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How African Americans Entered Mainstream Radio

December 6, 2022December 4, 2022 Bala James Baptiste black intellectual history, racism

For nearly 50 years, commercial radio companies only employed white broadcasters to target information and entertainment to mainstream America. The

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LeRoy Woodson’s Black Church

November 29, 2022November 25, 2022 E. James West black protest, Civil Rights Movement

As detailed in the previous installment of my series on race and DOCUMERICA, LeRoy Woodson’s work on the Environmental Protection

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Colluding to Cripple the National Negro Labor Council

November 9, 2022November 7, 2022 Tony Pecinovsky Black radicalism, Communism, CPUSA, labor, Red Scare

In late October 1951, one of the most important African American trade union initiatives in U.S. history was launched. “The

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How Pauli Murray Masterminded Brown v. Board

October 13, 2022October 12, 2022 Tejai Beulah Howard #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackWomenBOE, black intellectual history, Brown v. Board, education, Pauli Murray

This post is part of our forum on Black Women and the Brown v. Board of Education decision According to

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The Local Politics of Fannie Lou Hamer

October 6, 2022October 4, 2022 Stefan Bradley #UntilIAmFree, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, democracy, Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi, SNCC

This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I Am Free. By age 44, most people

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