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creator of the Smithsonian Museum’s “Programs in Black Culture,” and one of the leading authorities on Black American music culture,
Leonard Brown • John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music
typically position White people as the superior standard. “Do Americans ever stop to reflect that there are in this land a million men of Negro blood…who, judged by any standard, have reached the full measure of the best type of modern European culture? Is it fair, is it decent, is it Christian…to belittle such aspiration?” Du Bois asked in 1903.
Ibram X. Kendi • How to Be an Antiracist
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The text analyzes democratic socialism, emphasizing the historical role of the Black Panther Party in advocating communal socialism, addressing class divisions, and challenging capitalism while highlighting their community survival programs and broader social implications.
Linkthe Republican is foe to Black people; the Democrats possess Black loyalty notwithstanding their neglect of those most loyal constituents.
Imani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
At the close of Russell’s 1938 speech against lynching legislation, Borah of Idaho walked over to him and congratulated him—and then took the floor himself to echo Russell’s argument that the bill was a violation of states’ rights. (Whereupon Russell rose in his turn to say, “The people of the South will ever revere the name of William E. Borah.”)
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
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williamwoods.eduIn a tragic coda to this early story of eugenics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory was still enmeshed in the controversy over eugenics as recently as January 2019, this time through the disgraceful racist utterances of Nobel laureate James D. Watson, cofounder of the DNA double helix and one of the laboratory’s longtime fellows, whom they stripped of
... See moreClyde W. Ford • Think Black: A Memoir
Who's in Donald Trump's new cabinet and what went wrong for the Democrats? | Planet America
m.youtube.comIn 2010, civil rights legend and Democratic congressman John Lewis claimed that he was berated by racial slurs—including the big one—as he entered Congress. Andrew got footage from several different angles that showed nothing of the kind. Further, he found that congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was himself filming the entrance.