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Quite A Disparity
The economics of race
May 9
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Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Is Historic
And ignorant, against U.S. interests. Can we break with the past? A mini-course
May 7
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‘Slavery By Another Name’ Existed in the U.S. Until the 1970s
I remember it, books and films document it
Apr 13
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Ida B. Wells and the Long Crusade to Outlaw Lynching
An inspiration for the 1619 Project and NYT journalist Nikole Hannah Jones
Mar 11
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Malcolm X Is (Finally) Embraced As A Nebraska Native, With A Bust in the State Capitol
A pioneer in the civil rights movement, paralleling MLK
Mar 11
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In Selma, Alabama, 1965, Mac Secrest Helped Reduce Civil Rights Conflict…Often With Humor
My uncle got the tense crowd to laugh
Mar 7
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Black History & Cultural Literacy
Still so much most of us don't know
Feb 29
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The Jim Crow Era: A Stain On America’s Past
Wondrium: “An African American named Homer Plessy predated Rosa Parks’ famous refusal to comply with racist transportation laws by more than 60 years…
Feb 28
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Best Biographies of Martin Luther King?
What books have you read about Martin Luther King? Which films? Which ones would you recommend? There are certainly different interpretations of his…
Feb 28
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6 Films on Black History, 1920s - 1960s
Including powerful documentary on Emmett Till. Excerpts here.
Feb 28
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Why Were High-Rise Public Housing Projects Built in the First Place?
City Beautiful, a YouTube channel dedicated to educating everyone about cities and city planning, posted: “In the spring of 2007, the Chicago Housing…
Feb 27
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Whites-Only Suburbs: How Housing Segregation Is Perpetuated
Retro Report: “Race-based federal lending rules from New Deal programs in the 1930s kept Black families locked out of suburban neighborhoods, a policy…
Feb 27
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Whites-Only Suburbs: How Housing Segregation Is Perpetuated
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