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'Celebrate is not the word that comes to mind.' Ijeoma Oluo honors Martin Luther King 4 PunkinPi Jan 2019 Jan 2019 6 1057

'Denying our humanity': how Santa Monica decimated a thriving Black community 1 Eugene Jul 2023 Jul 2023 12 999

'Everybody's Got Your Back': Life at an HBCU During a Turbulent Year 1 Digital Puppy May 2021 May 2021 4 1038

'Gardening while black': lawsuit targets white accusers over 'outrageous' claims 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 4 1173

'Give them hell!' The Black Medal of Honor recipient who called an artillery strike on his position 9 douglas9 Jun 2023 Jun 2023 79 4837

'HBCUs survived': Historically Black colleges poised to get billions in spending bill 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 4 903

'Hero' FDNY firefighter sidelined by racist bosses: suit 4 left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 Jul 2018 16 1286

'I don't know his DNA': Craft brewery manager says he can't confirm black employee's race in discrim 6 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1552

'independence day' 5 heaven05 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 4 2376

'It Does Not Justify It': Peace Corps Guidance for Black Volunteers In Ukraine Causes a Stir 7 rogue emissary Apr 2022 Apr 2022 10 2073

'It's about time': Shirley Chisholm, first black congresswoman, will get a statue 1 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 13 887

'Jane Crow' and the March on Washington 0 niyad Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1174

'Lawyering while black': Attorney says deputy profiled him as a suspect at courthouse 3 TexasTowelie Mar 2019 Apr 2019 11 1619

'Song stylist' and Grammy winner Nancy Wilson dead at 81 5 Stellar Dec 2018 Dec 2018 8 1414

'Strange Fruit': Still Haunting at 80 0 question everything May 2019 May 2019 4 1073

'The Star-Spangled Banner' and Slavery 3 sheshe2 Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 3245

'The sunrise city': Florida community reconciles with history of 1920s race riot 3 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 9 1067

'There Are Black People in the Future' 2 left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 Apr 2018 11 1388

'They was killing black people' 2 Behind the Aegis Oct 2018 Oct 2018 18 1640

'Traveling While Black': Virtual reality exhibit at Civil Rights Memorial Center will immerse audien 2 douglas9 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 6 2543

'Vivek Is a Liar': Fans Race to Don Lemon's Defense as Clip of His Fiery Exchange With Vivek Ramaswa 3 Eugene Aug 2023 Sep 2023 21 3393

'We were wrong': NFL commissioner says league failed to listen to players on protests 2 Eugene Jun 2020 Jun 2020 4 1164

'What are you doing?': Don Lemon rips Tim Scott's woke supremacy comment 1 Digital Puppy Mar 2021 Mar 2021 21 1719

'Why We Still Love Zora': Irma McClaurin on PBS Documentary 'Claiming a Space' and Zora Neale Hursto 0 niyad Feb 2023 Feb 2023 2 2688

(AfAm Group) We aren't Trump's Demographic 2 JustAnotherGen Mar 5 Mar 25 13 846

(AfAm Group) Dear White People on Netflix 7 JustAnotherGen May 2018 Jun 2018 6 1547

(African-American Group) 8 Things You May Not Know About Memorial Day 1 Behind the Aegis May 2018 May 2018 4 1248

(African-American Group) African American English, Black ASL are stigmatized. Experts say they deserve recognition 0 Behind the Aegis Mar 13 Mar 13 5 658

(African-American Group) Gullah and HBCU (United Shades of America) 2 Behind the Aegis Jun 2018 Jun 2018 4 1290

(African-American Group) Michael Twitty's 'Koshersoul' blends history, culture and culinary identity 1 Behind the Aegis Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 2018

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(African-American Group) Virtual reality project to bring Black Wall Street history to life 2 Behind the Aegis Jul 2018 Aug 2018 8 1386

(Warning: rumors) I'm hearing some motion on Sandra Bland 8 Recursion Aug 2016 Aug 2016 20 1963

*** Posted to the African-American Group *** 15 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2016 Jun 2016 16 2546

*** Posted to the African-American Group *** 10 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 Jul 2016 30 2615

*** A Big Thank You to Skinner, et al ... Posted to the AA Group *** 46 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 Jul 2016 64 3996

*** Posted to the AA Group *** 6 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 Aug 2016 13 1767

*** Posted to the AA Group: The Question Keeps Getting Asked, Here's a Good Place to Start *** 2 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 Jul 2016 10 1512

