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In 1865, as the Civil War ended and the United States entered Reconstruction, something revolutionary happened in Charleston, South Carolina....
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Long before Reconstruction reshaped the legal landscape of the United States, Black communities were already building their own intellectual institutions....
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When most people think of the Harlem Renaissance, names like Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Claude McKay dominate the...
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Review: If you’ve ever sat through an American history class wondering where all the Black people were—besides slavery and Martin...
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The American Revolution is often remembered through tales of powdered wigs, dramatic speeches, and the clashing of redcoats and colonists....
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In the pantheon of Black poetry, there are names everyone knows, Langston, Nikki, Maya. But beneath the surface, in the...
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On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, over 250,000 enslaved Black people in...
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“We write so they are not erased. We remember so they are not silenced.” As the nation pauses to honor...
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“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”– Malcolm X Dr....
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