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January 31, 2019

2019 Black History Month

      Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. African......
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January 31, 2019
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2019 Black History Month Film Recommendations

  It’s Black History Month, which means there’s really no better time to see a great film that captures the diverse narratives of black people. Currently, there are so many......
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January 31, 2019
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Book Recommendations for Black History Month 2019

                      Every traveler knows that a book can be your best friend, your guide, and your sanity-saver. Living abroad, even......
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January 20, 2019
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MLK’s vision matters today for the 43 million Americans living in poverty

MLK's vision matters today for the 43 million Americans living in poverty Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. displays the poster to be used during his Poor People’s Campaign in 1968.......
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December 01, 2018
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Slavery was never abolished – it affects millions, and you may be funding it

Slavery was never abolished – it affects millions, and you may be funding it Nail bars are havens for modern slavery. shutterstock Catherine Armstrong, Loughborough University When we think of......
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November 21, 2018

Phone banking for Mike Espy for US Senate

The midterm elections are not over. The race for US Senator in Mississippi will go to a Run-Off election on November 27th. Democrat Mike Espy needs our help to win.......
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August 21, 2018
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Charlottesville Belies Racism’s Deep Roots in the North

The KKK assembled in Portland, Maine, in 1923. Library of Congress Brian J Purnell, Bowdoin College and Jeanne Theoharis, Brooklyn College A southern city has now become synonymous with the......
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June 04, 2018

The Slippery Slope of Dehumanizing Language

  Roseanne Barr had her sitcom canceled on May 29, after calling former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett the child of an ape. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File Allison Skinner, Northwestern University Comparing......
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May 30, 2018
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GBC Statement on the New NFL Anthem Policy

Last Wednesday, the National Football League announced a new policy requiring that, when “The Star-Spangled Banner” is played before games during the upcoming season, “all team and league personnel on......
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May 22, 2018
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Austria's Black Caucus is Up and Running!

My name is Faith Herbold and I am chair of the Global Black Caucus in Austria. I am a native Californian, but I vote in the state of Missouri. It......
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