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'It's about time': Shirley Chisholm, first black congresswoman, will get a statue 1 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 13 884

Bank employee calls police on black man trying to cash a check from his new job 12 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 9 2222

Russian efforts to manipulate African Americans show sophistication of disinformation campaign 6 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1174

NJ officials investigating after referee told wrestler he would have to cut off dreadlocks or forfei 2 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1076

'The sunrise city': Florida community reconciles with history of 1920s race riot 3 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 9 1065

Speaking Black Dialect in Courtrooms Can Have Striking Consequences 5 Eugene Jan 2019 Feb 2019 12 2258

Wyoming Black 14 members receive award from university 0 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1112

Black Virginia voters feel betrayed, left in no-win scenario 2 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 4 1251

Travelers can retrace 'Green Book' path with some research 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 3 1135

Florida officer goes on trial for killing black motorist 1 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 2 1092

'Gardening while black': lawsuit targets white accusers over 'outrageous' claims 1 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 4 1171

Race-fueled murder with Jeep brings life sentence with 28-year minimum for Russell Courtier 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 1144

1st black priest in US, ex-slave, positioned for sainthood 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 1054

Fire Burns Down Main Building of Historic Civil Rights Space, the Highlander Center 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 6 1104

Chris McNair, father of 1963 church bombing victim, dies 2 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 5 1093

A Previously Unknown Portrait of a Young Harriet Tubman Goes on View 2 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 12 1669

2 arrested for vandalizing U. of North Carolina memorial 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 1060

How the myth of black Confederates was born 3 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 6 1357

Woman in 'gardening while black' case hires self-proclaimed alt-right lawyer 3 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 10 1592

Tennessee House Speaker's Top Aide Resigns After Accusations of Framing Black Activist and Sending R 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 6 1531

A symbol of slavery -- and survival 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 4 1501

Officer punched Oscar Grant and lied about facts in 2009 killing, records show 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 8 1009

Officer quits after confronting black man picking up trash 5 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 6 1636

California set to be first US state to ban hair discrimination 3 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 7 1377

Viewpoint: What series on Central Park Five teaches us today 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 5 1354

Storied African-American newspaper Chicago Defender becoming digital only 1 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 4 1161

Sterling Tucker, civil rights leader and pioneering D.C. politician, dies at 95 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 991

Hundreds of black deaths in Red Summer ignored century later 3 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 10 2010

The Emmett Till memorial where the frat students posed is gone. A bulletproof sign will replace it s 1 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 5 1430

Elaine, Arkansas: A rural town confronts its buried history of mass killings of black Americans 1 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1134

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Georgia school faces backlash for photos of "appropriate" and "inappropriate" hairstyles for black s 6 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 10 1648

Black teen 'humiliated' after school colored his hair with marker, parents say 6 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 6 1477

Officer in 'I Can't Breathe' Chokehold Was 'Untruthful,' Judge Says 2 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1118

Racial bias in a medical algorithm favors white patients over sicker black patients 0 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 1030

Juanita Abernathy, long at the forefront of the civil rights movement, dies at 89 0 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 904

Arkansas: tree honoring 1919 Elaine Massacre victims cut down 2 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 5 1157

Jackie Kennedy's fairy-tale wedding was a nightmare for her African American dress designer 9 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 23 2621

Dismantling the Myth of the "Black Confederate" 3 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 7 1375

'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 1550

Union official: Fired Wisconsin school guard gets job back 1 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 9 1087

Montgomery's Steven Reed makes history as city's first African American mayor 2 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 3 968

Tulsa searches for mass graves from 1921 Tulsa race massacre 1 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1120

Former Gary, Indiana, Mayor Richard Hatcher dead at 86 0 Eugene Dec 2019 Dec 2019 2 971

A 1946 mob lynching puts court focus on grand jury secrecy 1 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 1001

Nearly 80% of hospitalized coronavirus patients in Atlanta were black, CDC reports 0 Eugene Jun 2020 Jun 2020 6 1015

A black woman faces prison because of a Jim Crow-era plan to 'protect white voters' 1 Eugene Dec 2019 Dec 2019 12 1193