*** Posted to the African-American Group *** 31 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 Jul 2016 19 4127

**AA GROUP** Rhetorical question: Why is White America so invested in racism? 23 YoungDemCA Dec 2016 Dec 2016 6 2577

**African-American group** Lindsey Graham being openly racist during his debate 4 steve2470 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 6 1509

*AA Group* Ever notice how people who claim that "focusing on racism plays into the hands of the 1%" 1 YoungDemCA Oct 2016 Oct 2016 6 1178

*AA GROUP* My Class Didn't Trump My Race: Using Oppression to Face Privilege 6 YoungDemCA Aug 2016 Aug 2016 10 2667

*AA GROUP* On the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill (The more things change...) 1 YoungDemCA Sep 2016 Sep 2016 5 1258

*snort* My wife just met Boris Johnson 3 Recursion Mar 2017 Mar 2017 9 4837

... But has since been released. 9 The Polack MSgt Jul 2017 Jul 2017 9 2414

10 African Americans Win 2018 Rhodes Scholarships, Most Ever in Rhodes History 3 GeoWilliam750 Nov 2017 Nov 2017 9 1341

10 Simple and Subtle and Easy Things I Do Every Day to Fight White Supremacy 7 MrScorpio Oct 2017 Oct 2017 11 4274

10 year old girl playing the drums amazingly! 8 GeoWilliam750 Aug 2020 Aug 2020 10 1431

102-year-old WWII veteran from segregated mail unit honored 0 Omaha Steve Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 955

107-year-old Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Fletcher testifies before Congress 0 peppertree May 2021 May 2021 7 1003

109-Year-Old Veteran and His Secrets to Life Will Make You Smile Short Film Showcase 0 yuiyoshida Jul 2017 Jul 2017 5 2388

11 James Baldwin Quotes On Race That Resonate Now More Than Ever 6 sheshe2 Feb 2017 Feb 2017 11 2103

121 unmarked graves in a former Black cemetery found at US Air Force base in Florida, officials say 0 Eugene Jan 2024 Jan 2024 13 1156

15 best LGBTQ movies to watch during Pride Month (and some books) 1 JustAnotherGen Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 7989

1866-1871-1875-1957-1964-65, 1968 1 heaven05 Jun 2018 Jun 2018 4 1147

1959 The Year that Changed Jazz 22 Kind of Blue Apr 2019 Jul 2019 40 3569

1st black priest in US, ex-slave, positioned for sainthood 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 1056

1StrongBlackMan sends his love.... [View all] 97 DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2016 Sep 2016 123 13077

1StrongBlackMan, Bravenak, Number23 [View all] 100 brer cat Jul 2017 Jul 2017 79 18386

2 arrested for vandalizing U. of North Carolina memorial 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 1063

African American Continued...

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2 CTA Bus Riders Get Into Amazing And Impromptu Sing-Off 1 Stellar Jul 2016 Jul 2016 4 1161

2 white girls, 10 and 11, accused of hate crime after allegedly assaulting black 10-year-old:... 6 ffr Sep 2019 Sep 2019 17 1682

2011 documentary featuring Colombia Vice-President Elect Francia Marquez Mina (Suarez Gold) 2 old as dirt Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 1419

2020 Census may have undercounted Black Americans, new analyses say 3 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 4 1133

21st Century Movers and Shakers - Names I've never heard of. 0 qwlauren35 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 10 3241

27 of the 55 delegates to the 1787 US Constitutional Convention were slaveowners 5 YoungDemCA Nov 2016 Dec 2016 7 2615

27 years old and still as relevant as the day they made it 9 Number23 Apr 2018 May 2018 16 2067

28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB Day 13: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 0 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 4 1034

28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB Day 1: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 2 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 4 1080

28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB Day 2: Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson 0 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1074

28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB Day 4: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 0 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1045

28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB Day 6: Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member 0 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1048

28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB Day 7: But Some of Us Are Brave 0 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 4 1142

28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB Day 8: The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley) 7 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 6 1535

28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB-Day 3: Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class 1 JHan Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1041

3 Black U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime 1 SummerSnow Jul 2018 Jul 2018 13 1468

3 Cleveland Police Officers Facing Administrative Charges in Tamir Rice Case 1 Eugene Jan 2017 Jan 2017 4 1217

3 militia men accused of plotting to bomb Somalis (an apartment complex) in Kansas 2 progree Oct 2016 Oct 2016 1 1276

3 Women Of Color Reps chewed up Ben Carson yesterday... 2 irisblue May 2019 May 2019 8 1288

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