Black Mayors, Black Politics, and the Gary Convention
The National Black Political Convention of 1972 saw many national giants on the Black political scene with Amiri Baraka and
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Voting rights
What Civil Rights Acts: The Times-Picayune’s Editorial Silence on Civil Rights
The New Orleans morning daily newspaper, The Times-Picayune, during the 11-year period between 1957 and 1968, failed to publish a
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The Black Roots of “Rights and Privileges”
“This post is part of our roundtable on “Contested Citizenship,” organized in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the
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The Art of Black Letter-Writing: A Conversation with Daphne Muse
More people should know Daphne Muse. Born and raised in Washington, DC, Muse grew up with a curiosity for the
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The Power of Dr. Gwendolyn Patton’s Autobiography
In 1967, Gwen Patton was driving to Montgomery, Alabama when her car started to rattle and stutter. She pulled over
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