St Louis's top prosecutor sues city, citing law used to fight the KKK 1 Eugene Jan 2020 Jan 2020 6 1297

Georgia to consider charges in killing of unarmed black jogger as video emerges 7 Eugene May 2020 May 2020 9 1508

Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty to Burning Three Baptist Churches in St. Landry Parish 0 Eugene Feb 2020 Feb 2020 5 916

African Americans bear the brunt of Covid-19's economic impact 0 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 873

Congressman Lewis speaking to crowd on bridge and no MSM coverage? All clips from phones? 8 Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 2671

Some thoughts on the primary... 3 F4lconF16 Jun 2016 Jun 2016 0 1395

A question on how to transcribe an oral history 11 femmedem Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1535

Another unarmed black man gunned diown 0 ffr Oct 2020 Oct 2020 12 1148

Tour ‏(twitter) 3 ffr Sep 2018 Sep 2018 6 1125

2 white girls, 10 and 11, accused of hate crime after allegedly assaulting black 10-year-old:... 6 ffr Sep 2019 Sep 2019 17 1679

Just an FYI, did not see this posted on DU… 8 fleabiscuit Aug 2016 Aug 2016 52 3283

"White people cant hang: Black Americans may be more resilient to stress than white Americans" 4 fleur-de-lisa Dec 2016 Jan 2017 8 3847

x-post from GD - Black Activist Starts Group That Aims To Elect Progressive Prosecutors 0 fleur-de-lisa Feb 2018 Feb 2018 6 1067

Who watched MSNBC's "Everyday Racism in America" tonight? 9 flibbitygiblets May 2018 May 2018 22 3260

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Brexit isn't exactly a topic relevant to AAs on first glance 21 forjusticethunders Jun 2016 Jun 2016 13 3393

If anyone asks whats in it for white people to fight racism, here it is: 2 forjusticethunders Mar 2017 Mar 2017 6 3283

WHY VOTE? 11 FrenchieCat Feb 2016 Oct 2016 26 3095

Angela Davis: Voters “have one river to cross next month,” and that’s stopping Donald Trump. 14 FrenchieCat Oct 2016 Oct 2016 21 3427

I did all that I could to keep this from happening.... 6 FrenchieCat Nov 2016 Nov 2016 11 2190

As an old white guy, someone please tell me something. 8 Funtatlaguy Aug 2016 Aug 2016 0 2021

Inspired by an infuriating conversation here at DU 21 Garrett78 Dec 2019 Dec 2019 70 5191

Inspired by The 1619 Project 0 Garrett78 Dec 2019 Dec 2019 10 1137

POSTED IN AA GROUP 4 GaryCnf Sep 2017 Sep 2017 10 3246

Notes from Clayborn Temple (Cross-posted from GD) 1 GaryCnf Apr 2018 Apr 2018 6 1019

Reposting this to the AA group because it is such an awesome video 0 Generic Other Aug 2016 Aug 2016 1 1085

10 year old girl playing the drums amazingly! 8 GeoWilliam750 Aug 2020 Aug 2020 10 1428

The Black Female Battalion That Stood Up to a White Male Army 12 GeoWilliam750 Jun 2020 Jun 2020 66 5545

Naomi Osaka: Athletes, Speak Up 0 GeoWilliam750 Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 1102

M.L.B.'s Records Were Never Real. But the Racism Was. Ask Satchel Paige 0 GeoWilliam750 Dec 2020 Dec 2020 8 1081

The female physician who popularised the Pap smear 2 GeoWilliam750 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 15 1682

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Ghosts of Segregation 2 GeoWilliam750 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 14 1184

Remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice 8 GeoWilliam750 May 2017 May 2017 15 3616

Black Doctors Challenge Delta Airlines with Inspirational Hashtag #WhatADoctorLooksLike 1 GeoWilliam750 Oct 2016 Oct 2016 16 1419

Model Deddeh Howard sends diversity message by recreating famous photo shoots 1 GeoWilliam750 Dec 2016 Dec 2016 4 1901

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