african american history
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‘What to the American Slave is Your 4th of July’
Excerpt of speech by Frederick Douglass, July 5, 1852, Rochester, New York
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The long history of Black-Palestinian solidarity
There is a long history of the Black freedom movement standing with the cause of Palestinian liberation, drawing the connection…
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Black History Month: Needed now more than ever
Black History Month challenges a version of history where every great deed was done by rich white males and offers…
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The Life and Legacy of Harry Haywood
There is an old saying that "history is written by the victors." While subject to some caveat, in the history…
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Re-segregation, Black liberation and revolutionary unity
Despite the fall of legal segregation, the United States remains a highly segregated society.
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La re-segregación, la unidad revolucionaria y la autodeterminación negra
A pesar de la derrota de la segregación legal, Estados Unidos sigue siendo una sociedad altamente segregada.
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La larga historia de solidaridad entre el pueblo negro y los palestinos
Existe asimismo una larga historia del movimiento de liberación negra en apoyo a la causa de la liberación de Palestina,…
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Dr. King had a dream of economic equality—what can make it reality?
Forty-five years after King's assassination, poverty and unemployment remain at the core of U.S. society, but neither the Republicans nor…
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King tenía un sueño de igualdad económica — ¿cómo hacerlo realidad?
45 años más tarde del asesinato del King, la pobreza y el desempleo siguen siendo un debate central en la…
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Oregon prisoners driven to suicide by torture in solitary confinement units
The following essay was published Feb. 27 on the website rashidmod.com.
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