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In his new exhibition Suspended States at London’s Serpentine Gallery, artist Yinka Shonibare looks at the impact of imperial ambition. Queen Victoria, Winston Churchill...

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Born into a world awash in racism and sexism, the singer Billie Holiday soon became a beloved voice, known for her unique, jazz-influenced style....

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In 1965, James Baldwin and William F. Buckley — thought leaders from dramatically different backgrounds — made plans to debate race relations and the...

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Today, many are familiar with the term “filibuster,” a procedure to prolong debate and delay a vote — but less well-known is its complicated...

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Although the 13th Amendment passed the Senate in 1864 and the House in 1865, the loopholes that exist continue to wreak havoc on the...

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Transitioning from job to job as a teenager, Oscar Micheaux was able to write a story that was inspired by his experience on a...

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Opportunities for freed black children to further their educational journey after high school were limited. As a direct response to minimal options, black people...

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Fresh off an oil-boom, the black residents of Greenwood, Okla. built a booming community known as The Negro Wall Street. But in May of...

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Lynching was an action used to terrorize the black community for generations, with the first known public display of this injustice taking place in...

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In 1965, one of the last traceable remnants of Jim Crow ideology were thought to be taken off the books with the passage of...

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Fisk University was founded in Nashville, Tenn. in 1866. As an institution for African-American students, their first years of inception were pivotal. In 1871,...

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With a Jim Crow south alive and well, many black Americans migrated north. This migration resulted in the formation of a creative urban hub...

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