Outkast and the Rise of the Hip-Hop South
“The South got something to say!” This call to arms from Outkast member André Benjamin (better known as André 3000)
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Author: Grace D. Gipson
The Reconstruction Origins of Black Wall Street
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre targeted and destroyed the city’s prosperous Greenwood District, home to a vibrant economy of Black-owned businesses that
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The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Healing Historical Racial Trauma
The centennial of a defining, defiling moment in Tulsa history, the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre (“Tulsa Massacre”), May 31 –
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How Hollywood Shaped Colorblind Ideology and Undermined Civil Rights
Following the lead of Martin Luther King, Jr., Black civil rights activists dismantled Jim Crow legislation with colorblind logic. Yet,
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The History of Black College Football
Reflecting on his time as a member of the Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University) football team, journalist Eric “Ric”
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