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Charlotta Bass and the Cold War Peace Movement

March 15, 2022March 14, 2022 Denise Lynn black internationalism, Black women

This article first appeared in Made By History. The original can be accessed here. A hundred different organized groups have urged the

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CORE’s Struggle for Fair Housing Rights in LA

March 1, 2022February 28, 2022 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Activism, black protest, Civil Rights Movement

It has been 60 years since the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) targeted racially segregated housing in Los Angeles. Although

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Tuskegee’s Civilizing Mission

February 21, 2022February 20, 2022 Kenneth Smith black internationalism, Pan-Africanism

From his academic career at the Hampton Institute (1872-1875) in Virginia until his death in 1915, Booker T. Washington preached

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Radio Journalism and Civil Rights

January 13, 2022January 12, 2022 Bala James Baptiste black nationalism, Chicago, civil rights, journalism, New Orleans, Radio

The first radio stations that targeted all of their programming toward African Americans in Chicago and New Orleans disseminated different types

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Black Student Activism and Durham’s Campus Movement

October 5, 2021October 4, 2021 Brandon K. Winford black protest, Civil Rights Movement, education

The 1960 sit-in movement that began in Greensboro on February 1 is a familiar story when it comes to Black

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