Parks 2 Submariner Feb 2019 Feb 2019 7 2066

Travelers can retrace 'Green Book' path with some research 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1616

New York to ban hairstyle policies that discriminate against black people 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 9 1864

The 97-Year-Old Park Ranger Who Doesn't Have Time for Foolishness 14 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 40 4550

I felt like this needed a separate post, in honor of Recursion's buffalo soldier reminder 3 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 5 1635

Buffalo soldier, 98, doesn't want black regiments' history to 'fade out' 5 Recursion Feb 2019 Feb 2019 14 2211

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